No birthday is complete without an overstimulated, sugar-induced, wild-eyed screaming meltdown, right?
I had a friend named Christina when I was five. We went to her 5th or 6th birthday party and all I really remember about it is the moment when she snapped. She was standing by the swing-set with pink and white cake in her hair and on her dress screaming, "I HATE YOU ALL! EVERYTHING IS RUINED!"
And I remember my dad with his Super 8 camera filming gleefully away.
"Are you getting all this, Chuck?" her dad asked my dad.
"You're already planning on showing this to her prom date, aren't you?" my dad replied.
"Can't wait."
Oh, and look what Roy at Alicublog gave me!
God bless Michelle Malkin. When I have trouble finding teh crazy she's like a big, screaming lighthouse guiding me to the rocky shoals of psychopathology.
No, God bless you, Roy. You shouldn't have.
You really shouldn't have.
(Don't forget to wish my brother a Happy Birthday, too.)
I'm tentatively scheduling my tantrum for about 4:30.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREX!
Good evening, T rex
!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PATRICK!
On my way downstairs so everyone knows the b’day guy is back in da house.
newspaperbrat @ 3
He’ll kill me for this, but I happen to know where he keeps his wish list.
Happy birthday, TRex and PaTRex. (and many more)
Did someone leave a note downstairs for the others?
joyeux anniversaire aux freres Rex!
Let’s get this party started … sorry TRex, CTuttle … hic … and I … hic … got a headstart …
I did, TRex.
Moving upstairs to say goodnight. Sweet dreams of stolen bases and dingers and non-tainted records, everybody.
TRex, might I ask a birthday question?
Hello Brothers Rex.
One cake for you downstairs, and a special slice for each of you up here.
TRex —- Remind me to leave the room for your tantrum. I can only handle only so many in a week.
Mutant Poodle @ 12
Sleep well MP
Justices’ Ruling Limits Suits on Pay Disparity
By LINDA GREENHOUSE
The Supreme Court made it harder for many workers to sue their employers for discrimination in pay.
Suzanne @ 12
Of course.
Happy Birthday Patrick and TRex!
The lead singer’s name is ‘Angry’ – A warm-up song for your tantrum!
Scarred for Life – Rose Tattoo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CW8TJ1jfl0
Making headlines in the Dallas paper —-
Teens indicted in case of toddlers smoking pot
The toddlers were shown in the video smoking and being coaxed by the teenagers.
In our family, birthday person gets to pick the menu. What would be your ideal birthday menu?
Petrocelli @ 10
Damn skippy we did!!! Oh wait, T doesn’t drink! Woohoo, more for Petro and I!!! Happy Birthday, Trex!!! …and Prex!!!
happy bday, dude!
i have gleaned a disproportionate amount of joy these days from the mets – they keep winning — and the skans — they keep losing. life is good.
Suzanne @ 19
My mom’s spaghetti and meatballs and chocolate cake (that’s yellow cake with chocolate frosting) for dessert.
TexBetsy @ 16
Ain’t it a Shame!!! Thank you Roberts and Alito!!!
TRex @ 23
Happy Birthday Trex & PatrickRex … I hope we meet someday and celebrate life.
TRex, what do you think of your cakes?
CTuttle @ 24
Since we’re inebriated, it seems like the perfect time to ask a serious question
… can the new President turf any of the Supreme Court Justices and appoint new ones?
TexBetsy @ 25
*BURRRRRRP!*
What cakes?
uh, TRex, dear – frosting moustache
TRex @ 28
You did remember to save a piece for Patrick, didn’t you?????
TRex @ 28
Yikes, is he eating the guests?
The hazards of having a Theropod on an Ark !!!
Suzanne @ 28
*wipes mouth with tiny forelimb*
these slipped by the american press:
Malaysia rejects Christian appeal
Malaysia’s highest court rejects a Muslim convert’s appeal to be legally recognised as a Christian.
Army deployed after India riots
The army is deployed in India’s Rajasthan state after 14 people died in clashes over government quotas.
Thanks for letting us know when to get out of the way of your almighty tail. Just what time zone is that 4:30 tantrum scheduled for? Is that EDT?
Suzanne @ 34
AM or PM?
Felix Cumpleanos Hermanos Rex! Don’t be shy around the cake, pig out!!
Suzanne @ 32
Actually, I’ve decided to let it be a surprise.
and tonight’s late night joke:
One morning a blind bunny was hopping down the bunny trail and tripped over a large snake and fell, kerplop right on his twitchy little nose. “Oh please excuse me,” said the bunny. “I didn’t mean to trip over you, but I’m blind and can’t see.”
