Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Victor Bloom, M.D.

I got into my half-assed writing hobby by first writing Amazon reviews, starting in 1998. Yep, Amazon reviews. Founders of a website called PearlSoup contacted me and a number of folks about submitting stories for their site. Many of the early submitters there were Amazon reviewers noted by the founders. PearlSoup led to blogging, and dabbling with helicopter magazine articles and our local news website.

PearlSoup is where I "met" Victor. One of the more colorful characters on PearlSoup, Victor could make you mad, make you think, make you laugh.

Victor turns 79 today. He wrote something interesting on Facebook about his father. His dad was 60 when Victor was born. (And I thought I was a late-in-life dad.) Victor's father was born in Minsk in 1871, the year the Royal Albert Hall opened. It was also the year when H.M. Stanley allegedly uttered, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

Victor was born in 1931. In 1931, Thomas Edison submitted his last patent application, Alka Seltzer was introduced, the "Star Spangled Banner" was named the official anthem of the U.S., and France announced that they couldn't afford to send a team to the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.

Happy birthday, Dr. Bloom.

5 comments:

Kelly said...

It's been ages since I've logged into PS. Of course "Lukethepuke" is still the featured author!

Interesting tidbits you shared. I'll join you in wishing Victor a happy birthday.

Pam said...

Happy Birthday to Victor!

An Unlikely Retirement said...

Happy birthday to Victor.

And my dad had you both beat. He turned 68 five days before I was born. My mother was 39. Ha.

quid said...

Thanks for the reminder. I'll email him!

quid

Bob said...

Victor ("rotciv" if I remember correctly) was one my favorites at PS. He made me laugh a number of times.