Let's make this birthday one to remember.

90 years old (Born on January 30, 1935)

Happy birthday, Richard Brautigan! May your day be as delightfully absurd and whimsically surreal as a trout fishing expedition through America. Your satirical wit has reeled us in hook, line, and sinker—leaving readers swimming happily upstream in laughter since 1967.

From the sweet eccentricity of "In Watermelon Sugar" to the quirky journeys aboard "The Tokyo-Montana Express," you've given literature an unforgettable ride filled with black comedy and playful parody. Here's hoping this year brings you even more peculiar adventures—and perhaps fewer watermelon seeds stuck between pages. Cheers to another chapter brimming with humor that's timelessly offbeat!