No need to explain why that's great. ;) Happy birthday.

-Twistey

I know it's not a fire lizard, but this little smasher is Draco volans, a species of gliding lizard from Southeast Asia.

pls accept.

=]

Because you don't just require cheers on the big day itself. Have a black-hole chocolate cake, with optional red berries coating.

Also, quick question: In the interest of keeping the Pern flavor here, how would you like some shooter where you dispatch Threads, except there's... that bill written all over them?

I hope you'll have a good day, and some good food.

Iloilo, the fabled "brown-out capital of the Philippines," has finally gotten 24-hour electricity thanks to new solar farms.

And if it's any compensation, the FCC would probably have to get past over half the states to have its way and they've still gotta defend their new rules in court. So it's not the end of the world and even though we do have a way to go before the 2015 rulings can be reinstated, I guess it's better than nothing.

I'd offer you klah, but it looks like Thoth got there first. Have a plush fire-lizard instead!

Take a steaming mug of klah. It certainly can't hurt.

I can't give you anything substantive for your birthday. But I can at least say thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have Permission, wouldn't be busy procrastinating from writing by playing Skyrim (I'd just be playing Skyrim instead), wouldn't have spent my last few weeks of school reading Pern novels in class, and wouldn't have met a pretty awesome person. Because you wouldn't be there.

I think most of those are good things? Hey, at least you've made a difference. :-P

Would a triple chocolate cupcake (chocolate with chocolate chips and chocolate icing) help? And maybe a hug too? I'm kinda frazzled myself...