Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

Be a wild strawberry.

Jack be nimble, jack be quick, hurry up and indict this prick.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

If you’re gonna whine, it’s time to resign!

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

If a good thing happens for a bad reason, it’s still a good thing.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

Optimism opens the door to great things.

This really is a full service blog.

The “burn-it-down” people are good with that until they become part of the kindling.

People are complicated. Love is not.

Reality always gets a vote in the end.

Whoever he was, that guy was nuts.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

fuckem (in honor of the late great efgoldman)

Find someone who loves you the way trump and maga love traitors.

Shallow, uninformed, and lacking identity

Wait, what?

This must be what justice looks like, not vengeful, just peaceful exuberance.

Republican speaker of the house Mike Johnson is the bland and smiling face of evil.

“The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.”

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  5. 5.

    Formerly disgruntled in Oregon

    Happy First Birthday Watergirl!

    Let’s make 2020 a year to remember!

  8. 8.

    marklar

    עד מאה ועשרים שנה

    (Hebrew expression wishing longevity…translates into “until 120 years”)

  10. 10.

    Omnes Omnibus

    I already said it.  You can’t male me say it again.  My doing so is entirely of my own volition.  HBD, WaterGirl.

    @lamh36: I believe that he meant that he was the 87th person to wish her a happy birthday on this blog.

  14. 14.

    FelonyGovt

    Happy birthday WaterGirl! I enjoyed working with you on the testing of the BJ site. And I don’t believe you’re 87! ?

  30. 30.

    SFAW

    @CaseyL:

    87, huh?  Maybe with a Base 5 numbering system…

    Is that like Tom or Ray Magliozzi talking about “In the third half of Car Talk“?

  32. 32.

    suezboo

    A very Happy Birthday to the Betty White of blogland. We are indeed blessed to have you still among us, fixing things and working hard.

  33. 33.

    feebog

    Huh, with EF Goldman gone, I thought I was the oldest jackel in these here parts.  Happy birthday Water Girl, and you look fab for 87.

  37. 37.

    Kattails

    Oh no you didn’t tell us, I woulda baked you a cake instead of grubbing in the garden all day. Oh well, put it on the calendar for next year. But you look absolutely marvelous considering. Having been a waitress for many years it was obligatory to embarrass the customer with the song:

    Happy birfday to you, happy birfday to you Happybirdie dear Watergirl Happy birfday to you (sung entirely IN KEY). (except that at a table of 8 they all might have been in key but every one different, which is probably happening right now in BJ cyberspace.

  40. 40.

    mvr

    A very happy Birthday to you. You’ve really earned it with your work around here! Not that anyone needs to earn a happy birthday.

  42. 42.

    cain

    Happy Birthday, Water Girl! May all your birthday wishes come true – except for that one – that we shall not talk about.

  45. 45.

    Dan B

    Hap-pie (not) Birthday!!  You are something special!!!  I raise a virtual glass to you!  (So virtual it’s in my mind’s eye, but will do so when it’s left coast time appropriate.)

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    Normally I stay up much later than this, but finding out that you are 87 can be a real shock to the system!  :-)

    Thanks for all the good wishes, and if there are more when I check back in the morning, that just means that my birthday gets to last another day.

    Happy Birthday to Mama LAMH, as well!

  48. 48.

    Elizabelle

    Yea!  Happy Birthday!  So you get the occasional Friday the 13th birthday.  Many happy returns.

  53. 53.

    Martin

    I have spoken to Watergirl on the phone and attest she is nowhere near 87. I won’t guess as to your real age, but my grandmother celebrated roughly sixty 29th birthdays, so I’ll honor you with the tradition.

    Happy 29th Birthday, Watergirl.

  54. 54.

    Ruckus

    I believe that I’ve never met a woman over 29.

    Every birthday I’ve celebrated for any female never had more than 29 candles on the cake and none claimed to have experienced more than 29 yrs of life. I’ve know a couple that celebrated that 29th over 30 or 40 times but never allowed that they ever had more time under their belts than that mystical 29 yrs. They must have been some rather longer years than in my experience. I do have to say though that 4 yrs in the navy went by like 15 or 20 normal years so maybe there is something to this stretched year concept.

    Water Girl. Happy 29th. Please have as many more 29th birthdays as you desire. May they all be joyous and bountiful.

  61. 61.

    different-church-lady

    I dunno about the rest of you, but I feel like I’ve aged 50 years in the past three months.

  62. 62.

    Jackie

    Happy Birthday WaterGirl!!! If, it’s not too late, save me a slice of that scrumptious-sounding birthday ?!

  69. 69.

    Fair Economist

    Happy Birthday Watergirl!

    My mother admitted being over 29 once I was in my mid-20’s ;-)

  73. 73.

    TS (the original)

    Happy Birthday Watergirl – very happy to drink to your health – it’s always 5 o’clock somewhere

  77. 77.

    Martin

    @Fair Economist: I remember when my mom turned 29 (I was about 8) and asked my grandmother how it could be that they were the same age. I couldn’t understand why my grandmother would lie about her age when I wanted nothing more than to be a year older.

  78. 78.

    something fabulous

                                            WG!!

    Have been off the blog all day– missed the news ’til now!

    Happy Birthday to you, whatever number it may be!!

    ???

  79. 79.

    snarlymon

    Hey Watergirl -keep rockin’ that whole solar circumnavigation thing. I figure that every month in 2020 is like living through ten years, so I am approaching 130 myself.

  88. 88.

