{"id":3435,"date":"2010-05-24T04:01:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3435"},"modified":"2025-09-29T21:43:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T21:43:42","slug":"damians-birthday-today-and-its-a-big-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=3435","title":{"rendered":"Damian&#8217;s birthday today &#8211; and it&#8217;s a big one &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On my theory you always subtract seven years; 53 again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here he is, summer of 2007, having returned from his sugar plantation in Barbados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134817c5f09970c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134817c5f09970c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134817c5f09970c-500wi-250x300.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Summerfest, 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134817c793f970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134817c793f970c-500wi\" alt=\"DSCF1412\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134817c7ae4970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134817c7ae4970c-500wi\" alt=\"DSCF1420\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Giving tips to the local weightlifter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"395\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20133ee4cd164970b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20133ee4cd164970b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20133ee4cd164970b-500wi-300x237.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Easter, 2009, at an undisclosed location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134817c6a70970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134817c6a70970c-500wi\" alt=\"Damian\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Same Easter, with the main squeeze, quieting the natives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20133ee4cb9c8970b-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20133ee4cb9c8970b-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20133ee4cb9c8970b-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Easter 2010, as always HAM &amp; LAMB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20133ee4cbcbb970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfaranda.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00d834525a2f69e20133ee4cbcbb970b-500wi\" alt=\"IMG_2780\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134817c6f1d970c-500wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134817c6f1d970c-500wi.jpg 500w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20134817c6f1d970c-500wi-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Tom, you are so boring&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20133ee4cbdcc970b-320wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20133ee4cbdcc970b-320wi.jpg 320w, https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/6a00d834525a2f69e20133ee4cbdcc970b-320wi-195x300.jpg 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes I am. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On my theory you always subtract seven years; 53 again. Here he is, summer of 2007, having returned from his sugar plantation in Barbados. &nbsp; Summerfest, 2008 &nbsp; Giving tips to the local weightlifter Easter, 2009, at an undisclosed location. Same Easter, with the main squeeze, quieting the natives &nbsp; Easter 2010, as always HAM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3435"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13741,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3435\/revisions\/13741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}