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Open Thread: Happy Birthday, John Griffin Cole

by Anne Laurie|  June 22, 20131:52 am| 208 Comments

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  1. 1.

    ceece

    June 22, 2013 at 1:57 am

    happy birthday!

  2. 2.

    Yatsuno

    June 22, 2013 at 1:58 am

    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.

  3. 3.

    NotMax

    June 22, 2013 at 2:00 am

    It’s perfectly okay to not wear pants on your birthday.

    Enjoy.

  4. 4.

    I am not a kook

    June 22, 2013 at 2:01 am

    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!

  5. 5.

    Linkmeister

    June 22, 2013 at 2:04 am

    Hau`oli Lā Hānau, John!

  6. 6.

    Tehanu

    June 22, 2013 at 2:06 am

    Not just a summer soldier and sunshine patriot, John. Thanks for hosting this place, and many more happy birthdays to you!

  7. 7.

    Emdee

    June 22, 2013 at 2:07 am

    Happy anniversary of making your mom work way too hard!

  8. 8.

    Genine

    June 22, 2013 at 2:08 am

    Happy Birthday, John! I’m glad you’re here.

  9. 9.

    piratedan

    June 22, 2013 at 2:11 am

    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…

  10. 10.

    amk

    June 22, 2013 at 2:18 am

    Come out of your mom’s den and feed the critters the b’day cake.

  11. 11.

    eemom

    June 22, 2013 at 2:19 am

    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.

  12. 12.

    max

    June 22, 2013 at 2:21 am

    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!’]

  13. 13.

    Ash Can

    June 22, 2013 at 2:22 am

    Lulz! Bazillions more, you old fart.

  14. 14.

    Kansi

    June 22, 2013 at 2:24 am

    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.

  15. 15.

    mai naem

    June 22, 2013 at 2:24 am

    Happy Birday, John! Many happy returns!

  16. 16.

    Desert Rat

    June 22, 2013 at 2:25 am

    Any birthday is incomplete without this song:

  17. 17.

    FoxinSocks

    June 22, 2013 at 2:29 am

    Happy Birthday!!

  18. 18.

    rda909

    June 22, 2013 at 2:30 am

    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. 19.

    MikeJ

    June 22, 2013 at 2:35 am

    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

  20. 20.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    June 22, 2013 at 2:36 am

    @rda909: What NewsMax headlines?

    @JohnCole: Happy B-Day.

  21. 21.

    kdaug

    June 22, 2013 at 2:38 am

    Congrats on another orbit, sir.

  22. 22.

    dance around in your bones

    June 22, 2013 at 2:40 am

    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.

  23. 23.

    Alison

    June 22, 2013 at 2:41 am

    @rda909: Dude, one of these days you’re gonna have to give this up.

  24. 24.

    Alison

    June 22, 2013 at 2:43 am

    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. 25.

    Chris

    June 22, 2013 at 2:46 am

    “Griffin?”

    Happy birthday, my good man.

  26. 26.

    eemom

    June 22, 2013 at 2:46 am

    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.

  27. 27.

    Cacti

    June 22, 2013 at 2:47 am

    Happy B-day.

    Watch out you don’t get droned.

  28. 28.

    dance around in your bones

    June 22, 2013 at 2:54 am

    @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!

  29. 29.

    BillinGlendaleCA

    June 22, 2013 at 2:59 am

    @eemom: And you think he reads that?

  30. 30.

    Suzanne

    June 22, 2013 at 3:07 am

    Go shorty, it’s your birthday, gonna party like it’s your birthday, gonna sip Bacardi like it’s your birthday…..

  31. 31.

    Steeplejack

    June 22, 2013 at 3:12 am

    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. 32.

    Yatsuno

    June 22, 2013 at 3:12 am

    @dance around in your bones: We must of course use all caps and complain about how the blog isn’t working. For teh lulz.

  33. 33.

    R-Jud

    June 22, 2013 at 3:15 am

    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

  34. 34.

    TG Chicago

    June 22, 2013 at 3:18 am

    @MikeJ: No Sugarcubes; no peace

  35. 35.

    Yatsuno

    June 22, 2013 at 3:20 am

    @Kansi: Wow. This really is an international blog! :-)

  36. 36.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    June 22, 2013 at 3:21 am

    Happy birthday! Fair winds and following seas.

  37. 37.

    Stella B.

    June 22, 2013 at 3:21 am

    Happy birthday to you and to me!

  38. 38.

    Mino

    June 22, 2013 at 3:28 am

    Happy Birthday.

