Happy Birthday BostonBoomer!!!
Posted: December 1, 2010 Filed under: Festivities, open thread 73 Comments
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BB,
A very happy birthday to someone who should be heading up her own investigative newsteam and be running an editorial newsboard with Kat. Which you kinda are 😉
Love,
Wonk
Wow, thanks so much, Wonk. My birthday present came when you showed up this week!
Love,
BB
Wonk – I have been away for several days and I am so delighted to return and find you in the house.
Now it feels like a warm and comfortable home.
Welcome.
Happy birthday, BB. Have a great evening!
Thank you, Dario!
Happy Birthday BB:
“A rare recording of Happy Birthday done by the Beatles.
The recording is from an appearance on the BBC’s ‘Saturday Club’…which is who/what they are singing Happy Birthday to.”
Wonderful! Thanks, MM!
Happy Birthday, BB!
Thank you, RSM!
Happy Birthday, BB!
(Look, no typos! That’s my gift to you!)
Hey, I don’t mind typos. I make tons of them. Thanks, Janicen.
Happy Birthday, bb!!
Thank you, Pat.
Happy Birthday, BB. Best wishes for you are coming your way. And, a toast in your honor.
I don’t know if you are familiar with Hoops and YoYo. They’re a riot. Someone sent this to me last year. So, here’s a birthday greeting from these two chaps. 😉
Cute! Thanks, newdealdem1.
Happy birthday, BB.
Hug,
Zal
Hugs right back at you, Zal!
Happy Birthday to BB!
Awwwww… Thanks, WV!
gratuitous kitty cuteness!!! yay!!!!
Happy birthday to one of my favorite bloggers. Lots of fun in the 2nd half of your life.
Thanks, MABlue! You’re one of my favorite bloggers too.
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Thanks, Votermom!
Woo Hoo! Happy Birthday!
Thank you, Sima!
Happy Birthday, BB!!!
Thank you, pdgrey!
Happy Birthday, BB!
Hope your birthday wishes come true.
Thanks, Thursday’s Child/Branjor!
Hey Boomer – another Sagittarian seeker of Truth, seeker of Wisdom. So happy you are over here and wish you the VERY best of all that Life has to offer. And THAT is a lot! Many happy returns of the day!
Hi Delphyne,
From one Sagittarian to another, I’m glad you’re here too!
Happy Birthday BostonBoomer!!! Can we have kittehs again now? Don’t start your tek back east until it gets a tad warmer.
Thanks, Boo Radly. We have a little bit of snow on the ground today. I’ll have to check the forcasts carefully before I hit the road again. At least I won’t get groped–unless they are searching people at rest areas now.
Kittehs? Hmmm… I’ll work on that.
Well, no snow in the mid Atlantic today. Springlike temperatures and all day rain. I spent hours on the road today driving through it.
And yes to kittehs!
Happy Birthday BB and many, many more!
Thank you Sophie!!
BB – I have been away from the internet and tv for several days. I am trying to review all the crazy news of the past week and clearly have some serious catching up to do.
Meanwhile, a birthday and a birthday wish is something I can easily comprehend. So…
Happy Birthday To You.
Happy Birthday To You.
Happy Birthday Dear BB
Happy Birthday To You!
Thanks for your regular posting of all the news that matters.
hought you might enjoy this if you have not seen it:
FAIL: Senate Dems’ Unconstitutional Mishap Could Kill Food Safety Bill –
“In what amounts to an epic constitutionality #fail, Senate Democrats may have blown their chances to see their food safety bill signed into law. The U.S. constitution requires that any revenue-raising bill must originate in the House of Representatives.”
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/fail-dems-unconstitutional-mishap-could-kill-food-safety-bill.php
Hi Dee,
Thanks so much. I saw that story. Can you believe it? The Senate wasted all week on that bill instead of extending unemployment benefits.
BB, I’m not savvy enough to sent you a song. So let me offer one of the funniest titles to a column I read today. http://www.openleft.com/diary/20986/obama-says-poke-both-your-eyes-out-at-once
Thanks! That is funny. Paul Rosenberg is a very smart man. It’s a shame he sold out, but he’s still head and shoulders above the rest of the progs.
Yea, I agree about Paul, but that was too damn funny. It’s a keeper for me. I have this pension for remembering obscure lines from film noir. My last one was “Get some trees behind us, Charlie”, gangsters in a getaway car. God, I love good writing!
wow, that’s fierce!!!
By the way, did you notice Paul asked his readers to come up with their own letter suggestions and only two people did. I’m sure we could help Paul come up with some great letters. Off the top of my head, Obama says, write a letter to the editor praising his feminism.
Yowzaa!!! Happy, happy birthday, BB – sorry I’m late to the party – again. Hope you had a great day and this will be a special year for you and yours! 😆
Thank you, Joanelle!
A very Happy Birthday and here’s to many, many more. Thanks for all you do!
Thank you HT!
Whoops, I missed – Here’s to many, many more at SkyDancing. My apologies – pain from extracted tooth clouding my efficiency – time for drugs.
ouch! take care and heal well!!
I feel your pain, HT. Literally. Feel better soon!
Happy Birthday BB! May it be particularly sublime, involving lots of cake (or whatever yummy you enjoy most) and good books!
Thank you gxm17!!
Happy Birthday, Dr. BB. You’ve come on strong for the final innings. Keep it up! From one boomer to another, with very best wishes.
You are a sweetheart, grayslady.
Happy, happy, happy, happy day, BB! And may you continue with many more years of insightful writing.
Thank you so much, NW Luna!
The very best of Happy Birthdays to you BB. Keep ’em coming!
Thanks RalphB!!
Happy belated Bday BB!
Hi cwaltz,
At my age, I celebrate my birthdays for a week! Thanks.
Oh goody, then hope let me add my best birthday wishes — and my thanks for your excellent posts — to you, as well! (Had modem issues so I’m even later than usual in web-related matters!) Enjoy your week-long celebration!
Thank you!!
I always miss the party 😦 ! Anyhow, I wish you the happiest of birthdays with many more to come. Thanks for all you do… your passion, compassion and wit come through with every post.
Thank you soupcity!
Happy belated birthday and may you have many, many more in good health.
Thanks, BxFemDem!!
Happy Belated birthday BB-might have known you were a Sagittarian!!!
Thanks, Laurie!!
Oh, Boomer, just celebrate the entire month – or at least, until the Solstice on the 21st. What’s a Sag to do but celebrate, celebrate, dance to the music!
Good idea. Maybe I’ll just keep celebrating until New Year’s Eve.
I think everyone deserves a year-long celebration of herself! Birthday everyday! 😉 Happy Birthday!