I didn’t really celebrate my birthday but I decided to go all clich� and get some new ink. The guy who did it was curious about what the design was, and guessed that maybe it was a section of the Metro map. Other people have thought it was some sort of chemistry thing, but actually it is (supposedly) a medieval symbol for “constellation” — my variation on your typical star tattoo. Of course it might not really mean anything, it is just something I pulled off the internet a long time ago. Anyway …