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Hope you had a great birthday Steve! I hope birthday cake eating is part of carbo backloading, whatever that is. Cheers!

I hope you had a great birthday yesterday Antonio and that your wife showered you with gifts, wine. and love! I knew your birthday was this weekend when I was traveling and had planned to maybe post early on Friday night our time to get the ball rolling, but in the course of taking a redeye, dealing with decrepit in-laws, and other distractions I somehow convinced myself yesterday that your birthday was today! Oh well, you know we all love you and it's the thought that counts as they say! ¡A su salud!

Really sad news today. http://www.whereseric.com/eric-clapton-news/303-jj-cale-dead-heart-attack I've always been a huge fan, and I can't exactly explain why. I have all of his albums and have seen him several times live. He was everything he was and nothing more. He didn't have to play the usual games of the music industry because he was never in any rush to get anywhere. He was an authentic musician. No pretense whatsoever. Didn't seem to have anything to prove. First time I saw him was in a small venue at an old theatre in Kansas CIty in the winter of '96 when I lived in town. Couldn't believe it. Just opened the paper one day, and said, "Shit! I c…

He was brilliant - loved him. I'll just add that he was perfect as the villain in my favorite film, RIP - he was great in everything.

How hot is it? It's so hot... ...I am now eating baked strawberries (I only left them in the car for 10 minutes). Here's a science joke for you: ...glass melts. ...I'm not even working up a sweat and I'm working up a sweat.

The whole crew is wondering who the fuck is this?

Love him or hate him or his products, certainly a major force in the industry http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/obit-amar-bose-0712.html

I love it when I can use one image to cover both of today's birthday's! Hope you are having a great one Biggie and that Monks will have to work overtime to resupply the beer stocks when you are finished celebrating! Cheers!

Happy birthday to my Southern Lawyer! Have fun on vacation. Sorry that we dialed up the same weather that you were probably trying to get away from.

Better late than never, but happy birthday Greg! I hope you had copious amounts of wonderful wine and I look forward to buying you a drink to celebrate! Cheers!

Congratulations Jack and Melody! Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I337 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

Happy birthday Anurag and George!! Hope you're having great days on opposite coasts! Cheers x 2!

I'm considering a scooter once I move to Sacramento. I had a Honda Elite 150 back in 85', and liked it a lot. I want something that I can take on the highway though, in case I want to scoot into San Francisco, or elsewhere. There are some really cheap Chinese scooters on the market, but they have horrible reviews, so I'm most likely going to stick with the well known players. Right now top consideration is going to the new Honda Forza 300cc, coming out in July. Any thoughts or recommendations?

Happy birthday Scott! I hope you have been having a good one, and drinking some of that fine beer you displayed yesterday! Cheers!

Happy Birthday Mr. HeadAmptness.

Hope you had a great one, David, and sorry we missed it! Cheers!

The best day of my life was the first day of my daughter's life. Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's on Head-Case.

Happy ten year apart birthdays Scott and Jantze! Cheers!

Fine writer. Read every one of his Culture novels and about 75% of his "serious" fiction. A great loss. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jun/09/iain-banks-dies-59-cancer

Hope you're having a great one Ben! Cheers!

Happy Birthday Miguel!

Yeah, I never know what the appropriate salutation is on a day like today, "Happy Memorial Day" seems inappropriate, but I did want to acknowledge those who have died while in the service. So a toast to those gone -- thank you for your service.

One of my favorite radio personalities. He will be missed. RIP Gene. "If someone was homeless, he would treat them with the same amount of respect as he would the president of the United States," said Pat Thurston, a KGO show host and friend of Mr. Burns'.

Five of the most awesome car stunts - ever! Vid #5 - If you have the patience to sit through it, drifting through the streets of San Francisco Ken Block flies his Ford Focus through the air sideways through a curve, lands it and continues on like he never left the ground. Never seen that before! Sorry for the small spoiler, but along with the rest of his stunts it's a "gotta see moment". Link: http://autos.yahoo.com/news/the-5-coolest-car-stunts-of-the-last-5-years-230040235.html