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Happy Birthday and Best Wedding Wishes, Woz!
A very happy birthday to Stephen Gary "Woz" Wozniak, the co-founder of the company we all know and love. No comments about "third founder" Ron Wayne, please. Woz will be 58 on Monday, the 11th, but we wanted to give you the scoop on some other things going on in his life right now, so we're running his birthday greetings early.Woz's Segway Polo team, the Silicon Valley Aftershocks, is playing in the annual Woz Cup at SegwayFesT 2008 in Indianapolis this weekend. They're currently at 2nd place in the standings.
Woz also took the time on Friday, August 8, 2008, to get married to WozWife 4.0 at SegwayFesT 2008. You will be happy / uninterested / dismayed to know that he did not marry former gal pal Kathy Griffin - the name of the new Mrs. Wozniak is not being released at this time.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jay said 8:08PM on 8-09-2008
Happy Birthday Wozniak, you and Steve are great. Apple R the Best!!
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John Mortnesen said 9:07PM on 8-09-2008
Thank God Woz didn't marry that Dee Snider looking "comedian". She was kinda cute on News Radio but the plastic surgery made her look like Fright Night!
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Sara said 9:28PM on 8-09-2008
The sexism in your comment aside, I think you've confused Kathy Griffin with Vicki Lewis.
This Is Me said 2:16PM on 8-10-2008
She was on "Suddenly Susan", not "Newsradio". Ditto on the above as to who played Beth.
apeguero said 9:29PM on 8-09-2008
2nd here on the not marrying that hag. He could do way better. With all his money, he should take a flight to Brazil and marry a really hot mama!
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Adam said 10:47PM on 8-09-2008
Woz mentioned the name of his then-girlfriend (now wife) when he was interviewed on Leo Laporte's 24 hours of iPhone coverage last month. I don't remember the name he said, but surely someone out there does...
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Lerxst said 5:03AM on 8-10-2008
IIRC the one he mentioned at that time was Kathy Griffin, and he seemed quite in love at the time, saying how lucky he was to have such hot gf etc...
Xtopher Robin said 12:47AM on 8-10-2008
What's up with everybody bustin' on Kathy Griffin? That woman makes me laugh so hard I cry.
And in actual response to the post, congrats Woz! You changed the world, and for that, we're forever in your debt!
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Fred said 1:13AM on 8-10-2008
Thanks for everything Woz!
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Kweenie said 1:46AM on 8-10-2008
I'm glad Kathy and Woz didn't get married, because really, they didn't get along well enough for that. However, I am slightly dismayed by the fact that he got engaged to WozWife 4.0 only a month after he stopped seeing Kathy. What's up with that? Dude is quite marriage-happy. Maybe this one will work out. We can only hope...
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Jack said 7:53AM on 8-10-2008
I think Woz is just the kind of bloke who really needs someone to dedicate his love to - because he's a philanthropist in the most literal sense, but prefers to be focused on one person at a time. That could lead to marrying pretty fast, since it'd be more about her accepting his love than anything else. And it could likewise lead to divorce, as the wife realises that though she is loved, she isn't loved to the exclusion of all others.
Well, I hope that Woz finds #4 to truly outshine all the others in his heart.
spacetime said 12:22PM on 8-10-2008
"Woz will be 58 on Monday, the 11th"
it's not good enough anymore to wait until someone's actual birthday.
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Rowan Pope said 7:06PM on 8-10-2008
Why can't we comment about Ron Wayne?
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Jason Goldsmith said 2:44PM on 8-11-2008
I just saw Woz and I assume WozWife 4.0 riding their Segways in Los Gatos last week.
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SubGenius said 1:20PM on 8-11-2008
Team,
The launch of WozWife 4.0 was not our finest hour. There are several things we could have done better:
- WozWife 4.0 was simply not up to my standards - she clearly needed more time and testing.
- Rather than marry WozWife 4.0 after a single Segway Polo match, we could have dated to begin with, followed by moving in together, followed 30 days later (if things went well with cohabitation) by foreplay, then 30 days later by sex.
- It was a mistake to date WozWife 4.0 at the same time as kathyGriffin, starJones and Bjork. We all had more than enough to do, and WozWife 4.0 could have been delayed without consequence.
We are taking many steps to learn from this experience so that we can make WozWife 5.0 into a trophyWife that my fans will love. One step that I can share with you today is that the WozWife 5.0 search team will now be headed by Larry King. Larry's new title will be ViceWoz and he will now report directly to me.
The WozWife 4.0 episode clearly demonstrates that I have more to learn about human interaction. And learn I will. The vision of WozWife 5.0 is both exciting and ambitious, and we will press on to make it a relationship we are all proud of by the end of this year.
Steve
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Trace said 12:14PM on 8-12-2008
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080812/NEWS07/808120389/1037/NEWS07 reports that Woz married Janet K. Hill.
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Simon said 7:59PM on 8-13-2008
I think woz should enter a diet.
happy bday
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jay said 6:40PM on 8-14-2008
i don't care how much money you have woz has. Kathy is WAY OUT OF HIS LEAGUE. See ya at Bobs big boys! creep
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kali said 4:52AM on 8-15-2008
Is it just me or does WOZ look like a pig? I really hope Kathy never slept with him, she can find way more her type....does anyone think she likes girls "just a bit", but what ever floats your boat and that God it is not "Bob's Big Boys"! He sure will never get the chance to "suck it" again w/ her his loss not hers! Hope your happy with your new wife!
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