The After-Birthday Day

In the first season of House, Cameron had to remind House that it was his birthday.  His typical way of thanking her involved something to the effect of, “I really didn’t think it would come this year, but darn it, if it wasn’t the little planet that could all over again.”

I had no party as I had to go to work that night, and anyway, I’m not much for parties, especially if I’m the occasion.  That’s too much spotlight on me.

So I did not forget about my birthday but I did totally forget about the birthday feature on Facebook, given that I rarely check it more than once a day.  To my shock, my wall was filled with well-wishers and happy-birthdayers, and it was all so very sweet.  So I’ll give a shout out for Facebook: that Birthday thing is one of your better ideas.  You ought to be proud of yourselves for that one.