25 thoughts on “2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2

  1. Christian

    Hurra!!! Hipp Hipp!! Well If you behave there is no limit on what the day might bring. 34 years(and doctor)………who would have belived that! 😉

  2. Jill

    No, no, Christian, your maths is out by two years! But thanks for the cheer!

  3. HÂkon Styri

    Gratulerer! (og s er det dobbelt s lenge til neste gang da vel?)

  4. Florine

    Gefeliciteerd met je 32ste verjaardag! 🙂

    (I bet you understand that, even though it’s in Dutch…)

  5. Jesper Juul

    And remember that 32 is only 20 in hexadecimal!

  6. Tormod Haugen

    and 100000 in binary 🙂 Have a really nice day.

  7. Liz

    Happy birthday, Jill!

  8. lisa

    Ah, just a baby…

    many happy returns.

  9. nick

    Baloons, eh? That’s a tall order in a proportional font, but I’ll try…

    O
    |

    †† o
    †† |

    ††††† O
    ††††† |

    Happy birthday!

  10. Francois Lachance

    And what colour of balloons does the birthday person desire? And how many?
    Let’s see
    2 to start with
    add four (2×2)
    that’s six
    add 8 (4×2)
    that’s fourteen
    add 16 (8×2)
    that’s thirty
    add 32 (16×2)
    that’s sixty-two

    I have a hunch you excursion into the mathematical realm of series is connected to your diving into the grammatical intricacies of tenses and mode in the conjugation of French verbs 🙂

    X 0 X [ the odd anachronistic yoking of Romuan numerals and Arabic zero ] to signify best wishes for carrying the joyous energy of the many twos and fives into the future beyond the thirties into the sixties !!!

  11. kirsty

    As a thirty-one-and-a-half year old I’m really glad you’ve pointed out that 2^5 is a cool birthday! Thanks! Have a lovely day!

  12. vika

    happy happy happy birthday!

  13. jon

    Happy Birthday Jill !

  14. elouise

    Happy diquadrano! (I just made that up). It only gets better with time(s two).

  15. Elin

    yay! Another year to put in the closet. I can’t even open my closet anymore, it is so loaded.
    Gratulerer med dagen!

  16. Robert

    Happy birthday, Jill. I hope you have a great 33rd year.

  17. George

    Speaking as one, I say 32-year-olds rawk! Happy birthday, Jill.

  18. mark

    Happy birthday!

  19. mcb

    yeay!

  20. Elin

    Jill – by the way – your css is all messed up on my mac – (IE5.1) – is it me…?
    Sgruphgh!

  21. Seb

    Happy birthday Jill!

  22. Clancy

    Happy belated birthday! 🙂

  23. Charles Magee

    Is that the Jill that I knew whom I said Happy Birthday in Leicester, UK on your 29 birthday? Happy 32 + 3 months birthday.

  24. Jill

    Hm, I don’t *think* I was in Leicester on my 29th birthday. No, I don’t think I’ve *ever* been in Leicester. Sorry!

  25. weezBlog

    In-utero Samba
    When it came time for my thesis work, I had scripted a piece called “Rosario’s Garden”. Had it storyboarded, had made my animatic…and I found out I was pregnant. Rather than fight it, I changed the subject of my thesis…

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