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Post by Dante on Feb 28, 2016 6:15:51 GMT -5
Dear Sir,
Like the first page of a fresh calendar, the last page of an old calendar, and a new book in a particular series, some events come but once a year, and one of the more fortunate ones is a birthday. Many happy returns on this, your 46th, and we hope it and its successors treat you with all the kindness as can be expected from occasions without any ominous numerological significance whatsoever - though if you were to choose to embark on a new series of forty-six books, there are none here who would object.
Like the calm before a storm, we commit ourselves to a quieter tribute this year - a time to reflect on achievements past and anticipations future. Just as we say farewell to the incredible All the Wrong Questions, we turn our eyes on a new medium for A Series of Unfortunate Events, not to mention all the plans and mysteries yet undisclosed. All too often, a word that goes unspoken or whispered contains all the force and emotion of a cheer.
As much as we have enjoyed each previous year, we look forward all the more to the coming one; what is a good year, but one shared with a favourite author?
With all due respect,
All the members of
667 Dark Avenue,
including the following:
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Post by Dante on Feb 28, 2016 6:16:01 GMT -5
Happy birthday, Mr. Handler!
-Dante
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Post by Cafe SalMONAlla on Feb 28, 2016 7:22:07 GMT -5
I hope nothing terrible happens to you anytime soon.
-Lemona
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Post by MisterM on Feb 28, 2016 7:28:36 GMT -5
I wouldn't trust that cake if I were you, however tempting the icing looks.
- Mister M
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Post by Tryina Denouement on Feb 28, 2016 9:21:47 GMT -5
Try to avoid eating durians and Indonesian food. Even rendang. Especially rendang. They're the source of potential unfortunate events.-Tryina
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Post by lorelai on Feb 28, 2016 12:32:12 GMT -5
A very happy birthday to you; be sure to blow out the candles quickly to ensure a prompt granting of your wish and so as not to tempt any arsonists who may spot the flames.-Lorelai
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Post by Skelly Craig on Feb 28, 2016 13:23:45 GMT -5
All the best wishes on the start of a new year in your life, Mr. Handler, and congaratulations on the fruitful past 46. We salute thee!
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Post by meinhard1 on Feb 28, 2016 14:35:11 GMT -5
Daniel Handler,
Thanks for all you share with your readers.
(This year I experienced Money Jungle, Grahme, Buzzati, and a Hangtown Fry. Also: finished ATWQs, reread "TheBasic Eight," and, surprisingly, discovered "Watch Your Mouth" as potentially my new Handler favorite.)
Hope happiness finds you as you celebrate today, and continues to stalk you through this upcoming 47th year.
Fondly,
meinhard1
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Post by Hermes on Feb 28, 2016 14:54:21 GMT -5
Wishing you a great day and many happy years! Thank you for all your works, and the inspiration you continue to give our forum.
Hermes.
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Post by A comet crashing into Earth on Feb 28, 2016 15:13:58 GMT -5
Hello Daniel,
I hope you have a brilliant day on this your 46th birthday (if it still is that day where you are - the globe moves in unfathomable ways, at least to those of us with a poor aptitude for Geography). I hope, and assume, that you're aware that you've brought immense amounts of joy into the hearts of readers everywhere, and kindled a life-long love of literature. I'm one of those readers, and thank you for that. My life would not be the same - not at all - if I hadn't read your books at a young age.
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Post by B. on Feb 28, 2016 15:59:51 GMT -5
"Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!"
Happy Birthday, Mr Handler.
-Bee
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2016 16:09:52 GMT -5
Happy birthday and thanks for ASOUE!
-Peppermince
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Post by gliquey on Feb 28, 2016 16:49:58 GMT -5
The Earth is now at the same point in its orbit around the Sun as it was when you left your mother's womb, and according to society, this is a reason to celebrate. When the world we live in is so full of misery and misfortune, even the most arbitrary cause for celebration should be latched on to and milked for all it can be. I hope you have had a very fun day.
-- gliquey
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Post by penne on Feb 28, 2016 16:57:09 GMT -5
so i just googled "interesting facts about the number 46" and i came across something truly intriguing... did you know that, in chemistry, 46 is the atomic number of palladium? i found this interesting because- i'm pretty sure- if you ingested enough palladium, you would die. and this may just be a coincidence (although i find it unlikely), but enough contact with the work of an author who's now turning 46 years old could possibly make one so miserable, that they too would die (or want to). furthermore, turning 46 (or any age after 40) likely brings on all sorts of dark thoughts about one's own mortality and inevitable death. and as if all that wasn't eerily coincidental enough, death is a very unfortunate topic to bring up when wishing someone a happy birthday, and the aforementioned author (aka you, Daniel Handler) has a whole series on Unfortunate Events! now, i don't want to freak you out or anything, but this has to mean that, somehow, the stars are aligned and this birthday will either be amazing or deeply deeply terrible. personally, i'm hoping for the former.
thank you.
-Pen
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Post by Linda Rhaldeen on Feb 28, 2016 17:07:06 GMT -5
Would you like a hug?
-Linda Rhaldeen
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