YoU might be addicted to glass if....

[somberbear]

This was one of the funnier things i remeber from the old board. i havnt seen creep back on here.

You might be a glass addict if:

You have a million lighters and dont smoke.

you can tell soft glass from hard by smell alone.

you annoy all your friends by talking glass.

you look at porn spam becouse it has a glass dillie in it.

you wrap and wrake your tooth paste.

you think toping at the ice cream bar remind you of frit.

You give home made glass presents. becouse your to cheap to buy something.

You spin your fork while you eat.

if you can hear broken glass all day but cant stand the tink of cracking glass.

your replie when some one breaks something is "its just glass"

you take your torch to the beach just to melt sand.

if rotisery chicken reminds you of mandrel beads.

If you have a story " i was at the glory hole" and not giggle

if you get the cobalt blues. (thanks jackofstraws, record that shit)

If you sterio is good enough to drowned out a jet engine, cause you run a pre mix

if you ever thought about warming your borito in your kiln.

im sure theres alot more

peace
rob

[Pakoh]

if you have a magic stick... :blink:

[themoch]

these are great/funny because they're true.

I'm guilty of like 8 of those. I've always wanted to melt sand, has anybody done that? is it fun?

[somberbear]

come one people theres alot more of these lets get this rolling

[Anakin's Glass Eye]

You have special tweezers for extracting glass from feet.

B.

[blazeoffire]

You light your saftey break stuff with a hot rod.

[Anakin's Glass Eye]

You have to choose between food or ordering glass.

B.

[LTD]

You choose between rent and supplies.
You drive a car paid for with a couple of bubblers.
You pay rent with glass art.

[Kool]

Your torch is worth more than your car...or anything else you own, for that matter.
Your idea of a diversified investment portfolio is a fat stash of rod, tube, and color.

[edeezevon]

you spend so much time inside blowin glass your hands are hairless yet tan while the rest of you resembles some sort of pasty vampire movie reject!

your bench is dribbled over in spots of blood cause youd rather finish the piece without losing your heat than actually giving yourself the medical attention you should have. :devil1:

[jiminyrootkit]

You have to choose between food or ordering glass.
...and choose glass.

[Dog Squeez]

Your Playboy and The Flow arrive on the same day and you read The Flow first.

[JDeMoss]

You keep tabs on gold and silver prices.....then invest $14 worth.
You clean off your glass more than you clean off your ass.
Your a tough 20 or 30 something year old man and you collect marbles!

[JDeMoss]

Do you ever blow glass heavily when you are disappointed, under pressure or have had a quarrel with someone?

Can you handle more glass now than when you first started to blow?

Have you ever been unable to remember part of the previous evening of glass blowing, even though your friends said that you did not pass out?

When blowing with other people, do you try to have a few extra minutes at the torch when others won't know about it?

Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable if glass is not available?

Do you sometimes feel a little guilty about your glass blowing?

Are you in more of a hurry to get behind the torch at the beginning of the day than you used to be?

Has a family member or close friend ever expressed concern or complained about your glass work?

Have you been having more memory 'blackouts' recently?

Do you often want to continue blowing after your friends say they've had enough?

Do you usually have a reason for the occasions when you blow glass heavily?

When you're off the torchr, do you sometimes regret things you did or said while blowing?

Have you tried switching brands of glass to control your glass blowing?

Have you sometimes failed to keep promises you.made to yourself about controlling or cutting down on your blowing?

Do you try to avoid family or close friends while you are blowing?

Are you having more financial, work, school and/or family problems as a result of your blowing?

Has your physician ever advised you to cut down on your glass blowing?

Do you eat very little or irregularly during the periods when you are blowing?

Do you sometimes have the "shakes" in the morning and find that it helps to have a a few minutes behind the torch?

Have you recently noticed that you can't blow as much as you used to?

Do you sometimes stay in your shop for several days at a time?

After periods of blowing do you sometimes see or hear things that aren't there?

Have you ever gone to anyone for, help about your glass work?

Do you ever feel depressed or anxious before, during or after heavy glass blowing?

