Well, outside in the hall, there’s a catfight
It’s just after midnight
I guess I’ll be all right
I’m laid out on the floor
Drunk and poor
How much longer, how much more
Rock me to sleep
Strong & deep
The screaming cats, they give me the creeps
But aside from all that, I feel no pain
Staring up at the ceiling stains
…neon in the window
…sirens far away
…news on the radio
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday!
They’re at it again next door
This whole floor
I swear they’re out to drive me crazy
Not right now
I’m high as a cloud
I’m soft and gray and lazy
…smokin’ out the window,
…feelin’ far away
…news on the radio
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday!
…fly me out the window
…somewhere far away
…news on the radio
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday!
max
[‘Happy birthday, John!’]
13.
Ash Can
Lulz! Bazillions more, you old fart.
14.
Kansi
Greetings from the green hills of County Kilkenny. Your corner of the cyber world is a daily gift to me. Thank you and have a rousing good time on your birthday. Many good times in the year ahead.
Hey everyone, for a birthday present, be sure to click feverishly on those Newsmax headlines today and maybe, just maybe, if we all click constantly all night, he’ll be able to buy himself some soft serve at McDonalds as a present. It’ll be worth it to spread the Newsmax propaganda and lies, since you know, Newsmax is the ONLY option for Internet advertising. Nothing else could fill that block on this site. Nothing at all.
19.
MikeJ
All the birthday songs I currently have in iTunes:
Birthday Song – Ben Lee
Birthday – Blur
Birthday Cake – Cibo Mato
Today is my Birthday – Consolidated
Happy Birthday to Me – Cracker
Burning Flag Birthday Suit – Guided By Voices
Tearing up old Birthday Cards – Itch
Birthday Gal – The Replacements
Unhappy Birthday – The Smiths
Sad Birthday – Bombadil
Happy Birthday – Stevie Wonder
Happy Birthday – Altered Images
Also, happy birthday JC. Hope it’s a good one, whatever that means for you :)
(I don’t mean that as snark or anything. Some people think a birthday has to involve a big ass party, or getting shitfaced, or whatever. My invalid, hermitic self thinks people should do whatever they prefer to do, whether that’s partying or just chilling at home or whatever.)
25.
Chris
“Griffin?”
Happy birthday, my good man.
26.
eemom
Wait a minute…..what’re we doing?
Cole doesn’t even READ this blog.
If we want to send birthday wishes, we’ll have to e-mail.
Let’s all send personal b’day wishes via these intertubes. Y’all can click on John’s email addy and then watch as he deletes his whole inbox in a most grumpy and public fashion!
Go shorty, it’s your birthday, gonna party like it’s your birthday, gonna sip Bacardi like it’s your birthday…..
31.
Steeplejack
Happy birthday, Cole!
Other than that I got nothing, but I feel contractually obligated to post something. I’m not tired and not sleepy, so I don’t want to go to bed, but I can’t find anything on TV for good background accompaniment. Kojak was on a while ago—surprisingly watchable for being 40 years old. (“Suprisingly watchable” = “watchable at all, even in background mode”). Always interesting to see guest stars and bit players on their way up (or down). James Woods appeared in an episode a while back, looking about 16 years old. But still really twisted, because even then he was James freakin’ Woods. But I digress.
. . . Just bought two flashlights from this morning’s Woot blast. This may be the equivalent of Cole’s late-night Little Feat videos. So it goes on the night shift.
Ah! Perry Mason. That’s always soothing. “The Case of the Absent Artist.” Hot beatnik chick in this one, if I remember correctly.
32.
Yatsuno
@dance around in your bones: We must of course use all caps and complain about how the blog isn’t working. For teh lulz.
Happy Birthday John. Tunch expects tuna to be part of the celebration.
47.
It's Not The Fall, It's The Landing
John Cole, we’re all glad you’ve made it through another year without killing yourself in a household accident, or being assassinated by that floofy white feline who grudgingly lets you and the dogs live at his house. See if you can survive another 12 months, OK?
48.
Cathyish
Happy birthday!
Thank you for enduring all of us in the little corner of cyberspace that you’ve created.
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday. And a wish for many more healthy ones.
55.
Baud
Happy birthday.
56.
SiubhanDuinne
@raven: On the road. Overnighted in Charleston, WV (John’s favorite state capital) and am just toying with whether to get up now and hit the road or grab another few zizzes.
57.
Punchy
Given John’s ugly past, does the birthday tradition consist of Cheetos and Mountain Dew?
58.
raven
@SiubhanDuinne: One of my best friends lives in Louisa, KY across the river.
59.
SiubhanDuinne
@raven: It’s an absolutely gorgeous part of the country. Breathtaking scenery. I’ve enjoyed taking my sweet time on the road.
60.
Sourmash
Happy Birthday, John. Thanks for making us feel at home.
@raven: Never really occurred to me that artichokes would have flowers, at least not like that!
67.
geg6
Happy birthday, ya bastid!
I forgot that your birthday was this time of year.
Oh, and we need to talk. Shoot me an email if you get a chance. And please reply when I answer it this time, okay?
