February 12

Happy birthday to three great individuals - Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin and my late father, John Anderson. Sure, my dad didn't have the global impact the other two had on humanity, but he still had a huge impact on me and everyone else who knew him. He's the greatest man I've ever known. Here's to you, Dad.

Incidentally, my grandfather was so impressed by my dad's birth date that he wanted the boy to be named Abraham Lincoln Anderson. My grandmother's clearer head prevailed, and my grandfather had to settle for my dad being nicknamed Abe, which is what his siblings and relatives called him for the rest of his life.