{"id":1031,"date":"2015-03-11T12:05:34","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T16:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2015-03-11T12:05:34","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T16:05:34","slug":"three-birthdays-are-better-than-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/?p=1031","title":{"rendered":"Three Birthdays are Better than One"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A week ago, I turned 31 \u2013 and I had three pretty darn good celebrations. Pictures are worth a thousand words, so I thought I would share a few.<\/p>\n<p>First, a friend and colleague of mine happens to have a birthday five days prior to mine (he is a leap year baby). We got a group together to go bowling then drink at my place after. To summarize the evening, here is my colleague the next morning.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Jason.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1033\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Jason-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Jason\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Jason-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Jason.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Second, on my birthday, I had lunch with my Mom, then attended the Billiken game that evening. The Billikens lost, but I made an appearance on the scoreboard for the first time probably since college.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scoreboard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1034\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scoreboard-300x188.png\" alt=\"Scoreboard\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scoreboard-300x188.png 300w, http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Scoreboard.png 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Third, my aunt has a birthday four days after mine, so we decided to have a joint celebration for myself, my aunt, a cousin, and cousin\u2019s boyfriend. A couple of years ago at Thanksgiving a joke was made about taking Steve to \u201cPizza Church\u201d (a pizza place once owned by a church). Well, the land of Holy Pizza is a place to behold.<\/p>\n<p>First, there is song<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Copy of Pizza Church\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eReleUdaIrw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Then, there is cookie cake<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CookieCake-Reduced.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CookieCake-Reduced-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"CookieCake-Reduced\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CookieCake-Reduced-300x204.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/CookieCake-Reduced-1024x697.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, there are fantastic ways for Grandmothers\/Aunts to win tickets<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tickets.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1035\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tickets-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tickets\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tickets-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tickets-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Tickets.jpg 1799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And fantastic giant crane games to win bouncy balls with your mother<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crane-Reduced.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1038\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crane-Reduced-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Crane-Reduced\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crane-Reduced-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crane-Reduced-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Crane-Reduced.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To make your father very happy<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dad-Reduced.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1037\" src=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dad-Reduced-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"Dad-Reduced\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dad-Reduced-300x282.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dad-Reduced-1024x964.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.steverogers.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Dad-Reduced.jpg 1453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we somehow didn&#8217;t get pictures of the nun (unaffiliated with Pizza Church) in bumper cars!<\/p>\n<p>Overall, pretty darn good birthday back in St. Louis. \u00a0Thanks to everyone for making it a great week!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A week ago, I turned 31 \u2013 and I had three pretty darn good celebrations. Pictures are worth a thousand words, so I thought I would share a few. First, a friend and colleague of mine happens to have a birthday five days prior to mine (he is a leap year baby). 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