Greetings and Salutations!

Meh.
It is what it is… another day on this side of the dirt (for whatever reason that is). A wee bit down as really outside of Sapper and Gretchen and one other, that was about all I got for HBD greetings. Nothing from the Spawn (not that I expected anything) but nothing else from anyone as essentially I’m a pariah for this here Blegg…
Being upfront and not putting up with people’s bullshit can be costly. “Their truth” and whatnot is something I personally can’t abide by. Truth is Truth. No more, no less. ANY and EVERY sinlge time I hear “My truth” or statements along those lines I know I’m done… no matter what…
Really a damned shame TBH.
But… It is what it is.
Ain’t the first rodeo as they say…
MANY a B-Day spent overseas w/out so much as a present or card from the fam sent to me. I know b/c I have every. single. card/letter/drawing from the Spawn that X#1 sent in a folder that I used to cherish… maybe I’ll just burn it all so I no longer have the pain of seeing what I lost? Dunno…
Either way.
Adapt, Improvise, Overcome and FIDO/CM.
Fuck It, Drive On and Charlie Mike, Continue Mission.
So on that, a throwback to the Old I.R. Report I found:

Bob Owens…
ANOTHER Life snuffed waaaay too early…
And I’m still not convinced (despite the reports) that he iced himself out. I think –someone– decided he was a threat, and had him ‘removed’… Rest in Peace Bro, I’ll look for you on the other side…
I knew Bob as his “Kuwaiti Connection” during the whole Franklin Foer Debacle… The Baghdad Diarist Bullshit which you can read about HERE. They don’t credit Bob at all in that article, but the reality is HE was the one who blew the story WIDE THE FUCK OPEN and I was his “man on the ground” in Kuwait. I was a regular reader of his blog, and when the story about that miserable “still-needs-his-teeth-kicked-in” faggot Scott “Wannabe” Beauchamp’s story came out, I emailed Bob, and thus our frenship got established:

The link to the whole story is HERE
I screen capped it for brevity BTW.
So yeah
Re-Reading that ‘stuff’ and remembering Bob fondly, as well as ‘other things’ the amount of history in the 57 years I’ve been bouncing around on this big blue and green orb, the shit I’ve been a first person observer for is actually fucking staggering.
I mean just shit I’ve seen?
There’s so much that I’ve seen, never mind participated in.
Truly, a mind scrambler.
So… after that bit of self reflective pity-party horse-shytte, let’s move on to some humorous bullshit… like the stories that came out recently desperately maligning MustacheManBad alllll over the web… namely the whole “Adolf Hitler had a Teeny Dick” stories…
It’s pretty obvious that a ‘certain Middle Eastern Tribe is desperate to come up with –something– to TRY and distract from them raping men and killing children, so the “Hitler Had a Micro-Peen” was the first attempt, and of course, it failed spectacularly… I mean I have to give them an “A” for effort in that they must have paid everyone to get this story out…

The problem?
So fucking what!?!
A.H. died on April 30, 1945 (supposedly)
That was 80 years, 6 months, 30 days ago.
What in the ever living blue-balled incelated fuck does A.H. having a micro-dick have to do with ANYTHING!?!
Oh yeah… as a distraction.
A.H./MustacheManBad equals Evil, so Jews killing kids is cool.
BUT
It didn’t work.
So…

The next trickl was to show how ‘righteous’ and ‘good’ Jews are by rolling out some fucking asshole hebe who claims to have survived 12 fucking Death Camps.
Quite the fucking accomplishment.
One of Two things:
Either he’s a fucking lying fucking Jew Grifter
OR
The Normally HIGHLY efficient Germans, who supposedly managed to murder 6 Gorillion Jews in FIVE YEARS –somehow– managed to MISS this ONE fucking guy… and not only miss killing him, but moved him around like he was a rockstar on the fucking Concentration Camp World Tour!?!

No fucking shit Aye?
You can positively smell the desperation coming out of Israel.
They know the gig is up…
Expect MOAR bullshit and Izzy-Based “purity tests” in the near future. In fact I wouldn’t put it past them to make it a law that in order to have a job, you have to take an oath to the Izzies or no job.
Anyone want to take that bet?
Didn’t think so.