  39. 39.

    piratedan

    June 22, 2013 at 3:31 am

    maybe we should request that he post a copy of his long form birth certificate just to prove that he’s an American Citizen?

  40. 40.

    karen

    June 22, 2013 at 4:13 am

    Have a good birthday John!

  41. 41.

    JGabriel

    June 22, 2013 at 4:22 am

    Happy Birthday, John Cole!

    Relax, eat well, drink too much, and spend the day with the girls.

  42. 42.

    Alex S.

    June 22, 2013 at 4:26 am

    Happy Birthday, John!

  43. 43.

    JGabriel

    June 22, 2013 at 4:28 am

    @max: Good pick.

  44. 44.

    Mary G

    June 22, 2013 at 4:52 am

    Happy birthday to you, JC.

  45. 45.

    raven

    June 22, 2013 at 5:03 am

    Happy Birthday grump.

  46. 46.

    JPL

    June 22, 2013 at 5:06 am

    Happy Birthday John. Tunch expects tuna to be part of the celebration.

  47. 47.

    It's Not The Fall, It's The Landing

    June 22, 2013 at 5:19 am

    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. 48.

    Cathyish

    June 22, 2013 at 5:46 am

    Happy birthday!

    Thank you for enduring all of us in the little corner of cyberspace that you’ve created.

  49. 49.

    scav

    June 22, 2013 at 5:48 am

    HIPY PAPY BTHUTHDTH THUTHDA BTHUTHDY

  50. 50.

    SiubhanDuinne

    June 22, 2013 at 5:53 am

    @scav:

    Oh pooh. I was going to say that.

  51. 51.

    WereBear

    June 22, 2013 at 5:54 am

    Happy Birthday!

    And the critters chime in, too.

  52. 52.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    June 22, 2013 at 6:02 am

    Happy Birthday, you blockhead.

  53. 53.

    raven

    June 22, 2013 at 6:09 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: Still in the North Country?

  54. 54.

    PurpleGirl

    June 22, 2013 at 6:13 am

    Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday. And a wish for many more healthy ones.

  55. 55.

    Baud

    June 22, 2013 at 6:25 am

    Happy birthday.

  56. 56.

    SiubhanDuinne

    June 22, 2013 at 6:25 am

    @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. 57.

    Punchy

    June 22, 2013 at 6:28 am

    Given John’s ugly past, does the birthday tradition consist of Cheetos and Mountain Dew?

  58. 58.

    raven

    June 22, 2013 at 6:28 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: One of my best friends lives in Louisa, KY across the river.

  59. 59.

    SiubhanDuinne

    June 22, 2013 at 6:32 am

    @raven: It’s an absolutely gorgeous part of the country. Breathtaking scenery. I’ve enjoyed taking my sweet time on the road.

  60. 60.

    Sourmash

    June 22, 2013 at 6:39 am

    Happy Birthday, John. Thanks for making us feel at home.

  61. 61.

    raven

    June 22, 2013 at 6:39 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: Yea, you gonna take 77 down?

  62. 62.

    raven

    June 22, 2013 at 6:43 am

    Solstice Artichoke.

  63. 63.

    SiubhanDuinne

    June 22, 2013 at 6:43 am

    @raven: Yup.

  64. 64.

    SiubhanDuinne

    June 22, 2013 at 6:44 am

    @raven: Saw that last night, it’s beautiful.

  65. 65.

    raven

    June 22, 2013 at 6:45 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: I didn’t even know what it was!

  66. 66.

    SiubhanDuinne

    June 22, 2013 at 6:50 am

    @raven: Never really occurred to me that artichokes would have flowers, at least not like that!

  67. 67.

    geg6

    June 22, 2013 at 6:56 am

    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. 68.

    scav

    June 22, 2013 at 6:59 am

    @SiubhanDuinne: Eeyore’s gromet thistlez, reporting for duty.

  69. 69.

    Mystical Chick

    June 22, 2013 at 7:01 am

    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!

  70. 70.

    evap

    June 22, 2013 at 7:07 am

    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.

  71. 71.

    Josie

    June 22, 2013 at 7:18 am

    Happy Birthday. John, all the way from South Texas:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_pLp4Ckbpo

  72. 72.

    SteveM

    June 22, 2013 at 7:22 am

    You’re a year older? I blame Obama.

    Happy b/day….

  73. 73.

    c u n d gulag

    June 22, 2013 at 7:31 am

    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!!!

  74. 74.

