Occasional Intelligence » History Geekery http://blog.garyhewitt.net Thoughts, speculation - and sometimes lies - about things that probably interest me, and may interest you too Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:07:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Thomas Jefferson – wow. http://blog.garyhewitt.net/2009/06/thomas-jefferson-wow/ http://blog.garyhewitt.net/2009/06/thomas-jefferson-wow/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:49:30 +0000 Gary http://blog.garyhewitt.net/?p=108 Maira Kalman pulls out a beautiful work, again, for us in the Times. Jefferson is one 0f a kind – this example just stuck out for me as evidence for his, well, uniqueness. This chart of vegetable availability in Washington, DC, was evidently based on Jefferson’s observations over the eight years that he was president. Imagine any of our modern presidents monitoring Eastern Market’s wares!

Time Wastes Too Fast – And the Pursuit of Happiness Blog – NYTimes.com.

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