You guys get the best presents

[naomikritzer]

Happy birthday, notthatedburke and probably_lost!

Remember that Democratic Congress I got you for your birthday back in 2006?

Well this year, a health care bill showed up for your birthday! Only, I didn't order it -- honestly, I mean, I looked at it in the catalog and I thought, "oooh! they would totally like that!" Only instead of "ships in 24 hours" it said "coming soon!" but with no date and I was pretty skeptical that it would arrive in time.

So someone else must have gotten it for you! Which is pretty awesome -- I mean, it's clearly a beta version and it doesn't have all the features the order page mentioned BUT it's actually much more fully featured than I was expecting. Happy birthday!

(It still doesn't beat the present that arrived one day too late for your actual birthday, twenty years ago. I mean, srsly. That's got to be the best one ever.)

Comments

[probably-lost.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm grateful to whoever got me this health care bill, although (don't tell them) I'm going to see if I can trade it in for one without this anti-choice amendment.

[notthatedburke.livejournal.com]

I love the new health bill more than most people could even imagine.

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

Good Gods, that was 20 YEARS AGO?

[naomikritzer]

Yes, the Berlin Wall fell 20 years ago today.

Does that make you feel old? It makes ME feel old.

[shweta-narayan.livejournal.com]

Yes, sort of. It's one of the first major political events that I both remember now and pretty much understood at the time, so it's pretty salient for me.

But more -- it makes me wonder where the last 20 years went. It feels like about 5-10, until I think about it.

[servant-of-clio.livejournal.com]

They got one terrible present back in 2000, though. Someone really chose poorly for them that year.