I can't say it's been the best year...

...of my now officially lengthy life, but I figure any guy who gets to celebrate his 60th birthday with a cake baked by his still healthy and independent mom is a pretty lucky guy.

Some neat news in a birthday call from my eldest son, The Roadie, too. He's stage managing Willie Nelson's show on the Country Throwdown tour this year. Kind of a bummer that they won't be stopping anywhere near here, but one degree of separation puts me as close to Willie's bus as I'll likely ever get.

Meanwhile, the BBBUL is out rounding up some kind of birthday treat, so the day promises to get better and better.

60? Wow. How'd that happen?