I Do Hope There’ll Be Cake
Those of you who keep track of these things will know that today is this blog’s eleventh birthday. It’s not a round number, I know, but it is a tissue-thin pretext to remind patrons that this rickety barge is kept afloat by the kindness of strangers. If you’d like to help it remain buoyant for a while longer, there’s an orange button below with which to monetise any love. Debit and credit cards are accepted. For those wishing to express their love regularly, there’s a monthly subscription option top left. And if one-click haste is called for, my new PalPay.Me page can be found here. Additionally, any Amazon shopping done via this link or the search widget top right, or for Amazon US via this link, results in a small fee for your host at no extra cost to you.
For newcomers wishing to know more about what’s been going on here for the last decade or so, and in over 2,000 posts and 75,000 comments, the reheated series is a pretty good place to start. If you can, do take a moment to poke through the discussion threads too. The posts are intended as starting points, not full stops, and the comments are where much of the good stuff is waiting to be found. It’s the way we do things here. And do please join in.
Again, thanks for the support, the comments, and the company.
A little something towards getting some ice cream for that cake.
* Crosses arms. Harumphs. *
Fine.
The cake is a lie.
…but in vino veritas.
Happy birthday dear bloo-oo-g, happy birthday to you!
It’s not a round number, but it is a very symmetrical prime number!
I enjoy your bog, David, even if at times it makes me want to repeatedly smash my face into my desk.
Have a few things to get on Amazon here soon, will use your US portal. Hope it helps.
The cake is a lie.
Oh, okay. Is there pie? (O_O)
Ping!
I enjoy your bog, David,
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Also ping.
*hits tip jar*
Get yourself a big chocolate one.
A little something towards getting some ice cream for that cake.
Thanks to all who’ve chipped in so far. It’s much appreciated. May your online grocery orders never be compromised with unwanted substitutions.
Thanks for keeping me occupied on long train journeys. 🙂
*kerching*
Thanks for keeping me occupied on long train journeys. 🙂
I do sometimes wonder where people are when they’re reading this thing. Peak traffic seems to occur on weekdays, during office hours.
Peak traffic seems to occur on weekdays, during office hours.
Don’t tell my boss.
Have put a bribe in the tip jar.
Have put a bribe in the tip jar.
My silence is easily bought. I just want to make that clear.
There should be enough for a small cake.
Keep it up.
I just saw a weather balloon bobbing gently in the sky. I thought those had been replaced by drones. Maybe they’re testing something new. I live near a large Air Farce base whose mission is R and D. Anyway, I suggest we all view this conveniently timed test flight of whatever-it-is as the U. S. Government’s way of recognizing the birthday of this fine Allied blog. 🎂
Peak traffic seems to occur on weekdays, during office hours.
*hits tip jar*
*tries to look busy*
Today’s word is repurposed.
From the same thread, this:
I enjoy your bog, David,
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Sigh.
Blog. I enjoy the blog.
I should know better than to write posts late at night.
Blog. I enjoy the blog.
You’ll notice I was all classy about it and didn’t say a thing.
You’ll notice I was all classy about it and didn’t say a thing.
Hehe – that is one bit of British slang I did NOT know! That typo takes on a whole new meaning on your side of the pond. Oops.
Although now come to think of it – a couple things I have read in the comments make a whole lot more sense knowing that.
See – this is why I keep coming back. I learn new things here!
Eeek – think I hear the Boss coming – time to open that spreadsheet and look busy!
Always happy to support the place. *ding*
I’m a recent convert to the convenience of Amazon Prime. I know there are few other Canucks out there, an amazon.ca affiliate link wouldn’t go amiss. If I can buy socks and support the Mother Country at the same time, that’s just a bonus.
If I can buy socks and support the Mother Country at the same time, that’s just a bonus.
Noted. It’s just a bit of a faff, having multiple accounts.
Case of T-bird should be jingling your pocket about now.
May your brand new roll of kitchen foil never stick to itself and then tear in a useless spiral.
May your brand new roll of kitchen foil never stick to itself and then tear in a useless spiral.
It happened to me at Christmas. 😊
It happened to me at Christmas.
I feel your pain. It’s one of those events that, while fairly unimportant in the great scheme of things, is intensely maddening. And as the spiral progresses down the entire roll, reducing the useable surface area at a rate of knots, the frustration escalates, until you’re much too infuriated to have any hope of fixing the bloody thing. And so you just stand there, swearing, surrounded by 30 metres of now-useless foil.
The gods, they mock us.
Many happy returns, David.
< slides envelope across bar >
Classy joint this.
< slides envelope across bar >
I feel dirty.
Again.
Heh.
Perhaps if you open the envelope first you might find it contains something like this …
… with a small token of appreciation inside.
I fear you may have misunderstood the nature of the gesture(!)
May your squeezy talcum powder container never spring a leak, thereby projecting said powder over every nearby surface except the intended one.
Why are numbers that are multiples of ten or a hundred or a thousand privileged over other numbers, and over prime numbers in particular? Eleven is a great number, an interesting number, a diverse number. Bugger this oppressive decinormative bullshit; prime numbers matter!
No cash, credit notes only.
OK, tomorrow.
Woo hoo! A B-day gift paid from my PayPal balance … FREE MONEY!! I didn’t even have to dip into my bank account Woo hoo!!
Wait … what?
prime numbers matter!
C’mon. You gotta admit prime numbers are a bit odd.
Happy blogiversary!
Your tipjar has been hit. Keep up the good work.
Cake is very unhealthy, so I’ve chipped in something to enable you to purchase a nourishing bowl of Guardian approved ‘Pleb’ brand gruel.
May you never be faced with a choice of watching Finding Bigfoot, Hitler’s Jurassic Monsters or When Pedicures Go Wrong.
Something for your trouble, David. *hits tip jar*
Much appreciated.
May your never discover that the exotic, neglected condiment at the back of the fridge, the one that you’re finally about to use, actually expired several years ago.
My thanks and a bit of cash on its way from across the pond.
Thank you.
May the smell of fried onions never linger when houseguests descend.
“Eleven is a great number, an interesting number”
https://www.haggardhawks.com/single-post/2015/03/25/Eleven
Eleven is a great number, an interesting number
Well, I, for one, have learned something today.
Meant to post that link a while back.
Am off out to (maybe) buy a new computer. Will see if I’ve got owt left when I get back.
Did my contribution buy you off or merely encourage you?
Did my contribution buy you off or merely encourage you?
Oh, I’m feeling quite encouraged. And thanks. I’m always slightly amazed that the fundraisers work. It tempers my usual cynicism.