@Lookout
Happy Birthday to you as well.

The exodus from the orange side of the mountain to the blue side was rocky, but well worth the trek.

That is Chris Stapleton singing lead vocals.

BTW, I received your letter, thank you very much, mi amigo!

...for your persistence, patience, and devotion to the community and the C99 project.

One by friend Tina Liza Jones...sung by John.
It your 7th birthday wish us many more, health, wealth, and friends by the score. So cut the cake and let's eat some more, Happy Birthday to you!
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATrVhT7eB3Q]

@Tall Bald and Ugly
of the unruly from time to time. I also cut off the tags on new mattresses being the agitator that I am. I expect a visit from the alphabets for that disclosure.

PM with new address sent.

Thanks, my friend.

Perish the thought(most times I do).

Whomever extended the invite to me(regret it yet?), thanks!

Many is the time this life raft kept me afloat in an ocean of insanity.
Still no land in sight. . .

JtC send me your new(ish) snail mail address to my email or a pm.

Thanks again for all you do in putting up with all of us.

@dystopian
really glad to have you aboard this ship of misfits. As long as we all don't gather on one side or the other we shouldn't capsize. Even keel is the trick.

Have a good one, old buddy, and thanks for the tune.

Happy Congrats jefe!

Amazing! Top drawer stuff here bro! Job well done! I am soooo thankful for this place, and its collection of strangely similar 'misfits'. Love you people!

There are no words to express my appreciation.

@jakkalbessie
I only wish divineorder was here to celebrate with us. I miss him so.

I will tip a glass of cheers your way this evening, my dear "South of Round Rock" friend.

Thanks for the years of sanity here at this place. A special shoutout to those who write the “Open Threads”! A lot of hard work and great exchange of ideas takes place there. Nice to have a place to go and find thoughtful reporting on issues for today!

To early for wine so raising my cup of coffee!

Thanks JtC

@zed2
for joining us here at our little Hideaway.

@on the cusp
I'm glad we get to spend it together.

It's my other one that I sort of try to forget...
Anyway, this is a great gathering of ideas and as much freedom of speech anyone will find on a blog existing today.
Prost!

@ovals49
ovals! You're going back in time? Take me with you, I miss it!

Thanks, my brother.

But as of today I begin to count my years backward, just so I’m sure to have some good news, at least on this particular date. I’ll be in my sixties again in a couple more years!

Happy Birthday C99, my home away from home!

@enhydra lutris
to you as well, mi hermano!

Your steady hand as moderator reflects the c99 ideals to a tee. Thank you for all you do here.

Aprecio tu trabajo aquí, viejo amigo.

Gracias ever so mucho for creating this site, keeping it up and running, vetting the incoming and busting your butt on it constantly and assiduously. Thanks most especially for riding herd on the motley assemblage of entities that populate it, whether they hang out or are merely passing through.

So, hey, Feliz Cumpleaños, compadre!

be well and have a good one

@snoopydawg
glad you're here as well. Please keep your great writing up! We need you here.

Thanks, my friend, and give Sam a good scritchin' from Uncle JtC, OK?

From the bottom of my heart THANK YOU! It’s good to see that the reason this site was created is still going strong. I still remember the day I got my invite to the blue blog and thought how great it was that my viewpoints had been noticed and I was going to get to sit at the big kid’s table. Thanks for the invite CSTM!

@QMS
yes, I am proud of c99, of both it's accomplishments and the folks that hang out here.

Thank you for all you do, especially with the OTs, good stuff, my friend.

I miss John Prine, got to see him twice in Chicago, what a super human being.

acquiring an astute understanding of the wild world
and not yet wise enough to swallow misgivings
shout out the truth for the grups instead
listen to us youngsters, we may learn a thing or two
about the future. Gratis to DKMich for turning me on to this
project, way back when. Thanks for all you do! You must be
proud of this accomplishment. Delayed gratification may get you
into heaven some day ..

[video:https://youtu.be/sRCLHBhZPQ4]

cheers!