[eternalfrost]

-Does blowing interfere with your sleeping or eating?
-Does the thought of running out of glass terrify you?
-Have you ever substituted one brand for another, thinking that one particular brand was the problem?
-Do you avoid people or places that do not approve of you blowing?
-Do you put the purchase of glass ahead of your financial responsibilities?
-Have you ever tried to stop or control your using?
-Does blowing interfere with your sleeping or eating?
-Do you feel it is impossible for you to live without glass?
-Do you continue to use despite negative consequences?
-Do you think a lot about glass?
-Do you sometimes "sneak" sessions, hiding the extent of your use from lovers, friends and co-workers?
- Do you spend more money than you can afford to spend on glass?
-Do you melt to build your self-confidence?
-Do you ever have unsafe sex while you are blowing glass?
-Do you ever question your own sanity?
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lol all taken from actual drug help sites with 'drug' replaced with 'glass'. so yea, id say pretty much everyone here shows signs of addiction :)

i guess i should cut back on that unprotected sex while at the torch :pimp:

[LTD]

-Do you ever have unsafe sex while you are blowing glass?
i guess i should cut back on that unprotected sex while at the torch :pimp:


Can you have safe sex at the torch? I thought Clinton made it clear that oral is not sex, per se.

[Batou]

lmao!!! This is great! but all this sex talk is pointless WITHOUT PICTURES!

[Kronk]

-You find third degree burn should not interfere with a full workday.
-You find any bleedingthat can be stopped with electrical tape should not interupt work for more than 12 seconds.
-You ask the waitress if the wonky wineglasses are handmade.
-You feel the need to lecture people who sell teddy bears and unicorns with gold trim about how selling out to China is ruining the world.

LOL

[Infinity glass]

You have more money invested in supplies then you do in your bank account.

you've lost all of your friends and a couple girlfriends do to your glass career


you call a deep cut only a flesh wound

[eternalfrost]

(haha just had this happen to me)

you recognize the smell of vaporized flesh and hair

[N!pples]

all but 1 of your shits have holes in them, And its a button up!
its a 110 degrees outside and you make a 3 inch marble!
you cant stop reading this forum!



lol my torch is worth more than my car!

[LTD]

all but 1 of your shits have holes in them,
????????????????????????????????????????????????

[somberbear]

(haha just had this happen to me)

you recognize the smell of vaporized flesh and hair

and it doesnt bother you...

you ever played a game of pac man on the concret floor with a pair of tweaser and a hot marble (get back here you little sob)

you know the cost of propane off hand.

you know the people at the welding shop personaly.

you know how to program a kiln controler in multi segment ramps yet still cant change the clock on your vcr.

your fav color is made by ga,ns,mk,pc

You spend more time cleaning glass then cleaning windows

You have developed a "glass eye"

you order supplys like people order things outta eddie bower.

Your work shift starts at 12 and ends about the time you pass out.

Your broke but some how have 500 dollors worth of supplies comming.

You have a torch birth day. and make a peice to celebrate.

you quit smoking to get more glass

you have more books on glass then you had during all of high school.

when you think of a honey moon in venice its working in a hot shop sweating.

jacks are for goblets not a game played by children

you cover your drink with a GA user card to keep glass shards outta it while you hydrate

thought about whereing a hydration blatter so you wouldnt have to pause to hydrate.

when temperture doesnt deter you from working .... it just dictates duration
(wow its 35 degrees out ill only be able to work for 4 hours before i better come in and heat up my whole body)

you know how to properly say dichro.

when your heros are so obscure even other glass workers dont know who they are.

When you have gas your excited ( yay im going to this years GAS confernce)

when a flame off doesnt involve the internet (eugine flame off)

You consiter a hot shop cool

[Swampy]

you see the most fascinating bird or butterfly and you can only describe the tints in it's plumage in terms of the Northstar catalogue

[timinny420]

you only talk to people who know the exact shade and hue of the color of said bird or butterfly you just described to them useing only glass color names -- and if you said it looked like mint they ask GA or NS

[β]

When you say......dammit, i'm on fire again.

when you can make a board game with the blood trails in the studio.

you start wondering what will melt in front of the torch

you discover a new way to light the fire pit

your talking about glass and you get wierd looks b/c people think you are a tweeker

you have dozens of women(or men) crawling all over you because your so hot ( then you wake up)

flamejob has a new definition to you

i know theres more to think of later........

