Happy birfday to me!
Happy birfday to me!
Happy birfday dear LORD I'M THIRTY!
Happy birfday to... me?

I warned you folks that there would be crummy filler doodle today, and I kept my promise.

Anyway, today's my thirtieth birthday and I'm still trying to cope with the fact that I am irrevocably an adult now. I think you can still get away with calling yourself things like a "young adult" in your twenties, but now I get a whole new definition: a thirtysomething. Yikes.

Still, I am a proud nerd and this sort of thing would bother me if I counted my age in years. I count my age in levels. So strike up the level-up theme song, maestro!

Today I'm a level 30 nerd.

And many mooooore.

As the two craziest conventions of my summer loom ever closer, Otakon and ConnectiCon, and more things seem to be falling into place concerning finances, my location in September and demand, it looks like I'll have SEER'S DIGEST back in stock earlier than I'd anticipated. I'll keep you folks posted on this as more things fall into place.

Other than that, I'd say today is a pretty slow news day. That's not always a bad thing, in my opinion. "No news is good news," as I always say.

Oh, I guess there is a piece of news I could share. I don't normally like getting political down here in the news area because I don't have a brain for politics. I never know where I stand on issues like the economy, health care, foreign policy, and other things like that because I usually find both sides to have valid arguments (to a degree). There is one issue where I firmly stand my ground because it is the easiest issue for me to rally behind. Gay Rights. It's not even a matter of politics! It's a matter of the heart, and I've always been the most comfortable defending love against legislation.

Anyway, I thought this article on CNN.com was really interesting, if for no other reason than I think the term "gayby boom" is hilarious.

That's all from me for now.
Rock on.