As Paul Simon once sang:
“Yesterday it was my birthday,
I hung one more year on the line.
I should be depressed, my life’s a mess,
But I’m having a good time.”
My actual birthday was on August 1st. But considering that some people claim an entire month for their birthdays, I hope you’ll indulge me celebrating a few days later on my Substack.
For my birthday I won’t ask for gifts or money, but I would love to ask you for a favor.
Ya see, I edited and wrote an introduction for a book of “Dad Jokes” that I released on my birthday. And to help make it visible in the Amazon sales algorithms, it would really help if you left a five-star review. (As of this writing, it’s got 7 five star reviews. Wouldn’t you like to be lucky number 8?)
But not yet. First, here’s a great “dad joke” from the book.
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