In honor of jutta's opus, and to fill up a mostly-unexciting month with another holiday that we all get to take off (maybe call it a religious holiday?), I say we celebrate HB's birthday every year on the date noted as "everything is new" on the news page. We'll have to make 2001's a double shot, because we seem to have missed 2000's.-- absterge, Jan 02 2001 This being the halfbakery, we only celebrate its birthday every other year. Natch.-- centauri, Jan 02 2001 good call, centauri! so we're right on schedule for the first bi-annual halfbirthday, then! hahahah...-- absterge, Jan 02 2001 Everyone up for a game of What-if Chess over at jutta's place to celebrate?-- PotatoStew, Jan 02 2001 Sure. I'll be there in a jiffy. Let me just calibrate my Hyperspace Keychain and ho-- centauri, Jan 03 2001 Wouldn't a halfbirthday more properly be six months after a birthday? February 11th, in this case.-- egnor, Jan 03 2001 It's what you give after you've been a little pregnant.-- jutta, Mar 03 2001 Halfterbirth?-- PotatoStew, Mar 03 2001 random, halfbakery