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20040715 Thursday July 15, 2004

30 years ago... Almost 30 years ago, I was born at the cabin in Condon, Montana. I was delivered by my Dad, with his hunting knife. There were no doctors around, only my Mom and Dad - and my grandma was sleeping in the Sauna with my sister. The only complication was my umbilical cord wrapped around my neck and my head was blue. My dad's hunting knife made quick work of that. July 16th - one of my favorite days of the year.

Funny, I just went back to look at what I had to say last year. Pretty much the same thing. Oh well, I guess I haven't changed much in the last year. ;-) Posted in General at Jul 15 2004, 10:55:46 PM MDT 14 Comments

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Congrats on the big three-O!

Posted by Jaap on July 15, 2004 at 11:44 PM MDT #

Whew! For a minute there, I thought your dad used his hunting knife to perform a C-section!

Posted by kelzer on July 16, 2004 at 09:35 AM MDT #

Matt said: "This one time, in Montana..." s.replaceAll("Montana", "Band Camp"); (grin) Happy 30th.

Posted by Scott Davis on July 16, 2004 at 11:54 AM MDT #

Happy Birthday.. Enjoy the day off

Posted by Paul Kilroy on July 16, 2004 at 12:18 PM MDT #

Happy Birthday, Matt. It was my birthday on the 14th although I've not quite reached the big 30. ;-)

Posted by Simon Brown on July 16, 2004 at 01:54 PM MDT #

Merry Birthday Dude!

Posted by Christina on July 16, 2004 at 08:40 PM MDT #

Sauna? Are you of Finnish ancestry perhaps?

Posted by Anothermike on July 17, 2004 at 10:59 AM MDT #

Yessiree - my mom is 3/4 Finnish. Both her parents spoke Finnish.

Posted by Matt Raible on July 17, 2004 at 11:49 AM MDT #

Happy Birthday Matt!

Posted by Arjun Ram on July 17, 2004 at 02:16 PM MDT #

Hope you had a good time dude. We really enjoyed ourselves. Happy Birthday!

Posted by Bruce on July 18, 2004 at 12:45 PM MDT #

Hyvää syntymäpäivää, then.

Posted by Anothermike on July 18, 2004 at 06:42 PM MDT #

Have a great time and Happy Birthday!

Posted by reza shahbazi on July 19, 2004 at 10:56 AM MDT #

It says in "The Cabin" post that you were born July of 1973. This isn't your first 30th, is it?

Posted by 129.118.90.16 on July 22, 2004 at 12:13 PM MDT #

Heh, that's funny that I had the wrong year in there for so long. Should be "July of 1974" - fixed now. Thanks!

Posted by Matt Raible on July 22, 2004 at 01:04 PM MDT #

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