Today is my birthday. I am now old enough to be crucified, though fortunately I lack the other qualifications (e.g., presumably, divinity).

I share this particular date with:

• Percival Lowell, astronomer, 1855
• Hugh Walpole, writer, 1884
• L. Ron Hubbard, writer & charlatan, 1911
• William Casey, former CIA director, 1913
• Al Jaffee, MAD magazine artist, 1921
• Voice-of-Donald-Duck Clarence Nash, 1936
• Neil Sedaka, entertainer, 1939
• William H. Macy, actor, 1950
• Dana Delaney, bad actress, 1956
• Adam Clayton, earnest bass player, 1960

As I’ve stated before, it is my hope that Clayton, Macy, Nash, and Jaffee can make up for Hubbard and Casey.