ETA: And I don’t know if you like sitcoms at all, but I watched one on TBS called “Sullivan and Sons” on the recommendation of the local morning radio team (a rock station that focuses on comedy and sport in the morning). It’s set in Pittsburgh and is remarkably correct in its ‘Burgh-ness. I think the guy who stars is a Yinzer. Wasn’t bad. I’m going to sample it again. Apparently, Billy Gardell and two of the morning radio guys are guest starring for a couple of episodes.
68.
scav
@SiubhanDuinne: Eeyore’s gromet thistlez, reporting for duty.
Does he smell like a monkey and look like one too?
Wishing you a very happy birthday, Mr. Cole. Hope the dogs didn’t leave you a present.
Thanks for giving us readers many years of reading enjoyment.
79.
COB
Some profound poetry for JC on his BD.
Now I don’t dig potato chips
And I can’t dig torts
But you can tripe my guacamole baby (it’s a guaca)
Tripe my shorts
‘Cause it’s a hype case boogie gonna boogie my scruples away
Hype boogie, tripe boogie, hype boogie
All night long
You bring your guitar, I’ll bring the wine
Gonna tripe my guacamole baby just a one more time
Cause It’s a tripe face boogie
80.
Woodrowfan
Happy Birthday! And FYI, Kent State Press has released a book on the 1963 Steelers. You might want to check it out.
81.
Jeanne
Happy birthday, John Cole! I’m just a lurker but am most grateful that you’re here and that you provide this cozy corner of mostly sanity in the blogoverse. Or wait, isn’t Tunch our Overlord, or just Cole’s?
Happy Birthday, John! I hope it’s gonna be a ball for you, from dawn to dusk. You have a great life and more friends than most people on Earth, so you should be happy about this special day. Thank you for giving us all a place to hang out.
Here’s my morning kvetch. I’m so sick of the “business culture.” These people need to just chill the fuck out.
90.
Drunken hausfrau
What are you drinking, Birthday Boy? Here’s my favorite toast: Salud, amor, pesetas, y tiempo para gozarlos!
91.
Schlemizel
Happy Birthday John. Thanks for keeping the doors to this joint open to those of us who make it your personal hell hole. May the years touch you lightly
92.
ADS
Happy birthday from me and my kitties.
93.
waratah
Happy Birthday John.
94.
Elizabelle
Elegant full name.
And a generous (albeit curmudgeonly) blog host. Despite what you might hear.
HB JGC.
95.
ronin122
I call bullshit until I see the long form version of your birth certificate. But I’ll be nice and instead hope that you can have a slice or two of cake before Tunch destroys it by either sitting on it or swiping it off his table because it’s displaced his food bowl.
96.
gelfling545
Many happy returns of the day.
97.
Elie
Happy birthday John G! You and this site have been a very positive thing in my life this last rough year… Here’s to many many more!
Elie
98.
La Caterina (Mrs. Johannes)
Happy Birthday Cole!
And greetings from furry feline friends this blog has helped (some of whom I know personally). Let the Meow chorus begin!
Gemini, right? Aren’t they the bi-polar ones with the massive mood swings?
Happy birthday, your grace.
100.
Debbie(aussie)
Still your birthday here in the land of Aus, for another 55 minutes. Enjoy, you young whipper snapper, you. Oh. And get off my lawn (i hear it’s traditional)
Eta: I can’t spell
101.
Luci
Happy Birthday John! I hope you and Lily, Rosie, and Tunch all enjoy MANY more birthdays and that they are all happy! :)
102.
The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion
Happy Birthday, JC! “Birthday suit” is just an expression, btw. You can wear clothes if you feel like it. But you don’t have to. No pressure. I’m just saying, you’re an adult, and you have my permission to make yourself comfortable. You don’t mind my looking at you, do you? It’s nice to be admired, isn’t it? Yes, it is. Just relax now. Wait. What were we talking about? Nevermind.
103.
wuzzat
Hippo birdie 2 ewes!
Oh, wait, WV… That was wordplay, not a proposition.
I’m glad you were born and that you continue to exist. Have a great birthday and don’t let tunch eat all your cake.
104.
Botsplainer, fka Todd
To be honest, I’m a little disappointed that Cole didn’t bigfoot his own birthday greeting with a TV show post or an “I hate all of you assholes” post.
105.
Svensker
TVRCFOC made me laugh. And that’s thanks to you, John! Happy birthday, a day late and more than a dollar short!
106.
Kirbster
Happy Birthday, John! Now call your mom and thank her.
107.
gogol's wife
Happy Birthday! Thank you for all the laughs, the information, the catharsis . . .
108.
Felinious Wench
Mazel tov, darlin’, from Texas.
Go out and dance naked under the full moon tonight.
Many Happy Returns, too! Love your cat, and your goofy blogy site.
116.
Chickamin Slam
Now that I posted a birthday song … I am wondering … do you think John Cole has the international star power of Kate Upton to have Boehner show up and start crooning “Happy Birthday”?
Happy Birthday John.
Front pagers- keep up the good work; don’t want to lose John’s, let’s say unique voice, to blog burnout. His blog moratoriums are up to a half hour lately.
130.
SIA
Happy Birthday, ya big lug!
131.
Citizen_X
Happy bithday, you Obot/Firebagger bastard!
132.
Origuy
С Днем Рождения, Джон Коул
133.
Mike in NC
Happy birthday. Mine’s tomorrow: one year to go to collect a Navy pension.
134.