    Dolly Llama

    June 22, 2013 at 7:40 am

    Happy Birthday to Fu … Happy Birthday Fu Manchu …

  75. 75.

    Bruce S

    June 22, 2013 at 7:44 am

    Glenn Greenwald is the worst, most narcissistic, Obama-hating…

    Oh. Sorry. Wrong thread.

  76. 76.

    Poopyman

    June 22, 2013 at 7:48 am

    Birth certificate or it didn’t happen.

    Happy (alleged) birthday anyhow!

  77. 77.

    Emma

    June 22, 2013 at 7:51 am

    Happy one-more-time-around-the-sun John Cole. Now go get d&d and post the video!

  78. 78.

    J.

    June 22, 2013 at 7:55 am

    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. 79.

    COB

    June 22, 2013 at 7:55 am

    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. 80.

    Woodrowfan

    June 22, 2013 at 7:56 am

    Happy Birthday! And FYI, Kent State Press has released a book on the 1963 Steelers. You might want to check it out.

  81. 81.

    Jeanne

    June 22, 2013 at 7:58 am

    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?

  82. 82.

    lamh36

    June 22, 2013 at 8:04 am

    Pour vous: Happy Birthday Mr JGCole

  83. 83.

    John O

    June 22, 2013 at 8:10 am

    Happy birthday, John!

  84. 84.

    chopper

    June 22, 2013 at 8:10 am

    happy birthday, you fat bastard.

  85. 85.

    J.T. Desaguliers

    June 22, 2013 at 8:17 am

    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.

  86. 86.

    MomSense

    June 22, 2013 at 8:18 am

    Happy birthday John!

  87. 87.

    Betty Cracker

    June 22, 2013 at 8:19 am

    Happy Birthday, dear Mr. Cole!

  88. 88.

    Southern Beale

    June 22, 2013 at 8:24 am

    Is there a better birthday song than the Beatles’ birthday song? I think not!

    Happy birthday, John!

  89. 89.

    Southern Beale

    June 22, 2013 at 8:24 am

    Here’s my morning kvetch. I’m so sick of the “business culture.” These people need to just chill the fuck out.

  90. 90.

    Drunken hausfrau

    June 22, 2013 at 8:27 am

    What are you drinking, Birthday Boy? Here’s my favorite toast: Salud, amor, pesetas, y tiempo para gozarlos!

  91. 91.

    Schlemizel

    June 22, 2013 at 8:35 am

    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. 92.

    ADS

    June 22, 2013 at 8:44 am

    Happy birthday from me and my kitties.

  93. 93.

    waratah

    June 22, 2013 at 8:45 am

    Happy Birthday John.

  94. 94.

    Elizabelle

    June 22, 2013 at 8:48 am

    Elegant full name.

    And a generous (albeit curmudgeonly) blog host. Despite what you might hear.

    HB JGC.

  95. 95.

    ronin122

    June 22, 2013 at 8:51 am

    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. 96.

    gelfling545

    June 22, 2013 at 8:51 am

    Many happy returns of the day.

  97. 97.

    Elie

    June 22, 2013 at 8:53 am

    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. 98.

    La Caterina (Mrs. Johannes)

    June 22, 2013 at 9:01 am

    Happy Birthday Cole!

    And greetings from furry feline friends this blog has helped (some of whom I know personally). Let the Meow chorus begin!

  99. 99.

    Hawes

    June 22, 2013 at 9:05 am

    Gemini, right? Aren’t they the bi-polar ones with the massive mood swings?

    Happy birthday, your grace.

  100. 100.

    Debbie(aussie)

    June 22, 2013 at 9:07 am

    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. 101.

    Luci

    June 22, 2013 at 9:10 am

    Happy Birthday John! I hope you and Lily, Rosie, and Tunch all enjoy MANY more birthdays and that they are all happy! :)

  102. 102.

    The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion

    June 22, 2013 at 9:11 am

    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. 103.

    wuzzat

    June 22, 2013 at 9:12 am

    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. 104.

    Botsplainer, fka Todd

    June 22, 2013 at 9:15 am

    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. 105.

    Svensker

    June 22, 2013 at 9:15 am

    TVRCFOC made me laugh. And that’s thanks to you, John! Happy birthday, a day late and more than a dollar short!

  106. 106.

    Kirbster

    June 22, 2013 at 9:20 am

    Happy Birthday, John! Now call your mom and thank her.

  107. 107.

    gogol's wife

    June 22, 2013 at 9:21 am

    Happy Birthday! Thank you for all the laughs, the information, the catharsis . . .

  108. 108.

