Happy Birthday!
Sincerest hopes that a non-reader of The Secret Base, my father, enjoyed his birthday. In their increasing years, my parents grow ever more lackadaisical about the birthday rituals; my father's cake didn't have even a token candle, much less the sixty-one it should have featured. I prize ritual, leaving me feeling as if the occasion had been incomplete. Happy birthday, Dad!

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Reel Big Fish & Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer, "Don't You Want Me?" from Duet All Night Long (T.L.A.M.)