Speaking of Jefferson

Did someone mention Thomas Jefferson? Ok...it was me. When I find myself moping about the current state of the American Presidency, I can't help but think of guy like Jefferson.

Sometimes I wonder if someone went back and changed history to make this guy sound like a genius. Just about everything he ever said would happen has, and in exactly the manner that he predicted. And the way that he wrote and spoke; it’s unbelievable. What happened to our country? Hundreds of years later we have a bunch of...lame, unintelligent and inept hacks vying for the presidency.

A while back I heard people talking about cloning Benjamin Franklin. Maybe we should clone Jefferson as well. ;)

Q: Is it effeminate to end my post with a smiley face?

Where am I?

I woke up this morning and got ready for class, just like any other morning. Suddenly, for the first time it sank in that my last year of law school has begun. When did this happen? I remember enrolling. I remember moving into my apartment. But it still felt like "summer" was going on. But summer is gone. Possibly my last summer break for at least a decade. Dopht!

It's going to be an interesting year. I'm much busier now. Law school and a job will do that to you. But for the first time I feel totally on top of school. The law makes sense to me now, and I'm comfortable with it for the first time. Right now, law school seems like it was worth it. But then again, ask me if I still feel that way the week of finals.

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*The picture is of Thomas Jefferson, who sadly was not the topic of this post, but was a brilliant guy whom I happened to have a picture of.

Actual Customer Service?--A Bright Idea

With as many transactions as I've gone through in my 24 years on this planet, I've had my share of bad experiences. We're constantly forced to wait for 10, 20, even 30 minutes to speak to real people on the phone when their product or service fails us. So it's time that we recognize the companies that are good to their customers so that we can encourage proper customer service.

I've probably owned a dozen flashlights. Most of them are long gone after a couple of years. But I'd had my Maglite for about 10 years when the threads began to strip and the flashlight quit working. I remembered that they advertised a lifetime warranty, so I got on their website and checked things out. It showed a local electronics store to take the flashlight to. I explained the situation and they paid to send it to Maglite. I received a brand new flashlight 10 days later, no questions asked.

Not that we could ever hope that all businesses would be this great, but it gives them something to shoot for. I'll probably never buy another brand of flashlight!