Happy birthday, Matt! October 10, 2005 4:45 PM   Subscribe

As mentioned here, we would be remiss if we did not acknowledge your slow approach to age thirty. Happy birthday Matt, you whippersnapper, and thanks for keeping MF Co. on your to-do list.
posted by KevinSkomsvold to MetaFilter-Related at 4:45 PM (63 comments total)

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posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:50 PM on October 10, 2005


Happy Birthday Matt.

Nitpick: "Twenty eight is old. "Almost 30" is how I'll have to start referring to myself now. Ugh. Posted at October 10, 2000 08:43 AM" Makes him 33, no?
From a sprightly 46 yo!

posted by dash_slot- at 4:53 PM on October 10, 2005


An yes, I suck at math. That post is from 2000. Boy am I red over here. Happy #33 Matt.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 4:53 PM on October 10, 2005


Happy Birthday and all that jazz, Matt!
posted by dobbs at 5:07 PM on October 10, 2005


Happy birthday, Matt. Mine's tomorrow.
posted by kindall at 5:17 PM on October 10, 2005


You damned whippersnappers piss me off. Happy Birthday Numero Uno!
posted by snsranch at 5:17 PM on October 10, 2005


Happy birthday!
posted by languagehat at 5:31 PM on October 10, 2005


Happy 21st, man! Go get drunk and puke!

do not puke on the baby
posted by cortex at 5:37 PM on October 10, 2005


Ha den äran, Matt!
posted by soundofsuburbia at 5:44 PM on October 10, 2005


Yom huledet sameach!
posted by ori at 5:50 PM on October 10, 2005


33? joyeux anniversaire, young whippersnapper!
posted by clevershark at 5:55 PM on October 10, 2005


Again, in honor of your birthday, I will NOT sing the Russian Happy Birthday song.
posted by konolia at 6:02 PM on October 10, 2005


He seems to have a wishlist on del.icio.us. Don't everybody buy him the stapler.
posted by callmejay at 6:28 PM on October 10, 2005


Gefeliciteerd, Matt! En nog vele jaren!
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 6:39 PM on October 10, 2005


Feliz cumpleaños.
posted by Tuwa at 6:40 PM on October 10, 2005


Happy birthday, Matt!
posted by kalimac at 6:44 PM on October 10, 2005


Happy birthday Matt. In another seven years you'll be old enough to run for president!
posted by marxchivist at 6:46 PM on October 10, 2005


Actually Matt only has 2 years to go before he's eligible :-)

Then again, at the risk of sounding obsequious he seems like far too smart a chap to actually want the job.
posted by clevershark at 6:52 PM on October 10, 2005


Happy birthday kid.
posted by caddis at 7:00 PM on October 10, 2005


Gesundheit!
posted by edgeways at 7:25 PM on October 10, 2005


Happy birthday, Matt and many happy returns.
posted by Lynsey at 7:25 PM on October 10, 2005


You're the same age as Jesus now. Next year you will be older. Now using him for an existential measuring stick, what have you accomplished with your life so far ?
posted by y2karl at 7:26 PM on October 10, 2005


Happy Birthday, too!
posted by y2karl at 7:27 PM on October 10, 2005


Happy birthday!
posted by Vidiot at 7:28 PM on October 10, 2005


Happy Birthday Matt :-)
posted by Tarrama at 7:37 PM on October 10, 2005


Wise beyond his (MeFi-induced) tears. Happy!
posted by If I Had An Anus at 7:37 PM on October 10, 2005


33. Pah. That's only 0x21!
posted by eriko at 7:39 PM on October 10, 2005


Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag, Herr Howie!
posted by kenko at 7:40 PM on October 10, 2005


y2karl writes "Now using him for an existential measuring stick, what have you accomplished with your life so far ?"

He's managed to stay off the cross so far, that's a start!
posted by clevershark at 8:29 PM on October 10, 2005


Bon anniversaire, mathowie.
posted by me3dia at 8:48 PM on October 10, 2005


Did someone say get drunk and puke?
posted by George W. Bush at 9:09 PM on October 10, 2005


George W. Bush writes "Did someone say get drunk and puke?"