So that’s the rant for tonight. As it is, Thanksgiving I’m planning on heading up to see Miss Daisy, who IS still alive and kicking at 92, so I’ll poast from there if and when I manage to figure out things and unfuck my sit-rep here.
So More Later
Big Country

Dude, I just hit 51 on the 8th, and I only got 2 greetings on my b’day…sister and mother. The ex texted me about a week later. As you said, it is what it is. If I may, however, don’t burn/destroy your shit. Gather it all up, and lock it in a box. I burned all my shit after I imploded my marriage…sometimes I miss it (pictures especially). Being an iconoclast amongst your immediate peers is always rough. Not much else I can say about that…so, I will close with this; Happy Birthday, asshole 😆😂😉
I burned all that and I’m better for it. It hurt so bad to just see the boxes of memories. I didn’t do it right away. Waited 7 years. Walked in one day and just started going through everything. Didn’t plan it. Wedding photos, kid pics, everything. I kept a few, mostly pet photos, rest hit the burn barrel. I don’t miss the pain they caused me.
Happy Birthday BCE !
Happy birthday! You jumped ahead somehow as I thought you were younger than I.
Damn Dunbar number is consumed by those who aren’t here anymore.
Oh no Adolf has a micropenis! The story didn’t have the effect they thought it would.
Before you know it they will bring out the story that Hitler faked his identity and he really was Adolf Schicklgruber.
Heil Schicklgruber I guess?
Happy Birthday Big…. We Luv Ya!!
Keep calm and think of Vlad Tepes’ stakes for traitors.
Lovey time is over.
LOL as comrade Mark Kelly (CPUSA) finds out about FAFO.
WAR is the answer and always will be.
> 12 fucking Death Camps.
There were, of course on 6 “death” camps, as even Wikipedia is happy to inform us:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermination_camp
Happy birthday compadre!
Try to ditch the blues.
On the 26th of November in 2008 our son was killed in a car wreck. 28 years, 6 months and 12 days old.
It don’t go away but I have learned to deal with it.
His mom not so much.
So fix something good to eat and think about something on the good side of life.
(I am 78 now.) Sheesh!
22 years in the US Border Patrol, been retired 25 years now.
So, talk to the Man upstairs and keep your faith strong.
the nice part of turning 57 is you got thru 56 without dying or being sent to prison. now do it again… oh, it gets a little bit harder each year going forward. happy b’day brother
Happy birfday, bro. And many more.
Shooter
A big happy birthday to you! Enjoy yourself!
Happy birthday Big Country!
As my brother, the father (Norbertine) might say, here’s wishing you health, wealth, and everything elth!
What was it the replicant said in “Bladerunner”…… The candle that burns twice as bright, burns half as long…. Personally, I’m glad your candle hasn’t snuffed, so Happy Birthday!!!
Happy birthday.
While it is nice to have people remember it is important to remember the few that do.
God let you live this long it must be for a reason.
Happy Birthday, Big.
Going up to see Miss Daisy will be nothing but good for you. Have a great trip, and a blessed Thanksgiving.
Brah! Sorry I missed it! If you’d’a said summit in advance, I’d’a wished you a Big Fat Birfday in advance. I’ll have to add ypi to my calendar for next year.
Any orbit around Ol’Sol where you’re still on the green side of a dirt nap, is a good’un.
As for fambly and memories, accept what ya gots. Cherish them.
Happy Birthday
BCE, for what it’s worth, Happy Birthday. Based just on the exploits I’ve read here over time, you’ve probably done twice as much living in your now 57 year stint as I’ve done in (closing on) 52. Not that my life has been boring by any means, but neither am I an international badass. Of course, you’ve suffered a lot of downside, too. But it ain’t all rainbows and unicorns clear to the horizon, so fuck it, we do what we gotta do.
I find I’ve reached an age where I’m prone to bouts of nostalgia. Have recently had some vivid dreams that were essentially high definition video replays of significant events in my life going back to early childhood. Most recent was of a family vacation we took in 1982, when I was just 8.
I don’t know how long the dream lasted, but it was a highly detailed “reliving” of a 10 day trip from my own POV, and included many oddly insignificant details, like the names of restaurants we ate at, even an APCO gas station we stopped at where I got a can of Welch’s grape soda out of a vending machine. Even stranger is that I remembered so much of it (the dream) clearly after I woke up. No idea what it means, but it was a strange experience that I ascribe to age changing something in the brain. I never use to have dreams like that, much less have such vivid recollection of it after awakening.
