Matthew Udall

Well, I suppose "late in life" is a relative term. I waited until I was 38 or 39 to give marriage a try. In a related issue, I just turned another year older yesterday.

I have not heard of Billy Connolly before, but I am told “at least� once a week by someone that I sound exactly like Norm McDonald (Someone just told me that on Sunday). Now that he's on the air again, I'll be getting that comment "all" the time.

Matthew Udall

Hey, thanks Steffi.
I do take great pleasure in helping nice couples come together, if even in my own small immigration law related way. This a very happy time in a couple's lives, and I do what I can to get those cases through the system as quickly as possible.

M.U.

Steffi

Billy Connolly...is he the guy that does the Lotto advertising on TV with his beard dyed pink? If it is I've seen one of his shows one time on TV and I thought he was pretty funny.

MarDae

Matthew Udall:

Happy Belated Birthday!!!

Thanks for all of the information. I always make it a point to read threads you've contributed to.

MarDae

katesuiter1

Yeah, Steffi, that's him! Billy Connolly is hilarious. I saw his sketch about lions, and you had to see it to find it funny, but I guarantee, half an hour watching him will cause serious stomach ache!!!!!

Kate. xxxxxx

Steffi

Oh yes, a HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY, MATTHEW from me too!

Kate, I saw something from where Billy was in Australia, climbing some hill with a government building underneath it or something. My favorite comedian is still Eddie Izzard though! His "Circle" just came out a couple of weeks ago in the US so I'm going to have to get that soon, teehee.

Gasherjohn

May I also wish you a happy belated birthday Matthew?

I haven't heard of Norm McDonald either but, as the others have said, it is hard not to watch Billy Connolly and not feel pain from laughing so much. Yes, he is coarse but it's the way he can make even the most basic human function funny that makes him a talent above most others.

If you ever need to forget your problems Matthew, see if you can get hold of a Billy Connolly video. Cindy watched a Billy Connolly DVD which I have and she was nearly rolling on the floor!

John

Matthew Udall

First, let me apologize if my postings have hijacked this thread. This will likely be my final reply in this thread, so it can get back to the stories of how you all met.

But I did want to address one final point. I’ve always been the sort or person to look at pretty much any situation and see the silver lining. I’m not sure why that is, but I’m pretty much a very happy guy and things don’t usually bother me too much.

While I was disappointed my marriage came to an end, I no longer consider that to be a “sad� thing. On the contrary, the lovely Lisa and I were simply not as good of a match as we both thought we were at the outset. I certainly don’t villainies her for her decision, and I’m not the first person to go through a divorce (heck, I was her 3rd marriage while she was my first, but that’s a different story). It could have been much worse, we could have had children or bought a house together, but we had not made it that far yet. For that, I am grateful.

I’ve long since given up being sad about this. I know that sometimes the thing that ends up being the best thing comes about through a difficult decision. Life goes on, and I’ve come out of this experience a little wiser (hopefully), but pretty much unscathed.

Now, back to your stories…

M.U.

Dekka's Angel

Happy Belated Birthday!!


My favorite Billy Connolly joke continues to be the one about airplane safety, back from when he was first getting started. I admit that subsequent things have not made me laugh quite as hard.

Matthew Udall

Thanks to all for the B-Day wishes. Hey Dekka, did you vote in today's wacky Cal. election yet?

On the comedy issue, I have seen Eddy Izzard's (sp?) act. Very, very funny.

Hypertweeky

Happy belated birthday Mathew Udall

Dekka's Angel

Yup - voted at 8:15 this morning and the polls are HOPPIN even in my neighborhood where frankly voter turn out is usually low. I'm glad mostly because of Proposition 54 which needs folks adversely affected to show up to the polls. Frankly, I was disgusted at my options for the bottom 1/2 of the ballot across the board. The pollworkers, normally a very serious bunch of folks, seemed to agree - while I was there they kept bursting into laughter at the inanity of it all everytime another person asked them about whether they REALLY had to use that LOOOONG ballot form!

Matthew Udall

I was sent a sample of the ballot a couple of weeks ago. Thought it would make a nice political souvenir, so I saved it (I wonder if anybody is selling them on e-bay yet?).

At my polling place, they have the old style punch ballot and if I had not looked closely (after using the punch) my choice for candidate would not have counted. The chad had barely been punched (was still connected on 2 or 3 sides of the square) even though I had firmly pierced the ballot with my punch, and I had to manually remove the chad with my fingers. If I hadn't specifically looked to see if there was a hanging chad (mine was more like a pregnant chad) I would have missed it.

With this chad problem in yet another election, my prediction is that George W. will somehow end up being named our next Governor of California ;-).

Pimpbot

US no, US groups yes. I am pretty sure thats what Scrumpy meant. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1563119.stm

MarDae

Thanks for the laugh, it was much needed!

MarDae