As a charticlephile, Time is the magazine for me. I find all those pages filled with pictures, charts and statistics incredibly engaging and enjoyable. Yet, the 10 Questions for Bobby Jindal in the March 5th edition is particularly stimulating. And it has nothing to do with the questions or the answers to them. What sets it above others and makes it especially interesting and illuminating to me is Bobby Jindal's signature.

Look at the space between his first and last name. It is mesmerizingly verbose in its quiet emptiness. To put it somewhat tautologically, that space speaks volumes. And what it says is, "Hey, let's put some distance between me, Bobby, you know, the American, and Jindal, my ethnic heritage." Eventually, my cerebral activity wore down and I read the article, yet, the musings picked right up after I read his answer to the last question which raised and somewhat praised his transcendance of race in his political career. And that piquant answer of his, "The great thing about the U.S. is it doesn't matter what your last name is." True, I guess, but I guess it does matter what your first name is since it's actually Piyush and not Bobby. Oh, and middle names are also important, especially if it's Hussein. And speaking of Barack Obama

and his signature,

well, there is no distance between his first and last name. In fact, there's contact which means that this is a man that embraces his heritage. And more so this signature inspires hope and says, "If as a black man with Muslim ancestry I can become president maybe so can you, but more so as a leftie if I can have a beautifully loopy signature with no smudges, hey, you can too." How appealing and charming. A lot like Bill Clinton

and his signature,

but as you can see his standards are pretty low as far as what it'll take for him to get out his Bic. Speaking of lowering standards, Nixon
is the perfect example of this as you can tell with his descending signature over the years.
Yet, while standards are hard to live up to they are still nevertheless constant and practically inarguable. Take Teddy Roosevelt
and his signature.
Decent. But Franklin Roosevelt's
signature
is by far better and is the one that will be remembered. Yet, greatness doesn't mean one should lose their humility. Take Abraham Lincoln
and his signature
and look how it showcases his humbleness. "A Lincoln" no brother, you're "The Lincoln". But being modest doesn't mean you shouldn't know who you are and your importance. George Washington's
signature
shows he knows his place in the world, but also that he's "grounded". Yet, there have been some who show less class and instead of being meek puff themselves up. For example, John Hancock's
famous supersized signature
is quite obviously an attempt to make up for the shortcoming in his name. Lastly now, speaking of shortcomings, let's look at George W. Bush's
signature,
well, I don't even think that's spelled right and talk about sloppy. Oh, and speaking of sloppy so will be the ending to this blog post. Sloppy.