Amir Khalid
I join in the chorus of birthday wishes with Selamat harijadi ke43, Saudara Cole!
Happy birthday, John, and thanks for all you do for us.
139.
Violet
Happy Birthday, John! Hope you are having a great day!
140.
Seanly
Happy birthday, John.
141.
maya
Here on the left coast we’re celebrating your B-Day like an old timer’s Peace Party@ GG Park. Lots of grey haired hippies, patchouli and pot. Jerry Garcia is supposed to arrive any minute now. Happy Birthday Cole.
142.
xane
Felicades and thanks for sharing your all! Namaste.
143.
xane
Felicades and thanks for sharing your all! Namaste.
144.
Constance
Happy birthday! So glad you are alive!
145.
SarahT
Happy Birthday, Mr. John Cole – be sure to howl at the super moon tonight.
Happy Birthday you grumpy ole coot! Go enjoy yourself, but save the naked mopping for another day.
150.
Sarah Wenk
Proud to be a minion! Happy, happy birthday!
151.
ilsalund41
A very, very happy birthday to you, John Cole. I read this site every day and almost never comment, but I must come out of my shell to tell you that you and your fur family are wonderful, indeed. :) Many happy returns!
152.
Suffern ACE
@muddy: actually, John is kind of a night tripper. I think having his bd on the solstice is kind of a punishment for something he did in his past life.
153.
Riley's enabler
Happy Birthday, may it be a year of many joys. Cheers from Texas!
154.
RobertDSC-iPhone 4
Late to the party but I’ll wish you a happy birthday anyway, John.
Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)
Happy birthday! and the new site design suxxor! (kidding … mostly)
160.
Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)
@raven: @Higgs Boson’s Mate: To be honest, a Happy Birthday thread for the site owner isn’t really a good topic for an Open Thread, but that’s the way AL rolls.
161.
Debbie(aussie)
Quick, before I have to turn out the lights and get some shut-eye.
162.
Smiling Mortician
Happy birthday, John! Know what you should give yourself? A new thread! Wouldn’t that be nice?
163.
xane
¡Felicades! May all the good things be yours! *Namaste*
164.
Micheline
Happy Birthday!!
165.
Mr Stagger Lee
HAIL JOHN COLE!!!! OUR GREAT CONDUCTOR, HERO OF THE INTERNET MASSES!!!! HAIL OUR GLORIOUS COLOSSUS.
HAIL OUR KEEPER OF TUNCH KEEPER OF THE ROSY! GREAT COMRADE JOHN COLE GIVE US THE ORDERS IN THE GLORY OF YOUR STEWARDSHIP!!!
@raven: @Higgs Boson’s Mate: To be honest, a Happy Birthday thread for the site owner isn’t really a good topic for an Open Thread, but that’s the way AL rolls.
Yep. Bored now.
167.
Garbo
Happy Birthday, innkeep! From one unabashed pet lover to another. I wish you many daring gazes from Lily-puppeh.
168.
JGabriel
Where are all the front-pagers? Almost ten hours without a new post.
I am feeling bereft and abandoned!
169.
garbo
That should be adoring, not daring. Fat finger, iPad keyboard, morning typing…..
170.
BGinCHI
@JGabriel: Birthday party at Cole’s. Private jets, Kanye West concert, clowns.
You know, you have a point — I was never this old before Obama.
Happy birthday, John. Thanks for the hospitality.
174.
Chickamin Slam
@Botsplainer, fka Todd: Exactly we should be discussing the chances of the Pirates winning the World Series in the next decade. Or if Paula Deen will bake Freedom Cakes for Sean Hannity now on live TV.
No John Cole’s latest furbrained ideas will have to be for another day. Besides drones … or NSA. Not to mention he hates everyone.
Don’t feel abandoned JGabriel. Just watch/read re-runs.
175.
Zifnab25
Happiest of Birthdays, Mr. Cole
176.
cain
a very happy birthday day! I am one year and some older than you. 43 is a great age! Enjoy!
177.
The Other Chuck
Happy Birthday Cole! … at least til you bigfoot Anne Laurie’s thread with your own :)
178.
eemom
hmmm…..what if this were the last post ever to appear on the blog and it just went on like, forever.
179.
Mnemosyne
Happy birthday!
180.
Schlemizel
heres the one that I always remember. Casey Jones ran a kids show in St. Paul about 100 years ago
hmmm…..what if this were the last post ever to appear on the blog and it just went on like, forever.
I thought AL had about 879 plagiaristic threads in queue and only has to press a button to make some meaningless firebagger drivel a part of our lives.
Yes, it would suck, but it would be different from a Facebook birthday thread.
185.
JPL
@Schlemizel: On a previous thread you mentioned storms causing some damage. How is it today?
No John Cole’s latest furbrained ideas will have to be for another day. Besides drones … or NSA. Not to mention he hates everyone.
I can’t remember – how is it that he tags the threads where he expresses his disdain and hatred toward all of us? I’m about to go hunting for one of those for nostalgia’s sake.
I’m feeling decidedly unhated right now.
187.
Kevin
@Woodrowfan: The 1963 Steelers were a trainwreck of a team that was HOPELESS until they got Chuck Noll, Terry Bradshaw, and Mean Joe Greene at the end of the 60’s. Aside from fullback John Henry Johnson, I can’t imagine any Steeler’s fan wanting to read about their awfulness.
