In the interest of shameless (or is it shame-ful?) self aggrandizement, I hereby submit a Happy Birthday post to myself and my sister, Shanna. In fact, I created the following animated movie to show our deep affection for one another (Update: since the animation autoplayed with annoying background music, I changed it to a still image – click to view the animation on dvolver.com):
Thank you to all who sent well wishes via Facebook and Twitter! I will now commence celebrating with such notable historical and heroic figures like Niels Bohr, Henry A. Wallace, Desmond Tutu, Oliver North, John Mellencamp, Vladimir Putin, Yo-yo Ma, Michael W. Smith, Simon Cowell, and Toni Braxton (all of whom, no doubt, share a deep birthday-related bond with me).
