The Sparkly Paddle of Birthday Wonderfulness swings into action for msisolak and radiantfracture ! Hope you have a day so marvelously good that it's beyond description and that it's just the start of a year that brings you Teh Shiny and Teh Awesome in amounts you never imagined, with whipped cream, sparkles, and extra kittens! And hey--this is non-negotiable!--don't forget to live...

Behold the new icon that radiantfracture made for me! Very cool. Some perspicacious people will recognize the actor as John Simm, who played the most recent incarnation of the Master at the end of Dr Who series 3. He's also the actor I've been rabbiting on about lately (count yourself lucky if I haven't bent your ear yet), mostly in the context of Life on Mars and State of Play , two British...