188.
cckids
Late, but gotta chime in with a Happy Birthday, John. Keep enjoying your trips around the sun, & pet the critters.
Happy Caturday and Happy Birthday to John Cole! Have a great day and a great year ahead.
193.
Kay S
Aw, happy bird egg, Cole…I come here whenever I’m mad at the whole world (that is, daily), and more often than not you’re even crankier…always a day brightener!
194.
Mike E
Oh, happy day!
195.
Tunch
Wonder what trouble I can cause on this thing… oh and happy birthday hooman.
.@TG Chicago:Original version please. The Engish version weirds me out. It’s kinda like Liz Fraser; her voice is so cool I don’t mind not knowing what the hell she’s saying.
204.
sherparick
I join the other minions in wishing you a Happy Birthday. Thank you again for the blog! It is a great pleasure even if you are a salty ol’ curmudgeon. Party on:-)
205.
burnspbesq
Since I know you love great music, here’s a link to the best album of 2013 so far.
ceece
happy birthday!
Yatsuno
Itz ur birfday! Itz ur birfday! Time to party! Itz ur birfday!
Jeez, I just reaised you make a helluva lot more sense now JC. Gemini on the cusp of Cancer? Oi.
NotMax
It’s perfectly okay to not wear pants on your birthday.
Enjoy.
I am not a kook
This won’t end well.
Anyway, Happy Birfday from the birfers to Mr. Cole and thanks for letting us live in your metaphorical sofa cushions!
Linkmeister
Hau`oli Lā Hānau, John!
Tehanu
Not just a summer soldier and sunshine patriot, John. Thanks for hosting this place, and many more happy birthdays to you!
Emdee
Happy anniversary of making your mom work way too hard!
Genine
Happy Birthday, John! I’m glad you’re here.
piratedan
I feel bad, it’s your birthday and all I got for you is this lame comment….
regardless JC, enjoy your day, your four legged companions and life itself…
amk
Come out of your mom’s den and feed the critters the b’day cake.
eemom
Happy birthday to you……happy birthday to you…….happy biiiiirthday dear Coooooole…….happy birthday to yooooouuu!!
Now c’mon and tell us all to go fuck ourselves, like a proper Cole.
max
Assemble, fellow minions…
Oh, I’ve got the best song for Comrade Cole:
Concrete Blonde – Happy Birthday
Well, outside in the hall, there’s a catfight
It’s just after midnight
I guess I’ll be all right
I’m laid out on the floor
Drunk and poor
How much longer, how much more
Rock me to sleep
Strong & deep
The screaming cats, they give me the creeps
But aside from all that, I feel no pain
Staring up at the ceiling stains
…neon in the window
…sirens far away
…news on the radio
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday!
They’re at it again next door
This whole floor
I swear they’re out to drive me crazy
Not right now
I’m high as a cloud
I’m soft and gray and lazy
…smokin’ out the window,
…feelin’ far away
…news on the radio
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday!
…fly me out the window
…somewhere far away
…news on the radio
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday!
max
[‘Happy birthday, John!’]
Ash Can
Lulz! Bazillions more, you old fart.
Kansi
Greetings from the green hills of County Kilkenny. Your corner of the cyber world is a daily gift to me. Thank you and have a rousing good time on your birthday. Many good times in the year ahead.
mai naem
Happy Birday, John! Many happy returns!
Desert Rat
Any birthday is incomplete without this song:
FoxinSocks
Happy Birthday!!
rda909
Hey everyone, for a birthday present, be sure to click feverishly on those Newsmax headlines today and maybe, just maybe, if we all click constantly all night, he’ll be able to buy himself some soft serve at McDonalds as a present. It’ll be worth it to spread the Newsmax propaganda and lies, since you know, Newsmax is the ONLY option for Internet advertising. Nothing else could fill that block on this site. Nothing at all.
MikeJ
All the birthday songs I currently have in iTunes:
Birthday Song – Ben Lee
Birthday – Blur
Birthday Cake – Cibo Mato
Today is my Birthday – Consolidated
Happy Birthday to Me – Cracker
Burning Flag Birthday Suit – Guided By Voices
Tearing up old Birthday Cards – Itch
Birthday Gal – The Replacements
Unhappy Birthday – The Smiths
Sad Birthday – Bombadil
Happy Birthday – Stevie Wonder
Happy Birthday – Altered Images
BillinGlendaleCA
@rda909: What NewsMax headlines?
@JohnCole: Happy B-Day.
kdaug
Congrats on another orbit, sir.
dance around in your bones
Happy Birthday from all your despicable snarling mass of vitriolic vicious jackals/minions! We dare you to have fun!
Pants or no pants, mop or no mop. But we want pics, regardless.
Alison
@rda909: Dude, one of these days you’re gonna have to give this up.
Alison
Also, happy birthday JC. Hope it’s a good one, whatever that means for you :)
(I don’t mean that as snark or anything. Some people think a birthday has to involve a big ass party, or getting shitfaced, or whatever. My invalid, hermitic self thinks people should do whatever they prefer to do, whether that’s partying or just chilling at home or whatever.)
Chris
“Griffin?”
Happy birthday, my good man.
eemom
Wait a minute…..what’re we doing?
Cole doesn’t even READ this blog.
If we want to send birthday wishes, we’ll have to e-mail.
