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Beer Birthday: J (Yes, Embarrasing Myself This Time)

March 3, 2010 By Jay Brooks

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Today is my 51st birthday, and I’ve been overwhelmed by an embarrassment of riches from well-wishers sending me notes via e-mail, Twitter and Facebook. Thanks to one and all. Since it’s usually me posting embarrassing photos of my friends and colleagues, last year I posted a bunch encompassing my first 50 years on a page entitled Beer Birthday Overkill. From old baby photos to the high fashion of the 70s and beyond, they’re still up and good for a chuckle. So again in a spirit of fair play and transparency, here are a few more cringe-worthy photos from my days of youthful indiscretions.

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Another classic from the early 70s, around 1972 or 73 when I was 13 or 14. It was taken for a church directory when the Lutheran Church I attended was celebrating their 100-year anniversary, or something like that. My Mom actually made the jacket and, no offense to her, but she was not the finest seamstress to peddle a sewing machine. You gotta love the butterfly bow-tie look. I’m sure glad that died a much-deserved fashion death.

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At Woodstock (’94 — I’m not that old!) and yes, that’s a can of Miller Genuine Draft I’m holding. After a few days in the mud, we couldn’t be very picky or stand on ceremony about using the proper glass, sad to say. The sleepy-looking fellow next to me is Jim Noecker, my oldest friend in the world, who I’ve known since we were in kindergarten together.

sarah-10
While I can’t recall the exact details of where or when this photo was taken, it was definitely on one of my first dates with my wife Sarah, which places it around 1993 or so, roughly seventeen years ago. Good god, we look young.

There’s many more where these came from, just check out Beer Birthday Overkill and thanks again for all the birthday wishes.

Filed Under: Birthdays, Just For Fun Tagged With: History, Personal, Photo Gallery



Comments

  1. Stephen Beaumont says

    March 4, 2010 at 6:46 am

    A happy slightly belated, my friend. And that jacket-shirt-tie-hair combo is one of the most, erm, extraordinary I’ve seen for quite a long time. I feel I know you better now…

  2. Paul Brown says

    March 4, 2010 at 9:09 am

    Happy Birthday to you Jay!
    The article in the Times was wonderful yesterday. I want to go out and get all those beers, some for the second time, so descriptive, so yummy.

  3. Tom Dalldorf says

    March 4, 2010 at 12:22 pm

    J: Awesome jacket, buddy. The tie is, well, amazing and the hair is truly something to behold. Thanks for sharing. Ditto M. Beaumont on knowing you a little mo betta.

    Happy b-day, Jay.

    TD

  4. jeffmoses says

    March 4, 2010 at 1:46 pm

    J,
    you’re becoming the willard scott of beer (with all the
    birthday announcements). happy b-day willard- I mean J.

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