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April 23, 2009 by Betsy Bird

Happy Birthday to Me

April 23, 2009 by Betsy Bird   9 comments

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 Пусть 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 Horn Book, 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 Twitter: @fuseeight.

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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 Horn Book, 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 Twitter: @fuseeight.

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  1. 123oleary says

    April 23, 2009 at 5:05 am

    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.

  2. mhg says

    April 23, 2009 at 5:46 am

    They say it’s your birthday….(Ringo drum solo here). Happy Birthday to the Best Bets.

  3. Don says

    April 23, 2009 at 7:13 am

    Happy Birthday Betsy! I still remember your 16th. Is that weird?

  4. Fuse #8 says

    April 23, 2009 at 7:24 am

    Not as weird as me remembering YOUR 16th. We be old, friend.

  5. tanita says

    April 23, 2009 at 7:26 am

    Happy 31st! Cumpleaños Feliz! And all of that. Appreciate you so much!

  6. MotherReader says

    April 23, 2009 at 8:03 am

    Hope you had a great Birthday filled with your favorite things.

  7. Abby says

    April 23, 2009 at 9:37 am

    Happy birthday!!!

  8. Brenda Ferber says

    April 23, 2009 at 12:01 pm

    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!

  9. YUKARI MATSUYAMA says

    April 23, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    Happy Birthday, Betsy! Hope you’re enjoying your days off. 🙂

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