[mindblowingglass]

You talk about spending all day in front of a glory hole (but are not a swinger)

You frequently walk into a studio with a glass laden floor, bare foot, with no hesitation

You cauterize cuts that should have definitely gotten stitched (again with no hesitation)

Your first though on removing a embedded piece of glass is a pair of tweezers ,needle, razor blade, lighter and some hydrogen peroxide. ( a doctor is not even a thought)

Aloe is the most used plant from your garden

You have glass that is permanently embedded somewhere in your body

[Anakin's Glass Eye]

You use a lot of SPF 40 but have not been to the beach in years.

Even your kids are bored to tears when you start talking about marbles, again.

[gotglass?]

Can you have safe sex at the torch? I thought Clinton made it clear that oral is not sex, per se.

well if your bench is high enough you could hit it doggy style..... or if the female is doing the blowing and not from under the bench .....you could take her from behind..... the question isn't " is it possible?" it's " is there a flame retardant form of protection? "

[Marc VandenBerg]

You know using a large bench torch out of the hot shop is the only way to fire up the coals for the barbeque. Its as fast as using a propane grill but you still get that cooked over open coals flavor.

[Wonker]

You wonder if chicken out of the oven should be annealed at 400 or 425

[steven p selchow]

Your the only glassblower with 3rd degree burns all over his feet from the hot coals when you used the python to lite the coals, and melted the weber. :Tongue:

[Chris Carlson]

you move from LA to Eugene...

[Anakin's Glass Eye]

When you do have money for food you buy only frozen pizzas that will fit in your kiln.

[Anakin's Glass Eye]

When your first thought after giving yourself a third degree burn on your hand is to get the digital camera so you can show your glass buddies on the forum.

[Julian]

you discover a new way to light the fire pit


You know using a large bench torch out of the hot shop is the only way to fire up the coals for the barbeque. Its as fast as using a propane grill but you still get that cooked over open coals flavor.

I've tried the Lynx hand torch for lighting the coals and I think I scorched the coals and wood, and produced a weird flavor. Maybe something reacted with all the oxygen I was pumping in there after the fire was lit.

The hot head seems to work well enough and is a little more convenient.

[edeezevon]

i couldnt sleep last night causi i kept thinkin of the 'safe sex' torch joke and all i kept thinking was theres gotta be a needle dick clogged port joke in there somwhere!i'm ill tho.

[edeezevon]

ok how about,you constantly talk about how much you love your new ball grabber and your wife doesnt get mad!

[BlueDevil]

when you pets start having all glass names. (my Dog Boro)

[somberbear]

you have pictures of your work but you dont have pictures of yourself atleast not reacent ones.

you have to turn on the kiln before you coffee so its warms up for work.

cooking things at 425 seams low and slow.

you have a tools that your not sure what they do or what to use them for but you know theyll be bad ass.

You own more graphite then screw drivers.

If you break a dish you think about replacing it with something you made.

you contemplate fixing your coffee pot yourself.

when you hear people talking about crack , you wonder if it was a color incompatibility or a stress crack and not the drug.

you have a set of boro bbq tools. just cause.

you have glass company stickers plastered on your car instead of bumper stickers

[Julian]

Cooking things at 425 does seem low and slow.
Large yellow propane flames seem soft and gentle, also, like they couldn't possible hurt you.

[PyroChixRock]

I really love this thread. :lol

[Brian Newman]

I really love this thread. :lol
You must be a glass addict.

[LTD]

You refer to yer kids belly button as her 'punty mark',

Gotta credit my wife with that one....

[SteppingRazor]

you fell in love with a girl because she can pull perfect points.

when people ask what your fav color is you respond by saying color made with silver oxide.

you've cooked a hot pocket at 1050 degrees

[JDeMoss]

You refer to yer kids belly button as her 'punty mark',

Gotta credit my wife with that one....

I love that one!

[coil1002]

you move from LA to Eugene...

I moved from LA to Seattle Almost the same

[edeezevon]

punty mark......ill....cudos girl! i always tell em thats where the tail dropped off.my little monkey family.i'm a bit ass bakwords tho...like father like .......well .....................

[Mac Maestro]

You are over it. No longer funny are all the jokes that revolve around the word "blow"

You can step outside into the sun to cool off.

You are proud to be 33

You are broke, you own no jewelry, yet you buy pure silver, almost pure gold, and something that costs just as much as gold, just so you can vaporize all 3.

