Birthday for Wednesday, March 11
Here’s wishing the happiest of VizEds birthdays today to Octavio Diaz, a senior graphic artist for the News Journal in Daytona Beach, Fla.
Octavio has been at the News Journal two years. Previously, he spent seven years as a staff artist for the Miami Herald and then nearly 22 years as an artist and page designer for Florida Today in Melbourne. Find his blog here.
Octavio shares a birthday with science-fiction writer Douglas Adams musicians Bobby McFerrin and Lawrence Welk, journalist Sam Donaldson, media magnate Rupert Murdoch, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson, U.S. Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia and civil rights leader Ralph Abernathy.
In addition, today is Johnny Appleseed Day and Worship of Tools Day. Seriously.
Best wises, Octavio, for a great birthday!