First, this website couldn’t run without the efforts of Dale Mugford. Second, his immense talents have, over the last year, made matthewgood.org more than I would have ever thought possible. But I don’t need to sit here and tell all of you how much work he puts into it or how talented he is – most of you are already well aware of that.
More than his web talents, Dale is an excellent human being from top to bottom and it has been an honour and a privilege to work with him and, more importantly, be able to come to count him as a dear friend.
Dale is one of the most selfless people that I have ever met. He is intelligent, possesses immense heart, a fantastic sense of humour, wisdom beyond his years, and an outlook on life that is utterly admirable.
On this, his birthday, I would like to say that I got him a gift. But, in truth, it’s hard to find someone a gift that is, themselves, such a daily gift to you and so many others.
In life we are lucky to come across someone like Dale, and when we do we realize that, despite the many shadows that hang suspended above us, people like him are lights that shine constant and undeterred. That is something that his mother, who has been battling a severe brain tumor for some time now, should never forget. That she provided that light, and that that accomplishment alone is enough to match any other.
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Happy Birthday bud.
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I didn’t know Hobbits had birthdays?
Seriously, Dale you are a gem from what I’ve learned about you over the past several months and I wish nothing but health, love & happiness to you (and Sara).
All the best, today and all days….
Deb
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Happy Birthday Mugger, I hope you have a fantastic day amigo !
I will now celebrate your day by singing you a resounding chorus of “our” song. If you know the words (and i know you do) sing along…
You light up my life
You give me hope
To carry on
You light up my days
and fill my nights with song…
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Happy Birthday Dale!
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Everybody now !!
It can’t be wrong
When it feels so right
‘Cause You
You light up my life
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oh and please know that I’m in your Mom’s corner and, as someone who’s experienced this same thing recently, if I can ever be of any help (an ear, advice, etc.), please feel free to contact me anytime.
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Happy Birthday Dale!
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Happy birthday, Dale!
Hope you have a great day! :)
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Happy birthday Dale :)
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Happy Birthday Muggles! I hope you have a truly wonderful year!
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Happy Birthday Dale. If I ever make it out to Hamilton, I would love to buy you a beer.
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Hope it’s a great one, D.
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Much appreciated, everyone. Very much.
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Happy birthday!
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Happy Birthday, Dale.
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Happy Birthday Dale!
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Happy Birthday Dale. :) If you’re ever in NB, my home is your home.
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Happy Birthday :)
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Happy birthday big guy
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Dave.. .. with regrets to Paul Simon…
Now I sit by my window
And I watch the cars
I fear Ill do some damage
One fine day
But I would not be convicted
By a jury of my peers
Still crazy after all these years
Oh, still crazy
Still crazy
Still crazy after all these years
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All the best to you on your birthday Dale.
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Happy, Happy Birthday to you!
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Happy Birthday, Dale. I’m drinking butterscotch ice cream syrup straight out of the bottle in your honour. Hey, it’s fat free! Thanks for the one-day Community mod trip back in the summertime. It was nice to be useful to someone, even if only for one day. :oP
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I did my best to refrain from Hobbit jokes.
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Happy Birthday Dale. Having the opportunity to meet you, if even just breifly, in Vernon, I can totally agree with what Matt says. You are a great guy. All the best to you!
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Happy birthday!
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Have a good one!
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An Ode To Dale:
Once upon a time, I sometimes asked you annoying questions about how to use the interwebnet.
You were always nice to me.
Happy Birthday!
:-)
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“Dale is an excellent human being”
I’ll drink to that.
Happy birthday Dale.
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Happy Birthday, Dale!!!!!
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Happy birthday Dale!
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Happy Birthday Dale! I hope you’re eating cake with banana fudge ice cream from Stoney Creek Dairy:)
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Happy Birthday Dale, you’re awesome! :-)
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Happy Birthday, Dale! I hope you are having a great day and all the best for many more.
Also, I’d like to extend a huge thank you for all the hard work you put into this site. It is very much noticed and appreciated.
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Happy happy day!
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Happy Birthday Dale!
Enjoy your day!
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Happy Birthday, Dale!
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wow no way man! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
it’s actually 3 of my best friends’ birthdays today, iv been running arround all afternoon spreading birthday cheer lol.
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Happy Birthday Dale!
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My favourite Monkey Fish.
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Quoting deb:
Hobbits have birthdays, and maybe Dale will get to celebrate his One Hundred and Eleventieth birthday just like Bilbo and all of us in the shire will attend.
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Happy Birthday, Dale.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY DALE!!!!
I don’t know you as well as Matt does, or even close, but the emails you replied to, you were very kind and helpful! You really are a kind and giving soul!
~Robert
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Happy Birthday Dale and all the best to you and your’s, especially your mother….
Whoever took the pic of you captured something very interesting……. both your eyes are visible… that is rare when someone is snapped taking a pic.. very neat !!!!
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Oh wait!!!!! You took the pic in the mirror, I think… Doh!!!!
Still, very cool capture…..
t
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Happy birthday Dale!
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Happy Birthdale Muggy!
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Happy B-day Dale! All the best.
That was a beautiful toast Matt
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happy b-day Dale. The site always looks mighty fine :-)
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Happy birthday, Dale!
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happy birthday dale!
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Hope you had a great birthday, Dale!
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Cheers Dale !!! Hope it was a good one !!
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Happy birthday, Dale, to a fellow Piscean! :)
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Happy Birthday Dale!! I hope you had a wonderful day!
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Again, thanks everyone, its much appreciated. I had a fantastic day. Sara took me to pick out a couple Siamese Betta Fighting Fish. They rock. A perfect gift for a pisces I think.
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was this the eleventy-first? happy belated birthday!…coincidentally, I ended up with a new betta yesterday also.
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Cheers … wishing you many more to come
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Happy birthday Dale!
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Happy birthday Dale :)
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Quoting Dale Mugford:
Your Sara has great taste in gift giving:) Beta fish are so cool. My daughter Sarah has one she named Frannie (even though it’s male), and my son Noah named his Bat (aka “Batfish” - he’s into the superhero gig now).
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Happy (now belated) birthday, Dale. I’ll go in search of cake tonight to eat in your honour.
(Fighting fish are cool [yeah, I'm a Pisces, too]. I had one years ago named Wendell Gee… sounds like a hip-hop name, but it was after the R.E.M. song.)