Happy birthday merlyn!

Armed with your book Learning Perl and a 12 pack of Mountain Dew I'm hoping to maintain my sanity amid the fury and bustle of 13 cousins, two pairs of uncles and aunts, grandparents, siblings, two dogs, ~10 cats, two horses, three drumsticks (weird turkeys in these parts. Never move to a place where the water company's name is MUD), 8 pies, 6 side dishes, 70 cookies and a camel in a pear tree.

Thanks for all of your contributions to the perl community, both here and elsewhere. May you continue to find joy in throwing perls before camels.

And no, I don't own 27 pairs of sweatpants.

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