Dept. of Beautiful

[kaffy_r]

The One I Love

Today is my Best Beloved's birthday. He is wonderful. He is kind and loving, he is intelligent, inventive, creative, careful, and unrelenting when there's a problem to be solved.

His sense of humor is frightening, alluring, off-putting, wondrous, sophisticated, sophomoric, and sideways. If people get his humor, I know we will be friends.

He is one of the most intelligent men I've ever had the pleasure of knowing. He re-reads Godel Escher Bach regularly; he re-reads Cordwainer Smith once a year or so. Both of those things he does because he finds something new in the books every time he does it.He forces me to think hard when we're debating, and he likes exercising his own mind when we get into conversations.

He is musical. He introduced me to jazz and taught me that there is no musical genre that does not have music worth listening to and treasuring. When I think of him, I always think of music.

He is handsome, knows how to fill out a suit most impressively, still looks good in a tee and jeans, and is the only man I know who looks good even in a beard.

He is unbelievably strong, even though I don't think he believes he is; he's weathered ailments, heartbreak, bad craziness, the unknown and the terrifyingly known, and come out on the other side.

There is no one on this earth to who I am as happy to wish a happy birthday. Happy birthday, buckaroobob ; happy birthday, dr_whuh!

Happy, happy birthday, my beloved BB.

Comments

[st_aurafina]

Happy birthday, Mr Kaffyr! I hope you have a good day!

[kaffy_r]

I'll let him know of the good wishes he got from you; thank you!

[bibliofile]

A day late for the occasion but not perhaps the sentiment. HBD, B!!!!

[kaffy_r]

I told him you wished him Happy Birthday, and that made him happy. He's been sort of celebrating throughout the weekend, so it's not even a day late, conceptually!

[shanghaied]

Hmm. I could never get through the Hofstadter book simply because I view the maths of music in a different way from that of the author and that's a basic off-putter. But ALL THE POINTS IN THE WORLD for the yearly Cordwainer Smith! Hope his natal day was a good one this year :-)

[kaffy_r]

Oh, Cordwainer Smith, most definitely. When I found out he loved CS, too, I knew I had one more reason to like this guy. We're a Linebarger family. Heh.

He tells me he's had a good natal day weekend; brunch with FB and his lady over at their new apartment, yesterday we spent time at one of our favorite Italian Beef hangouts, and talked into the night. Good times for him, I think!

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

♥ Love like this is always so heart-lifting; gives one hope in this world ;)

[kaffy_r]

I am so glad to be able to wish him happy birthday - he's fantastic!

[flowsoffire.livejournal.com]

^_^

[lydy.livejournal.com]

Gosh. I haven't seen Bob is so very long. Every time I do, he brightens my life. Please convey my wishes for many returns of the day.

I don't envy you; I love my own loves. But I rejoice in the light of your love for him, and him for you. The reflection is fine and bright.

Cordwainer Smith? Gods, I should have know. I _love_Cordwainer Smith.

[kaffy_r]

I don't envy you; I love my own loves. But I rejoice in the light of your love for him, and him for you. The reflection is fine and bright.

Thank you for writing this; it's as fine as he is.

You're a Cordwainer Smith fan, too? W00t!!1!

[supergee.livejournal.com]

Anybody who likes Godel Escher Bach, Cordwainer Smith, and you can't be all bad.

[kaffy_r]

I definitely rate him high on my list of fantastic people.

[dr-whuh.livejournal.com]

Why, thank you, Ma'am!

[kaffy_r]

Happy Birthday, dearest one!

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

I'm so very happy and grateful for both you and dr_whuh. Here's to an utterly splendid rest of his birthday. Here's to more good days, good years, and good times together ahead.

[kaffy_r]

We've been having a blast - lunch at one of his favorite Italian Beef joints (Max's; you've got to try the place when you come around), and an evening of looking through old family pictures with FB and his lady.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Hip, hip Hooray for your natal day, Dr (which is not pronounced... see I am paying attention.)! I would love to see you again. I wish you all the best of the good stuff.

K.

[kaffy_r]

When I read this to BB, he grinned from ear to ear; thanks for the birthday wishes, and he says 'hi!' right back.

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

He truly is a beautiful and wonderful man. You are so, so lucky, sweetie! I hope you had a wonderful day together. Blessings to you both. And Happy Birthday to him!

*HUGS YOU BOTH WARMLY*

[kaffy_r]

Yeah, I kind of think I'm lucky, and I'm so glad to see in his next year with him. He says 'Hi!' and thanks you for the hugs!

*hugs back*

a bag of allsorts

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

has been eaten in your name.
(I was going to email this, but it works here too.)

Re: a bag of allsorts

[kaffy_r]

I'll let him know; he'll appreciate it!