You appreciate the craft in any handmade object

You think a GREEN Chevy cobalt is just "rediculous"

Your self worth directly correlates to how much color you have in stock.

You pay taxes to the same group that (despite state law) calls you a criminal.

You do nothing about it.

Your status depends on how "heady" you can make things

You look a box of crayons, drool, and daydream.

A STRIKE to you is not a protest or a swing-and-a-miss

YOu sweat in the winter and make snow in the summer. (liquid O2)

And finally...

You are neither a clown nor a pirate. Yet when you mention your proffesion, you are often associated with a dude with an afro who wears purple pants and an eyepatch.

[Kool]

You are neither a clown nor a pirate. Yet when you mention your proffesion, you are often associated with a dude with an afro who wears purple pants and an eyepatch.


I love it!

K

[jazz]

A STRIKE to you is not a protest or a swing-and-a-miss

You are neither a clown nor a pirate. Yet when you mention your proffesion, you are often associated with a dude with an afro who wears purple pants and an eyepatch.
those two have got to be some of the best
love this thread

[FosterFire]

You know all the symptoms of dehydration by heart.

[jazz]

... and still pay very little atention

[somberbear]

You know burns and burn treatment better then any one else you know...

you know the serverity of burns " wow thats a 3rd degree... see the blackend flesh"
"that is just a nick its only going to blister a little"

You cant find a good magizine at doctors office and when you settle for one you look at glass threw it.

You perfer to buy drinks in glass bottles

You will by a 3.00 drink just cause it has a cool bottle or is a cool glass color.

[Mr. Wonka]

-When you hear the term “Dewars”, you think of a liquid tank or a ring seal… not the drink.

-You shake your head and laugh when you hear the term double or triple blown.

-You have pondered how well your propane grill would run if you just add 10 psi of oxygen.

-The only time you would even THINK about going to New Jersey is to attend the Salem Conference or Wheaton Village.

-When you hear a term like, “I broke a pipe”, plumbing problems are the last thing that comes to mind.

-A puddle of blood on the floor means you only have a minor cut.

-You can flip food on the grill without using tongs.

-When you hear the word “exotic”, you think of red, blue, or green.

-The term “hothead” does not make you think of an irate person.

-A Discovery Channel program about the universe makes you think of a Gateson marble.

[Anakin's Glass Eye]

You make fun of people at Bead & Button that show off their burn scars and then proceed to show each other your burn scars. (That's for you JC)

Brad

[bearclaw]

dewars is a drink?

[Batou]

mediocre scotch... i prefer jonnie walker...

[PyroChixRock]

I think you guys are making me better with this thread. :lol

[β]

red label.....ah....my first bottle of alcohol i ever i bought(yay traveleing to other countries and being a drunk 16yo american)

[Kool]

mediocre scotch... i prefer jonnie walker...


Give a try to Glenlivet.

[Brian Newman]

The words "gun mount" makes you pick the second picture.

[LTD]

When someone says rake the leaves, You think about raking through parallel lines to make a leaf

[gypsea]

you have ever had to explain to medical profressionals why you have a burn/scar "there"......

[mindblowingglass]

You give measurements in Millimeters
You celebrate christmas yet you find yourself behind the torch christmas eve or christmas day(or both)
The word flamer doesnt make you think anything related to homosexuality

[Char]

You realize that you only own glass dishes...
You realize that you only own glass mugs and cups...
You realize that all your mixing bowls and serving bowls are out of glass...Hey I even have a glass cake knife....
You realize that your all your cooking pans are the cranberry pyrex ones...
You realize that you only buy grocery items in glass jars....
Your friends stop shopping for you at "Pottery Barn"...
You get not one, but two turkeys at Thanksgiving from your O2 delivery guy.

[Swampy]

You buy a TV and DVD player only to watch instructional glass DVD's.

Whilst wearing your didydiums :-)

[yinzer]

You buy a TV and DVD player only to watch instructional glass DVD's.

Whilst wearing your didydiums :-)

second that...cept we got a computer instead of a tv and dvd player.

[FosterFire]

Your order hot coffee from Starbucks and can hold the cup without the addition of the cardboard insulator. Then someone else picks up the cup and nearly dumps it as too hot to hold. (what? it wasn't that hot!)

When someone mentions a Phantom you think of a torch, not "of the Opera".

