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08

Open Thread: Wish Us a Happy Birthday Or We’ll Write About You Next

This strange experiment of pointing “gotcha” fingers in every direction (except inward — we’re not masochists!) has officially survived for a whole year.

That may not sound like much, but it’s longer than many Hollywood marriages.

If you were with us from the beginning, thanks for sticking around. If you jumped on in mid-ride, we hope it was worth it. And if you’re a new Deceiver addict, the archives await …

We’ve got some fun things planned for “Year Two,” including a March-Madness-style “Deceiver of the Year” single-elimination tournament, some exciting prize giveaways, and maybe even an online scavenger hunt.

So subscribe to our RSS feed, tell all your friends we’re here, and enjoy the fun!

Well-wishes, story ideas, offers to name your firstborn after Simon, and requests for dates with Holly are all welcome in the comments. We’ll try to keep bumping this post up to the top of the page for a week or so, in blatant and callous violation of the rules of chronology that bloggers are supposed to observe. Sue us.

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49 Responses to “Open Thread: Wish Us a Happy Birthday Or We’ll Write About You Next”


  1. 1 California Dave Nov 16th, 2008 at 1:49 am

    Congratulations on a year of pointing out hypocrisy…and at the rate this is going, you’ll be at this until you have enough birthdays to get some beer to go with that cake!

  2. 2 Sophie Nov 16th, 2008 at 3:04 am

    If only all blogs could be as sexy and charming as Deceiver, you sexy, charming spicy ball of sex, you. I would have another glass of wine to celebrate but I may start dancing on tables with my top off.

    Happy Birthday, Deceiver :)

  3. 3 Chronic Malanga Nov 16th, 2008 at 5:39 am

    Here’s to many more happy years of calling out the hypocrites!

    Cheers!

  4. 4 katie Nov 16th, 2008 at 5:39 am

    happy birthday deceiver! i’m sure you’ll be celebrating many more birthdays here.. and cute monkey!

  5. 5 pinandpuller Nov 16th, 2008 at 6:29 am

    I will overlook the hypocricy of not wishing me a happy birthday a scant 15 days ago.

    So happy birthday and when can we expect the obligatory flashback show???

  6. 6 Christina X Nov 16th, 2008 at 7:22 am

    I’m sort of a newbie, having only joined the site in April or May, but I really do love this site. In fact, you’re my favorite celebrity gossip site because you rip on the people who deserve to be ripped on, but at the same time Deceiver’s not sanctimonious or over the top callous. The threads are a complete blast. Who knew that morality and common sense could be so much fun and addictive?

    This is an awesome site and I am looking forward to many more birthdays hereafter…Thanks Deceiver, for reading my mind and the endless entertainment!

  7. 7 Baba Yaga Nov 16th, 2008 at 11:11 am

    Happy Birthday, Deceiver! Keep on keepin’ on…God knows you will never run out of material. ;-)

  8. 8 Les Paul Nov 16th, 2008 at 11:14 am

    Ah, Yes – I am already waxing nostalgic for the mid-April 2008 stories. Froeliche Geburtstag!

  9. 9 Pastafarian Nov 16th, 2008 at 12:02 pm

    I was gonna wish you a happy birthday until you threatened to write about me if I didn’t. I mean what could you possibly write about?

    Oh yeah THAT

    **sweaty**

    Happy Birthday!!!!!

  10. 10 kels Nov 16th, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    Happy Birthday!

  11. 11 bigmama Nov 16th, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    Happy Birthday, Deceiver! Now hand over that cake!

  12. 12 Shell Nov 16th, 2008 at 1:28 pm

    Happy Birthday to my addiction!

  13. 13 Kim Nov 16th, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    I’m kind of a newbie too(June 2008), but I love this site to death! I’ve recommended it to friends, and I’m an avid fan!

    Happy first b-day, deceiver!

  14. 14 Queen Bee Nov 16th, 2008 at 5:59 pm

    Keep up the hunt, Deceiver. Happy birthday!

  15. 15 Fortunate Son Nov 16th, 2008 at 6:11 pm

    Congratulations, you outlived Fred Baron.

    Love, Fortunate Son

  16. 16 winewife Nov 16th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

    Happy Birthday Deceiver! Thanks for providing guaranteed giggles, solid reporting, and that smug sense of superiority I feel when reading about Hollywood hypocrites. Can’t buy that with money!

  17. 17 Kristine Nov 16th, 2008 at 8:12 pm

    Like most parties, I was late (just started last month), but it’s a blast now that I arrived. Happy birthday! Hope you’re here sarcastically delivering hypocrits for many more :)

  18. 18 Discordia Nov 16th, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    Many happy returns of the day.

  19. 19 D--- Nov 16th, 2008 at 10:39 pm

    Happy Birf-day Deceiver. Stories are always interesting and the threads are awesome. Many of the comments seem well thought out and the insistence on sources gives real depth to the conversations.

    oh and Fortunate Son that was harsh man.

