Cranky Large Medium reading, 28 October

Go away.

What's keeping you from going? Mmm hmmm. You want me to tell you something. Well, I have to say what I see, so here you are: You are soft-hearted, light-hearted, live in rose-tinted glasses, and obsess over entertainment and amusement.

You are an artist, with some small musical talent as well, neither of which will be terribly marketable, but may keep your social circle from completely abandoning you. You aren't big at sharing yourself, but others seem to dup their secrets at your doorstep while you aren't looking. You will have a simple life -- in the more archaic sense of the word "simple".

Are you happy now that I've told you this? No? Well, buck up, pal o'mine, at least you're not gone to tell no tales, the way these folks went on this date in history: Maxentius, Ashikaga Yoshihide, Jahangir, Prince George of Denmark, Empress Anna of Russia, Artemas Ward, Abigail Adams, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Billy Hughes, John Wallis, Paul Möhring, John Smeaton, Johan August Arfwedson, Robert Swinhoe, Ottmar Mergenthaler, Max Müller, Cleveland Abbe, Richard Smalley, Rodolphus Agricola, John Locke, Jien, Friedrich von Hagedorn, Ted Hughes, William Dobson, André Masson, Stefano Landi, Earl Bostic, Oliver Nelson, Marijohn Wilkin, Alice Brady, Constance Dowling, Georges Carpentier, Andujar Cedeno, Bob Broeg, Tony Jackson, Red Auerbach, Pier Gerlofs Donia, Camilo Cienfuegos, Margaret Booth,

and Porter Wagoner.

Misery loves us both.
Happy birthday, anyway.