Was He Smart? No, Not Exceptionally. Instead,

Ed Woolard, His Mentor On The Apple Board, Pressed Jobs For More Than Two Years To Drop The Interim In Front Of His Ceo Title. Not Only Was Jobs Refusing To Commit Himself, But He Was Baffling Everyone By Taking Only $1 A Year In Pay And No Stock Options. I Make 50 Cents For Showing Up, He Liked To Joke, And The Other 50 Cents Is Based On Performance.

Otherwise, As Dylan Says, If You're Not Busy Being Born, You're Busy Dying.

Terrorism Is A Horrible Thing That Is The Great Threat To Civilization On Our Planet.

We Relate To Leonardo Da Vinci Because His Genius Was Just Being Passionately Curious About Everything. He Wanted To Know Everything He Could Know About Our Universe, Including How We Fit Into It. We Can't All Have A Superhuman Intellect Like Albert Einstein's, But We Can Be Super-curious. And We Can Also Quit Smashing Curiosity Out Of The Hands Our Children.

I Think Right Now We Need To Look Back At The Founding Values Of Our Country. Rise Above Partisanship, Be Less Bitter When It Comes To Important Matters That Have To Be Solved.