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Dom Martinho, Tinto 2005
Chateau St. Jean, Cabernet, California 2007
Kirkland, Napa Cabernet 2007
Revelry, The Reveler, 2007
Joseph Drouhin, Chablis 2006
Altos Las Hormigas, Mendoza Malbec 2008
Alodio, Ribeira Sacra Mencia 2007
Charles Smith, Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2008
Kiona, Lemberger 2006
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Columbia Valley Merlot 2005
Paranga, Kir-Yianni 2005
L. Guigal, Cotes du Rhone Rose 2007
Gloria Ferrer, Sonoma Brut
Kirkland, Napa Valley Meritage 2006
Abacela, Tempranillo 2006
Woodward Canyon, Columbia Valley Red
Santa Margherita, Pinot Grigio 2007
Mas Donis Barrica, Celler de Capcanes Red, 2005
Three Rivers, Merlot 2006
Raptor Ridge, Pinot Gris 2008
Lezaun, Rosado, Navarra
Lezaun, Red, Navarra
Hedges, Three Vineyards, Red Mountain 2005
Raptor Ridge, Pinot Gris 2008
Vega Sindoa, Cabernet-Tempranillo 2006
Inama, Soave Classico 2007
Alois Lageder, Lagrein Rosato 2008
Broglia, Gavi 2007
Marqués de Cáceres, Rioja Rose 2008
Spaltagna, Riserva Pinot Noir 2008
Portuga, Rose 2008
Warre's Warrior Port
Lange, Pinot Noir 2007
Chateau Guiraud, Le G, 2007
Falset, Garnacha Rose, Montsant 2006
Castello di Bossi, Chianti Classico 2004
Domaine Chandon, Pinot Noir, La Riviere Sonoma 2006
Brazin, Old Vine Zinfandel, Lodi 2006
B.R. Cohn, Silver Label Cabernet 2006
Casillero del Diablo, Cabernet 2007
Gentil Hugel, Alsace 2006
Mesoneros de Castilla, Ribero del Duero, Rosado 2008
Cor, Momentum 2007
Santa Margherita, Pinot Grigio 2006
Rubico, Lacrima di Morro d'Alba 2007
Gilstrap Brothers, Reserve Merlot 2003
Conundrum 2007
Chandler Reach, 36 Red
Santa Rita, Reserve Cabernet 2005
Marietta, Old Vine Red Lot 47
L'Ecole No. 41, Recess Red 2006
Dom Martinho, Red 2004
Beaulieu, Georges Latour 1994
Caymus, Cabernet 1995
Columbia Winery, Merlot 2005
Bergevin Lane, Columbia Valley Cabernet 2005
Savigny-les-Beaune, Les Lavieres 2003
David Hill, Reserve Merlot, Rogue Valley 2006
Educated Guess, Cabernet 2006
Maquis Lien, Red 2005
Charles Smith, Kung Fu Girl Riesling 2007
David Hill, Farmhouse White
Robert Mondavi Solaire, Cabernet 2005
Castello Monaci, Liante, Salice Salentino 2006
Ricardo Santos, Malbec 2006
Quinta da Espiga, Tinto 2006
Charles Smith, Holy Cow Merlot 2006
Charles Smith, Boom Boom Syrah 2006
Charles Smith, The Honorable Pinot Gris 2007
Santa Rita, Cabernet Reserva 2005
King Estate, Pinot Gris 2007
Gloria, Douro, Tinto 2002
Bogle, Petite Sirah Port, Clarksburg 2005
Cardwell Hill, Pinot Noir 2004
Silkwood, Red Duet Cabernet-Syrah 2004
Portuga, Vinho Branco 2006, 2007
Osborne, Solaz 2004
Santa Rita, Cabernet, Reserva 2005
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill, Shiraz Cabernet 2006
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Cabernet, Indian Wells 2004
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot, Horse Heaven Hills 2004
Hannah Nicole, Red 2004
Penfold's, Koonunga Hill Shiraz Cabernet 2005
Protocolo, Red 2005
Woodbridge, Chardonnay 2006
Portuga, Vinho Branco 2006
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1998
Beaulieu, Cabernet, Rutherford 1996
Kirkland, Roogle Shiraz 2004
Garda, Classico Chiaretto
A to Z, Oregon Pinot Gris 2005
I Giusti & Zanza, Nemorino 2006
Treana, Marsanne-Viognier, Central Coast 2005
Fife, Syrah, "Stanford" 2000
B.R. Cohn, Silver Label Cabernet 2005
Marques de Casa Concha, Cabernet 2005
Santi, Sortesele Pinot Grigio 2006
Al Muvedre, Tinto Joven 2006
Layer Cake, Shiraz 2006
Gritti, Ca' Andrea, Umbria red 2005
Altos de Luzon, Jumilla 2004
Thomas Leithner, Zweigelt 2004
Cain Cuvee NV 3
Chateau Ste. Michelle, Merlot 2003
Meridian, Sauvignon Blanc 2005
Canoe Ridge, Merlot 2003
Paringa, Shiraz 2005
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
William Shakespeare - A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ivan Doig - Bucking the Sun
Penda Diakité - I Lost My Tooth in Africa
Grace Lin - The Year of the Rat
Oscar Hijuelos - Mr. Ives' Christmas
Madeline L'Engle - A Wrinkle in Time
Steven Hart - The Last Three Miles
David Sedaris - Me Talk Pretty One Day
Karen Armstrong - The Spiral Staircase
Charles Larson - The Portland Murders
Adrian Wojnarowski - The Miracle of St. Anthony
William H. Colby - Long Goodbye
Steven D. Stark - Meet the Beatles
Phil Stanford - Portland Confidential
Rick Moody - Garden State
Jonathan Schwartz - All in Good Time
David Sedaris - Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Anthony Holden - Big Deal
Robert J. Spitzer - The Spirit of Leadership
James McManus - Positively Fifth Street
Jeff Noon - Vurt
Miles run year to date: 64
At this date last year: 28
Total run in 2008: 28
In 2007: 113
In 2006: 100
In 2005: 149
In 2004: 204
In 2003: 269
I don't know what to make of the new age I step into today. Part of it's depressing: I hear I'll be getting my first letter from the AARP soon. And is there any doubt I am in the second half of my career? (Maybe I'll work past 75, but I hope not!) Hair getting grayer and thinner, teeth getting longer, every day.
