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I hope all of you have a great day full of fun, food and friends. I also hope a troop of gnomes stop by and do what ever everyday jobs need to be done around the house.

Oh, and many, many, many more birthdays in the future.

For Jodi: A Cyberman voice changer helmet

For John: A remote control for Debbie. Sadly, the mute buttons don't work.

For Allison The negatives for this batch of photos.

I look forward to seeing the Death Star at the the same scale...

Wow! That's a pretty brilliant video! :) Jodi wanders in rather blearily but with a smile on her face. Cooooofffffeeeeeee. (That's what she says instead of "braaaaains")

My virtual gifts for the birthday people:
For Jodi: 10 lbs. of calorie-free Toblerone and a 1 lb. bag of Godiva coffee (what else?)
For John: A Lego Mindstorms kit
For Allison: A Roomba vacuum robot
Many happy returns of the day to all three.

Happy Birthdays and ascii cake all around! :)

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Happy Birthday to all three of you! For your entertainment, I would like to force everybody present to join in a traditional German birthday song - it is a round:
Viel Glück und viel Segen
auf all Deinen Wegen
Gesundheit und Frohsinn
sei auch mit dabei.
Everybody now: One - two - three: . . .

Cheers!
Eva Van Daele-Hunt

For all: BIG bottle of fabulous champagne, a cake made by the Robuchons in Paris (Valhrona chocolate, natch!), a selection of French cheeses chosen by an expert (with baguette and crackers) and fresh fruit.

Jodi gets a private chocolatessen as an addition on her house. And a chocolate version of a spa mud bath.

John I don't actually know: he gets a classic Wurlitzer jukebox loaded with all his favorite tunes. Lights and chrome, of course.

Allison I send off to a fabulous spa for a weekend of total relaxation, from which she will be driven in a classic Rolls Royce (Silver Cloud maybe?) to a marvellous restaurant where all her friends, family and the best dinner of her life await.

Hugs and songs all around. And cake. I even promise that, in honor of the birthdays, I will play exclusively songs where no one dies...

...which may make it a *short* concert, but it's the thought that counts, right? *grin*

Hugs all 'round! I'll just pour some virtual drinks for everyone, shall I? ;D

Well thank you so much!

I'm pleased to see that the huge ice cream cake that the Chinese made appears to be decorated with cartoon bears! Noble creatures that they are, it's fitting that they should adorn such a culinary achievement.

The LEGO Millennium Falcon is awesome. If I take it apart, I hope I can get it back together again! I do, however, worry about how LEGO has changed from making an open-ended toy to selling model kits like this. Does it show a lack of creativity in the world? Do people need to be shown what to build?

To move the party along, I brought a cooler full of bottles of Woodchuck cider, and of Guinness.

Thanks very much for the birthday wishes and the awesome presents, guys. Must step away from the computer for a bit so thought I'd send out a general thank you. :D **Hugs all around**

Hi and happy birthdays and Andromedan knee hugs all round. (elbows , of course for John)

I offer some more cabaret, and some fruit - bananas anyone?
Christo xx

Happy birthday Jodi and Allison!!

Virtual gifts include:
*Two one hour massages
*Two transporters :-)
*Plum wine
*Your favorite chocolate in noncaloric form . .

Hugs!

Andrea

For Alison: A tree house to read in.
For Jodi: a spell so she can game and filk on the same day.
For John: a Hoka.

Singing a birthday song to all of you:

"Heute mag es stürmen, regnen oder schnein,
denn du strahlst ja selber wie der Sonnenschein,
heut ist dein Geburtstag, darum feiern wir,
alle deine Freunde freuen sich mit dir,
alle deine Freunde freuen sich mit dir

WIE SCHÖN; DASS DU GEBOREN BIST;
WIR HÄTEN DICH SONST SEHR VERMISST
WIE SCHÖN; DASS WIR BEISAMMEN SIND
WIR GRATULIEREN DEM GEBURTSTAGSKIND!!! "

(Could translate it if you want me to ;))

For all of you:
cake and masses of chocolate an a big bottle of black batida!

*hugs*
Sabine & Michael

Sneaking into the party at 5 am - dropping off some Innis & Gunn for later - and then ducking back out because I still haven't figured out appropriate virtual gifts - but Happy Birthday wishes Jodi, John and Allison!

Lots of fun at this party to all of you! And to the birthday children, Allison and Jodi:
A small impression of FilkContinental that took place this weekend in Germany: You and Debbie were sorely missed!!!!! Although we had a really good time with Dandelion Wine and Heather Dale - at least they are Canadian, too ... ;)
Dandelion Wine actually sang Jodi's "Lady" - and once more moved us to tears with this stunning song. And Nemsi and Anke did "I love the Morning" together - it was Nemsi' first spot, and he was so wonderful as a morning-hater!!! And as an encore Dandelion Wine did the Hockey Monkey song, and you should have heard the whole audience shouting this song while doing the hand jive.... Maybe if you listen very hard, you can still hear the echo across the ocean...

Best wishes to you all!
Crystal

Debbie,

When I view your comments page, all comments more than three levels deep are suppressed. I see the header and who posted it but not the text of the comment. Clicking on the title reveals the comment text.

Do you see this too? Is it normal/expected behavior?

Happy Birthday, Jodi and Allison! I've brought along a new 5-part arrangement for us to sing, and lots of chocolate for all!

And very many happy returns!!

The third Guiness is on the table behind me ;^>

Clark

Have to log a complaint here, Deb- one of my birthday kittens is gone! There's only four! Though if one of my birthday kittens got adopted that's a good thing :).

There's a lot of fun to be had with virtual gifts: budget nor reality are obstacles. Only imagination and decorum.

Woohoo! It's Allison's day today. Happy Birthday, Allison! I give you a day without sniffling (hope that cold lets up soon!). Other presents will follow when we see each other in person. ;)