it's not just a good idea, it's the law

The speed of light is 581 million knots, or mach 903,000. Roughly.

birthday sharers

Someone posted a picture of L. Frank Baum's grave. It reminded me of how few famous people I share birthdays with. He's one. For many years, I'd watch the date, to see what celebrities I could add to the list. Never really found any. I hadn't looked in many years, so I checked Wikipedia. There was quite a long list there, and few that I'd heard of. So who'd I find? Pierre Curie, James Mason, Richard Avedon, Jasper Johns, Wavy Gravy, Ralph Steadman, Brian Eno and Mike Oldfield. I only know what a couple of those people even look like.