Today is my birthday. According to a whole mess of sites I’m too lazy to link in here, I share it with:

• Percival Lowell, astronomer, 1855
• Hugh Walpole, writer, 1884
• L. Ron Hubbard, “entrepreneur,” 1911
• William J. Casey, crooked Iran-Contra uberspook, 1913
• Al Jaffee, MAD Magazine artist, 1921
• Clarence Nash, voice of Donald Duck, 1936
• Neil Sedaka, singer, 1939
• William H. Macy, darned good actor, 1950
• Dana Delaney, acceptable actor, 1956
• Adam Clayton, U2, 1960

It is my sincere hope that the inclusion of Clayton, Macy, Jaffee, and a few others compensates for Casey and Hubbard. Hope hope hope.