When I got home from work the Birthday Fairy had for me;

A dinner of homemade Lasagna, served with a nice Merlot (the Birthday Fairy herself had some kind of white chablis or something). After dinner we had Costa Rican Peaberry coffee. It was fresh roasted in my new roaster and ground. She served it Vietnamese style in my new Cafe Sua Da, coffee maker.

After dinner, was a selection cheesecake wedges from The Atlanta Cheesecake Factory and nicely chilled Cask & Cream Irish Liqueur.

The Birthday Fairy also gave me 100, 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 carboard flips, 400 2x2 cardboard flips (1c, 5c, 10c and 25c), and enough archival pages and binders for them all. (A comment from the Birthday Fairy a while back was, "Are you collecting chips and coins, the mailers they come in, or both! I think that was a refference to my vast number of bokes chucked full of mailings.)

The Vegas Birthday Fairy sent me a small box of various chips, tokens and strikes she accumulated from yard sales and flea markets. And her boyfriend (whom I've done web-design for), sent me a 20yr old bottle of Crown Royal Canadian Whiskey.

The US Federal Birthday Fairy for some reason deposited my SSI payment into my Bank Account early. It cleared and became available on my birthday, even though it wasn't due to be recieved till this weekend. (I'm waiting for repercussions on that one!)

The Birthday Fairies birthday herself is 1/24, so we are splitting the difference and going to Mohegan Sun on 1/20. Hmmm...Mohegan Sun and my SSI check... That's if the weather holds out here in MA. (Looks out window...Oh good! The snow has already started!@#$%^ , maybe it'll all be over by Saturday.)

==Mike==
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