Ten great Jumbos

I was bored and curious this morning, so I started reading up on Tufts history. I was interested in seeing what kinds of cool stuff people accomplish after leaving, so I read a bunch of things on a bunch of websites, and I ended up being quite impressed. So, without further ado, for anyone who cares, here goes. The ten coolest Tufts students of all time.

10. Jessica Biel. Awesome actress, appeared on 7th Heaven and in Texas Chainsaw Massacre... oh, who am I kidding? I'll just admit it, there are only nine cool Tufts students.

9. Pierre Omidyar. One of the founders of eBay. Not only is he richer than God, but he created a way for people to blow their money on all kinds of stuff with the click of a mouse. Gotta love that.

8. Roderick MacKinnon. He won the 2003 Nobel Prize in chemistry. I'd explain what he did, but I don't understand it. Let's just move on, shall we?

7. Bill Richardson. Governor of New Mexico. John Kerry was considering him as a possible running mate... that didn't work out though.

6. Rob Burnett. Emmy-winning TV producer. Produces the Late Show on CBS... that's Letterman's show, which means automatic coolness points for Burnett.

5. Norbert Wiener. Second-smartest person of all time (for more information on the smartest person of all time, please refer to item #1, further down this list). Did lots of work with robots, and is known as the founder of cybernetics.

4. Daniel Patrick Moynihan. Served a whopping four terms in the Senate. Was one of the leading thinkers behind Social Security reform before he died... I'm sure he's rolling in his grave now.

3. Ryan Miller. Lead singer of Guster. "Amsterdam" and "Careful" are both stuck in my head right now, so I felt compelled to put him this high on my list.

2. Hank Azaria. You may have seen him in The Birdcage, Dodgeball, Along Came Polly, or Godzilla... or on the Simpsons, where he does the voices for Moe, Apu, Chief Wiggum, Cletus, Frink, and the Comic Book Guy, among many others. How cool is THAT?

1. Me. Probably the least famous person on this list, but definitely the smartest, best looking, most creative, most talented, and of course, coolest.

So, yeah, I visited on Thursday. I sat in on a class and the professor was awesome. I visited a dining hall and the food was amazing. I took a tour and the campus was beautiful. So as soon as I send in my deposit, it'll be official. Then again, if you judge these things by when the t-shirt gets bought and when the sticker goes up on the car window, then perhaps it's already official. Whatever.

I need to go do some chemistry that should have been done a month ago. I'm done for now.