Birthdays

Happy birthday to Mexico, which celebrates Independence Day today. [Not on May 5, Cinco de Mayo, as many people erroneously believe. That is a different holiday and commemorates something else.] Mexico declared its independence from Spain on this date in 1810, making the country 203 years old.

Some 137 years late, Tom Scharbach was born. Unlike Mexico, which celebrates with much hoopla, Tom prefers to remain quiet on this day. But I will wish him a happy day nonetheless, though quietly.