Ah yes, "intellectual understanding and rationality", the two emotions I want most connected with my next birthday. (FWIW, I actually agree with you, and I ima

Ah yes, "intellectual understanding and rationality", the two emotions I want most connected with my next birthday. (FWIW, I actually agree with you, and I imagine there are a lot of others. The hardest part is interacting with those who don't view rationality as an appropriate filter for a celebration, especially celebrating things like 'your not dying in the time it took for the earth to complete a full rotation of the sun', or 'a family-centric federal holiday to mark an apocryphal historical event that has developed societal importance'.)