Cacti
Happy B-day.
Watch out you don’t get droned.
dance around in your bones
@eemom: What a splendid idea!
Let’s all send personal b’day wishes via these intertubes. Y’all can click on John’s email addy and then watch as he deletes his whole inbox in a most grumpy and public fashion!
BillinGlendaleCA
@eemom: And you think he reads that?
Suzanne
Go shorty, it’s your birthday, gonna party like it’s your birthday, gonna sip Bacardi like it’s your birthday…..
Steeplejack
Happy birthday, Cole!
Other than that I got nothing, but I feel contractually obligated to post something. I’m not tired and not sleepy, so I don’t want to go to bed, but I can’t find anything on TV for good background accompaniment. Kojak was on a while ago—surprisingly watchable for being 40 years old. (“Suprisingly watchable” = “watchable at all, even in background mode”). Always interesting to see guest stars and bit players on their way up (or down). James Woods appeared in an episode a while back, looking about 16 years old. But still really twisted, because even then he was James freakin’ Woods. But I digress.
. . . Just bought two flashlights from this morning’s Woot blast. This may be the equivalent of Cole’s late-night Little Feat videos. So it goes on the night shift.
Ah! Perry Mason. That’s always soothing. “The Case of the Absent Artist.” Hot beatnik chick in this one, if I remember correctly.
Yatsuno
@dance around in your bones: We must of course use all caps and complain about how the blog isn’t working. For teh lulz.
R-Jud
Happy birthday, bloghost! Here’s a documentary you can watch while you pre-game for the real party:
BBC Horizon: The Secret Life of Cats
TG Chicago
@MikeJ: No Sugarcubes; no peace
Yatsuno
@Kansi: Wow. This really is an international blog! :-)
Higgs Boson's Mate
Happy birthday! Fair winds and following seas.
Stella B.
Happy birthday to you and to me!
Mino
Happy Birthday.
piratedan
maybe we should request that he post a copy of his long form birth certificate just to prove that he’s an American Citizen?
karen
Have a good birthday John!
JGabriel
Happy Birthday, John Cole!
Relax, eat well, drink too much, and spend the day with the girls.
Alex S.
Happy Birthday, John!
JGabriel
@max: Good pick.
Mary G
Happy birthday to you, JC.
raven
Happy Birthday grump.
JPL
Happy Birthday John. Tunch expects tuna to be part of the celebration.
It's Not The Fall, It's The Landing
John Cole, we’re all glad you’ve made it through another year without killing yourself in a household accident, or being assassinated by that floofy white feline who grudgingly lets you and the dogs live at his house. See if you can survive another 12 months, OK?
Cathyish
Happy birthday!
Thank you for enduring all of us in the little corner of cyberspace that you’ve created.
scav
HIPY PAPY BTHUTHDTH THUTHDA BTHUTHDY
SiubhanDuinne
@scav:
Oh pooh. I was going to say that.
WereBear
Happy Birthday!
And the critters chime in, too.
Bill E Pilgrim
Happy Birthday, you blockhead.
raven
@SiubhanDuinne: Still in the North Country?
PurpleGirl
Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday. And a wish for many more healthy ones.
Baud
Happy birthday.
SiubhanDuinne
@raven: On the road. Overnighted in Charleston, WV (John’s favorite state capital) and am just toying with whether to get up now and hit the road or grab another few zizzes.
Punchy
Given John’s ugly past, does the birthday tradition consist of Cheetos and Mountain Dew?
raven
@SiubhanDuinne: One of my best friends lives in Louisa, KY across the river.
SiubhanDuinne
@raven: It’s an absolutely gorgeous part of the country. Breathtaking scenery. I’ve enjoyed taking my sweet time on the road.
Sourmash
Happy Birthday, John. Thanks for making us feel at home.
raven
@SiubhanDuinne: Yea, you gonna take 77 down?
raven
Solstice Artichoke.
SiubhanDuinne
@raven: Yup.
SiubhanDuinne
@raven: Saw that last night, it’s beautiful.
raven
@SiubhanDuinne: I didn’t even know what it was!
SiubhanDuinne
@raven: Never really occurred to me that artichokes would have flowers, at least not like that!
geg6
Happy birthday, ya bastid!
I forgot that your birthday was this time of year.
Oh, and we need to talk. Shoot me an email if you get a chance. And please reply when I answer it this time, okay?
ETA: And I don’t know if you like sitcoms at all, but I watched one on TBS called “Sullivan and Sons” on the recommendation of the local morning radio team (a rock station that focuses on comedy and sport in the morning). It’s set in Pittsburgh and is remarkably correct in its ‘Burgh-ness. I think the guy who stars is a Yinzer. Wasn’t bad. I’m going to sample it again. Apparently, Billy Gardell and two of the morning radio guys are guest starring for a couple of episodes.
scav
@SiubhanDuinne: Eeyore’s gromet thistlez, reporting for duty.
Mystical Chick
Wishing you a cosmically mystic birthday, JC, because I know you probably hate the woo-shit! ;)
Enjoy your day in whatever way makes you happy!
evap
Happy b-b-b-birthday, you thing from another world, you!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHdigWbLPGY
Thanks for letting us hang out here.
Josie
Happy Birthday. John, all the way from South Texas:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_pLp4Ckbpo
SteveM
You’re a year older? I blame Obama.
