It’s my birthday today. My age and the last two digits of the year of my birth are the same, making this my Beddian birthday. Named for NYC firefighter Bobby Beddia who’s credited with being the first to make note of the phenomenon (if this really qualifies as a phenomenon).

Kinda wacky that I notice this article was published on 11/12 which is when most of this thread will occur. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/11/12/a-firefighters-theorem

 

re header image: I’m not mom, this is a photo of a cake my wife’s kids made for her. They were in their 20s at the time but I think reverted to pre-teens here.