Hey, It's Lou Reed's and John Irving's birthday...

...so let's celebrate Lou Reed's by learning three chords on our guitar, putting on sunglasses and attitude, and being in a band that very few people listened to but influencing everyone who DID listen to them to form great rock bands.

...we could celebrate John Irving's by writing excellent novels that no one reads, making up some of the most interesting American literary characters, and selling the rights to them for bundles of cash even though the people who buy those movie rights will do horrible injustices to them.