Happy birthday to me
I evolved from the sea
I’m a cousin to plankton
And the rat and the bee!
I turn 51 today. Woo-hoo! Happy birthday to me — and happy New Year to everyone. May 2013 be a damn sight better than 2012.
Dec 31 2012
Happy Birthday To Me
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Maureen Brian
December 31, 2012 at 3:38 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Good heavens, woman, it is good to have you around! A good birthday today and lots, lots more to come, please.
neleabels
December 31, 2012 at 4:18 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yeah! Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum 25. Geburtstag!
John Phillips, FCD
December 31, 2012 at 4:37 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Penblwydd hapus ac efallai y bydd gennych llawer mwy ohonynt.
A blwyddyn newydd dda i chi hefud.
Marie the Bookwyrm
December 31, 2012 at 5:12 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Have a happy, happy day!
Hope the kitties got you something nice.
Lofty
December 31, 2012 at 5:52 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy birthday and may you rack up a million book sales next year.
Kilian Hekhuis
December 31, 2012 at 6:34 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
51 already, and still going strong. Happy birthday Greta!
Katherine Lorraine, Chaton de la Mort
December 31, 2012 at 7:16 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy Birthday and Congratulations!
May you live a thousand years, crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!!
Wait… that’s Conan, sorry.
MG Myers
December 31, 2012 at 7:24 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy Birthday, Greta! I hope you have a wonderful day!
Susannah
December 31, 2012 at 7:55 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Halfway there! Happy day!
DLC
December 31, 2012 at 8:39 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Many happy returns on the Day !
johnhodges
December 31, 2012 at 8:56 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
In “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations” I found this one from George Orwell:
“At 50, everyone has the face they deserve.”
So, I suggest to everyone, at or near 50 you should get a good portrait photo of yourself taken, suitable for framing on the wall. Then, when you are 80 or 90, and your face is all sags and wrinkles, you can point to the photo and say “THAT is what I really look like.”
I told this to my mother when (at age 90) she was wishing she had the face she once had at 60 or so, and she seemed to find it a comfort.
jherazob
December 31, 2012 at 9:13 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy birthday! May you live long and happy
Randomfactor
December 31, 2012 at 10:51 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy Birthday! Try to stay angry in spite of it.
A Hermit
December 31, 2012 at 11:44 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hippo Birdie Two Ewes!
Stephanie Zvan
December 31, 2012 at 11:59 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hear, hear! I hope it’s a good one, Greta.
Carlos Cabanita
December 31, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy birthday!
ronsullivan
December 31, 2012 at 12:20 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy birthday!
Anthony K
December 31, 2012 at 12:39 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy Birthday, Greta!
I’ll remember this and tip one in your direction tonight.
Steve Caldwell
December 31, 2012 at 1:17 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy birthday – here’s an e-rose for you.
@—–>—–>—–
Ninie Perlt
December 31, 2012 at 1:31 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Fabulous birthday song!
Happy, happy birthday!
georgemontgomery
December 31, 2012 at 1:37 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy Birthday!!
Azkyroth, Former Growing Toaster Oven
December 31, 2012 at 1:42 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
…”AND YOU SMELL LIKE ONE TOO!”
Blake Stacey
December 31, 2012 at 2:09 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Live long and prosper!
catlover
December 31, 2012 at 3:39 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
A VERY Happy Birthday to you, Greta — and MANY MANY more!
I’ll echo “Hippo Birdie Two Ewe”!! and
“Peace and Long Life — and Live Long and Prosper!”
with the Vulcan hand salute!
I hope your 2013 is MUCH better than your 2012 — and that your
book sells LOTS of copies!!
A virtual hug — if you want it.
opposablethumbs
December 31, 2012 at 3:41 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy Birthday, and many more happy circumnavigations of the nearest star.
2,013 transatlantic virtual hugs, and thank you for everything you write.
Rodney Nelson
December 31, 2012 at 3:59 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Only 51.
Get off my lawn, young punk kid!
janiceintoronto
December 31, 2012 at 4:11 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yes! You are the lucky one who has won another FREE TRIP AROUND THE SUN!!!11!1
Enjoy your voyage. Take pictures.
Your friends,
The Canadians
glodson
December 31, 2012 at 5:31 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy birthday and thank you for blogging! I know I have learned a few things reading your writings here!
morgan
December 31, 2012 at 6:01 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Oh, oh, oh Greta you are going to be soooooo amazed at all the wonderful things that can happen in your 50′s and beyond. Congrats and have grand fun.
danettebaltzer
December 31, 2012 at 6:19 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
And many happy, happy returns!
evilDoug
December 31, 2012 at 7:06 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy birthday, kiddo.
And happy hogmanay.
davidmc
December 31, 2012 at 7:51 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
‘av a good un.
mildlymagnificent
December 31, 2012 at 8:18 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Oh great! Good for you.
However, you will never be as mature! as those of us who’ve managed several/many/lots more circumnavigations of our little sun. Your future journeys ought to be lotsa fun if local experience is anything to go by.
Your own personal star seems to be returning to its bright and steady glow just now. Let Ingrid and the kitties bask in its warmth.
Sastra
December 31, 2012 at 9:04 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy happy birthday!
chakolate
December 31, 2012 at 9:14 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Born on December 31st? You clever little tax deduction, you.
Do something really decadent today – you’ve earned it.
amity
December 31, 2012 at 9:53 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy 51st! In the spirit of Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters, may I say you are truly a frood who knows where your towel is!
crowepps
December 31, 2012 at 10:35 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy Birthday, kid!
WMDKitty (Always growing and learning)
January 1, 2013 at 1:34 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy (possibly belated) Birthday! (And happy new year!)
godlesspanther
January 1, 2013 at 2:22 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy birthday, Greta! You are three years and ten days older than I am.
Karen Locke
January 1, 2013 at 3:28 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy 51! I’m 53, so you’re a mere child. Don’t consume too many Pan-Galactic Gargle Blasters.
Ani Sharmin
January 1, 2013 at 5:35 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy birthday, Greta, and here’s to many more.
Nick Gotts (formerly KG)
January 1, 2013 at 5:45 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Many happy returns*!
*Of the birthday, not your book!
Flewellyn
January 1, 2013 at 8:36 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Happy birthday!
A Hermit
January 2, 2013 at 9:42 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Oh and remember my motto…we’re only young once, but we can be immature forever!
Pieter B, FCD
January 3, 2013 at 9:27 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
We can’t help getting older, but we don’t have to get old. Belated best birthday wishes.