Official VM bestest pal Tom Spurgeon turns 39 today! Go celebrate by reading his great interview with Joe Sacco!
Now that he’s opened his birthday package that I sent last week, I can finally reveal the single greatest gag gift I have ever stumbled across. Before you flip out over this, please note that
a) I found it on the used DVD shelf at GameStop, and
b) it cost $1.99
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I can’t tell you how difficult it was to keep a straight face when I brought the case up to the stereotypically pimply-faced cashier.
This present doesn’t come anywhere close to the magic of the one that Tom sent me for Hanukkah earlier this month: The Amazing Transformations of Jimmy Olsen
Here’s an incredibly out-of-context panel:
Thanks for being a great friend, Tom.
Happy Birthday Tom. I think I am still hungover from our late night at Gil’s wedding in NOLA. If I recall correctly, I spent my 39th birthday walking with a cane due to a leg injury. Hope you avoid that kind of thing!
I seem to recall that Elayne was “out with a knee” for her 39th birthday, but she manned up and led some good drinking.