…Zam will be starring in a episode of my “Twenty Years Ago Today” series.<\/p>\n
He came along at about 12:20AM, fifteen years ago this morning at United Hospital. He was two weeks late, and was covered from head to toe with a bright crimson rash; his forehead was pushed down over his eyes, which I didn’t really get to see until he was a couple of days old.<\/p>\n
Fifteen years later he has eyes – which, like any normal teenager, are usually screwed into a disdainful scowl – and a forehead (or so I remember – he usually has one of those wool caps on).<\/p>\n
And he’s still Zam, and I think I’ll keep him.
\nHappy Birthday, not-so<\/strike>-little guy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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