You need an occasion for that?
posted by clevershark at 9:45 PM on October 10, 2005


happy birthday.
posted by shmegegge at 10:21 PM on October 10, 2005


Thanks. I had a great birthday.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:58 PM on October 10, 2005


You know, they say that if you haven't saved the world by 33, then you oughtta give up your delusions of being the Messiah. Fie on that, I say. Mathowie hath more disciples than 12 and they ain't nailed him up yet! Cheers, felicitations, benign charms, multisyllabic terms of endearment, and good on ya!
posted by scarabic at 11:18 PM on October 10, 2005


Hau'oli La Hanau Alaka'i.
posted by onalark at 2:24 AM on October 11, 2005


belated bunnywishes, matt! You know how people alway tell teenagers and college-age kids "these are the best years of your life"? Totally wrong. These are the best years of your life, trust me. Later, they're kind of the same, but with less body tone, and it gets harder to touch your toes.
posted by taz at 4:05 AM on October 11, 2005


Happy birthday, Matt.
posted by Civil_Disobedient at 4:41 AM on October 11, 2005


Again, in honor of your birthday, I will NOT sing the Russian Happy Birthday song.

"Those were the days my friend/we thought they'd never end/we'd live the life we choose/we'd fight and never lose...."
posted by orange swan at 5:15 AM on October 11, 2005


Tanjoubi omedetou, Haoii-sensei!
posted by Faint of Butt at 6:54 AM on October 11, 2005


La multi ani!
posted by jessamyn at 7:24 AM on October 11, 2005


La multi ani difranco, even!
posted by cortex at 7:31 AM on October 11, 2005


At what point is one "pushing forty"? Just curious...


Oh, and happy birthday a day late.
posted by voltairemodern at 7:47 AM on October 11, 2005


Happy belated birthday! Yay for October birthdays! : )
posted by SisterHavana at 8:20 AM on October 11, 2005


Happy Birthday a day late. Better than 3 years and a day late I guess.
posted by Numenorian at 9:00 AM on October 11, 2005


herf derf cake eater! hope it was fun.
posted by whatnot at 9:08 AM on October 11, 2005


Feliz aniversário, Matt!
posted by nkyad at 9:26 AM on October 11, 2005


At what point is one "pushing forty"? Just curious...

I'm pushing fourty. Unfortunately, its from the top, down.

My guess would be that consensus is that at 39, you're considered "pushing" fourty.
posted by KevinSkomsvold at 9:41 AM on October 11, 2005


Now using him for an existential measuring stick, what have you accomplished with your life so far ?

Christ got crucified but once. Matt gets crucified every day of the year. Except for today, since it's his birthday. I think we can give him a day off...

Now, where is Jessamyn?

Happy days, Matt.
posted by crunchland at 9:52 AM on October 11, 2005


[birthday greeting deleted]
posted by cortex at 9:55 AM on October 11, 2005


The admins are drunk with power!
posted by cortex at 9:56 AM on October 11, 2005


You can still pull from a 40 when you're pushing 40, but we all better pull up daisies before we have to push 'em.

Cheers, math owie!
posted by sonofsamiam at 10:15 AM on October 11, 2005


buon compleanno, matt
posted by matteo at 10:40 AM on October 11, 2005


Happy birthday (day late) Matt. Just think, when I was making my middle school debut as Oliver, you were finger painting in kindergarten.

I'm just saying.
posted by plinth at 10:55 AM on October 11, 2005


If we only celebrated palindromic birthdays you would be exactly 12... for the next 11 years. That's young.
posted by |n$eCur3 at 11:36 AM on October 11, 2005


28? Jesus, I'm 31 and now I feel old. I mean, what the hell have I been doing with my life? I mean, I sure as hell didn't make some fancy-pants collaborative blog-type thing before the age of 30.

Man, I suck. Thanks for ruining my day, Matt.






...oh, and happy belated birthday. ☺
posted by 40 Watt at 11:45 AM on October 11, 2005



Congrates on another trip around the sun...
posted by fluffycreature at 11:53 AM on October 11, 2005


Now using him for an existential measuring stick, what have you accomplished with your life so far ?
Well, how many collaborative weblogs did Jesus create?

Happy birthday Matt, from another who is pushing 40 from the top down. taz is right - the 30s are the best part.
posted by dg at 4:10 PM on October 11, 2005


we were born in almost the same year on almost the same day. Drink a beer or three on me-- send the bill to my paypal.
posted by chaz at 8:59 PM on October 11, 2005


Happy Belated!
posted by brujita at 4:48 AM on October 12, 2005


Huzzah for you, Matt! Way to be 33!
posted by The Great Big Mulp at 2:17 PM on October 12, 2005


Kia huritau ki a koe, mathowie.
posted by tracicle at 6:09 PM on October 12, 2005


happy belated birthday fellow libra!
posted by tsarfan at 6:52 PM on October 12, 2005


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