Yes, it's really me. Now you know I have a nose. And a forehead! But what's so "shocking?"
This.
On June 17, 1952, I was born to Nadine Gunn Fisher in Oak Park, Illinois, at the same hospital used by Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemmingway and Tarzan author Edgar Rice Burroughs.
That's not the shocking part either. Be more patient. I have, on my bathroom wall, framed behind UV glass, my birth receipt.
My mother spent 5 days in the hospital. The total bill was $120.80. Insurance paid $78. Bottom line?
I cost $42.80.
As you can imagine, I ponder these numbers frequently. Room and board for $11.50 a day? Delivery room for $20 and drugs for $5? Four days of infant care for $13.75? How were they charging, by the pound? Circumcision for three bucks!
Forty-two dollars and 80/100 cents.
When I consider what I'm worth today, I have to admit: it sounds about right.
Article comments
— go to most recent comments1 - Ms. Tek
Sweetie,
I just see a big X
2 - CW Fisher
I know, but it should be fixed now. The first shot was X-rated because I was nukid, I mean nade -- NUDE! Nevermind.
3 - Ms. Tek
nekked.
and damn! I like naked pics!
4 - Shark
Happy Birthday Curt. You were kinda cheap, but worth every penny.
I'm glad you were born.
xxoo times two today,
Shark (humming "You Light Up My Life")
5 - Joe
You seemed much taller in your writing, but on the plus side it doesn't make your ass look big (your writing, not the picture, obviously, or not).
6 - Mac Diva
Yes, I am drop dead gorgeous. High cheekbones. Sultry smile. Dimple in right cheek. Cafe au lait complexion. And, know something, Curt: I think you are kind of cute.
7 - jack e. jett
i am seeing kelsey grammer here. if all else fails, try the celebrity look a like biz.
happy birthday cw. we share the same birthday, so i am going to find out how much i cost and see which one of us is more costly.
jack e. jett
8 - Jim Carruthers
If this was Fark, well, I wouldn't hit it.
9 - CW Fisher
Happy B day, jack e! You're priceless. Having seen many pics of you in your splendiferousness, it's only fair. By the way, if anybody out there has NOT visited Jack E. Jett's site you are missing some of the best art on the blogs. This is not said lightly. It's said heavily.
10 - CW Fisher
Jim.... Fark? Fark.
Fark?
Are you farking with me?
11 - CW Fisher
Sharky: thanks. Glad you're borned too. I may light up your life, man, but you're the wind beneath my wings.
Hmm. Did you have eggs for breakfast?
12 - CW Fisher
Joe: I'm shorter than most of my posts.
13 - CW Fisher
Diva: Don't know how I knew that you were DDG, but I knew that. It was either that or you were 700 pounds. Glad it's the former.
So now... if you're cafe au lait... that would make me... Tang? I do look a little orange here. I was tanned. I'm paler normally. Think skim milk. You know how it has a hint of blue? Yeah. That's me. My skin is actually transparent. Seriously. When I stick out my chest you can see a network of blue veins! They used to call me "Veins" in gym.
Still think I'm "kinda cute?" Thought so, you phony. On the plus side, when people accuse me of thinking like a white man I can always point out I'm clear.
C'mon, Diva. Take the CW Challenge. Expose yourself!
DIVA! LAS VEGAS! (If everybody sings that, maybe she'll post her pic).
14 - Eric Olsen
CW, you would not look at all out of place in my family, you could be a cousin - in a good way. Happy Birthday and don't be afraid to show your teeth when you smile.
15 - CW Fisher
Eric: not surprised. I'm a weegie.
16 - Robert T DeMarco
well i don"t know what you are worth right now. but if you had invested a dollar a day and somehow managed to compound it at 12 percent you would be worth north of five million bucks.
17 - Eric Olsen
SOMEONE has to be the money manager
18 - RJ Elliott
Three feet tall? Naw. 5' 10". With shoes on. :-/
(However, I DO have cloven hooves...)
19 - Shark
Shark aka "Gramps"
20 - Ms. Tek
Oi... now I can see why you people think I am young! Not that you guys are old, but no, I am not in my 40s yet!
NOW things make much more sense on here!
21 - CW Fisher
Oi? I rate an "oi?"
You come back to check me out and leave "oi?"
Oi?
Boy. That hurts, Tek. I may not be as young as Rj, but I'm just as tall. Almost as tall.
Actually... I look kinda like a troll doll...
22 - Eric Olsen
Ms. Tek, did you think everyone here is 26? I have a 20 year-old daughter.
23 - CW Fisher
I have a 24 year old daughter. ...I should post her picture...
24 - Ms. Tek
No... I thought people were from RRJ's age to late 60's. I thought there were a few more in my age range but now I think I just might be in the minority. I was thinking that were was more of 30 to 40 skew but I think now I may be wrong.
Which to be honest, in a lot of ways makes me feel better about some
things. ;)
And the Oi was NOT directed at YOU it was at the realization after seeing Shark's photo as well that maybe people are older on here than I thought. Not that you guys look old... but you don't look like you are in your late twenties, early 30's.
Besides... we all know that men get more distinguished, handsome, and sexy with age... So you all must be 1000s of years old!
*hows that for a save? ;)*
25 - Shark
Tek, be careful. Last time CW and I checked, we were 16.
Seriously.
PS: I have a 4 yr old grandson, but most people think I'm his dad.