Rejoice.
Note: today is also the feast day of the nativity of St John the Baptist, who famously leaped in the womb when Christ in the womb was near.
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.