# Happy Doper Milestones thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 11, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442 "2012-10-11T18:30:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 20
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2018, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/390 "2018-05-19T05:56:42Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Day late but yesterday was my 24th anniversary. Where has the time gone? Congratulations. Our 24th is coming up soon. > [@Suburban\_Plankton](#): > > **Rhiannon8404** and I are celebrating our 25th anniversary today. 🙂 And to you. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/391 "2018-06-17T16:44:04Z")
Congrats to **HurricaneDitka** on his new baby! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/392 "2018-12-26T17:40:03Z")
My son, the one who is a dancer, has a well-established career now. Here are several of his web images: [https://goo.gl/2rAqWY](https://goo.gl/2rAqWY). (Years ago when he was starting out, I had posted in MPSIMS “ **My Son Performed at Carnegie Hall!** ” [https://goo.gl/KmezRR.](https://goo.gl/KmezRR.)) Now, as officially a struggling artist, he is making his way, and his struggles are a little less. He is doing what he loves, and he is happy. What more could a father want? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/393 "2018-12-26T19:10:29Z")
That is so awesome, **Bullitt**! Making a living with any kind of artistic endeavor is \*not \*easy, and nothing to sneeze at. Way to go, Joshua! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/394 "2018-12-26T19:20:04Z")
Bullitt, your son looks like a beautiful dancer. He has nice lines. Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2018, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/395 "2018-12-27T07:10:23Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > That is so awesome, **Bullitt**! Making a living with any kind of artistic endeavor is \*not \*easy, and nothing to sneeze at. Way to go, Joshua! > [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Bullitt, your son looks like a beautiful dancer. He has nice lines. Congrats. Thank you. He has worked very hard to get to where he is, and he is loving it. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2019, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/397 "2019-03-13T22:43:03Z")
Hope this counts as a milestone. I am back. It’s really me, I have no socks! (well, I am wearing socks, but for now let’s not go there.) It will, no doubt take me a while to settle back in. But please feel free to treat me like an old hand, and call out my every lapse of things that should never lapse. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/398 "2019-03-14T00:06:38Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > Hope this counts as a milestone. > I am back. It’s really me, I have no socks! (well, I am wearing socks, but for now let’s not go there.) > It will, no doubt take me a while to settle back in. > But please feel free to treat me like an old hand, and call out my every lapse of things that should never lapse. Welcome back! I’ll get the squid for you. I need to download it from the bitcoin cloud. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/399 "2019-03-18T01:45:08Z")
> [@Triskadecamus](#): > > Hope this counts as a milestone. > I am back. It’s really me, I have no socks! (well, I am wearing socks, but for now let’s not go there.) > It will, no doubt take me a while to settle back in. > But please feel free to treat me like an old hand, and call out my every lapse of things that should never lapse. Welcome back!! I was just thinking about you the other day! Also, I have a VERY happy Doper milestone. Ten years ago today, our adoption of the Firebug became final, when we took him out of Baby House #1 in Samara, Russia, and into our family at last. He’s now in middle school, and his latest thing is, he’s been bitten by the drama bug this past year. He’s been in one school play and one play put on by the community theater where we are, and he’s going to be in a school musical this spring. It’s definitely added something to a marriage of two math geeks to be the parents of an artistic, dramatic kid. Who’d’a thunk? 🙂 🙂 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2019, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/400 "2019-03-20T10:08:04Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > I have a VERY happy Doper milestone. And you have another next month: 20 years on the Dope. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/401 "2019-06-22T18:19:33Z")
This week marked our 25th wedding anniversary. We actually have two anniversaries. The official one is in April. Back in 1994, I needed to leave my Bangkok rooming house and move into faculty quarters at Chulalongkorn University, where the wife was a professor. But I could not move in unless we were legally married, so we registered our marriage at one of the district offices in Bangkok. That made us officially married in the eyes of the Thai and US governments and is the date we use for official purposes. However, Thai society in general and the wife’s family in particular did NOT consider us married. So the wife, despite being in her mid-30s, still had to live with her family, with whom she had been staying since we returned to Thailand from Hawaii earlier that year. We underwent a traditional Chinese ceremony – the wife is ethnically Chinese – performed by her mother in June on a date determined by my mother-in-law’s fortune teller as auspicious. And THAT is the date we consider our real anniversary. In honor of our 25th anniversary, we will tonight head to [Hy’s Steakhouse](https://hyswaikiki.com/) here in Waikiki. This will leave a large hole in our savings, but hey, once every 25 years is okay. