Monday, August 28, 2006

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME: Coco


Today is my 39th birthday.

I am a very lucky man.

I am extremely fortunate in that I get to do exactly what I've always wanted to do, which is be a professional circus clown, and be lucky enough to earn a living at it.

For that I am very, very thankful.

I also have a truly wonderful wife and a really great son.

My dog? Well, Honeybear getting better but she'll never be as good as our old one, Knucklehead.

I'm fortunate to have so many really great friends, in circus and clowning as well as outside, in the "real world".

I just want to tell everyone that I deeply appreciate the response that this blog has received. It's really exploded in the last few days and we're receiving more hits than ever before, from all over the world. Through it I have gotten to meet some truly great folks like Bill Strong, Robin Estes, Mike Keever, Dean Chambers, Bernie Kallman, Fred Pfening and many, many others who have sent photos and messages which have contributed greatly to this project.

After only two months, we now receive hundreds of hits a day from every corner of the world. Not bad for an internet site that has nothing to do with pornography, violent video games, conspiracy theories or conspiracy theories about violent, pornographic video games.


So thank you all for visiting today.

The following are a series of photos of just a few of the clowns who have, either directly or indirectly helped and inspired me...




Mike "Coco" Polakov

Photos taken by Ian Lloyd at Leon McBryde's Advanced Studies 2006



3 comments:

  1. Well, Happy Birthday to you, Patrick.

    And many many more to come!

    Adam

    PS-- I'm enjoying perusing your blog tremendously- great inspiration of makeup, of icons, and of heroes past.

    Keep up the excellent work!

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  2. Happy Birthday, From one clown to another. I really enjoy this blog. it's bookmarked and I check it a couple times a day. Btw, I gave your blow a thumbs up at the clown forum, So I hope it helps you out.
    Scruffy

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  3. Happy Birthday, Patrick. Matthew and I have been keeping tabs on the site, and enjoying it tremendously. Especially the Elmo Gibb mention...I met him in 1998 at the PA Ren Faire and had lost contact with him over the past 2 or 3 years.

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