Hey, Everybody! It's MY 43rd Birthday Today...

...yes. I used to try to keep it a secret. Mostly only my family and folks at the office knew. The only reason the office knew is that our comptroller puts lots of celebratory notices all over the place for everybody's birthday and anniversary. But, now with Facebook reminding the friends I have that is indeed my birthday, well, I don't try to keep it a secret anymore.

Anyway, most of you are well aware of the long-standing tradition here at The Diner of celebrating birthdays of patrons or celebrities by starting the sentence like I did in today's title and then listing quirks or idiosyncrasies or well-known habits of the person who is having the birthday. You know, like, "Hey everybody! It's Jimmy Page's birthday! Let's all celebrate by trashing a hotel room and practicing the occult--maybe!" Or "Hey everybody! It's Angelina Jolie's birthday! Let's all celebrate by leading adopting a kid or two and winning an Oscar!"

Well, have at it, patrons:

Hey, Everybody! It's Brent McKinney's birthday today, let's all celebrate by...

*pours coffee & wonders why he sets himself up for this kind of stuff*