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HAPPY BIRTHDAY

      I want to give a big shout out to my sister Betty for her __th birthday today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SIS!      When you were a baby, I used to try to sell you to the corner storekeeper for eighteen cents. I’m so glad I didn’t close the deal, because I love you and value you beyond price.     You’re the reason I started this blog in the first place. It was your idea to begin with, and if it hadn’t been for your gentle urging, prodding, support, and untiring assistance, this turkey never would have got cooked! I really do enjoy doing this, Sis. It gives me an outlet to express my interest in, and passion for good movies, classic or otherwise, and you allow me to unload my somewhat feverish ravings on you and often help me organize my chaotic mental meanderings. Thank you for your help and encouragement.     Here’s a "movie" story for you. When you were about six, you and I went to the movies at the old Santa Fe theater in our neighborhood. That day, they held a talent show during the intermission between features (they mostly had double-features at that theater). You got up and entered the talent show on the stage. When your turn came, you sang “Jingle Bells” and won the talent contest! The big prize was a shiny fifty-cent piece.        It so happened that I had had my eye on a pair of ice-skates in the window of a local second-hand store, and they were asking exactly fifty cents for them. So guess who talked that little girl into financing a pair of skates for her big brother? Bingo! The problem was that when I finally got a chance to use those skates, I could never master them. My ankles were too weak, and I couldn’t stay on my feet long enough to get anywhere. So you have the last laugh, Sis.     Anyway, I wish you and your beautiful family a wonderful day today, and  hope you make the most of it. Thanks again for your abiding love and generosity of spirit. I love you very much.

‘Bye!