You live in a really hot climate and get up at 5 AM to extend the time you can work before you fall over and know how to repair your swamp cooler yourself enough to make it last another year.

[kruger]

you ponder about how long it takes you kitchen or bathroom vents to completly move all the air out of the room
...
you actually sit down and calculate how long it takes
...
when someone burns something in the kitchen, no one but you(or another glassblower) thinks of opening the door to let the air flow
...

[JDeMoss]

Your 3/4 retarded from all of the fumes you breath.........maybe that's just me.

[LTD]

you ponder about how long it takes you kitchen or bathroom vents to completly move all the air out of the room
...
you actually sit down and calculate how long it takes
...
when someone burns something in the kitchen, no one but you(or another glassblower) thinks of opening the door to let the air flow
...
I tell you what, after some of my kiln cooked burritos it does not move it fast enough!!

[kruger]

I tell you what, after some of my kiln cooked burritos it does not move it fast enough!!

burning burritos, or the bathroom vent?

[LTD]

burning burritos, or the bathroom vent?
I don't burn burritos.

[Swampy]

...you get out the shower and as you're standing there in your birthday suit getting dry and brushing your golden locks, you gaze nonchalantly at the wife's beauty product containers on the shelf and wonder hmmm, maybe they picked that particular colour combination to make it more attractive to females?

[Bugzy1972]

your bench is dribbled over in spots of blood cause youd rather finish the piece without losing your heat than actually giving yourself the medical attention you should have. :devil1:[/QUOTE]

I'm guilty of this one!

[Udai Hussien]

jesus welcome to a year and a half ago

[Swampy]

Sooooo last year!

[Ben 'Spice' Crowley]

my answer to all of this is yes It applies and I am a glass addict, I think my friends are planning an intervention, and my girlfriend is begging me to make her a dillie because of how often Im now at the torch instead of brooming the womb

[harpentuan]

Dreams with vivid glass related conversations. Sometimes these dreams could be very emotional or argumentative. Bald hands.

[JHog]

Yer retirement plan is scraping the gold off yer bench in front of torch....someday

[ShttrdSpctrm]

if you go to visit family for the holidays and send a bunch of tube and color and torch so you don't get "sick" from withdrawls.
:twitch:

[Conchis]

You have visions of sugar plum kush dancing in your head...
You ask a couple of people to help you spin the Christmas tree around to see if it's symmetrical...

Someone tells you that blew a flat on the way to work and you ask them how to do that technique.....

[n3rd]

you experience delirium tremens after a few days of praxair leaving you without oxy...

[themoch]

i experienced delirium tremens the other night at the pub...

http://www.delirium.be/

[Norskiglass]

-the only phone calls or messages you receive are pertaining to custom orders, repairs to glassware you had not made or the thousand other questions related to glass......

-every so often your girl that wants to hang out in the studio for the day.

~you no longer are in control of a shed/shanty/shack to work in and it had turned out to be 1,500sq ft or so with everything related to glass.

~you now have 50lbs of color on hand with an additional 30#s or so in back up.

~liked the last torch purchase so much you bought three of them.

~When people ask you what you would like for your b-day or Christmas its always something related to glass


Annnnn......My girlfriend just asked me last night if I would like a years supply of O2 for Christmas....

yeah. huh.

[newmexicomagma]

thanks for making everyone feel like crap norski. my mom got me a camo santa hat and a spongebob sweater for my boxer. (WTF) hahahaha. back to the thread at hand.
~ if you bundle up like the kid from christmas story just to go to the shop and melt something

~ when u cant find anyone to talk to about glass (thank you gldg)

~ when u make something and notice u didnt turn the kiln on so you keep it warm in the flame for 30 min while the kiln heats up.

~ when u buy so much glass u dont know what the hell your going to do with all of it but are just happy to see the glass sitting there.

and last and definately not least.

~ when u wait 7 months just cause u want a black torch but am so impatient u end up with the purple torch anyways.


ah well, ill now be ragin soon enough. ill try to think of some more.

