Happy Birthday this 15th December to ...

... the wondrous
dolorous_ett!

And if you haven't read her Sherlock Holmes and the Ravenclaw Codex, what are you waiting for? Treat yourself and go and do so now.

Apparently it's also the birthday of Nicholas Courtney, aka the Brigadier in Doctor Who -- so a hat-tip in his direction too. I spent a good chunk of yesterday afternoon watching him in prime form fighting Cybermen. :)

Lyrics: Ah yes -- the last one was Springsteen's Born to Run from 1975, easily identifiable for lupinslittlesis, muggle_prof, and tree_and_leaf. For this time -- a band I believe Ms Ett is partial to:

I am the son and the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth, how can you say
I go about things the wrong way
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does (1980s)