It's A Time-Honored Tradition

For quite some time here at The Diner we've been celebrating birthdays of various stars, icons and patrons by a simple little exercise of saying, "HEY EVERYBODY, IT'S _____________'s BIRTHDAY TODAY. Let's all celebrate by..." and then we add-in little bits and pieces of things they do, say or have done or said or maybe even will do or say. So, for example, we might wear safety pins if we're celebrating Sid Vicious' birthday, or write a children's book if it's Dr. Suess' or invent an end-zone dance if we're celebrating Terrell Owens' day or whatever. You get the idea if you're new...and older readers already know the drill.

Secondly, it used to be terribly easy to keep this a secret. I'm not prone to enjoy having any type of fuss made over me...but the blogosphere has rendered that useless, and I know I can't keep it under wraps...if you can't beat 'em, join 'em.

So...

HEY, EVERYBODY, IT'S MY 41st BIRTHDAY TODAY!!! LET'S ALL CELEBRATE BY...

*playfully sits in the corner, just waiting for patrons to rip that softball I just tossed*