Happy b/day….
c u n d gulag
Happy Birthday, John!!!
Or, as we say in Russian – Pozdravlee-i-yem tebya c dneeom rojdeneeyam, Ivan!!!
Whatever!
Have a great day!!!
And many, many, happy returns!!!
Dolly Llama
Happy Birthday to Fu … Happy Birthday Fu Manchu …
Bruce S
Glenn Greenwald is the worst, most narcissistic, Obama-hating…
Oh. Sorry. Wrong thread.
Poopyman
Birth certificate or it didn’t happen.
Happy (alleged) birthday anyhow!
Emma
Happy one-more-time-around-the-sun John Cole. Now go get d&d and post the video!
J.
Does he smell like a monkey and look like one too?
Wishing you a very happy birthday, Mr. Cole. Hope the dogs didn’t leave you a present.
Thanks for giving us readers many years of reading enjoyment.
COB
Some profound poetry for JC on his BD.
Now I don’t dig potato chips
And I can’t dig torts
But you can tripe my guacamole baby (it’s a guaca)
Tripe my shorts
‘Cause it’s a hype case boogie gonna boogie my scruples away
Hype boogie, tripe boogie, hype boogie
All night long
You bring your guitar, I’ll bring the wine
Gonna tripe my guacamole baby just a one more time
Cause It’s a tripe face boogie
Woodrowfan
Happy Birthday! And FYI, Kent State Press has released a book on the 1963 Steelers. You might want to check it out.
Jeanne
Happy birthday, John Cole! I’m just a lurker but am most grateful that you’re here and that you provide this cozy corner of mostly sanity in the blogoverse. Or wait, isn’t Tunch our Overlord, or just Cole’s?
lamh36
Pour vous: Happy Birthday Mr JGCole
John O
Happy birthday, John!
chopper
happy birthday, you fat bastard.
J.T. Desaguliers
Happy Birthday, John! I hope it’s gonna be a ball for you, from dawn to dusk. You have a great life and more friends than most people on Earth, so you should be happy about this special day. Thank you for giving us all a place to hang out.
MomSense
Happy birthday John!
Betty Cracker
Happy Birthday, dear Mr. Cole!
Southern Beale
Is there a better birthday song than the Beatles’ birthday song? I think not!
Happy birthday, John!
Southern Beale
Here’s my morning kvetch. I’m so sick of the “business culture.” These people need to just chill the fuck out.
Drunken hausfrau
What are you drinking, Birthday Boy? Here’s my favorite toast: Salud, amor, pesetas, y tiempo para gozarlos!
Schlemizel
Happy Birthday John. Thanks for keeping the doors to this joint open to those of us who make it your personal hell hole. May the years touch you lightly
ADS
Happy birthday from me and my kitties.
waratah
Happy Birthday John.
Elizabelle
Elegant full name.
And a generous (albeit curmudgeonly) blog host. Despite what you might hear.
HB JGC.
ronin122
I call bullshit until I see the long form version of your birth certificate. But I’ll be nice and instead hope that you can have a slice or two of cake before Tunch destroys it by either sitting on it or swiping it off his table because it’s displaced his food bowl.
gelfling545
Many happy returns of the day.
Elie
Happy birthday John G! You and this site have been a very positive thing in my life this last rough year… Here’s to many many more!
Elie
La Caterina (Mrs. Johannes)
Happy Birthday Cole!
And greetings from furry feline friends this blog has helped (some of whom I know personally). Let the Meow chorus begin!
Hawes
Gemini, right? Aren’t they the bi-polar ones with the massive mood swings?
Happy birthday, your grace.
Debbie(aussie)
Still your birthday here in the land of Aus, for another 55 minutes. Enjoy, you young whipper snapper, you. Oh. And get off my lawn (i hear it’s traditional)
Eta: I can’t spell
Luci
Happy Birthday John! I hope you and Lily, Rosie, and Tunch all enjoy MANY more birthdays and that they are all happy! :)
The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion
Happy Birthday, JC! “Birthday suit” is just an expression, btw. You can wear clothes if you feel like it. But you don’t have to. No pressure. I’m just saying, you’re an adult, and you have my permission to make yourself comfortable. You don’t mind my looking at you, do you? It’s nice to be admired, isn’t it? Yes, it is. Just relax now. Wait. What were we talking about? Nevermind.
wuzzat
Hippo birdie 2 ewes!
Oh, wait, WV… That was wordplay, not a proposition.
I’m glad you were born and that you continue to exist. Have a great birthday and don’t let tunch eat all your cake.
Botsplainer, fka Todd
To be honest, I’m a little disappointed that Cole didn’t bigfoot his own birthday greeting with a TV show post or an “I hate all of you assholes” post.
Svensker
TVRCFOC made me laugh. And that’s thanks to you, John! Happy birthday, a day late and more than a dollar short!
Kirbster
Happy Birthday, John! Now call your mom and thank her.
gogol's wife
Happy Birthday! Thank you for all the laughs, the information, the catharsis . . .
Felinious Wench
Mazel tov, darlin’, from Texas.
Go out and dance naked under the full moon tonight.
geg6
@Botsplainer, fka Todd:
Heh. When I first popped in and saw this post this morning, that was my first thought, too.
