The Fifth
And another thing. It’s B&W’s birthday again. This year I’m only one day late – last year I was four days late. But never mind that – the point is, dear little B&W is five years old. Isn’t that staggering? Half a decade. Half a decade of what Julian so elegantly calls sitting at a computer in my underwear. (It’s not underwear. It’s jeans and a blue T shirt with [appropriately] a large butterfly on the front.) Anyway – happy birthday, B&W. Pass the cake.
Hip hip hooray!
Happy birthday!
If you are 5, you should be starting school soon. Not, I assume, a faith-based one. Not recommended for you. No.
Mmmmmmmmmmm… cake… [drool]
¡Felicidades!
Many happy returns, B&W!
And many thanks to you for keeping it lively, OB!
Happy Birthday B&W!
And to get you off to a great start for your 6th year – have you seen this, Ophelia?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,2166975,00.html
Apparently, it was the protestants wot done the Enlightenment. Whoda thought?
Congratulations, have you had any more thoughts on having a whip so you can at least get broadband? 5 years operating the site on dial up must have been a bit testing?
Hmm, sitting in your underwear, “having a whip”… I hope this isn’t going to turn into one of *those* websites… Not least because, if it is, you’ll need broadband to upload the graphics….
Well done, OB, and to us all, for keeping it [mostly] sane in a mad, mad world…
¡Feliz cumpleaños!
All your work is very much appreciated – here’s to another 5 years!
Happy birthday! Keep up the great work.
Congrats and happy birthday!
Vse najboljse za tvoj rojstni dan! :)
Breithlá shona duit B&W Happy birthday to you. Saol fada chugat Long life to you. Go raibh maith agat – Thanks. Slán agat Good Bye
Schastlívovo dyényi rozhdyéniya!
Thanks all!
(I’ll simply assume that Tea and Pyotr aren’t secretly swearing at me.)
Congrats on the 5th!
As Richard says, can we make a birthday donation present?
b
Congratulations.
I’m not normally a blog reader, but for years I have made an exception for your wonderfully written, incisive thoughts on why truth matters – why ignorance is never the wise strategy – why its always better to know.
Gracias, hermana mía, por todo nos haces. ¡Que viva OB! La lucha buena continua.
Certainly you can make a donation present! Very kind of you to offer.
Richard asked about that too. I am going to do the PayPal thing – but Jeremy has to add it, and he’s busy elsewhere for a few weeks.
Thanks ever so for that, patrick.
To OB on reaching five years of Butterflies & Wheels
Celebrate with statements,
Reasoned, clear and true,
Half a dazzling decade –
Happy birthday to you.
A song from a real songwriter!
[hugs self in glee]
I demand empirical evidence that this so-called “birthday” is not simply an irrational product of your personal concept of time…
:-)
Merry Birthday!
Happy birthday B&W! Keep up the great work OB. It is truly enjoyable and much appreciated.
well… what I wrote really does mean “happy birthday to you” – but that doesn’t exclude the possibility that I’m secretly swearing at you!
seriously, though: keep up the excellent work! (*#@**%&*##!!!)
OK. I admit it. I was using my diabolical knowledge of Russian to surreptitiously curse out our respected Ophelia.
[It’s only “Happy day of birth.” ;)]
Happy birthday.
Certainly you can make a donation present!
Bring on the PayPal!
Many Happy Returns to you and JS, may your baby grow up big and strong.
b
There might be some kind of trans-atlantic bait and switch that could avoid any tax liability.
Happy belated birthday…
Happy, happy birthday.
This was the second weblog I ever discovered (stumbled on Majikthise thinking it was a Douglas Adams site and found a link to here.)
It’s been an education.
[blows kisses all around]
Stastne narozeniny a tak dal… 5 years is OLD by blog standards!
I only wish you hadnt ruined the whole affair by refuting Julians underwear thesis: bloody years Ive been getting my kicks picturing you hacking out insightful prose in the next-to-nuddy. Oh well… to je zivot. A bude hur.
Sorry to be so clothed. Boring of me, I know. Today it’s jeans and a long-sleeved striped T shirt (it’s cooler now).
I have a picture of me in Delaware Park in Buffalo – in a nice blue shirt with parrots on it. I’d post it except that I can’t (for technical reasons).