Me, I feel 28. I have two young kids and a job that has me surrounded by bright young people in their 20s. I'm in halfway decent shape, and I'm sure a heck of a lot wiser than I was a couple of decades ago. I feel like Sally O'Malley, the goofy character that Molly Shannon used to play on Saturday Night Live -- the spritely dame in the too-tight red jumpsuit with the too-big hair, prancing around crowing to the youngsters that she was "fifty years old -- that's right, five-oh," as she'd "kick! and stretch! and kick!" That gal would wear that outfit for a week at a time, spraying a little Febreze on it as needed. But she always won out in the end.
Comments (20)
Happy birthday, cuz. Ya done good.
Posted by Parkway Rest Stop | January 15, 2004 3:35 AM
Happy Birthday Jack! while i'm not in new jersey, i now live in easton pennsylvania and damn, it is cold here! -from a former student
Posted by zac | January 15, 2004 4:29 AM
Happy five oh, Jack. I have found the fifth decade to be the best yet. Over the hill? Nope. On top - where the view is best. Many happy returns of the day to you.
Posted by Moonflower | January 15, 2004 4:36 AM
Happy birthday big brother. Hope it's a great one!
Posted by baby annie | January 15, 2004 5:01 AM
Happy Birthday, professor.
Great writing -- you rival Lileks.
Posted by Klug | January 15, 2004 6:29 AM
Happy Birthday, and many, many more!
I'm a little surprised you haven't gotten the AARP letter yet. My husband started getting those several months before he turned 50. He wasn't nearly as amused by them as I was.
Posted by Rita | January 15, 2004 7:06 AM
Ew, you are much cooler than Lileks, who is actually kind of a creep.
Happy birthday, sir.
Posted by Alli | January 15, 2004 7:55 AM
May you have many happy returns of the day!
Posted by mtpolitics | January 15, 2004 8:00 AM
ok, now this is just getting weird.
3/4 of my blogroll must be January babies. Me included. And probably half my friends. Our parents were busy in April!
Happy Birthday!
Posted by pril | January 15, 2004 10:21 AM
Very Happy Fiftieth to you!
*Toasts with virtual microbrew*
Posted by alan | January 15, 2004 10:26 AM
Happy Birthday Jack. It's inspiring to see that at 50 you're still posting to your blog at 3:10 AM.
Posted by Josh | January 15, 2004 11:31 AM
Happy birthday, Jack! May you live 50 more and enjoy them!
Posted by Emily | January 15, 2004 12:08 PM
Happy b-day! My dad just hit the ol' 50 last week. He just got back into town, so we're going drinking! ;-)
Have a drink on me, Jack!
Posted by Jake Ortman | January 15, 2004 12:54 PM
Happy birthday professor Jack. May the best days of your past be the worst days of your future!
Posted by Jennifer | January 15, 2004 2:52 PM
A local radio station sent me birthday greetings today, along with the following cogent observation: "At our age we're caught in a dilemma between listening to the Stones and passing them."
Posted by Jack Bog | January 15, 2004 2:53 PM
There's no doubt about it, you are on the back nine. Plus , you probably aged extra years due to your phobia when records were put on the wrong speed and you went apeshit.
Let me stand next to your fire.
Posted by brother gary | January 16, 2004 5:36 AM
Happy Birthday, Jack.
WWP's big 5-0 is not that far out, either. We know that feeling: Look 50, feel 25. A mean trick on baby boomers, if you ask WWP.
Posted by Worldwide Pablo | January 16, 2004 11:36 AM
Hey, what do you know--maybe all great bloggers are Capricorns. Mine's sunday.
It is, however, a meager mid-30s b-day, and not so historic as yours. Hope the next fifty are just as good--
Posted by Emma | January 16, 2004 1:18 PM
Hi Jack, Congratulations But tell me something, if we grew up together how can you be 50 when I just turned 39.
"very strange"
Posted by Bern | January 17, 2004 7:22 AM
happy belated birthday !!!
Posted by tony | January 19, 2004 2:21 AM