Lolis
Happy Birthday! We’re all happy you’re around.
Chickamin Slam
Time for your Birthday Cake, John Cole.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI5j22h6OdA
Shut up and eat!
dsc
Happy New Year to you fearless leader!
donnah
Happy Birthday, John! We love and appreciate you!
mcmullje
Happiest of happy birthdays John!
JR in WV
Many Happy Returns, too! Love your cat, and your goofy blogy site.
Chickamin Slam
Now that I posted a birthday song … I am wondering … do you think John Cole has the international star power of Kate Upton to have Boehner show up and start crooning “Happy Birthday”?
Villago Delenda Est
Happy Birthday, John.
May you have many more, humble servant of Tunch.
Omnes Omnibus
@Botsplainer, fka Todd: OMG! Tunch finally got him!
Summer
Happy birthday, John! Thanks for your rockin’ blog!
SatanicPanic
Happy birthday!
rikyrah
Happy Birthday Cole
satby
Happy Birthday John; and many more! You’re a mensch.
ellie
Happy Birthday!
jeffreyw
It’s
Caturdayyour birfday! Yay!!Chat Noir
Best wishes and a happy birthday, John Cole!
YellowJournalism
Happy Birthday. What are you buying Tunch for the occasion?
muddy
Happy birthday, John! Clever of you to have a solstice birthday so that your day lasts extra long.
ETA: You share a birfday with Little Bub! http://jezebel.com/happy-birthday-lil-bub-we-love-you-and-your-cute-fun-535199661
Gex
Happy birthday, John!
p.a.
Happy Birthday John.
Front pagers- keep up the good work; don’t want to lose John’s, let’s say unique voice, to blog burnout. His blog moratoriums are up to a half hour lately.
SIA
Happy Birthday, ya big lug!
Citizen_X
Happy bithday, you Obot/Firebagger bastard!
Origuy
С Днем Рождения, Джон Коул
Mike in NC
Happy birthday. Mine’s tomorrow: one year to go to collect a Navy pension.
Amir Khalid
I join in the chorus of birthday wishes with Selamat harijadi ke43, Saudara Cole!
TaMara (BHF)
More birthday wishes here, too JC. Hope the critters treat you right today. xo
Libby Spencer
I’ve been reading you so long feels like I watched you grow up. Happy birthday and all the best on your way to the next ones.
jeffreyw
A little something to go with your morning coffee, John.
jnfr
Happy birthday, John, and thanks for all you do for us.
Violet
Happy Birthday, John! Hope you are having a great day!
Seanly
Happy birthday, John.
maya
Here on the left coast we’re celebrating your B-Day like an old timer’s Peace Party@ GG Park. Lots of grey haired hippies, patchouli and pot. Jerry Garcia is supposed to arrive any minute now. Happy Birthday Cole.
xane
Felicades and thanks for sharing your all! Namaste.
xane
Felicades and thanks for sharing your all! Namaste.
Constance
Happy birthday! So glad you are alive!
SarahT
Happy Birthday, Mr. John Cole – be sure to howl at the super moon tonight.
Sarah Wenk
Proud to be a minion! Happy birthday!
Matt Smith
Happy birthday – eat something good.
Matt Smith
Happy birthday – eat something good!
cyntax
Happy Birthday you grumpy ole coot! Go enjoy yourself, but save the naked mopping for another day.
Sarah Wenk
Proud to be a minion! Happy, happy birthday!
ilsalund41
A very, very happy birthday to you, John Cole. I read this site every day and almost never comment, but I must come out of my shell to tell you that you and your fur family are wonderful, indeed. :) Many happy returns!
Suffern ACE
@muddy: actually, John is kind of a night tripper. I think having his bd on the solstice is kind of a punishment for something he did in his past life.
Riley's enabler
Happy Birthday, may it be a year of many joys. Cheers from Texas!
RobertDSC-iPhone 4
Late to the party but I’ll wish you a happy birthday anyway, John.
Randinho
Happy birthday, John!
MaryJane
Left coaster just sitting down with my first cuppa joe, so I’m late too.
Happiest of b’days John G. Cole! I’m glad to be spinning on this orb at the same time as you.
Higgs Boson's Mate
Could we interrupt the ass kissing for a new thread?
raven
@Higgs Boson’s Mate: no shit
Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)
Happy birthday! and the new site design suxxor! (kidding … mostly)
Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)
@raven: @Higgs Boson’s Mate: To be honest, a Happy Birthday thread for the site owner isn’t really a good topic for an Open Thread, but that’s the way AL rolls.
Debbie(aussie)
Quick, before I have to turn out the lights and get some shut-eye.
Smiling Mortician
Happy birthday, John! Know what you should give yourself? A new thread! Wouldn’t that be nice?
xane
¡Felicades! May all the good things be yours! *Namaste*
Micheline
Happy Birthday!!
Mr Stagger Lee
HAIL JOHN COLE!!!! OUR GREAT CONDUCTOR, HERO OF THE INTERNET MASSES!!!! HAIL OUR GLORIOUS COLOSSUS.
HAIL OUR KEEPER OF TUNCH KEEPER OF THE ROSY! GREAT COMRADE JOHN COLE GIVE US THE ORDERS IN THE GLORY OF YOUR STEWARDSHIP!!!
Botsplainer, fka Todd
@Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS):
Yep. Bored now.
