Today is my birthday! And I know you all have been racking your brains, trying to come up with that perfect birthday present for me. So I thought I’d give you a few hints.
First item of interest, The Nathan Hale 1/2 cent stamp!
These babies go for about $20 bucks on ebay, now that’s affordable! Our favorite Revolutionary Captain, Nathan Hale, was commemorated in with this postage stamp in 1925. Oh, he looks so brave and heroic. Actually, no, he looks a bit dazed and his mouth is ajar, like he’s waiting for novacaine to wear off.
If you’re looking for something more, you could always opt for the infamous No Stamp Act Teapot replica!
I found an actual 1765 No Stamp Act teapot on Ebay. Except that it had been shattered… and glued shottily back together. The broken artifact was going for $6,000 dollars. That should make you feel great when I tell you that this beauty sells at the Williamsburg Marketplace for a mere $119. And no, I won’t make tea in it. It’ll sit on my shelf like Mrs. K’s…. ;)
Buying me a replica feels cheap, doesn’t it? So how about an investment gift? I present to you the Abigail Adams gold ten dollar coin!
Abigail Adams, my favorite First Lady, was commemorated in this 2007 gold 10 dollar coin. True, they’re selling on Ebay right now for $500 dollars…. but think what they’ll be worth in another year!
Okay, I can see that you’re really looking for that timeless, ultimate, nothing-says-I-love-you-like-a-piece-of-Alexander-Hamilton’s-Hair gift!
Don’t let the $3,900.00 price tag fool you– these ten strands of Alexander Hamilton’s hair are a steal! When I first started watching the item on History For Sale.com, they were going for $9,000! Oh, Hammy! One day I’ll own a piece of your corpse.
Happy shopping!
ok that post made me laugh. :D
a happy birthday to you! :) hope you have lots of fun, and take time to relax with your husband and friends.
lol, I’d buy you a gift but I don’t even know where to send it! or how to pay for it without a paypal account boo.
hope you get awesome presents though!
Happy birthday ! I wish you a wonderful day and a lot of fun.
Happy Birthday!
I love your gift list, it’s probably one of the most fun ones I’ve read in a long time.
Lol and Happy Birthday!
Oh wow. That last one really took the cake… haha
Happy Birthday!
I hope you’ll forgive me for not buying you the hair of a dead man… Not that I don’t think you deserve the happiest of birthdays, but…. Yikes!
I hope you have a very happy one!
*prays the comment will post*
Haha, novacaine, yeah, that’s about my expression after my second mouth surgery…hehe, I’m as likely to get you the stamps as I’m to get them for myself, and I don’t even collect stamps! Muahah
Ok so Hamilton rocks, but 200 year old dead hair? EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW!
YEAH! IT POSTED!!!
Oh, and my apologies for cluttering up the comments now I can post-but HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
Now for a little poem: *clears throat*
Someone’s got a birthday
I know that much is true
Now we shall throw a party
Especially for you!
We’ve cake and cookies, soda pop
And even a keg or two (Just kidding!)
A throne is at the table top
Especially for you.
So blow out every candle
And make your wish come true
We’ve gathered round and we’ll all sing
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!
-Another crappy poem courtesy of C.E. Thornton
Oh, Caera, I’m so glad you’re back. ^^
I’ll get you Nathan Hale stamps for your b-day if you get me some for mine…! ;)
Happy Birthday!! :D
Hamilton has been my favorite founding father since I had to play him in our mock Constitutional Convention (or ConCon :P). He is the smex… and smart too! If I had more money I would totally bid on that.
It’s still April 9 where I am so, happy birthday!!!!
(Is it strange that if I had the money I might actually buy one of those for you. Because your comic is the BEST ever.)
Good night.
CONCON! AWESOME!
Ok we have a deal Lora, where do I send the stamps to? ;)
Well happy happy birthday!!! I dunno about that hair… creepy *L* And to think that it would have needed to be passed down for the past 200 odd years… blech! I think I like your version of Nathan Hale better… he’s sexier than the novacaine face on the stamp. *LOL* I have to say that, while I have always loved the Revolutionary War era in history, your comic has piqued my interest in it further. The next book on my list to read is the one about John Adams (currently in mini-series form on HBO).
Now, what does one do with ten strands of Alexander’s hair?
… wait, don’t answer that.
Happy Birthday, btw.
Yeash, Lora’s Nathan rocks the sexy-I would know *points to Sexy Nathan drawing that sits in spot of honor on the keyboard*
Well, I best not get you the hair. I’d want to see if I could pull some DNA off of it to sequence. Besides, you don’t really *know* that it’s Hamilton’s hair. With nothing to compare to, it could be anyone’s. Though we could dig him up to find out, and you could then collect corpse pieces!……
Lora, I hope you had a very happy birthday! Birthdays rock! I’d have said something yesterday, but your page wouldn’t load for some reason. Oh well. I’ve been meaning to mention that our library is hosting a traveling exhibit on Alexander Hamilton.
Happy birthday!!
This really made me lol, especialy the Alexander Hamilton part at the end! Ahhh, I love Abigail Adams. Who doesn’t? She was such an incredible woman ^_^ Enjoying watching John Adams yet? ;)
I hope you had an awesome birthday!
Oh lordy lordy… owning a piece of his corpse… well at least you are going for someone attainable! Did you know that poor John Hancock has been lost for many years? Sometime in the 1850s they re-did part of the cemetery he’s buried in and his plot was destroyed, they think his coffin was used to make some iron pipes, something like that. But they DID put a marker back up so you can’t tell but yeah, only God knows where his bits are… so you must be commended on at least going for something attainable… whether it’s moral or not, bah, that’s just a minor detail, eh?
I know that Hancock’s grave was dug up and grave robbers cut off his hands… :,(
Hamilton’s hair, well, his wife cut that off to save when he died.
Yikes!!!!!!! That’s really sick… was that before the renovations of the cemetery or at the same time during all the construction going on??? Either way that is messed up. Jesus Christmas I think I’m going to have nightmares tonight. How could anyone do that to ANYONE’s body??? Just the thought of going to a wake or funeral creeps me out, let alone, ugh… I wonder why his hands, was it supposed to be symbolic of something?
Hair is some interesting stuff, just the other day my sis and I were going through an old trunk of my grandma’s, she had a younger sister who died when she (the sister) was 3 but in this trunk she still had alot of stuff from her sister, including a lock of hair. After 83 years, the hair still felt perfect and soft, pretty amazing how that stuff can last. I have an obnoxiously long ponytail of my hair when I did a major hack job two years ago on it. I tried to donate it to Locks of Love but they wouldn’t take it because it was dyed black. So it sits in a drawer now, I had it hanging from my rearview mirror for over a year, I wasn’t sure what else to do with it! After it creeped out enough people I took it down. I’ll sell it on ebay in 50 years… :)
I think they wanted his hands because he was the guy who wrote his name really big and fancy on the Declaration of Independence. It makes me sad. :( It happened way back in the 19th century I think. I don’t know anything about the graveyard renovation.
OMG, on your ponytail. My husband’s college roommate did the same thing with his… and then gave it to Mike. We gave it to Chris’s wife when they got married. I was so glad to be rid of it! XD