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(To listen to the audio of this blog post, use the purple play button.)   · Smile Across the Nile: Bellygrammed by Alexandria  · Surprise birthday parties have been planned and carried out for centuries. The most recognized song in the English language, “Happy Birthday,” is sung to birthday honorees prior to the opening of cards and gifts. Fiery trick candles, planted in sweet icing on celebratory cakes, are blown out once, then blown out again. During the late 1970s, singing … [Read more...] about Smile Across the Nile