Garbo
Happy Birthday, innkeep! From one unabashed pet lover to another. I wish you many daring gazes from Lily-puppeh.
JGabriel
Where are all the front-pagers? Almost ten hours without a new post.
I am feeling bereft and abandoned!
garbo
That should be adoring, not daring. Fat finger, iPad keyboard, morning typing…..
BGinCHI
@JGabriel: Birthday party at Cole’s. Private jets, Kanye West concert, clowns.
Chyron HR
@JGabriel:
Obama had all the front pagers killed, just like he did Crash McSpeedy.
THEY FOUND DEBRIS 100 FEET AWAY WAKE UP SHEEPOLOGISTS
And Another Thing…
If you don’t have a hangover tomorrow, yur doing it wrong… Happy Birthday John!,,
gnomedad
@SteveM:
You know, you have a point — I was never this old before Obama.
Happy birthday, John. Thanks for the hospitality.
Chickamin Slam
@Botsplainer, fka Todd: Exactly we should be discussing the chances of the Pirates winning the World Series in the next decade. Or if Paula Deen will bake Freedom Cakes for Sean Hannity now on live TV.
No John Cole’s latest furbrained ideas will have to be for another day. Besides drones … or NSA. Not to mention he hates everyone.
Don’t feel abandoned JGabriel. Just watch/read re-runs.
Zifnab25
Happiest of Birthdays, Mr. Cole
cain
a very happy birthday day! I am one year and some older than you. 43 is a great age! Enjoy!
The Other Chuck
Happy Birthday Cole! … at least til you bigfoot Anne Laurie’s thread with your own :)
eemom
hmmm…..what if this were the last post ever to appear on the blog and it just went on like, forever.
Mnemosyne
Happy birthday!
Schlemizel
heres the one that I always remember. Casey Jones ran a kids show in St. Paul about 100 years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfSkqMP-L-4
Kevin
@Southern Beale: Couldn’t agree more :-)
? Martin
Very happy birthday, John.
Gregory
Many, many happy returns of the day.
Botsplainer, fka Todd
@eemom:
I thought AL had about 879 plagiaristic threads in queue and only has to press a button to make some meaningless firebagger drivel a part of our lives.
Yes, it would suck, but it would be different from a Facebook birthday thread.
JPL
@Schlemizel: On a previous thread you mentioned storms causing some damage. How is it today?
Botsplainer, fka Todd
@Chickamin Slam:
I can’t remember – how is it that he tags the threads where he expresses his disdain and hatred toward all of us? I’m about to go hunting for one of those for nostalgia’s sake.
I’m feeling decidedly unhated right now.
Kevin
@Woodrowfan: The 1963 Steelers were a trainwreck of a team that was HOPELESS until they got Chuck Noll, Terry Bradshaw, and Mean Joe Greene at the end of the 60’s. Aside from fullback John Henry Johnson, I can’t imagine any Steeler’s fan wanting to read about their awfulness.
cckids
Late, but gotta chime in with a Happy Birthday, John. Keep enjoying your trips around the sun, & pet the critters.
pamelabrown53
Dear John:
Have a beauteous birthday.
pamelabrown, dedicated BJ lurker
Linda M
Happy birthday, John. Thanks for the blog.
Steeplejack
@eemom:
It feels like that already.
schrodinger's cat
Happy Caturday and Happy Birthday to John Cole! Have a great day and a great year ahead.
Kay S
Aw, happy bird egg, Cole…I come here whenever I’m mad at the whole world (that is, daily), and more often than not you’re even crankier…always a day brightener!
Mike E
Oh, happy day!
Tunch
Wonder what trouble I can cause on this thing… oh and happy birthday hooman.
dance around in your bones
Imma keep posting these kinda videos until y’all give us a new thread!
HAPPY fREAKIN’ bIRTHDAy!
dance around in your bones
Ok, I warned you!
Sexy Birthday!
Dancing Chimps Style!
Ok, I stop now.
Soonergrunt
happy birthday, John.
Librarian
Happy birthday, John, and thanks for this blog.
ruemara
Happy Birthday, Cole!
Meg
I want cabbage rolls!
TBogg
Thanks a lot, Obama.
nineone
Anyone who will admit, nay, confess to naked mopping deserves all the happy birthdays they can stand. Rock on, Dude. And Peace to you and yours.
@rda909: No cake for you
.@TG Chicago:Original version please. The Engish version weirds me out. It’s kinda like Liz Fraser; her voice is so cool I don’t mind not knowing what the hell she’s saying.
sherparick
I join the other minions in wishing you a Happy Birthday. Thank you again for the blog! It is a great pleasure even if you are a salty ol’ curmudgeon. Party on:-)
burnspbesq
Since I know you love great music, here’s a link to the best album of 2013 so far.
http://www.amazon.com/Southeastern-Jason-Isbell/dp/B00CCEHUAU/ref=tmm_vnl_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1371932604&sr=8-2
Happy birthday, ya fuck.
Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism
@Meg: *waves full freezer bag atcha*
Oh, and there’s a “deconstructed cabbage roll casserole” in the freezer, too.
And a white chocolate cheesecake chilling on the counter.
Party at my place!
Persia
Happy birthday, Cole, and thanks for all the blogging.
Denali
Happy belated birthday! You know we really love you!