  20. 20 Kaliska Nov 17th, 2008 at 12:50 am

    Happy one year anniversary of the day of your creation! ^_^

  21. 21 k Nov 17th, 2008 at 9:37 am

    Deceiver is teh awesumness!

  22. 22 Roman Nov 17th, 2008 at 10:06 am

    Happy Birthday, keep up the good work!

  23. 23 Austin Nov 17th, 2008 at 11:10 am

    The only celebrity/gossip site that’s worth the effort!

    /salute

    (I think your adverts on Failblog helped tremendously as well…)

  24. 24 Minnow Nov 17th, 2008 at 11:34 am

    Happy First Birthday Deceiver!

    The one year milestone means you’re ready to start potty training, right?

    Don’t worry, it’s still okay to walk funny and drool a lot; at least for a little while longer.

  25. 25 Victor Nov 17th, 2008 at 11:46 am

    Thank you, very much, for pointing out the deceit inherit in the system, and here’s to many more!

  26. 26 flirt Nov 17th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    Happy Birthday Deceiver!
    Looking forward to another year of hypocrisy and PETA-tards!

  27. 27 Arist Formally Known As GoMeg Nov 17th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    Yay for Deceiver! Now instead of looking at PeTA as vegan Nazis, I can see them as HYPOCRITICAL vegan Nazi’s!

    Happy Birthday Deceiver!

  28. 28 thatgengirl Nov 17th, 2008 at 2:41 pm

    I was torn between wishing my favourite site a Happy Birthday, or seeing what sort of dirt they dig up on me… then I remembered the photographs :O

    Congratulations you guys!

  29. 29 StrawberryGirl Nov 17th, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    Rielle Hunter, tasteless jokes about Heather “Gold Digger” Mills, and PETA cultists make the world go ’round! Thanks for the relatively “fair and balanced” atmosphere here too.

  30. 30 Jenn Nov 17th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

    Happy Birthday Deceiver! Which one of you is the monkey in the picture? :-D

  31. 31 The Oversneer Nov 17th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    Which one of you is the monkey in the picture?

    We put our heads together and decided it was Pastafarian.

  32. 32 Ed Nov 17th, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    Happy Birthday.

    Nice logo :) !

  33. 33 Pastafarian Nov 17th, 2008 at 5:43 pm

    Must………………think………….of…….wise-ass………comeback…………………..
    but…..can’t………..type at……….normal……………….speed.

  34. 34 phoenix Nov 17th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    Happy birthday Deceiver! Hopefully you celebrated by having a stripper jump out of a cake-shaped meatloaf iced with the PETA logo while wearing a bikini made of old National Enquirers while Al Gore waited for her outside with the motor running on his SUV.

    I know that’s what I had at my one year b-day.

  35. 35 Habanada Nov 18th, 2008 at 12:55 am

    Many happy returns! The saddest thing about being new to the party (roughly 3 weeks now) is not being able to get involved in the archived discussions! Oh, well. Thanks for bringing logic and sarcasm to the realm of celebrity gossip! Go Deceiver!

  36. 36 Pastafarian Nov 18th, 2008 at 2:55 pm

    No one’s really utilizing the open thread thingy. How about a nice argument?

    “Blade Runner” is 30 minutes too long, and is just about the dullest most boring movie ever made.
    I actually believe that by the way.

    Come get me! I’ll happily argue ’til I get bored. Probably about 4 minutes from now.

  37. 37 Jannah Nov 18th, 2008 at 8:40 pm

    Happy Birthday! Thanks for the great articles, photos, and laughs! *<|:o)

  38. 38 phoenix Nov 19th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    Pasta, you’re on.

    I think Blade Runner is 40 minutes too long. So there!

  39. 39 Pastafarian Nov 19th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

    Right on. But I think I missed the point of the open thread. I was a little off topic there. I swear it’ll never happen again.

    I really like spaghetti. What does everyone else think?

  40. 40 California Dave Nov 19th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

    Pasta -

    May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage.

  41. 41 Shell Nov 19th, 2008 at 4:32 pm

    We don’t buy spaghetti often anymore…
    my family’s a bunch of penne pinchers.

  42. 42 Sophie Nov 19th, 2008 at 5:05 pm

    No, no, no; you guys have it all wrong! Blade Runner is 116 minutes too long!

  43. 43 Sophie Nov 19th, 2008 at 5:07 pm

    And spaghetti is one of my favorite dishes. It’s harder to make now, because as a culinary student, we’re forced to hand make everything >_<

  44. 44 Pastafarian Nov 19th, 2008 at 5:22 pm

    rAmen

  45. 45 phoenix Nov 20th, 2008 at 12:28 pm

    Pasta-

    I hate sketti. Sketti is like the Blade Runner of pasta. Way too long, and not interesting enough to hold my attention.

  46. 46 PJ Nov 20th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

    May you not go the way of Radar Online

  47. 47 Jrod Nov 21st, 2008 at 10:39 am

    I’d hit it. Oh, and Happy Brithday

  48. 48 Aleric Nov 21st, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    Grats, double grats.

  49. 49 Patrick of Atlantis Nov 21st, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    Happy Anniversary.

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