Many bad things have happened on this date: Hitler was born, a school was shot up by two sociopaths, goddamn hippies got/get high and Wisconsin was founded.

But one very good thing that happened: Our good college friend and ever-increasingly-better-writer-than-us Aubrey of Apophasis Now was born. Happy Birthday to the great grammarian, Leftist curmudgeon who took pointing and laughing at others to untold artistic heights. Well-wishers are encouraged to leave wine coolers on random street corners of Chicago’s Northside. She’ll find them all sooner or later.