28 Candles

So it's my birthday today. When I think back to everything I intended to accomplish a year ago... well, mostly I wish I'd written it down. But hey: I graduated from college (again), got the first job I've ever thought I'd really like, and am still sane. That's a pretty good start, I suppose. More than most years.

Anyways, please feel free to shower me with congratulations, fawning and adulation below. You'll feel much better for having gotten it off your chest.

Birthdays I share:
Johns Hopkins, 1795
Ho Chi Minh, 1890
Malcolm X, 1925
Pol Pot, 1925
Nora Ephron, 1941
Andre the Giant, 1946
Grace Jones, 1948
JOEY RAMONE, 1951
KEVEN GARNETT, 1976

Is there anyone out there born on the 17th willing to swap Idi Amin for Pol Pot? I'm sure historians would never notice...

Deathdays:
Anne Boleyn, 1536
Miyamoto Musashi (really the only reason I bothered with this list), 1645
TE Lawrence, 1935

Finally, although it's not JFK's birthday; it IS the anniversary of Marilyn Monroe singing, "Happy Birthday, Mr. President," which is pretty awesome.