born 27 April 1970

Elizabeth Marmur, birthplace unspecified, Canadian actress

James Soward, state of Texas, key grip/best boy

Joel William Gonzales, Los Angeles, California, Lil Mirkk

Kylie Travis, London, England, wife of Westchester real estate magnate

Lou Lou, birthplace unspecified, American porn star

Mark Phillips, Santa Monica, California, composer

Michelle Ho, Rochford, England, short filmmaker

Mirek Vaňura, Hradec Králové, Czechoslovakia, writer

Teresa DePriest, Conroe, Texas, comedian

I love people who take pictures of decrepit old hotels. I suppose that means I owe my appreciation to those who make decrepit old hotels possible. I am indebted to Today’s Winner for marrying almost as rich as yesterday’s birthday girl Melania Trump. Her husband, Louis R. Cappelli, seems to have a hand in all manner of upstate New York real estate shenanigans. I guess every casino that gets built has a tangled backstory. But if one ever actually gets built here (which once was here, and is now no place at all), it will truly be astonishing.

If only the Borscht Belt could have held on just a few more years. I would go there, if it had. All the time.