OT: Happy Birthday Lucy!

Okay, our Sydney Bureau Chief and frequent poster,saucy Lucy, appears to be MIA. I think this may have something to do with cricket, pubs that allow dogs, beer, and sunburn. Nevertheless, I have it on very good sources that Saturday is Lucy -Our Lucy's - birthday!  So please join in wishing her the best. My goal is generate enough icky, drippy, sentimental testimonials to make her scratch her head and ask, Who are these people?

I don't know Lucy any better than the rest of you. I do remember that she showed up at TW about two years ago, about the time of the Australian Open, and then dropped out of sight for a while. We were delighted when she returned, borne on a litter toted by six bare-chested, long-haired Spanish tennis players, humming the Sheryl Crow song, Soak Up the Sun.

I made that last bit up, but that's kind of how I imagine Lucy. She's good at telling everyone to lighten up, y'know?

Her contributions to TW have been manifold, from sharing her deep feeling for distinctly Aussie diction: Stralya, Davis Cup rawks! to anagrams, to something we, being a modest bunch, don't always own up to: a solid, serious understanding of The Game.

You want to know what I think? Lucy's laying low because she hates it when people make a fuss, and a birthday is all about making a fuss. So let's embarrass the livin hail out of her!

Happy birthday, Lucy!

(This is your OT thread for Friday's DC action. I think that, more than anything, would please the birthday girl).