I think it’s just a fact of growing old, especially for men, that are birthdays tend not to get a whole lot of attention. And I don’t expect people to be gushing over my birthday, I don’t really dwell on them myself any longer, it’s just another day. And as you rightly observed, it’s even tougher for men of a certain age who are single, and estranged from members of their family. Having a very small circle of friends doesn’t make it any easier. It certainly seems like being alone is a pretty normal state of existence for a lot of us these days. I’ve never been all that social so it doesn’t bother me terribly, and I can only imagine the difficulty it presents for guys who are much more extroverted than myself.
being alone is the result of rotten cunts who experience no repercussions for being rotten cunts… in actuality, they get generously comp’d for that behavior. it is only self-preservation that requires intelligent men to be alone-ish. these americunt bitches need to drown in their stupid…. their simps can be pulled under with them for all i’m concerned. burn this fucker to the ground- so says tfA-t
in other news…
https://endoftheamericandream.com/6-major-warning-signs-that-indicate-that-military-strikes-on-venezuela-could-be-imminent/
This…right the fuck here…about the rotten cunts.
A big Sunday amen to that notion. Life is tough. It’s tougher still if you allow asshole wankers to retain any direct influence. Cut ’em off and send them packing at the earliest opportunity.
“being alone is the result of rotten cunts who experience no repercussions for being rotten cunts… in actuality, they get generously comp’d for that behavior.”
1000% !!
You pushed a red button of mine so I must rant just a little one this:
Read every guy on here’s comments about their kids being negligent or estranged and ALWAYS there is an EX bitch who made out like a bandit and turned the kids on their poor father.
I love how somehow their Dad working his ass off for years putting himself into an early grave isn’t appreciated ONE BIT. Instead it’s “you never cared about me, you were ALWAYS working, you missed a bunch of my ball games but MOM was always there”.
When you respond “the only reason she was there was I was paying for everything so she could be with you”, you get blown off or called an asshole.
My #1 mistake in life was marrying that bitch and then mistake #2 because she couldn’t have kids adopting those 3 which cost me a ton of money, lots of heart ache and very few good memories.
I got screwed royally in the divorce that she filed to be with her affair partner (I should have shot that SOB) and now 2 of my kids call me a SOB and are estranged and one has a good heart and we talk but she’s really screwed in the head poor thing.
I get why the young guys are foregoing marriage and having kids.
the main reason the young men are foregoing anything is because these cunts are run-thru whores before they leave high school… most are dumb as shit, tattoo’d, diseased, no class hookers from single parent trash tramps
tfA-t understands this as the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God.
the main reason the young men are foregoing anything is because these cunts are run-thru whores before they leave high school… most are dumb as shit, tattoo’d, diseased, no class hookers from single parent trash tramps
tfA-t understands this as the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God.
Thank you Lord for letting me avoid the hell Jimmy went through. My son isn’t perfect by any means but I got to hug him last week and will again this weekend. Yeah, she left me for her lover but didn’t poison his mind against me like so many vengeful harpies do. I am truly blessed.
Shooter
Shooter, that’s good about your son. That turning your kids against the other parent is one of the most evil thing someone can do.
It causes horrible long term pain and I know I “overshared” but if you haven’t been through that shit like BCE, me, Filthy (his family did it not his wife) and others posting, you don’t know how hard it is every holiday knowing that not only will your kid not see you or call you, they either don’t care or worse will curse you.
Just so everyone knows though I later did meet an extremely nice woman that had also been through a rough divorce and we’ve been together 10 years, so my life is OK now and while it hurts I’m at peace that if my 2 don’t want anything to do with me then fine.
Lurk a lot, don’t comment much. Ain’t lived your life, but i sure lived mine. Anyway, i got 2 years + on ya, and yeah, it does suck when a son who had his head screwed on straight goes sideways at mach 2 but it helps to know that our Father above loves them even more than we do (imagine that!). BTW, ifya want to keep this comment private, wouldn’t hurt me at all. scarecrow
Many happy returns, motherfucker!
Birthday greetings from some rando on the net’ that enjoys your ramblings.
