July 3, 2006

I am not making this up: Dave Barry turns 59 today. The humorist who won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary had a column syndicated to hundreds of newspapers worldwide and has written some two dozen books, two of which were made into films (Big Trouble and his Complete Guide to Guys). He plays lead guitar in a rock band called the Rock Bottom Remainders, along with other writers like Stephen King, Amy Tan and Ridley Pearson. He has said of the group, "They are not musically skilled, but they are really loud."