Things I’ve Learned From Sharing a Birthday (June 25) with George Orwell, George Michael, and the Anniversary of the Battle of Little Big Horn in Which Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and Much of the 7th Cavalry Were Killed

Heavy burden being the more talented of a pop duo.

Wise guys realize there’s danger in emotional ties.

Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word, or a jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent.

Never use a long word where a short one will do.

Will probably be more appreciated when I’m dead.

Would likely have been more famous had I been named or adopted the name George.