Happy birthday Big Country!
You need to get all your adventures published as a physical book. Your stuff in Charlie Mike Comix was a great start.
Happy Birthday, just be glad you don’t have a micropenis and big nose like certain groups.
The RCMP announced today that a violent sub 70 IQ rapist who has a history of abducting white girls and raping and torturing them was released to our small community today. The RCMP press release had some wonderful lines about not taking the law into your own hands and that vigilantism is against the law. He got 11 years and no conditions on release even though the prison said he was a very high chance of re-offending. Dumping him in a small town with lots of young families, almost like they want something bad to happen.
I really hope something especially bad happens to that retarded motherfucker. And I hope even more that whoever makes it happen gets away clean, just to piss in the face of the RCMP and the Canadian government. This bullshit needs to stop, whether it’s in Canada, the FUSA, or anywhere else.
Yup. And the judiciary and law enforcement need to be punished for being an accessory to it too!
Fuckers.
You know the drill, Exile. Head on a swivel, avoid stupid people and stupid places…
I always note in my mind the locations of abandoned wells from homesteads now that I don’t live in an area with old hard-rock mines anymore.
Exile1981,
That is the Hegelian Dialectic. They want the thing to happen so they can use the outcome to implement something/create an example. By doing this, they are compelling good citizens to lie still so it won’t hurt as much.
In a theoretical situation like this, the community either may choose to bird-dog this chap on the regular for their own safety, or whenever a family or friend unit goes anywhere, they have to go as a group. Strength in numbers.
What you describe is anarcho-tyranny. Canada has fallen, I hope that it can get up again.
And there’s no one/no place to help make this MF just……..disappear? No ocean going boats? No back hoes and 40 acres? In the quiet of a dark moonless night?
“Sorry occifer, we don’ know nuttin’ ’bout nuttin’. “
Take care of the local PD and any RCMP that are hanging around before dealing with the rapist. That’s how to send a message.
Happy Birthday, ya’ big bastard!
Had a similar 61st back in October…exactly 2 half hearted “HB’s”, and strangely enough, I didn’t even give a fuck. I just hit the weights and downed a 6 pack afterwards. Best day I could hope for.
Happy birthday, Big.
Know there are people out there you e never met who think of you.
You said it. This “I’m living my truth!”… I still don’t know how to respond to it other than by doing what you did.
Also have the ‘memory drawer’ filled with documents artifacts from another life before I became a Nazi hermit. I was a father, a brother, a son, once upon a time in a galaxy far away. Haven’t looked at those artifacts in years. I can always throw that shit out later, right?
It’s all good BCE. We’ll get all this shit sorted out in the next life.
Happy Birthday! 🎂
Happy Birthday BCE.
You know it took me until I was in my 50s to really understand Jesus’ words “by their fruit you shall know them” and the quote “people by their actions show you how they really feel”.
I’m estranged from 2 of my kids and I get it. Once they are adults if they don’t have to have a relationship with you. With both of us much of this was due to exes poisoning them against us.
Still I know it’s a pain that never goes away and burns at you. Every Father’s Day, birthday and holiday brings pain.
My advice is do what you are doing, enjoy yourself and spend your time with people who DO care about you. The others ? FUCK EM !!!
Happy Birthday brother, hang in there!
Happy Birthday big man! You bring joy and mirth throughout the land with each new column. You’re a columnist! They might hate you for it, but not us. So, you’ve got that going for you… Seems like, with all the noticing going on, that we’re pissing off the right people.
Thanks for sharing,
Riddle
Happy Birthday
Well, probably a lot of us did not know that it was your birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
Happy Birthday! Get out for some “range therapy” and boost those endorphins 😉
21st birthday: training day 1 Parris Island. 22nd birthday: firewatch on a magazine in 29 Stumps. 23rd bday firewatch on vehicles in bay of USS Tarawa LHA-1 on way to Kuwait, 24th bday: solitary confinement Brig on Camp Pendleton,,,,
Could be worse eh?
21st birthday: training day 1 Parris Island. 22nd birthday: firewatch on a magazine in 29 Stumps. 23rd bday firewatch on vehicles in bay of USS Tarawa LHA-1 on way to Kuwait, 24th bday: solitary confinement Brig on Camp Pendleton,,,,
Could be worse eh?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Happy Bithday BCE……. Being right isn’t easy. Weak minds are everywhere, even in those we love sometimes. Age changes perspective, as you well know and your spawn may come around.