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/402 "2019-06-23T19:21:32Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > This week marked our 25th wedding anniversary. > > We actually have two anniversaries. The official one is in April. Back in 1994, I needed to leave my Bangkok rooming house and move into faculty quarters at Chulalongkorn University, where the wife was a professor. But I could not move in unless we were legally married, so we registered our marriage at one of the district offices in Bangkok. That made us officially married in the eyes of the Thai and US governments and is the date we use for official purposes. However, Thai society in general and the wife’s family in particular did NOT consider us married. So the wife, despite being in her mid-30s, still had to live with her family, with whom she had been staying since we returned to Thailand from Hawaii earlier that year. We underwent a traditional Chinese ceremony – the wife is ethnically Chinese – performed by her mother in June on a date determined by my mother-in-law’s fortune teller as auspicious. And THAT is the date we consider our real anniversary. > > In honor of our 25th anniversary, we will tonight head to [Hy’s Steakhouse](https://hyswaikiki.com/) here in Waikiki. This will leave a large hole in our savings, but hey, once every 25 years is okay. And another milestone was set with last night’s meal. We topped our previous personal record for most expensive one. I had the 34-ounce porterhouse, the wife the 28-ounce bone in wagyu ribeye. With sides, dessert, drinks and tip, the fare came to $408.22. Not one we’'ll be matching anytime soon, but appropriate for a 25-year splash. And the steaks were damned good. Mmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/403 "2019-06-24T14:40:41Z")
Congrats on both impressive milestones, **Siam Sam**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2019, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/404 "2019-06-24T15:52:20Z")
Congratulations to you both! ---
**Author:** ![Turki-lurki](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turki-lurki/32/7168_2.png) [@Turki-lurki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turki-lurki)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/405 "2019-07-29T03:04:14Z")
Been lurking here for well over 10 years but rarely posted. This feels kind of likehome, so may be a good spot to announce my retirement! As of Wednesday I will no longer be owned by Big Pharma! Happening right on top ofour 41st anniversary. Mrs Alnath claims its a good anniversary present but I probably better get her something shiny too. I didnt get all this gray hair without learning _something!_ ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/406 "2019-08-28T05:05:32Z")
As of August 28, 2019, I will be four years cancer-free! I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer (no stage given) in July of that year. The wonderful doctors at Montefiore, Mercy, and UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh have been working with me since then, keeping me healthy and sane. Shout out to Dr Devurry, my surgeon. Woot! ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/407 "2019-08-28T06:24:31Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > As of August 28, 2019, I will be four years cancer-free! I was diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer (no stage given) in July of that year. The wonderful doctors at Montefiore, Mercy, and UPMC Presbyterian in Pittsburgh have been working with me since then, keeping me healthy and sane. Shout out to Dr Devurry, my surgeon. Woot! Truly amazing! Congrats. (August 28 would be my Daddy’s 90th birthday…Happy birthday, Daddio. I miss you) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/408 "2019-09-06T00:55:42Z")
> [@AHunter3 in 2016](#): > > It’s been a nerve-wracking 7 weeks since the offer letter but the proverbial ink (mostly digital ink) is now on the contract. _The Story of Q: A GenderQueer Tale_, a 97,000 word genderqueer coming-out and coming-of-age memoir, shall be published by [Ellora’s Cave](https://www.ellorascave.com/)… That was in 2016 and it didn’t happen: Ellora’s Cave folded before my book came out and my rights were reverted back to me. In 2017 I once again had a contract with a publisher, NineStar Press. It was contingent upon me working with their editor to tighten and shorten the first third of the book. When it turned out that by “shorten” they really meant “discard”, I tried to negotiate with them and when that didn’t work out, asked to have my rights reverted back to me, which they did. I now have, for the _third freaking time_, a signed contract with a publisher – Sunstone Press – to publish my book. Should be coming out in the general vicinity of January. Different working title: _GENDERQUEER: A Story from a Different Closet_ Let’s see if I can manage not to fuck it up this time. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/409 "2019-10-01T15:33:20Z")
Officiated at my goddaughter’s wedding on Saturday-first time for me. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2019, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442/410 "2019-10-05T03:25:16Z")
The wife has changed from Mrs. to Dr., having successfully defended her dissertation in Bangkok this week. She returns to Hawaii this weekend. A retired lecturer, she taught in Thailand’s renowned Chulalongkorn University for 30 years, first by virtue of her master’s degree and then by virtue of her two master’s degrees. But she kept timing out of her doctoral studies. She’s been studying for this for more than 20 years, having timed out at least once, maybe twice – I’ve lost track by now – and having to start over from scratch. But Thais are nothing if not tenacious. Her field is Population Studies, and she is a demographer and statistician. (At Chulalongkorn, she carried the title Associate Professor, the title reserved in Thailand for non-doctoral university lecturers.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442.md?page=19) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-doper-milestones-thread/637442.md?page=21)