Comments on: That Thing You Do

By: Jen&HerBoat

Jen&HerBoat — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 05:04:20 +0000

Ahh! Happy Jenbirthday! (These are much more special than regular birthdays..trust me.)
I’m coming up on 40 this year and… I should tell you… oh… well, I’m sure it’ll come back to me. Maybe at 3 am.

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:43:02 +0000

I think the most obvious explanation is that you have a doppelganger. A Jenny clone who’s running around making phone calls and doing favors for people. Just be glad she’s helpful, not evil.

By: carrington Vanston

carrington Vanston — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:39:56 +0000

Well, of course I’m *trying* to trick you, because I am mischievous in a dashing rogue sort of way. But in this case, I’ve got a flight already booked so if I trick you I also trick me. How’s that old saying go? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, still shame on you. Fool me three or more times, hey quit it with the fooling. Something like that. I was never good with adages.

By: churlita

churlita — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:16:53 +0000

Oops. It sounds like I missed your birthday. I hope you had so much fun that you forgot what you did. Wait. According to this post, you don’t have to have that much fun to forget what you did. So, I hope you had a ton of fun, and remembered it this time – just for something different.

By: jenny

jenny — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:07:12 +0000

eric: i'm definitely going to take your advice!
vahid: thanks! give it up for the west side!
sir: when *don't* i want to punch a neurologist? this just gives me one more reason.
david: OMG - you're totally right! she's trying to gaslight me! thank you!
karl: thanks, karl!
carrington: wait... are you *really* coming to Tcon, or are you just trying to trick me like all those other years?
shari: i opted for red wine, but there will definitely be scotch in my future. thanks!
tori: thank you! see... at least you have the kids to blame!

By: tori

tori — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:44:49 +0000

Happy Birthday!
I have a sucky memory but I blame it on my kids. I say they sucked my brain cells out when I had them.

By: shari

shari — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:28:58 +0000

I love birthdays! Especially yours, because: a) I think you’re awesome and any day that can be responsible for bringing you to the planet has to be the best day ever; and b) as long as it’s your birthday, it’s NOT MINE! Hooray!
Hope you have a dram of single malt to celebrate this lovely day, and I’ll have one over here to celebrate with you. Cheers!!

By: Carrington Vanston

Carrington Vanston — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:59:59 +0000

Happy Birthday to my favorite as-yet-long-unmet (but-will-meet-soon-at-TequilaCon) blogger!

It’s not that I forgot to get you a present. Oh no, nothing like that at all. I have it right here on me. It’s, um… it’s a video of an adorable otter:

http://carringtonvanston.net/2009/03/11/i-otter/#otter

Yeah, um, right, I fed that otter in HONOR of your birthday. Heck, I almost claimed it in your name, and was going to smuggle it a swimming route map so it could get to you, but then I thought about the cost of otter food. Which probably is much more than cat food, because otters each using the metric system. Or something like that. I wasn’t really paying attention to be honest. Anyway, best just to look at its cuteness and move on. Move on, Jenny. You can’t dwell on the past.

Besides, my long-past-22 brain has essentially atrophied so even just this birthday comment is probably more than either of us should have reasonably expected from me. Next year I’ll just be banging my head against the keyboard and grunting. (At least I’ll still fit in on the Internet.)

Happy Back On The Side Of The Sun You Started On Day.
–Carrington

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 21:53:45 +0000

Happy Birthday!

By: David

David — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:21:49 +0000

Hey there,
I have another theory: perhaps this lady of yours is completely jealous about your still amazing mental prowess, so she’s trying to destabilize you. I have a bunch of people around me having a go on that. But they will not succeed, oh no Admiral, they won’t…
Great blog. I’ll be visiting