In honour of Horace, the poet and the commenter birthday boy:
"To me the artist's meed, the ivy wreath Is very heaven: me the sweet cool of woods, Where Satyrs frolic with the Nymphs, secludes From rabble rout, so but Euterpe's breath"
I always wonder if kids got shortchanged on presents when their birthdays fell close to Christmas. Plus toys and sports equipment used to be more seasonal than they are today, making it hard to find, say, wiffle balls and bats in the dead of winter. Although one Christmas Santa brought us both new bikes when we were kids.
I wondered what the likelihood was for another person to come into this "room" today who would share your birth date. I googled, started reading, and then my eyes glazed over. Someone else will need to tell you!
You know what's nice about on line birthday celebrations?
SO many people get out their exclamation points! Perhaps they are the on line equivalent of birthday balloons, and even if not, isn't it fun to think of them that way today?
H.B.! I comment rarely but read almost all of your stuff and lots of the comments. Your blog is one of very best on the Interwebs. Thanks for doing it.
Happy Birthday, Althouse! (It's also one of my best friends' birthdays, and my two-year "cariversary" of my beloved Honda Fit.)
And by the way, every birthday spent in Texas is a beautiful birthday (not that I'm biased or anything, LOL). It's too bad you weren't driving on this trip, or you could have gotten a belated birthday coffee on your way back up through Dallas.
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58 comments:
Happy birthday, Professor.
Happy birthday, Professor Althouse.
It's my Dad's birthday too -- he's well into his 80s and frail. Happy Birthday Daddy!
And Happy Birthday Professor A!
Happy birthday, Daddy Madison Man.
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!
And many more.
That means it's Limbaugh's birthday.
Happy Birthday. And if anyone asks you how old you are, just say: 42.
Happy birthday, may you have many many more.
Happy Birthday Ann. It is my wife's birthday as well.
Happy Birthday, Ann! May you and Meade spend many happy years together, celebrating your birthdays.
Cheers,
Victoria
That means it's Limbaugh's birthday.
Ohhh. That explains much.
Also, Richard Nixon, 9 January.
P.S.: Happy Birthday, too, to MadMan's dad, and John's wife! Is it Ron's birthday soon?
Cheers,
Victoria
De ne ne ne ne ne today is your birthday. You're gonna have a good time! [that was the Beatles btw].
Happy Birthday Althouse! And to MM's Dad as well. And to Maha Rushi too!
BTW, "This photo is currently unavailable".
Many happy returns and long life to both you and your main man.
And please allow me to say, "My Dahling, you look mahvelous".
vbspurs said...
BTW, "This photo is currently unavailable".
Still.
WV "paryn" Ann and Meade are a wonderful paryn.
Happy B, Ann.
Um, your "beautiful" photo ain't there - which I find funny - because the statement annoyed me.
Happy Birthday, Ann!
Happy Birthday to you. That green sign is just the right touch.
H.B. Day, Doc!
Wow, Austin has a Hong Kong or Kuala Lumpur vibe.
Happy Birthday!
We wish you many more.
Happy birthday! And happy beautiful day, too.
It's my birthday, too. And Rush Limbaugh's. And Kirstie Alley's. Happy birthday to us all.
Happy Birthday! ~~and many more~~
Many happy returns of the day.
As Stravinsky once put it (in a birthday tune he wrote for George Balanchine):
"Birthday and Nameday!
Get high on Grand Marnier!
Don't forget a glass for me!"
Howard Stern too.
Where's my radio show?
In honour of Horace, the poet and the commenter birthday boy:
"To me the artist's meed, the ivy wreath
Is very heaven: me the sweet cool of woods,
Where Satyrs frolic with the Nymphs, secludes
From rabble rout, so but Euterpe's breath"
Habeas felicitatem in die natus es!
Cheers,
Victoria
You don't need a radio show, you've got us.
Wow! To one of my favorite bloggers: Feliz Cumpleaños!
Now, where is the piñata?? And could I ask what shape would your piñata have?
Happy Birthday, and many more! Now that you realize how beautiful Texas is (especially in wintertime), are you moving down here?
Happy birthday! It's my mother's birthday too (she's 77). When I was a kid, we always made ice cream on this day (with a hand-crank maker).
Birthday poem from e e cummings to somebody he probably knew.
Many happy returns of the day, Professor!
Ah, Austin. Every time I am there I wonder why I don't live there.
Happy Birthday, Counselor.
Juan Pablo said...
Que melones! (All the Spanish I know is from old John Wayne movies, so if that doesn't mean what I think it do...)
Happy birthday to my favorite "breast wielding" blogger!
Happy Birthday, Ann.
Happy Birthday! And, somewhere in there (on the 6th?) -- happy blogging anniversary!
Enjoy your B-Day!
Happy birthday!
You're catching up to me...
When I was a kid, we always made ice cream on this day (with a hand-crank maker).
It's always the simplest, shared memories of our parents, that we remember best, isn't it, Howzerdo?
Happy Birthday!
I always wonder if kids got shortchanged on presents when their birthdays fell close to Christmas. Plus toys and sports equipment used to be more seasonal than they are today, making it hard to find, say, wiffle balls and bats in the dead of winter. Although one Christmas Santa brought us both new bikes when we were kids.
Happy Birthday, Ann!
I wondered what the likelihood was for another person to come into this "room" today who would share your birth date. I googled, started reading, and then my eyes glazed over. Someone else will need to tell you!
You know what's nice about on line birthday celebrations?
SO many people get out their exclamation points! Perhaps they are the on line equivalent of birthday balloons, and even if not, isn't it fun to think of them that way today?
!!! For you, Ann.
Happy birthday to you!
(And happy birthday to Limbaugh too!)
Happy birthday, Professor Althouse.
@nina The blog anniversary is the 14th. Don't worry. I'll blog it when the time comes. As a blogger, I'm almost 6.
Happy birthday to you! Best wishes for many more birthdays and blogiversaries to come.
January 12, 1951 was a very good day.
H.B.! I comment rarely but read almost all of your stuff and lots of the comments. Your blog is one of very best on the Interwebs. Thanks for doing it.
As a blogger, I'm almost 6
So what's 6 in blog-years?
Happy Birthday!
Who will be the 59th commenter?
Congratulations Althouse.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday!
And remember, you don't have children, you have siblings.
Late to the party, but happy birthday!
Happy Birthday, Althouse! (It's also one of my best friends' birthdays, and my two-year "cariversary" of my beloved Honda Fit.)
And by the way, every birthday spent in Texas is a beautiful birthday (not that I'm biased or anything, LOL). It's too bad you weren't driving on this trip, or you could have gotten a belated birthday coffee on your way back up through Dallas.
A day late, but Happy Birthday!
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