Happy Birthday to Me
If you watch this, I encourage you to make it past the early butt joke. Trust me, it picks up after that. What this has to do with birthdays, I haven’t a clue, but if you search for this video online it’s called Birthday Greetings from Joe Cocker and it is one of my favorite things of all time.
Birthday Greetings from Joe Cocker – watch more funny videos
Thanks to Gregory K for the link.
So, yup. I turn 31 today. I am celebrating by taking the week off to blog and stuff. Because that’s how we 31-year-olds roll.
This second video comes from Big A little a where Kelly Herold wrote, "I chose ПуÑÑ‚ÑŒ бегут неуклюже…a song from Cheburashka, one of Russia’s most-loved cartoons. This song serves for many Russian speakers as a birthday song. " It never really occurred to me that the Happy Birthday Song changes from country to country. Now THERE’S a children’s music CD in the making. Collect all the birthday songs from different languages and put them together. I would buy that.
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Thanks to Big A little a for the link.
Happy birthday greetings too to my fellow April 23rder Jill Davis. Ditto Shakespeare, Nabokov, Shirley Temple Black, and former President Buchanan.
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About Betsy Bird
Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Kirkus, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on BlueSky at: @fuse8.bsky.social
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Happy Birthday, Betsy. Looks to me like your thirties are where you are coming into your own!
That Joe Cocker is hilarious. Have a wonder loaf birthday.
They say it’s your birthday….(Ringo drum solo here). Happy Birthday to the Best Bets.
Happy Birthday Betsy! I still remember your 16th. Is that weird?
Not as weird as me remembering YOUR 16th. We be old, friend.
Happy 31st! Cumpleaños Feliz! And all of that. Appreciate you so much!
Hope you had a great Birthday filled with your favorite things.
Happy birthday!!!
Happy Birthday! I feel like maybe last year I realized we share a birthday (along with William Shakespeare and Shirley Temple). Go Tauruses! Or is it Tauri?
Anyway, enjoy your day!
Happy Birthday, Betsy! Hope you’re enjoying your days off. 🙂