Touch me. Touch me like you didn't touch me last night.

You see, I can't remember the last time I saw my mama on her birthday. She's lived in Florida since the very beginning of the 90's, and while I see her a few times a year, it hasn't been on her birthday since who knows when.

And since my Mama is THE PERSON AWESOME PEOPLE GO TO FOR BEING-AWESOME CONSULTATIONS, as well as being one of the smartest, funniest, and by far kindest people I've ever had the pleasure to know in my entire life, she's had more of an impact on who I am today than anybody else in the world. As such, I like to do something for her on her birthday. She hates getting gifts, though, so I've been doing this instead, ever since I had to telnet into my uiuc.edu account using a 14.4 modem, where I would then read my e-mail using Pine.

This year, me and my dame Nadja "fairyarmadillo" Robot will be going down to visit her and my stepfather and whatever other family members are there for Thanksgiving/my birthday, but that's a few months away, so...

PEOPLES OF THE UNIVERSE, PLEASE ATTEND CAREFULLY, AS THE MESSAGE THAT FOLLOWS IS VITAL TO THE SURVIVAL OF YOU ALL:

Her e-mail is n8annet@hotmail.com.

I don't care if you know her or not. Indeed, only a small handful of you have ever even seen her. Doesn't matter.

Take a few seconds right now and send her a birthday greeting.

It doesn't have to be anything other than "Your son sent me; Happy Birthday Annet Stein! He's batshit insane but I nice guy, I guess if you're cool with batshit insane!"

You can do it however you want, simple or complex...but don't go sending her goatse shots or I'll track you down and kick your ass so hard I'll have to open your mouth to tie my shoelaces.

Keep in the spirit of her birthday, yo.

And you know what?

Tell your friends.

Tell all of 'em. Repost this in YOUR LJ and tell people to wish my Mama a happy birthday.

No chance to do it on the 18th? Hell, who doesn't enjoy getting even late birthday wishes?

Help bust last year's 80+ birthday greetings.

Help celebrate the woman who, when it comes to me, did the absolute best with what she was given to work with. :)

Ah, and here's a photo that my little brother did for an art project he devised. You get to guess which one is my mama.



Here she is a few years back, enjoying the outdoors:



Love, and many thanks in advance,

benjamin

Today = 2nd anniversary for Sara and I, which is almost halfway though our 11th year together.

Rockstar.

Another preliminary sketch (shrunk down) from Karl Bryhn for our comic, LAST SHOT.
This shows Dan and Jimmy making their way down a hallway.

Don't worry about Dan being shot. He's cool with it.



Karl knows what he's doing.

b