The Girls of September '79

Many happy returns to Mrs. Skeeter, Esq. (née Skeeter), who to-day celebrates her birthday. My mind is a tad sluggish at the moment, so I've nothing to top last year's toast to her magnificence (plus, the theme of the day seems to be block quotes):

Mrs. Skeeter, Esq. is a wonderful representation of why I am so disdainful of most persons. Her mind is so agile, her heart is so black (her own colorful description), her tongue is so sharp, that I see the heights to which a Homo sapiens might aspire, & am repulsed by those who are satisfied with the depths to which they've sunk. Others simply pale by the comparison.

Our normally robust & gleeful "The Girls of September '79" has fallen on hard times, with Mrs. Blinky's (née Ham 'n' Eggs) & Mrs. Sacramento's (née Never Girl) birthdays having passed unnoticed, but it would have been unconscionable not to note Mrs. Skeeter, Esq.'s birthday, & make merry. Happy birthday, Julie!

It is a lovely bonus that to-day Mrs. Skeeter, Esq. left the first comment The Secret Base has received in well nigh a month. Woot!

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Fountains of Wayne, "Hey Julie" from Welcome Interstate Managers (Michael P.)

Commentary: An annual tradition & a great song off a great album to boot.

"Julie, I swear it's so hard to bear it,
And I'd never make it through without you around,
No, I'd never make it through without you around…"

Oh, wait, Mrs. Skeeter, Esq. lives in Old New Amsterdam & since her parents moved out-of-state she's never around. Crumbs!