birthday

  • Ruth Amen

    Office manager throws surprise birthday party for boss, gets busted for embezzlement

    Yep, pretty sure that when office manager Ruth Amen threw a surprise birthday party for one of her bosses she never imagined that it would lead to her getting charged with embezzling $182,000 from the Boca Grande, Fla., realty office she worked for. Yet here we are. The 46-year-old...
  • Birthday surprise baked in a muffin accidentally becomes real dessert

    Xiao Lee of China wanted nothing more than to surprise his girlfriend, Wang Xue, on her birthday by giving her an expensive necklace.  Lee’s plan was to hide said necklace in Xue’s birthday muffin, then sit back and watch her face light up in delight when she discovered her...
  • Happy birthday Neptune!

    It’s your first birthday planet Neptune, and unlike your neighbor Uranus, nobody makes fun of your name, and unlike Pluto, nobody’s going to demote you to “solar object” status because you’re small or whimpy. Yep, it’s the planet’s discovery’s first anniversary, in Neptune years (164.79 Earth years and obviously...
  • Facebook Birthday Party Goes Viral and Out of Control

    It’s another case of a Facebook party invite going wrong. And it’s a big reminder that if you’re using the social networking site to invite friends to your birthday remember to mark it private or you could get hundreds of “friends” you’ve never even met. 1,500 teens and young...