Thank you all for the birthday wishes!

Making this post to lj since so many people still live here (and I'm waffling on the DW thing at the moment because there's so much to learn and I'm too busy):

Thank you! Today I am a man turned forty, which was pretty much exactly like turning thirty-nine... and, if I reach back in my memory, I find all of them are the same since around twenty-five. Twenty-five is only memorable in that at twenty-five you can legally drive a truck full of dynamite.

Oh - wait, at thirty-five you can run for President. But, let's be real, it is far more likely that I will one day drive a truck full of dynamite than run for President. You have to be fucking nuts to run for President.

As my icon informs you, however, I am Still Not King--and this greatly displeases me. Must get on that pronto. It goes on the to-do list, after 1) Finish Yet More School and 2) Become Gainfully Employed.

Imagine going to your employer and giving two-weeks notice because you've accepted a position as Monarch. That would be the most awesome exit interview ever.

Anyhow, after nine depressing hours of reading and writing about No Child Left Behind and its effects on both students and teachers, I'm going to take a shower, put on my jammies, and start reading one of the awesome books shrift got for me.

\o/