Let's make this birthday one to remember.

81 years old (Born on January 12, 1944)

Happy Birthday, Jim! If life were a database transaction, you'd definitely be the one ensuring it commits without errors. Your groundbreaking work in databases and transaction processing has made sure our data stays safe—even when we accidentally delete something important (oops!). Winning that Turing Award back in '98 was just proof you're the ultimate "data whisperer."

Here's wishing you another year filled with fewer bugs than lines of code you've debugged—and more uptime than any system you've ever built. May your birthday celebrations have zero latency and maximum throughput—just like all your legendary contributions to computing!