Gelukkige Verjaardag!

Today I feel especially justified in the use of Dutch, because January 25th is birthday not only to our most esteemed Ridley Jones but to the Dutch Republic! An auspicious date indeed. Other notable natalities of the same date: Robert Boyle (of Boyle's Law), Robert Burns, George Pickett (of Pickett's Charge), Somerset Maugham, Virginia Woolf, Terry Chimes (of The Clash).

Enjoy your newfound rights and status as a real sure-enough adult citizen of the USA!

Groetjes,

Sam