    Felinious Wench

    June 22, 2013 at 9:24 am

    Mazel tov, darlin’, from Texas.

    Go out and dance naked under the full moon tonight.

  109. 109.

    geg6

    June 22, 2013 at 9:25 am

    @Botsplainer, fka Todd:

    Heh. When I first popped in and saw this post this morning, that was my first thought, too.

  110. 110.

    Lolis

    June 22, 2013 at 9:28 am

    Happy Birthday! We’re all happy you’re around.

  111. 111.

    Chickamin Slam

    June 22, 2013 at 9:33 am

    Time for your Birthday Cake, John Cole.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI5j22h6OdA

    Shut up and eat!

  112. 112.

    dsc

    June 22, 2013 at 9:33 am

    Happy New Year to you fearless leader!

  113. 113.

    donnah

    June 22, 2013 at 9:35 am

    Happy Birthday, John! We love and appreciate you!

  114. 114.

    mcmullje

    June 22, 2013 at 9:36 am

    Happiest of happy birthdays John!

  115. 115.

    JR in WV

    June 22, 2013 at 9:39 am

    Many Happy Returns, too! Love your cat, and your goofy blogy site.

  116. 116.

    Chickamin Slam

    June 22, 2013 at 9:45 am

    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”?

  117. 117.

    Villago Delenda Est

    June 22, 2013 at 9:45 am

    Happy Birthday, John.

    May you have many more, humble servant of Tunch.

  118. 118.

    Omnes Omnibus

    June 22, 2013 at 9:45 am

    @Botsplainer, fka Todd: OMG! Tunch finally got him!

  119. 119.

    Summer

    June 22, 2013 at 9:53 am

    Happy birthday, John! Thanks for your rockin’ blog!

  120. 120.

    SatanicPanic

    June 22, 2013 at 9:54 am

    Happy birthday!

  121. 121.

    rikyrah

    June 22, 2013 at 9:56 am

    Happy Birthday Cole

  122. 122.

    satby

    June 22, 2013 at 10:01 am

    Happy Birthday John; and many more! You’re a mensch.

  123. 123.

    ellie

    June 22, 2013 at 10:05 am

    Happy Birthday!

  124. 124.

    jeffreyw

    June 22, 2013 at 10:05 am

    It’s Caturday your birfday! Yay!!

  125. 125.

    Chat Noir

    June 22, 2013 at 10:07 am

    Best wishes and a happy birthday, John Cole!

  126. 126.

    YellowJournalism

    June 22, 2013 at 10:07 am

    Happy Birthday. What are you buying Tunch for the occasion?

  127. 127.

    muddy

    June 22, 2013 at 10:08 am

    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

  128. 128.

    Gex

    June 22, 2013 at 10:09 am

    Happy birthday, John!

  129. 129.

    p.a.

    June 22, 2013 at 10:11 am

    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. 130.

    SIA

    June 22, 2013 at 10:14 am

    Happy Birthday, ya big lug!

  131. 131.

    Citizen_X

    June 22, 2013 at 10:17 am

    Happy bithday, you Obot/Firebagger bastard!

  132. 132.

    Origuy

    June 22, 2013 at 10:19 am

    С Днем Рождения, Джон Коул

  133. 133.

    Mike in NC

    June 22, 2013 at 10:20 am

    Happy birthday. Mine’s tomorrow: one year to go to collect a Navy pension.

  134. 134.

    Amir Khalid

    June 22, 2013 at 10:24 am

    I join in the chorus of birthday wishes with Selamat harijadi ke43, Saudara Cole!

  135. 135.

    TaMara (BHF)

    June 22, 2013 at 10:27 am

    More birthday wishes here, too JC. Hope the critters treat you right today. xo

  136. 136.

    Libby Spencer

    June 22, 2013 at 10:29 am

    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.

  137. 137.

    jeffreyw

    June 22, 2013 at 10:32 am

    A little something to go with your morning coffee, John.

  138. 138.

    jnfr

    June 22, 2013 at 10:35 am

    Happy birthday, John, and thanks for all you do for us.

  139. 139.

    Violet

    June 22, 2013 at 10:35 am

    Happy Birthday, John! Hope you are having a great day!

  140. 140.

    Seanly

    June 22, 2013 at 10:36 am

    Happy birthday, John.

  141. 141.

    maya

    June 22, 2013 at 10:45 am

    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. 142.

    xane

    June 22, 2013 at 10:48 am

    Felicades and thanks for sharing your all! Namaste.

