Thursday, October 11, 2007

Today is Your Birthday

Well, maybe not yours. But it is my wife's birthday. That's something worth writing about, to me anyway.

Melissa has been my faithful better half for more than 18 years. Many say, "Wow, that's a long time considering the statistics." A little aside, if I may. If you look at most statistics on divorce, they put it at around 4 per 1000 married people. Infrequently, you come across a source that puts the statistic at around 40 or 50 percent. I'm not going to pat myself nor my wife on the back because we beat the odds that were four-tenths of a percent against us.

Anyway, if my marriage can survive one of the actual statistically significant reasons for Splitsville (workaholicism), we should be good for another few decades - until I kill myself as a result of one of the most self-destructive habits known to man (workaholicism).

So happy birthday hon, I'll be up to bed in a jif!