Landis is 40Landis is 40Traits of a Remarkable ManTraits of a Remarkable Man

Oh, LandisOh, Landis

We wouldn’t be here if We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t love you. we didn’t love you. Some of us have Some of us have known you a long known you a long time and others not time and others not so long.so long.

Together, we’ve been Together, we’ve been wondering what are wondering what are those traits that are those traits that are truly Landis. We truly Landis. We have boiled it to 10.have boiled it to 10.

Trait #10: MotivatedTrait #10: Motivated

Sleeping has been Sleeping has been an inconvenience an inconvenience to you since you to you since you were small. were small. Getting the most Getting the most out of one day is out of one day is your hallmark.your hallmark.

Trait #9: PoliteTrait #9: Polite

““May I please have May I please have an easy bake an easy bake oven, Santa? Or, oven, Santa? Or, perhaps a sewing perhaps a sewing machine? No, no, machine? No, no, I would very I would very much like a hair much like a hair dryer! Can you dryer! Can you bring hair gel?”bring hair gel?”

Trait #8: FunTrait #8: Fun

Landis, ever since you Landis, ever since you were young, you’ve were young, you’ve known how to have known how to have fun. We are grateful fun. We are grateful you have shared you have shared some of those times some of those times with us with us

– even though you – even though you made every moment made every moment about you.about you.

Trait #7: Hard WorkingTrait #7: Hard Working

You’ve earned You’ve earned everything everything through sweat, through sweat, intellect and intellect and discipline. You’re discipline. You’re an inspiration.an inspiration.

Though, charm has Though, charm has gotten you gotten you through a lot.through a lot.

Trait #6: CreativeTrait #6: Creative

You’ve always had You’ve always had a NATURAL a NATURAL creativity, such as creativity, such as your ability to do your ability to do a lot with cotton, a lot with cotton, mohair . . .mohair . . .

. . . and LEATHER. . . and LEATHER

Trait #5: RoyalTrait #5: Royal

You are truly made You are truly made of the stuff of of the stuff of royalty royalty

- and we don’t - and we don’t mean kings.mean kings.

Trait #4: StylishTrait #4: Stylish

You’ve always You’ve always been on the been on the cutting edge of cutting edge of fashion – in fashion – in every decade.every decade.

Wait!Wait!

After looking at After looking at these photos, we these photos, we wondered if you wondered if you were able to were able to maintain these maintain these admirable traits as admirable traits as you got older.you got older.

Stylish? Stylish? Really?Really?

Hold On!Hold On!

Upon further Upon further examination, we had examination, we had second guesses second guesses about your ability to about your ability to groom yourself.groom yourself.

Stylish? Stylish? Really?Really?

Oh My God!Oh My God!

Like here. You Like here. You were old enough were old enough here to have here to have known better.known better.

Are you really gay?Are you really gay?

Stylish? Stylish? Really?Really?

What?!What?!

What’s this?What’s this?

The ‘Charlie’s The ‘Charlie’s Angels’ style? Angels’ style? Was Farrah Was Farrah Faucet the Faucet the inspiration?inspiration?

Thank God they Thank God they had hairspray in had hairspray in Walnutport.Walnutport.

No Way!No Way!

Did you get up Did you get up Xmas morning Xmas morning and blow dry and blow dry your hair before your hair before opening gifts?opening gifts?

Who was going to Who was going to see you?see you?

Funny Enough.Funny Enough.

You think you’re You think you’re well put together, well put together, original.original.

Where did you get Where did you get this last look? this last look? Michael J. Fox Michael J. Fox from ‘Family from ‘Family Ties’?Ties’?

The Truth.The Truth.

Now, that we Now, that we know that know that you’ve not you’ve not always been always been fabulous (your fabulous (your words, not ours), words, not ours), let us tell us who let us tell us who you really you really are . . .are . . .

Trait #3: JudgmentalTrait #3: Judgmental

At early age, you At early age, you embraced your embraced your inner critic. inner critic.

At two, did you tell At two, did you tell your mother that your mother that she could have she could have done better with done better with this cake?this cake?

Trait #2: VainTrait #2: Vain

Landis, you fell in Landis, you fell in love with yourself love with yourself early and often. early and often. Mirrors were Mirrors were created for you.created for you.

I think this is really I think this is really what we meant what we meant when we put when we put ‘stylish’.‘stylish’.

Trait #1: LovingTrait #1: Loving

Landis, thanks for Landis, thanks for sharing all of you sharing all of you with all of us.with all of us.

HappyHappyBirthday!Birthday!