Things change bro, times are getting spicy focus on what you can affect change, help those you can and have a plan B.
As Ole Remus used to say, stay away from crowds.
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday and continue doing what you can do best.
BCE,
Happy Birthday, dude. I’m a bit older than you, not by a huge amount. Go outside, get sunlight. Find something in nature that is beautiful and remember it. A sunset, a sunrise, a beach scene, whatever works. Pray for those who have been led astray. Above all, seek peace. It is a treasure beyond measure.
Happy Birthday handsome!!…
Mom always said, “Getting old ain’t for sissies.” I remember my 50’s, it gets tougher. The meanest curse I know ends ” . . . may you live long enough to experience ALL of the many and varied joys of the aging process.”
Happy B day, and many more.
Happy Birthday dude. FWIW you still have us misfits.
Same thing started happening to me. Usually around my birthday or fathers day maybe my son will text a day or two before, then the daughters drop into the thread. I’m lucky to get a text, never a call. It’s like when someone that was sick forever dies. You know it’s going to happen, but for some reason, it still hurts.
Usually we gather for Thanksgiving at my oldest’s house. But this year she made noise about being too being too busy, which means the ex will be over there. Her story didn’t line up with her facebook posts. Friggin millenials. Whatever, I’ve invited the girl and some friends over. I’m done expecting anything from my kids anymore. That’s what us guys get for working our dicks off to keep a roof over their heads and food in their bellies.
Far as the kids go now? I don’t make any plans with them. I won’t invite myself. And I won’t take a consolation prize, such as the ex spending Christmas, but I get invited the next day, or for dinner later.
“[the grankids] really want to see you!” Sure. Then invite me to the party. Otherwise, I’ll see you whenever. Maybe next weekend.
You have to make your own way. It’s sad. But I prefer to hang with friends than deal with co-dependent bullshit.
Happy Birthday, Billy! I can relate to the lack of salutations and celebrations. I’m a few months from the 6-0, and don’t expect much. My youngest was captured by the rainbow mafia, and even though I was nothing but cordial, she won’t talk to me. My elder found my Gab profile and determined that I’m an evil Nazi and “can’t have a relationship with such a hateful person.” And I guess calling people out for wearing face diapers during the ‘vid further shrunk the friend circle. Ah well, after nearly 60 trips around glowing orb, I’ve grown more comfortable with my own company.
As the meme says; You’re not alone. You only wish you were alone. People are everywhere with their stupid problems and bullshit.
Most evenings a commercial pops up wanting us Goyims to send cash to pay for food boxes to starving old Jews. One night they are in Russia. Another night they are in Ukraine. On another night they are in Israel… (oh, and toss in a few bomb shelters there). Must be a lot of starving old Jews around! One speaker practically demands we Christians live up to our faith and help “God’s chosen people”. Infuriates me every time he says it.
In closing, HBD. Life is like that box of chocolates we hear about. You never know what you will get.
Gotta be fux snooze, eh? My mom still watches that shite, and they love to run that commerical. Pisses me off anytime I’m over there and see/hear it. All the suffering we have in this country, and they are (trying) to guilt trip us into helping parenthetical tribalists in far distant lands. Not our circus, not our monkeys.
And man are those commercials flat out manipulative, with the carefully cultivated images and background sounds of old people wailng their oy veys in a language we can’t even understand. There really should be a special place in hell for those who come up with such exploitative appeals to our better nature. It really is a tacky, underhanded tactic. It’s right up there with the ASPCA ad that they’ve run the balls off of the last several years.
Grates me t0 my core. I sometimes wonder whether the tribalists who come up with this greasy propaganda are so arrogant as to be utterly unaware of how they come off to racially conscious White men, or are so satanically sly as to know exactly what they’re doing and seek to trigger some of us into reactionary self-destructive recklessness. Probably the former.
Anyway, as a soon-to-be octogenarian, daily follower, and occasional commenter, I wish the best for BCE on his 57th.
Happy Birthday Brother!
Tom762
Happy B-day Sir. For what it’s worth you are part of my daily routine. Keep it up.
Happy Birthday Big Guy!
