Happy Fortieth!!

Happy 40th anniversary of your birthing day, Frank!

In honor of your birthing day, I thought I'd share some remarks from those who have traversed this rite of passage before you.

"The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." Lucille Ball

"Middle-aged spread: unconquered puppy fat." From The Dieter's Dictionary

"You know you've reached middle age when your weightlifting consists of merely standing up." Bob Hope

"Middle age is when you are sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn't for you." Ogden Nash

"It's better to wear out than to rust out." George Horne

"Don't let years convince you that you are old. Beside a Galapagos tortoise, you are a mere child." Pam Brown

"Life would be infinitely happier if we could only be born at the age of eighty and gradually approach eighteen." Mark Twain

"Middle age is when your clothes no longer fit and it's you that needs the alterations." Earl Wilson

"This [the facelift] is the procedure wherein the plastic surgeon perks up your face by standing behind you, pulling your skin back on both sides of your head until the front is nice and tight, and then attaching the flaps of excess skin to the back of your head with a staple gun. Sure it stings, but the visual effect is stunning, as you are miraculously transformed from a person with bags and wrinkles into a person whose eyes appear to be just slightly too far apart. In fact, if you get repeated facelifts, your eyes will gradually migrate around to the side of your head, carp-like, and you will experience a real bonus in the peripheral-vision department." Dave Barry, from Turning 40

"As a graduate of the Zsa Zsa Gabor School of Creative Mathematics, I honestly do not know how old I am." Erma Bombeck

Happy Birthday Frank!

You are the man of my dreams, still.
I love you!