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Bryan's mom is undergoing open heart surgery today. As most of you already know, Bryan was largely responsible for the survival of Inkspot and Inklings in the early days, and currently hosts this site as well as all the Electric Penguin message boards.

To all: Please do take a moment and think good thoughts in the direction of Bryan's mom today.





Looks like I'm going to be doing some work for Moira Allen at Writing-World.com. This makes me very happy, since Moira used to be the Managing Editor of Inkspot, so it's only fitting that I be working for her now. :-) I'll be helping out with some site administration as well as writing a regular column.





Today's Blatherphotos were all taken at my birthday party on Sunday. Some personal highlights from the party:

- Hearing Jonathan (Peter & Laura's son) sing "Happy Birthday" to me. :-) Incredibly sweet voice. Here's a photo that Reid took of Jonathan, Peter, and Laura.

- Going through the old icbooks from the poslarchives.

- Jennifer Kesner's grin.

- The helium balloon choir.

- The cake (I still can't believe Jeff baked and decorated this by himself!)





- Seeing Justin again.

- Being greeted by Charlotte (Harald and Micki's young daughter) with a "Happy Birthday, Debbie!" and a hug.

- Looking towards the back of the restaurant at one point and seeing all the younger kids seated at the table by themselves (they weren't put there; they just naturally congregated), talking about secret things.

- Having Jonathan eagerly thrust a picture book into my hand and ask me to read it (I did, of course). I'm a major sucker for kids who love books that much, especially Jonathan.





- Salmon and hamachi sashimi! Spider rolls!

- Blowing the candles out on the cake with all the kids.

- All the red balloons.

- Holding Megan (Jeff & Gail's baby). Then taking her over to Jeff and saying brightly, "Hey, look what someone gave me as a birthday present!" and watching his expression.





Ah, who am I kidding. The whole party was a highlight for me. :-)

FilKONtario in three days!

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Today's Blatherpics:

These were all taken at my birthday party on Sunday.

	Bryan and Elizabeth.
	Kristen and John.
	The cake that Jeff baked and decorated for my party. The text and picture on the front are from my Blatherings page. :-)
	Me blowing out the candles on my cake with the assistance of the children at the party.
	Scott (in Elspeth's hat) and Bronwyn.
	Doug and Jennifer.
	Justin and me, outside of Fune after the party.