One of my friends, Joshua is having his 25th birthday today! Let's all celebrate by getting a piercing, moving to an urban loft, thinking about drinking Starbucks coffee but then rolling your eyes and deciding against it, building a relationship with someone who is tatooed and then presenting the Gospel to them, and finally, getting all silly goofy in love with your spouse and child.

A cool thing to do for birthdays that don't cost nothin': Get on line, pick out a gift that you'd buy them if money were no object (but don't go the easy route and pick out a huge home or yacht...put some thought into it), get the link to that object and send an e-mail to them telling them happy birthday and let them know "here's what I would've gotten you" kind of thing...

Here's what I "got" Joshua: Very Cool Painting. You can e-mail Joshua at joshuarudd@mac.com if you want!

Happy birthday, mon frere!