Let's make this birthday one to remember.

63 years old (Born on February 21, 1962)

Today we celebrate the birthday of David Foster Wallace, whose literary genius gifted us with mind-bending prose and philosophical puzzles that still leave readers scratching their heads—and loving every minute. Infinite Jest remains a towering achievement; it's been decades, yet we're all still pretending we've fully understood it.

Though your sentences often stretched longer than most people's attention spans, you managed to capture life's absurdities brilliantly. Your wit was sharp enough to slice through existential dread—no small feat! Happy Birthday, DFW: wherever you are now, may footnotes be plentiful and tennis metaphors abundant. We miss your brilliance dearly.