“That’s perfectly all right,” replied the snake. “To be sure, it was my fault. I didn’t mean to trip you, but I’m blind too, and I didn’t see you coming. By the way, what kind of animal are you?”
Well, I really don’t know,” said the bunny. “I’m blind, and I’ve never seen myself. Maybe you could examine me and find out.”
So the snake felt the bunny all over, and he said, “Well, you’re soft, and cuddly, and you have long silky ears, and a little fluffy tail and a dear twitchy little nose. You must be a bunny rabbit!”
The bunny said, “I can’t thank you enough. But by the way, what kind of animal are you?”
The snake replied that he didn’t know, and the bunny agreed to examine him, and when the bunny was finished, the snake asked, “Well,what kind of an animal am I?”
The bunny had felt the snake all over, and he replied, “You’re soft, you’re cold, you’re slippery, and you haven’t got any balls…
You must be a Republican.
oh crap. (grabbing body armour out of the closet) I wonder how kevlar holds up against therapod tantrums?
TexBetsy @ 36
Heh.
Suzanne @ 37
Oh, all I’ll probably have the energy to do is stand in one place and scream. I’m OLD now, you know.
TRex @ 41
No dear, that’s NEXT birthday.
Have you made plans for when you turn 71
yeup, tb. 40 is next for the therapod. he will start finding gray scales in various locations and start suffering indigestion after midnight troll snacks.
Best wishes for a better year ahead…unless you’re a BusChen Rovebot:
Put another candle on the birthday cake…
So this is the view through the windshield…
Some more nuAbu [new stuff] here.
a healthy snack for those NOT celebrating a birthday today.
Petrocelli @ 43
That is a great photograph of a great day for the dear ole papa san – thanks for lifting my spirits!
Time for me to rest. See y’all tomorrow. Sleep well all.
pain free sleep wishes, tb
Happy birthday to the Rex brothers. May you have many crunchies to munch in celebration.
Suzanne @ 49
Thanks so much Suzanne. And a peaceful night for you as well.
newspaperbrat @ 47
I am your humble
yogiservant.*bows deeply*
TexBetsy @ 48
Sleep deeply and soundly Betsy.
Suzanne @ 49
What Suzanne said. Sweet dreams in the bargain.
newspaperbrat @ 47
The one I thought was most impressive, was the guy with prosthetic legs who went up Everest.
Of course when I learnt that he and his group left that unconscious climber for dead so they could reach the summit …
TRex, who is older – you or PaTRex?
As my dear old Dad used to say, “What do you think it is, your birthday???” Here’s wishing you the best for your (joint) 78th birthday. See now, doesn’t that make you feel young?
Suzanne @ 54
Me, by five minutes.
Does anybody want this extra piece of cream cheese and pesto toast? I made too much.
Kya-kya-kya!! Sounds like the dads had Christina well and truly surrounded.
Happy Birthday, Rex brothers!
Suzanne @ 49
I’ll second that emotion!!!
CTuttle @ 58
Thirded!
Good night, Aunt Betsy!
Trex, I’m gonna head off to bed but wanted to wish you happy birthday dreams and may all your birthday wishes come true.
g’nite all
Happy day to you and Patrick. May you both live long lives!
Petrocelli @ 31
But, but, didn’t are favorite Theropod get left of the Ark??? :P
Happy Birthday live long and prosper!
Suzanne @ 62
G’nite Ma Cheri!!! ;)
CTuttle @ 64
I lauged so hard when I read that … and my kids came running to see what caused it … and I couldn’t explain it to them … which made it funnier …okay, I’ll stop drinking now. *g*
Good night, Suzanne! Sleep tight!
Petrocelli @ 67
Awwww, but why? You’ll lose a perfectly good Buzzz-On!!!! :O
I should probably go and join Juan C in the bed.
Thanks for all the birthday wishes, everyone.
See you tomorrow.
Good night!
CTuttle @ 69
Good night buddy, it’s almost 3 a.m. in hockeyless Toronto.
Happy Birthday once again TRex & PatrickRex.
G’nite all !!!
Petrocelli @ 27
Sure all Congress has to do is appoint itself or some other party to look at Supreme Court conflict of intrest/bias cases how many republican judges had ties or relatives working for Bush when Bush vs Gore was decided? They did not recuse themselves from an obvious conflict of interest then so they should be kicked out. Come to think of it Bush vs Gore is so illegal that the Supremes said it could NEVER BE USED AS PRECEDENT any one who voted for it should resign or be forced from office!
