Thank you, everyone! This thread has totally made my day for, like, three days now!
Thank you! Getting Happy Birthday down to a single character is amazing -- I didn't think it possible myself.
I was optimistic about turning 30 last year, and my thirty-first year was awesome. Working on DROD:TCB with the Caravel crew and our crack team of beta testers was a lot of fun. I'm excited about our upcoming projects and enjoy working on that stuff whenever I can. My wife and kids are happy, and that helps me to be happy. I'm about finished with my dissertation and ready to graduate (finally!), and I have started a challenging day job. There is a lot of stress involved in all of the above, but I'm still optimistic that in the world today, one can easily have luck in life. And by "
luck"
, I mean that if one is prepared, opportunities will appear to make good things happen.
Now that "
phase 3.1"
is completed, let's see how the 32nd year will go!
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Gandalf? Yes... That's what they used to call me.
Gandalf the Grey. That was my name.
I am Gandalf the White.
And I come back to you now at the turn of the tide.