Apparently I’ve decided I have too many friends and it is now time to alienate a couple here and there. 

Last night was my very good friend Matt’s birthday.  We’ve been friends since the first day of high school.  A couple of years ago, he had a vasectomy.  For his birthday, I got him a book titled How to Have A Child By Artificial Insimination.  We (Matt, his wife, a few of his friends, and I) went out drinking last night to help him celebrate.  Both he and his wife thought the present was hilarious. Yay!

Tonight is Ray’s birthday.  We’re having dinner tomorrow night.  He specifically told me he did not want a birthday present. However, when I was living in Virginia, he sent me a couple of presents, and even after I moved to California, he was gracious enough to let me stay with him for 2 weeks while I found an apartment. 

So… Tomorrow night when we’re having dinner, I’m going to say something to the effect of, “Well, you told me not to get you anything, but you’re an uncle a few times over, so I figured you could share this with the little ones?”  When he unwraps the present, it will be a children’s book titled Someone I Love Died.  He is both intelligent and has a great sense of humor.  He’ll find a smile or two in the gift.

His real present is a box.  That sounds boring, doesn’t it?  It is actually a very nice wooden box. It has a latch and everything! I figured everyone can use a pretty masculin box to better organize their lives.