TRex @ 70
Thank you, again T!!! For picking me up last night on the radio!!! *g* (Happy Birthday)
Petrocelli @ 71
Aloha Oe, Petro!!! *g*
How can you judge a case that can never be used as an example for a future case is there ANY precedent for that in American/English law?
Thingscomeundone, ooh, you’re good! Gore v Bush 5-4 Scalia wrote the Opinion!!! Serious Recuse material, exhibit ‘A’…. ;)
Things Come Undone @ 75
Absolutely none, by its very nature its ‘precedence’!!!
Happy birthday, Trex. And remember, age milestones can be great fun if you know how to use them properly. For example, I always make sure to stay out of my mother’s reach when I remind her that I’m turning 30 soon (this December, actually).
What are the penalties besides losing your law license for clear cut conflict of interests?
Things Come Undone @ 79
Depends what you’re Talkin? You mentioned impeaching some Supremes?!!!
CTuttle @ 80
Well what happens to a regular Federal judge who pulls off a clear conflict of interest.
Things Come Undone @ 81
With the GOP, he gets appointed to the Supremes
I wish Christy would do a post on this good night Ctuttle
CTuttle @ 77
The bitterest of ironies, is that the Majority knew they could get away with it, if anybody could, the Supremes can!!!
Things Come Undone @ 81
Impeachment is the only way to remove a sitting federal judge!!!
Things Come Undone @ 83
Nite, Dude(tte)!!!
kirk murphy @ 82
707
Alack and Alas, once again the Lake grows still, and the evening crickets’ incessant drone can be heard… *g*
Damn, I missed their birthdays! HAPPY BIRTHDAY ReXMen!
CTuttle @ 88
Hi CTuttle. Glad to join you with the crickets.
Hi Fini. Condolences – I missed it too :(
(I got to say it downthread, but he wasn’t there. sigh.)
Oh well, shit happens. I was just popping in to say happy birthday, I read the post in my feed reader. I’ll see ya!
kirk murphy @ 90
Y’all can still wish them a B’day, you know those theropods, 65,000,039 yrs gave them plenty of practice in celebrating it at Midnite of the day!!! Excellent Post earlier Doc!!!
Aloha Oe, Firepups, I’ll see ya on the flipside!!! ;)
just home from my 2nd shift job, gotta join the chorus of HAPPY BIRTHDAY! To both TRex and PRex.
A wise old neighbor (90’s) in my old ‘hood used to say, “the older you get, the longer you should celebrate your birthday. Nowadays I celebrate mine for a whole month!”
Hey folks…
I just came in from playing a late night gig, and wanted to say “Thanks for the lovely bday wishes.”
Sincerely, thanks to you lovely bunch of strangers. I do hope we all get to meet one day.
Good night and a better tomorrow to you.
Good morning, pups. Today in the NYT MoDo goes all Greek and invokes Thucydides, and Mr. Friedman says he was wrong about Iran.
http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/
Coffee and tea are ready, and Thomas’ English muffins. Try some of the pear preserves, they’re fabulous.
English muffins? Ok I’ll wake up then.
Good morning pups!
Finally, the CIA releases documents on Plame’s employment history showing that she was “covert” at time Novak outted her. This MSNBC article has a link to the PDF image of the CIA document, which was filed today by Fitz: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18924679/
This would be an unremarkable disclosure but for the fact that various WaPo pundits (Novak, Krauthammer, Toensing, etc.) have made a nuisance of themselves with an incessant stream of columns claiming otherwise. In fact, Toensing has testified under oath to Waxman’s committee that there’s no way in hell that Plame was covert in the sense of Intelligence Identities Protection Act, which she (Toensing) helped to write.
Fred Hiatt should be made to eat crow shit over this!
Happy bizzurthday Mr. Rex and brother Rex.
Mornin’ all!
I’m sure this made the rounds already, but in case you didn’t see it:
Libby defense fund member attacks Fitzgerald
had this on my calendar in case I forgot. haha. as if I needed a reminder. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREX and Patrick (PREX?)
Wigwam @ 98
oh my yes. that was a delightful read. I got that doc off PACER for Christy on Saturday and you could just feel the heat coming off it.
twolf1 @ 101
At 98, I’ve provided a link to an MSNBC story about Fitzgerald’s filing (showing Plame to be “covert”) that provoked Carlson to accuse Fitzgerald of kicking Libby “when he is down.”