  143. 143.

    xane

    June 22, 2013 at 10:48 am

    Felicades and thanks for sharing your all! Namaste.

  144. 144.

    Constance

    June 22, 2013 at 10:53 am

    Happy birthday! So glad you are alive!

  145. 145.

    SarahT

    June 22, 2013 at 10:54 am

    Happy Birthday, Mr. John Cole – be sure to howl at the super moon tonight.

  146. 146.

    Sarah Wenk

    June 22, 2013 at 10:55 am

    Proud to be a minion! Happy birthday!

  147. 147.

    Matt Smith

    June 22, 2013 at 10:57 am

    Happy birthday – eat something good.

  148. 148.

    Matt Smith

    June 22, 2013 at 10:58 am

    Happy birthday – eat something good!

  149. 149.

    cyntax

    June 22, 2013 at 10:59 am

    Happy Birthday you grumpy ole coot! Go enjoy yourself, but save the naked mopping for another day.

  150. 150.

    Sarah Wenk

    June 22, 2013 at 10:59 am

    Proud to be a minion! Happy, happy birthday!

  151. 151.

    ilsalund41

    June 22, 2013 at 11:00 am

    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. 152.

    Suffern ACE

    June 22, 2013 at 11:05 am

    @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. 153.

    Riley's enabler

    June 22, 2013 at 11:06 am

    Happy Birthday, may it be a year of many joys. Cheers from Texas!

  154. 154.

    RobertDSC-iPhone 4

    June 22, 2013 at 11:10 am

    Late to the party but I’ll wish you a happy birthday anyway, John.

  155. 155.

    Randinho

    June 22, 2013 at 11:16 am

    Happy birthday, John!

  156. 156.

    MaryJane

    June 22, 2013 at 11:17 am

    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.

  157. 157.

    Higgs Boson's Mate

    June 22, 2013 at 11:17 am

    Could we interrupt the ass kissing for a new thread?

  158. 158.

    raven

    June 22, 2013 at 11:19 am

    @Higgs Boson’s Mate: no shit

  159. 159.

    Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)

    June 22, 2013 at 11:21 am

    Happy birthday! and the new site design suxxor! (kidding … mostly)

  160. 160.

    Brother Machine Gun of Desirable Mindfulness (fka AWS)

    June 22, 2013 at 11:23 am

    @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. 161.

    Debbie(aussie)

    June 22, 2013 at 11:25 am

    Quick, before I have to turn out the lights and get some shut-eye.

  162. 162.

    Smiling Mortician

    June 22, 2013 at 11:27 am

    Happy birthday, John! Know what you should give yourself? A new thread! Wouldn’t that be nice?

  163. 163.

    xane

    June 22, 2013 at 11:27 am

    ¡Felicades! May all the good things be yours! *Namaste*

  164. 164.

    Micheline

    June 22, 2013 at 11:29 am

    Happy Birthday!!

  165. 165.

    Mr Stagger Lee

    June 22, 2013 at 11:30 am

    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!!!

  166. 166.

    Botsplainer, fka Todd

    June 22, 2013 at 11:33 am

    @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.

    Yep. Bored now.

  167. 167.

    Garbo

    June 22, 2013 at 11:35 am

    Happy Birthday, innkeep! From one unabashed pet lover to another. I wish you many daring gazes from Lily-puppeh.

  168. 168.

    JGabriel

    June 22, 2013 at 11:37 am

    Where are all the front-pagers? Almost ten hours without a new post.

    I am feeling bereft and abandoned!

  169. 169.

    garbo

    June 22, 2013 at 11:39 am

    That should be adoring, not daring. Fat finger, iPad keyboard, morning typing…..

  170. 170.

    BGinCHI

    June 22, 2013 at 11:39 am

    @JGabriel: Birthday party at Cole’s. Private jets, Kanye West concert, clowns.

  171. 171.

    Chyron HR

    June 22, 2013 at 11:40 am

    @JGabriel:

    Obama had all the front pagers killed, just like he did Crash McSpeedy.

    THEY FOUND DEBRIS 100 FEET AWAY WAKE UP SHEEPOLOGISTS

  172. 172.

    And Another Thing…

    June 22, 2013 at 11:42 am

    If you don’t have a hangover tomorrow, yur doing it wrong… Happy Birthday John!,,

  173. 173.

    gnomedad

    June 22, 2013 at 11:42 am

    @SteveM:

    You’re a year older? I blame Obama.

    You know, you have a point — I was never this old before Obama.

    Happy birthday, John. Thanks for the hospitality.

  174. 174.

