Starting at 12:00:01AM early this morning, my new MacbookPro's hardrive crashed and burned taking with it brilliant and irreplaceable things like audio, two books I was working on, an audiobook I was recording, years of podcasts, movies I made, love letters I have written, pictures I've taken...

...then I got the news about Dennis Hopper; calls came in and a few requests for interviews with some stations because of the extensive writing I have done on him. I was just in Dodge City shooting video and tracing his childhood hangouts. So sad, we all knew it was coming, but seriously... TODAY?

But I can't be sad right now because today is my Birthday!

Thank goodness I have all my old Apple computers, obsolete as they are, I cranked one up just to check my email and Facebook, because the Technical Director of my show, Steve Kellener called and said, "Dude? Have you seen your Facebook page? You have about 300 B'Day comments on it!"

GO LOOK!!!

http://www.facebook.com/jerrylentz

I did go on and was moved to tears because these such sweet people took time out of their busy weekends to leave wonderful comments and write stories about when they first met me! People sent me pictures of us from years ago. People sent pictures of themselves celebrating my B'Day from miles and some even continents away! Some people even sent pictures of themselves mooning me, and or just showing me how proud they are of their own bodies! I have the sweetest and most beautiful friends!

The awesome comments just keep pouring in!

Even with some sad things happening today, the showing of love, the wonderful gifts, the email, the pictures, the calls... It really has been the best B'Day EVER!