These Libby defender are bizzarely invested in their assertions that Plame wasn’t covert. To any sane person, it’s the most obvious thing in the world:
* The CIA knew whether she was covert and wouldn’t have asked for an investigation otherwise.
* The FBI certainly checked whether she was covert before going on a wild goose chase.
* Ashcroft must have known she was covert before appointing a special prosecutor.
* Fitzgerald must have checked her status before investing a lot of effort in his investigation.
* Judge Tatel must have known that Plame was covert before throwing Judy Miller’s ass in jail for failing to tell who told her about Plame.
Nevertheless, Fred Hiatt’s chipmunks keep grinding out an incessant stream of column-inches devoted to claiming that “There was no underlying crime because Mrs. Wilson wasn’t a real spy.” And, if that isn’t crazy enough, Tucker Carlson’s bow-tied father claims that Fitzgerald is abusing poor Libby by filing documentation that Mrs. Wilson was indeed the real thing.
BTW when Victoria Toensing testified before Waxman’s committee that she knew that Mrs. Wilson was not “covert in the sense of the IIPA,” Waxman indicated that he was going to check out that testimony. And the next day or so Novak accused Waxman of “threatening” the uniquely qualified Toensing — she helped write the IIPA after all. Well, Henry, here it is, proof that Toensing’s testimony was inaccurate. Perhaps Ms. Toensing should be called back for another chat. Perhaps there’s some kind of conspiiracy at WaPo and the Libby Defense fund. Damn, those people piss me off.
“Morning Joe” Scarborough interviewing Dan Rather this morning on MSNBC. Fascinating conversation. Rather saying WH adopted intimidation tactic bullying the press and the press for the most part caved and went along to get along.
Loose paraphrase…the press’s responsibility is to be the watchdog. Not the lapdog or the attack dog.
Rather’s a true hero of American journalism.
Mr. Sunshine controls the remote, I wouldn’t have picked this show, I’m still sulking about Imus. But hmmmm. Will give it a tryout.
The best part of the conversation was it was intelligent discussion, not duelling partisan talking points.
And Happy Birthday to the Rexes!
Prairie Sunshine @ 105
A few years ago, Scarborough was a partisan hack. But he seemed to develop some character with his coverage of Katrina. Now I find almost always tolerable and occasionally insightful. He generally has an interesting lineup of guests on Scarborough Country.
1,532 DAY6Z AND THE KILLIN
GOEZ ON AND ON AND..
Citizens Wigwam and Prairie Sunshine and the Firepup Patriots:
Scarborough is still a rightwing “libertarian” hack…he’s jest smarter and plays the game better’n most…like Bill Maher.
KEEP THE FAITH AND BELIEVE NONE A WHATCHA HEAR AND ONLY HALF A WHATCHA SEE!!
Wigwam @ 107
I can only tolerate Joe in teeny doses. I do give him credit for putting Katrina van Dehuevel (sp?) on his show. But he needs to stop worshipping Pat Buchanan.
And this morning, he let some radio talk show host get away with equating Iraq with 9/11, again.
When will this stop? When will the msm start challenging people who repeat this lie over and over again?
New Thread Upstairs/
twolf1 @ 101
ooookay – so refuting a craven Republican lie with a court filing is kicking Scooter when he’s down – WTF?
Scarecrow has a new thread.
From Waterboarding To Toothpaste Ads
Wigwam @ 98
Wouldn’t Ms Vickie have perjured herself? She was representing herself as an expert witness and lying under oath.
Happy Birthday guys!
Happy belated birthday, P. and D.
:)
Happy Birthday!
It takes a moron to actually watch a Ms. X pageant. I can’t begin to describe what it takes to make an international incident out of the proceedings . . . and expect to be taken seriously.
TRex, although late, just want to add my voice to the chorus. As a longtime admiring lurker, fellow proud friend of Dorothy, and fellow Gemini (born May 29, 1946), I hope you had the happiest of birthdays. I did, having finally met the man of my dreams in Chicago this past weekend. You’re next in line!
Hey, we share a birthday!
Happy Birthday to you both. And thank you for all of your terrific work.
Tyutumi @ 117
Didn’t mean to forget your bro. After all, what’s a Gemini without a twin? Best b’day wishes to Patrick as well.
hah, this is the girl from the video. strange that its on here.