The Man himself.

from my buddy Mig, who has a talent for finding interesting people. I wanted to post this on April 13th like he did, but hey, I'm no Jefferson. > It's Tom's birthday. I'm talking about Jefferson. He is 262 fingers old. If you > know me, then you know that I'm an avid Jeffersonian and that today is > on the calendar for me every year. > > Yes, he was not perfect (re: Sally Hemmings/paternity issues.) But he > was a hell of a guy nevertheless. A little recap of some of his > accomplishments: > > \-- wrote Declaration of Independence at age 33 > \-- arranged the Louisiana Purchase > \-- arranged Lewis/Clark expedition to survey natural resources of the L.P. > \-- vice-president and president of U.S. > \-- architect > \-- classical musician > \-- inventor > \-- his personal library was the beginnings of the Library of Congress > \-- founded the University of Virginia > \-- trade commissioner in France > \-- superb naturalist and botanist > \-- Secretary of State under Washington > \-- author of an amazing document on religious freedom > \-- badass gardener > \-- governor of Virginia > \-- decided that our system of money should be based on the decimal system (yep, that was him) > > So when we all sit around and complain about some of the ordinary > pedestrian b.s. that annoys us, look at old Tom, think about how much > potential each person has, and ask yourself: What Would Jefferson Do? > > \-mig > p.s. go read him. ---