Today is my birthday

These pictures were taken a few years apart.

As you can see by the headline, today is my birthday, so instead of doing a post about 7-year-old me, I think I may talk for a bit about 25-year-old me.

He’s new here, so let’s be nice to him.

Becoming a stand-up comic

"Seriously, don't make me laugh. I'm swinging here, come on."

I think of myself as funny. In fact, I pride myself on it in a manner which borders on narcissistic.

It also was a future occupation 7-year-old me though we would one get get into, even if he was more in prat falls.

Heroes in a half-shell

Watch out bad guys, headband-wearing turtles are coming to get you.

Ask almost any kid during the late ‘80s and early ‘90s what their favorite TV show was and good chances the answer is going to be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Confession, 7-year-old me was not one of those kids.

Pogs

To do list: 1) Find my slammers. 2) Knock all of these over.

The other day I was talking with a friend about my weekend job at a local magazine store. In doing so, he had mentioned that he had not been there since the mid ‘90s when he would make regular stops to pick up football cards and pogs.

Yes folks, we’re doing a post on pogs. Get ready to read at the edge of your seats.

5 for Friday: Taking trips

"What? Oh, this dinosaur? Yeah, I dug it up, no big deal."

This is my last post in the series for Summer 2011, which for me has been a great time with friends and some good memories. But there is one thing I did not do this summer which I probably should have considered: taking a vacation.

For my family, vacations were few and far between -- we took one-day vacations before they were cool. But that’s not to say we didn’t take a few trips in my lifetime of note. So here we go, my family’s top trips, at least as best as I can remember.