It just wouldn't be my birthday without

some sort of blog.

Today at lunch, the gals at East Side Mario's got me to stand on my chair - bar stool height - and announced my name and age to the entire restaurant. I rose my hands in the air to the cheers of the audience, and graciously took a bow as the roses were thrown at my feet.

Well, maybe I'm exaggerating about the roses. And I really tried my best not to look down the tops of the waitresses who were standing in a semicircle below me.

Ah, the free cake. Who doesn't love free cake?

And I won a free lunch out of that, too. Now I wonder who took that back to the office when I left early for that damn meeting? You know, for the sinkhole at Jane and Hwy 7? Well, I digress.

More fun on tap tonight.