[Glacier_Arts_Studio]

hello, i am michael and i am a glass-a-holic...

i only have 4 days this time... i had a week once but,
6 days, 22 hours and 15 minutes of that week were
spent in county lock up... every time i get involved
with glass, i make some ugly poop and then, run
around town, making a fool of myself, showing it to
anyone that doesn't look away quick enough... i
keep loosing friends and my family seems to feel
like they can't understand me anymore... in line
at the hardware store, i noticed that everyone was
looking at me... then i see that they are watching
me spin the paint brush i was buying... kids grab
their moms as, their moms shelter them when
i walk by... :o:

[goldmanglass]

-sometimes i forget my fridge isnt an annealer. I find my self shutting it real quick so the heat doesnt get out and if i put something in the fridge and then take it out again real quick my brain warns me it might crack...yeah i know it sounds weird

-its taken me about 5 years now but i notice i dont automatically spin my fork at dinner anymore. guess my subconsiousness finally figured out thats not what a fork is for.

- a couple fingertips are so burnt that they dont work on a touchpad/iphone screen

- youve tried and done a lot of cool shit but somehow the only thing you want to do right now is put on your goofy shade 5s and get to work

[Izzy Spun]

You can pull pans out of the oven with no oven mitt, but grabbing the freakin ice tray hurts like all hell.
people have actually seen steam rising from your body
you can't understand all the wierd looks when you are in line somewhere, and simultaneously ordering on your cell phone, a pound of rasta red, a pound of moss, a pound of millenium falcon, and a pound of exotic citrus.....
you have explained glory hole at least 200 times, and never mentioned anything sexual

that's all I got for now

[colyerso]

You find yourself being able to pick up hot things fresh from the oven (i.e. biscuits, cookies etc...) with bare hands and not think twice

And you try to keep your marshmallow on center while roasting it.

You look at beer bottles in a completely different way (thanks 2ba)

You find yourself stealing knives, spoons and various other utensils from the kitchen, to mutilate and sharpen them for glassblowing.

You remove glass splinters with the Emilio method ( heat up a rod and apply to the splinter (also a fun party trick))

You travel to the ends of the earth where there is little civilization or phone service and find yourself camping in the woods and using a port-o-john for a week all in the name of glassblowing.

You begin bringing glass into your culinary endeavors

Trying to melt glass in a camp fire doesn't seem like such a bad idea

[traesworld]

Read five pages of posts. Just to see how many apply to you....

[CripSkillz]

Hehe.. I actually left my torch at my brothers in his gun safe while i was on vacation.. its my most valued item..

[cc_bob]

Nice hood ornament Ninja Master Crip!!! ^^^

[weberglass]

the top your nose has a permanent indentation in it from your heavy ass glasses

your desk looks like an insect grave yard

your up at noon, start work at 9:00pm and you still get an 8 hour work day in

some of your fingers have prints and some don't

every t-shirt you own has a big hole in it

you use your kiln top to keep coffee warm

you can't remember the last concert you went to that you didn't try to sell glass at
(doh, the might just be me)

you know what it sounds like when a K tank hits concrete at 2:00 am

you know what a k tank is

you hold your punty across your teeth while you change out tanks

as far as glass blowing is concerned the words work and play are interchangeable

your friends with Ben Burton (thats a compliment Benny)

[ALIEN!]

when you think of Abe, a dead president isn't the first in mind.

your campfire cooked dogs and marshmellows are the most evenly browned, and if they fall off you blame it on a shoddy cold seal

when someone asks your favorite color, they give you weird looks when you tell them

you laugh in the face of cigarette burns

when someone says they lost their marbles, you say "don't worry bro, I can make you more"

you know a Cupcake, Cripskillz, Primathon and Mer, but not a single George.

you shudder at the words "fire crotch"

you always use your bic to blow out your straw while waiting for the food to come when you dine out.

even though your tools are clean as a whistle they leave black shit all over

you've heard of didymium

you consider silver and gold "consumables"

if you've ever threatened to "snap a punty off in someones ass"

dildos = income

you'd rather get away with robbing praxair than robbing a bank

you spin your spaghetti up on your fork, and keep spinning spinning spinning

certain family members only know SOME of the things you make

concerts are business trips

you've got the biggest tweezers on the block

you've ever had to explain how you poked your thumb with "string"

[themoch]

you've got the biggest tweezers on the block


18in tweezers.... yeah, i'd say i've got the biggest... they're "cartoonishly" large.

[ALIEN!]

...it's 1 AM, its your 30th birthday and your on the Melting Pot.