@CB

But one thing has me puzzled for a long time now. Where did you learn your exemplary skills in cat herding?

Well, It wasn't and isn't easy. First off, it's really tough to lasso those little critters with a tiny rope while on horseback. Roping and hog tying aren't easy with those razor sharp claws. You definitely don't want to ride drag behind a herd of cats, the litter box is a foregone conclusion on the open range. Just when you think the little doggies, er kitties, are settled down for a calm night of relaxation, up jumps a mouse and it's stampede time, it's hell trying to out run them to turn the herd. I don't even want to mention hairballs and catnip. Other than that it's all good.

Thanks my, friend.

for truly open debate. But one thing has me puzzled for a long time now. Where did you learn your exemplary skills in cat herding?
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@BORG_US_BORG
for the kind words and your presence here.

We're small but we're feisty!

Happy Birthday, my friend.

I am continuously grateful and humbled to be in the company of so many independently critical thinkers at this site. Even if I don't comment a lot, I do visit almost every day. I am also thankful for whomever it was that led me from the orange Satan during the hilbot pogrom of 2016, first to r/kossacksforsanders then to here.

@crescentmoon

Happy Birthday, cm!

Forever grateful for this place. Thank you, everyone.

@Fishtroller 02
which Sagan book? I think I have them all. Maybe not.

Happy Birthday, my friend.

Hope that you are able to find a little time within dealing with this site to read the Sagan book.

On to 2022.

@gjohnsit
too bad the New Deal is being dismantled. We need a Newer Deal, and more competent leaders.

Happy Birthday, g.

@Socialprogressive
well, let's see:

Using the formula a2 – b2 = (a – b)(a + b)
where a = 5 and b = 3
(a – b)(a + b)
= (5 – 3)(5 + 3)
= 2 \(\times\) 8
= 16

Does 16 sound right? I hope so 'cause that made my head hurt. Now where's my spliff?

Thanks for stopping by, my friend.

Seven internet years old! How many is that in human years?
Keep up the great work, JtC.

@usefewersyllables
glad to hang out with ya, my friend. Someday maybe we'll get to tip a few glasses together.

Thank you, amigo.

many thanks for still letting me hang out here. Your efforts are much appreciated, especially amongst us survivors of the various virtual pogroms over the years!

It's like the old song goes: "Hutu, Tutsi, Goodbye..." (;-)

@EyeRound
Better late than never. I'll hang out as long as you all let me.

Thank you, my friend.

Thank you to JTC, OT posters, and commenters at C99%. I mostly lurk and do that often, and when not I usually arrive late, but that doesn't diminish my best wishes for a l o n g continuation of these pages!

Happy Birthday C99%!

@wendy davis
seven years, wow! Your site's been up a while longer that that, no?

Thanks for the clip and thanks for hanging with us.

Cheers.

of existence!

someone upthread had mentioned 'the seven year itch':

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@studentofearth
I confess to learning quite a bit from your writing and I want to thank you for that and all that you do here. You're greatly appreciated here as well.

Cheers!

Feel fortunate to have found a place to learn, think, write a little and get some feedback. The community was an unexpected bonus. Appreciation keeps growing.

@janis b
I photoshopped that image a couple of years ago. I was bored and messing around.

Great video!

Thank you Janis, you've been a good friend for a long time.

Thank you defiant one and all who contribute to making this a special place. I look forward to many more years here in the company of each other.

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ps. I love your 'wanted' photo.

@randtntx
now that was one cool song and act. Great stuff!

Thanks, my friend.

Many, many thanks JtC.

And thanks to all for the ideas, the conversations, the arguments, the art, the music, the companionship, and the possibilities. It's a wide open vista.

West Texas dance.

@JekyllnHyde
I've been in Indiana Jone's shoes several times over the years. That metaphorical ball almost got me a couple of times.

Thanks for stopping by and hanging in there with us all these years. I deem that a real pleasure.

Have a great one, mi hermano!

You made it in the nick of time. Keep on truckin'.

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