Well folks, today is International Women’s Day, so I thought it would be appropriate to recognize some important women in my life. Obviously the first two spots go to my mom and my fiancée, both of whom continue to tolerate me. But beyond these glaring choices, I’d also like to nominate my 6th grade English teacher, Ms. Metzler, who remains one of my all-time favorite teachers to this day and who taught me a lot of cool vocabulary words like erudite and curmudgeon and loquacious and belligerent and cumbersome. Lastly, I’d like to nominate Jennifer Connelly, who, in the movie The Rocketeer, made me feel all tingly and jingly inside for the first time when I was nine years old. Cheers!