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Chris Erskine: Amid a super bloom of birthdays, we pause to reflect on life in L.A.

There's been a super bloom of birthdays, of comings and goings, of grand parties and intimate dinners of three or four.

Three buddies just turned 60, as did the leggy dentist, who of all the friends turning 60 is the most difficult to digest. The leggy dentist seems ageless in the way of Jennifer Aniston, or high-quality marble, or that favorite coffee mug that never stains.

Some people defy time and heartache and the ravages of the

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