Holy Heirophant! Jon Racherbaumer is 74 Tomorrow!

[Richard Kaufman]

Post your birthday wishes here for the old boy. Rock is 74 tomorrow. I first met 41 years ago in New York--Holy Heirophant!

[Bill Mullins]

Onward!

[Bob Farmer]

Life--the Clock Trick?--or some Gilbreathian interweave of chance, biology and time, all proceeding to a single, if not Jungean, then alternative metaphysical/physical signpost. Mark it and it marks you and we mark it on your behalf.

(Happy Birthday greeting created by the RPG--Racherbaumer Phrase Generator).

[Mike Remington]

I realize that this is not the appropriate thread to be pedantic or pedagogical, but isn't a Hierophant holy by definition?

Happy birthday Jon. I'm looking forward to another pilgrimage to the West Bank next Autumn.

[Tom Gilbert]

Happy birthday Jon, how 'bout another 74?

Tom

[Matthew Field]

H.B., J.R.!

Matt Field

[Tom Frame]

Happy birthday Jon! I hope your day is filled with magic and mirth.


Hugs,

Tom

[Jonathan Townsend]

Happy Birthday!
Thanks for helping move our literature toward the fine arts section of the library.
Best wishes from NY,

JonT

now back to fussing over how to adapt false counts and double turnovers to work with a packet of business cards. doctor, lawyer, indian, (fire)chief, tinker, tailor or is that soldier, *, *, * insert three letter names or discount cards..

[Steve Bryant]

Happy Birthday, Jon.

I hate it that we are all getting older faster. I blame it on Genii. A year used to take a lot longer to roll around when Bill Larsen was in charge!

[Dustin Stinett]

Jon,

For the record, in my unpublished (pre-internet) notes dated January 22, 1994, I have a note written to you that says, “H.B. J.R.!” As you can see, the only difference between that which Matt Field published here and what I came up with then is but a simple comma between the “H.B.” and “J.R.” versus my “space.” I am not convinced his variation is adequate for Mr. Field to claim he created the greeting, particularly since the space makes said greeting cleaner and more direct versus the comma which adds a definite pause to the salutation that would not, under ordinary (and natural) circumstances, otherwise exist. However, in deference to him, I do suspect that this is a case of independent discovery particularly since, in 1994, Matt Field (or anyone for that matter) knew who the hell I was. I also suspect that—in some cases—he would wish to make that claim today.

Happy Birthday Jon!
Dustin

[Magic Newswire]

Happy Birthday Jon!
I loved the chat that we posted with Jon in 2009 and was very excited that I was able to recover it from the almost lost archive of our older shows. With more that 15000 downloads, it remains one of our most popular podcasts. For those of you that missed it the first and second times around, here's where you can find it. Enjoy! http://bit.ly/JRacherbaumer

I should reach out to him again soon for a followup!

[Jon Racherbaumer]

BELATED REMARKS

I just checked these uplifting posts.
Thanks, everybody...

I guess being this age leads to a certain amount of dithering and doddering and downsizing? I was told by my children and grandchildren to avoid "cutting edges" and anything "topical" and "fast-breaking." Because I often stand slightly at an angle I'm still able to write SLANT and work on small manuscripts. Nevertheless, I appreciate the support and coaxing....

Thanks, again...

Onward...