Happy Columbus Day, everybody.

And congratulations to anybody out there

who actually gets to take off on Columbus Day.

I think that's a group that's now limited to like

public school teachers and post office employees.

I don't know if anyone else gets off anymore

for Columbus Day, but it is a day to remember a great man.

And yes, I say a great man.

Christopher Columbus was a great man.

Why was he great?

Well, because he sailed across unsharted waters

to an unknown destination.

And then he did it three more times.

But in the process, he vastly expanded our knowledge

and understanding of the world.

He planted the seeds of Western civilization.

He changed the globe.

He changed the course of history.

He had an impact on civilization that has lasted

for 500 years and will last for 500 more

and a thousand years after that.

I would say that's something, isn't it?

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