Happy Washington’s Birthday!  …Or is it Merry Washington’s Birthday?  I can never remember.  Anyway.  Here are some interesting trivia facts about our first President, according to our friends at The Internet.

• George Washington was 6’3″ tall, 200 pounds, and wore size 13 boots.  (No word on what size boat shoes he wore.  That’s pretty shoddy research, Internet.)

• George Washington lent his name to 121 post offices, 33 counties, nine colleges, and seven mountains.

• George Washington’s favorite foods included string beans with mushrooms, cream of peanut soup, and mashed sweet potatoes with coconut.  That can’t possibly be right, but…OK, Internet, I guess.

• George Washington liked to breed hound dogs.  One of those dogs he named Sweet Lips.  …Dude.  Internet.  Seriously I think you’re just making this up now.

• George Washington often was incapable of saying anything other than, “voh-doh-dee-oh-doh.”  …Dammit, Jim!

I think I first heard this song when I was four.  Seventeen years later, I majored in international relations.  Coincidence?  Well, yeah – what are you, into voodoo? – but I just thought I’d mention it.  I’d also like to mention that the weather in Washington, D.C., our nation’s capital, is practically spring-like, so if you need me, I’ll be frolicking on the Mall, much like Washington himself used to do.  …According to the Internet.

PS: My excellent friend Ryan White over at The Wheelhouse Review has begun a haiku series celebrating our presidents.  I highly recommend you check it out.  Oh, and you can feel really awesome about yourself since you can say, “yeah – that ‘friend’ he references on the blog, the one who gave him that idea?  Yeah, I totally know her.'”