Half of What I Know About Laughter

Happy birthday, Uncle. You're the one person in the family who can tell it like it is and still get invited back. That's diplomacy with an edge. Rare.

Fifty, Uncle. Half a century of being the warmth and the laughter and the steady second-dad to half of us. Today the whole family wraps around you, the way you've wrapped around all of us. Happy 50th. We love you.

Sixty, Uncle. Six decades of being the most entertaining and occasionally the most infuriating person in the family , sometimes in the same conversation. Today we raise a glass to the stories, the opinions, the appearances at exactly the right moment, and the exits timed perfectly. You are an original. Happy 60th.

Happy birthday, Uncle! You've made every family gathering louder, funnier, and a little more legendary. May this year give back even a fraction of what you give the rest of us. Cheers.