So, it is party time again, folks!

[wiseheart]

Each year this time, we launch my virtual birthday party, which starts on October 1 and ends on October 9 at midnight, sharp. The goals of the party are to post as many comments and collapse as many threads as possible, on as many new pages as we can. It is always great fun, as you can see if you check out the similar entries of the last few years.

This year, I'll also throw the real party at mid-time - and post the recipes of all the food that will be there for you, so that you can all participate if you want to. Virtual food has no calories.

Fandom-related discussions are as welcome as the ones about coffee or chocolate (just to name a few favourites from previous years), and, of course, pictures and recipes of birthday cakes. ;)

So, drop by, tell your story, post your pics or silly poems, ask questions you always wanted to ask and have a good time!

Soledad, in excited expectation




Oh, and by the way, to provide birthday gifts hobbit-style, I've got a revived story and a Kansas 2 update for you.

Enjoy!

Comments

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I am perpetually amazed at our prolixity!

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Indeed, we did! \o/

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Well, semi-official. One of the tagmods started it and links to the announcements... but there is sometimes a delay, as she is in another different timezone...

[mr-ea.livejournal.com]

My valour knows no bounds! [need an emoticon for 'tongue in cheek']

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Mr EA is quite nice (except late at night when he has a tendency to fall asleep in front of the television), but I'm truly Eeeevil :)

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

Maybe they did, but just don't feel like sharing?

It is rather a geeky joke, but hopefully you will like it:
Protest outside a physics department: "What do we want?"
"Time travel!"
"When do we want it?"
"Irrelevant!"

[sammydragoncat]

:)

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

*shares coffee and hot chocolate* And the total is still going up!

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I hope so, too! Though at a slightly less frantic pace, so that I actually have time to read and reply to all the interesting comments... I really should get better at posting things on lj; I keep saying that, though and it never happens...

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

So many comments, so many conversations \o/

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Ah -- I wonder if she forgot to link the nominations opening? That was the complaint I caught. (Not that I generally use Tumblr at all, someone from Fanlore kept sending people there...)

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

What a lovely word! I hadn't come across that before -- thank you for introducing me!

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

And up! ;-)

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

I can see it there (no idea how to link to a specific post) - I wonder if it was delay or just something people missed, I have no idea how people find stuff on tumblr (it is far too confusing for me)

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

I am feeling rather up-beat, having attended a talk about 'identity in Northern Ireland' that sparked a lively and interesting debate about definitions and cultural connotations. Plus the speaker used error bars in his graphs! :-) This is one of the things I have to keep telling our first year students about, week after week, when marking their lab books; without error bars, how do you know if your differences are significant?

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Oh that's quite funny!

Have you heard my unique joke, by the way -- it's quite geeky:

"What's an anagram of 'Banach-Tarski'?"
"Banach-Tarski Banach-Tarski"

I use it sometimes when people pester me to tell a joke after I repetively say I don't know any they'll like ... the response can be quite amusing.

[solanpolarn.livejournal.com]

When I started my engineering degree -- in the last century -- that is basically what we used our email accounts for: 'talking' to the other people in the same room! I am so pleased to see the 'tradition' is being upheld! :-)

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

What fun!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Ummm... what are error bars?

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

I'm fairly bad too, but I try to post at least a couple of times a month, which is not too difficult a schedule to keep up with.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Shows how positively ancient we all are, doesn't it? :)

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Walking dictionary to the gentry :)

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

espresso_addict has an amazing vocabulary!

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

It is a shame it has to come to an end, but I think Mr EA would quite like to see me in the evenings again...

[jenn-calaelen.livejournal.com]

Nearly the top of the hour, so I want to say thank you for such a great party! Fun as usually and lovely to catch up with with people! Great conversations and fun!