    Chickamin Slam

    June 22, 2013 at 11:44 am

    @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. 175.

    Zifnab25

    June 22, 2013 at 11:45 am

    Happiest of Birthdays, Mr. Cole

  176. 176.

    cain

    June 22, 2013 at 11:49 am

    a very happy birthday day! I am one year and some older than you. 43 is a great age! Enjoy!

  177. 177.

    The Other Chuck

    June 22, 2013 at 11:51 am

    Happy Birthday Cole! … at least til you bigfoot Anne Laurie’s thread with your own :)

  178. 178.

    eemom

    June 22, 2013 at 11:52 am

    hmmm…..what if this were the last post ever to appear on the blog and it just went on like, forever.

  179. 179.

    Mnemosyne

    June 22, 2013 at 11:54 am

    Happy birthday!

  180. 180.

    Schlemizel

    June 22, 2013 at 11:58 am

    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

  181. 181.

    Kevin

    June 22, 2013 at 11:59 am

    @Southern Beale: Couldn’t agree more :-)

  182. 182.

    ? Martin

    June 22, 2013 at 11:59 am

    Very happy birthday, John.

  183. 183.

    Gregory

    June 22, 2013 at 12:00 pm

    Many, many happy returns of the day.

  184. 184.

    Botsplainer, fka Todd

    June 22, 2013 at 12:01 pm

    @eemom:

    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. 185.

    JPL

    June 22, 2013 at 12:01 pm

    @Schlemizel: On a previous thread you mentioned storms causing some damage. How is it today?

  186. 186.

    Botsplainer, fka Todd

    June 22, 2013 at 12:04 pm

    @Chickamin Slam:

    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. 187.

    Kevin

    June 22, 2013 at 12:05 pm

    @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. 188.

    cckids

    June 22, 2013 at 12:08 pm

    Late, but gotta chime in with a Happy Birthday, John. Keep enjoying your trips around the sun, & pet the critters.

  189. 189.

    pamelabrown53

    June 22, 2013 at 12:14 pm

    Dear John:

    Have a beauteous birthday.

    pamelabrown, dedicated BJ lurker

  190. 190.

    Linda M

    June 22, 2013 at 12:26 pm

    Happy birthday, John. Thanks for the blog.

  191. 191.

    Steeplejack

    June 22, 2013 at 12:30 pm

    @eemom:

    It feels like that already.

  192. 192.

    schrodinger's cat

    June 22, 2013 at 12:31 pm

    Happy Caturday and Happy Birthday to John Cole! Have a great day and a great year ahead.

  193. 193.

    Kay S

    June 22, 2013 at 12:38 pm

    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. 194.

    Mike E

    June 22, 2013 at 12:49 pm

    Oh, happy day!

  195. 195.

    Tunch

    June 22, 2013 at 12:50 pm

    Wonder what trouble I can cause on this thing… oh and happy birthday hooman.

  196. 196.

    dance around in your bones

    June 22, 2013 at 12:59 pm

    Imma keep posting these kinda videos until y’all give us a new thread!

    HAPPY fREAKIN’ bIRTHDAy!

  197. 197.

    dance around in your bones

    June 22, 2013 at 1:07 pm

    Ok, I warned you!

    Sexy Birthday!

    Dancing Chimps Style!

    Ok, I stop now.

  198. 198.

    Soonergrunt

    June 22, 2013 at 1:13 pm

    happy birthday, John.

  199. 199.

    Librarian

    June 22, 2013 at 1:23 pm

    Happy birthday, John, and thanks for this blog.

  200. 200.

    ruemara

    June 22, 2013 at 1:51 pm

    Happy Birthday, Cole!

  201. 201.

    Meg

    June 22, 2013 at 2:19 pm

    I want cabbage rolls!

  202. 202.

    TBogg

    June 22, 2013 at 2:45 pm

    Thanks a lot, Obama.

  203. 203.

    nineone

    June 22, 2013 at 2:51 pm

    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.

  204. 204.

    sherparick

    June 22, 2013 at 4:09 pm

    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. 205.

    burnspbesq

    June 22, 2013 at 4:25 pm

    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.

  206. 206.

    Sister Rail Gun of Warm Humanitarianism

    June 22, 2013 at 4:47 pm

    @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!

  207. 207.

    Persia

    June 22, 2013 at 5:39 pm

    Happy birthday, Cole, and thanks for all the blogging.

  208. 208.

    Denali

    June 23, 2013 at 2:03 pm

    Happy belated birthday! You know we really love you!

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