...to debgeisler and davidschroth!

"Make new friends, but keep the old.
One is silver and the other is gold."

You're both golden in my eyes and held dear in my heart. Here's to a year of many snickers of amusement, links that amaze and delight, friends good and true, and excellent times with the remarkably wonderful spouses who love you each best. Here's to a year filled with joy.

A cure for migraines wouldn't be amiss, either. We live in the future. It's been years since they figured out ulcers. Surely migraines should be next, and soon.

to benveniste and fringefaan!

May all your birthday fantasies come true...especially the one about the pirates and the bathtub of...

No. That's just totally wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong.

May your day and the year ahead be all right, right, right. (With or without lime Jell-O.)

benveniste, please put that sword away. The umbrella, too. When did you ever see a pirate carrying an umbrella?

Seriously, my life is thoroughly blessed by the welcome presence of amazing friends. The two of you with the shared September birthday add greatly to the treasure of that. Thank you.

Happy Birthday, kaffyr!

Or, as Casey Jones would sing:

Happy, happy birthday
to every girl and boy.
Hope this very special day
brings you lots of joy.

Hope the birthday presents
you get from Mom and Dad
will make this very special day
the best you ever had!