born 24 August 1970

Cezary Ciszewski, Busko Zdrój, Poland, documentarian

Dan Henderson, Apple Valley, California, fighter

David Gregory, Los Angeles, California, prematurely grey press eminence

Eric Boring, Franklin, Pennsylvania, actor

Jason Reisig, San Francisco, California, animator

Katrien Vandendries, Veurne, Belgium, actress

Katrina Cook, Greenville, Texas, casting director

Kristyn Osborn, Magna, Utah, singer

Martin Bomke, Kiel, West Germany, film editor

Nicole Theriault, birthplace unspecified, American-born Thai singer

Sanjay Nair, Bombay, India, cinematographer

Shane White, Alexandria, Louisiana, video game storyboard artist

Thomas O’Neil Younkman, Los Angeles, California, sound effects editor

No winner today. I’m spent from yesterday’s overeffusion, and from a soccer game in which I played terribly; lacking the endorphin uplift that decent-to-excellent play (by my own spazzy standards anyway) provides, I find I am more tired and listless than usual this post-game.

I would, however, like to propose the following addition to the lexicon of our times:

When someone achieves a highly visible and coveted position, because the previous occupant of his office dropped dead in such a sudden and unexpected manner that there wasn’t time to adequately formulate a reasonable plan for succession, that’s henceforth to be known as “pulling a David Gregory”.