---
title: 'Birthday'
slug: 'birthday'
date: 2020-11-05
type: 'post'
status: 'published'
tags: ['faith', 'constant-contact-archive']
abstract: 'I''m 51 today! . . . blowing out these "candles" in the Houston Ship Channel area It''s my birthday. I''m blowing out "candles".'
license: 'CC-BY-4.0'
author: 'Jed Anderson'
co_authors: []
canonical_url: 'https://jedanderson.org/posts/birthday'
original_source: 'Constant Contact campaign'
supporting_files: []
---

I'm 51 today! . . . blowing out these "candles" in the Houston Ship Channel area

It's my birthday.

I'm blowing out "candles".

[![](/images/posts/birthday/img-01.gif)](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CJ7Z-6BLvoR7YUngQebfyQmiJmGjQ0h9e1r_H-4h37o5JDBQ_fB1DapWv8oCYWGdsGnhNiFVpOp0gPw0l1M4ltlkAsxV8hzxUVpVtrQdTreFQGvvSC19HTaDlmv_url3Bm43w36dxpA99-Cz48ZJE7aglzWnsQULBphJO-vieT-d84EzwyrvZX8uZvFgI9l15KYUNvXH6V7bOsLdUIco9h5Afgps5hHz1dAhjxbyJHQ=&c=&ch=)

I'm 51 today! Blowing out 51 of these "candles" on the Houston Ship Channel with this project. It will be my gift to the petrochemical industry and the community. No more flares on the skyline of Deer Park or La Porte. Best birthday party ever!

[Project Details](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CJ7Z-6BLvoR7YUngQebfyQmiJmGjQ0h9e1r_H-4h37o5JDBQ_fB1DapWv8oCYWGdsGnhNiFVpOp0gPw0l1M4ltlkAsxV8hzxUVpVtrQdTreFQGvvSC19HTaDlmv_url3Bm43w36dxpA99-Cz48ZJE7aglzWnsQULBphJO-vieT-d84EzwyrvZX8uZvFgI9l15KYUNvXH6V7bOsLdUIco9h5Afgps5hHz1dAhjxbyJHQ=&c=&ch=)

---"Effort builds mountains. Faith moves mountains." - Jed Anderson

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