Happy birthday, Bob Dylan, a man who gave himself the right to be born over and over again

On May 24, Bob Dylan turns 80. As Austin Powers would say, “Woopty doo!”

Heresy, you say. But my question is: why does it matter? The fact is, this birthday, of all birthdays, is a confection. Bob Dylan is actually around 62. His birth name was Robert Zimmerman; some assume he changed it in…