    BigJimSlade

    @WaterGirl: Hah! you beat me to it – I didn’t feel like reading through… 86(!!!, get it?!) previous comments before typing my witty comment :-/

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    patrick II

    Just in time! Happy Birthday on your special Birthday thread.  You should be happy you can’t hear us sing over a blog.

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    e julius drivingstorm

    A very happy birthday to Watergirl and others of good will on the 13th of June, not to be confused with the 14th which is coming up in less than a minute and we don’t necessarily want to wish everyone on the 14th a happy birthday.

  91. 91.

    frosty

    @WaterGirl: Hint for the birthday mojito (from the barkeep at the Columbia Restaurant, St Augustine FL). When you make the simple syrup, include muddled mint so that it’s mint simple syrup.

  92. 92.

    BigJimSlade

    Goddamn!!! If you’re editing a post with the timer counting down (5 min) – it can cut you off mid-type!!!
    Anyway, I was saying that maybe I’ll put together a post tomorrow for On The Road – y’all like the Italian Alps?  I sure do :-)

  94. 94.

    stinger

    Happy birthday, WaterGirl!

    Happy birthday, satby!

    Happy birthday, lamh’s mom!

    June 13 is a date that will live in infamhistory!

  96. 96.

    Eljai

    It’s still June 13th on the West Coast so I got here in time!  Happy Birthday!, WaterGirl!

  98. 98.

    The Very Reverend Crimson Fire of Compassion

    Happy birthday!  Glad to share the spaceship with you for another orbit!

  103. 103.

    mrmoshpotato

    @BigJimSlade: Hope you see this.

    If you hit Update Comment before the 5 minutes expires, the clock resets, and you have 5 minutes more.

    I think you can do this repeatedly.

  104. 104.

    O. Felix Culpa

    So is that 87 in dog years? Lots of treats for you! Happy Bday, WaterGirl!

    And to lamh’s momma. Celebrations all around! ?????

  106. 106.

    Cowgirl in the Sandi

    Happy Birthday Watergirl!  Thanks for all the help and encouragement you gave me with the Indiana Jones post and for all you do at BJ!  Enjoy your birthday all weekend!!

  111. 111.

    Origuy

    Happy Birthday WaterGirl!

    It just occurred to me that if you pie all of us, you’ll get a lot of birthday cakes.

  115. 115.

    TriassicSands

    Happy Birthday. And I thought you were in your 30s.

    Small trivia note: Your age is now 3.48 times the IQ of a certain stable genius.

  118. 118.

    SWMBO

    Happy Birthday Watergirl!  I wish for you all the wonderful things you wish for yourself.

    Much happiness and contentment for you.

  119. 119.

    Sally

    • @HumboldtBlue: Thank you for this link. I am enjoying the movie. I was a little girl at one of those test matches. The Windies team gave me all their autographs. Cricketers were important people in these nations – England, South Africa, West Indies, Australia, New Zealand. Everyone knew who they were. The Captains were discussed, sometimes approved, at Cabinet/Prime Ministerial level. The teams were often celebrated at state dinners. They were awarded Queen’s Honours and Knighthoods. Some of the comments in the movie were that they are called “tests” because they are tests – of strength, endurance, character, and stamina. The Windies were the coolest team ever. And they went on to be one of the greatest teams ever, dominating the international game for years.
    • The movie is great, worth watching, you don’t need to understand cricket as the game, just as sport. Cricket between the U S and Canada was the first international sports game in the modern era.
    • Thanks for the link, great history.
    • We now also have Zimbabwe and Afghanistan competing in international cricket.
    • Happy Birthday Watergirl
  120. 120.

    Sally

    @Sally: I left out several other cricketing nations, including India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

    it has been fabulous to welcome Afghanistan to the international game. Hoping it’s helpful to this struggling country.

    The cricket boycott helped to dismantle apartheid in South Africa.

  125. 125.

    NotMax

    @JAFD

    An oldie, maybe appropriate

    Identical description of one-third of commenters here.

    :)

    How’s things in Joisey? ‘Reopening’ happening?

  136. 136.

    Tenar Arha

    I hope you had a lovely birthday WaterGirl ? My best wishes for the next year & many more!

  140. 140.

    dnfree

    @Ruckus: first, happy birthday to Watergirl a day late and the proverbial dollar short as far as gifts go. Thanks for your dedication here.

    Secondly, I am a woman who is very upfront about her age. I’m 74. Who cares?  This is a reaction to my mother having lied about her age for most of her adult life because she was older than my dad when they got married and embarrassed about the age difference. She died at age 80, but we didn’t know she was that old so she had no big birthday celebration.  We loved her dearly, but once you get into a story like that I guess there’s no dignified way out.

  141. 141.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    Thread probably dead but I fell asleep early last night and missed the fun.

    Happy Bday, WaterGirl! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!

  142. 142.

    Laura Too

    Late to the party as usual. Happy Birthday dearest Watergirl! You are remarkable in so many ways, least of which is your mental acuity at 87! I salute you!! LOL!

  144. 144.

    Betty

    Here’s a belated happy birthday, Water Girl. It has been so nice to meet you here! Thanks for all you do. ?

  146. 146.

    WaterGirl

    This was very fun to wake up to!  I really appreciate the all the good wishes, the funny comments, the hot tip about mint simple syrup, and everything else!

  148. 148.

    TomatoQueen

    Happiest of Happy Birthdays to you Water Girl. The best birthdays go on for days and days.

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