My Truth: You’re just a kid!
Happy birthday young man!
I’m 73. I like guns, whiskey, and hot women with flexible morals. When the ex-Main Lady and I split, I was late for the door. I realized that about half my photos were of the ex- and thought it was kind of sick and stupid to keep them. I kept them anyway, because back then it wasn’t all bad.
Whatever we had lasted 30 years and change. The other night, me feeling generous for some reason, I decided to list the five nicest things the ex-Main Lady ever did for me. I came up with two.
I advise you to keep the photos, but take a hard look over your shoulder now and again.
Many happy returns man. Another day above the grass is a good day. Here’s to many more!
Happy Birthday! You are batshit insane and I have loved every minute.
Happy birthday BC. You are just at that time where we all get to. Looking back with some regret and wondering if we could have changed anything, made different decisions, etc. I figure what it boils down to is we’ve done our best with the tools we have and all that really matters is the daily spiritual battles we face. I’ve googled a few names from the past since I retired and was surprised at how many of those people have gone down for the dirt nap. Makes me grateful for every day on this side of the grass.
Six! Million! Ovens! during TheHolocast!™.
Happy Birthday. At least you don’t need bail money, or worse. Holidays are a hard time-for everyone. It is bittersweet when the memories come flooding through. No matter how much decorating and cooking and baking I do………I still miss relatives, relationships, and safe places.
The Jews were the feminist movement and it frankly, destroyed everything. I never wanted to be in a struggle for equality marriage. I wanted a partnership, where I was the homemaker/mommy and the husband was the breadwinner. We would each know our lane and what each brought to the table. I was raised to think that old fashioned marriage was desirable. I never met a guy on the same page. So, the feminist movement destroyed both sides.
Add to that the insanity of DEI, quotas in all things, the “global” movement….I am surprised we have any countries left.
Canada, the US, the UK, and Europe need to start “disappearing” their problems. No fanfare, no announcements, no publicity. Just old fashioned silence and missing problems.
Enjoy your visit with Miss Daisy. Take her out to a Thanksgiving dinner and enjoy refinement and southern manners. It will do your heart good.
Happy BD you young whipper snapper. Old saying: “Dad can take care of ten kids…. ten kids can’t take care of one dad.”
I feel lucky to be an urban hermit and an introvert.
Have a great day, on this the anniversary of another circuit of the sun.
Happy belated birthday, BCE. This side of the dirt is better with you on it.
Happy birthday big ‘un!
Blessings and Birthday greetings brother!
Billy
You have many good friends not yet met that have come to know you on this here blog. No one is perfect, so in the famous words of some sage, possibly in pre-crazy California, don’t sweat the small stuff, just take care of the big ones.
Seeing as you are a pretty young whippersnapper compared to moi, let me root around in my own collection of esoteric stuff and see what might be a fit for one of your skills and interest. Who knows, Santa might still have a soft spot for ya even if he does not do individual birthday shtick.
With your interest in weapons, you might find this website quite interesting and a good resource.
Headstamp Publishing
https://www.headstamppublishing.com/
Well, I’ve got a book I’ve been wanting to send you that I think you’ll get good use out of, provided you don’t already have it. It’s “United States Army Medals, Badges, and Insignia,” by Col. Frank C. Foster. Paperback edition, but specs and cover match the hardback edition shown on the ‘Zon. If you want it, post a mailing address and I’ll send it to you. You can consider it a belated b-day present.
Also, word to the wise: Sabaton is doing an American tour next year. They’re in Tampa Feb. 10.
Man I feel all you guys,
I never had kids, my sisters husband self deleted when their 3 kids were all under ten. Between myself and my parents we got them outta the crap hole they were in and got them into a nice home and took care of them. Fast forward to a couple years ago and one niece goes nuts and gets mad at me for helping out a neighbor who’s well went bad. She hated them so I in turn was “expected” to hate them too. Well in an attempt to make this short, now my sister , who I ended up evicting from a rental my mother owns because she was being a mean bitch to my mother, hates me, all three nieces who were almost daughters to me all hate me ect. All based on one nut cases disturbed dilusions.
JT out !
Life carries on. I just switched gears to putting my efforts, time and money into my church and the little bit of family I still associate with.
Just refocus BCE. Happy Birthday