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Coco's – Thanks to ThomasHawk's FlickrStream

When EK and I moved to the bay, we searched for the first church that was a: Anglican and b: Anglican. It turns out that there was exactly 1 Anglican church near us. It also turned out to be the only non-crazy Anglican church in the whole bay [...]

I often think about my friends and what they could have thought about the choice of EK and I to get married as young as we did. Mostly, I would say that people should at least have some sort of maturity going on to get married. For us, we were probably ready when we [...]

Campfire – Thanks to gdraskoy's FlickrStream

I’m sure it must have been terribly awkward sitting next to me and hearing me say this statement: “You see that girl over there – I’m going to marry her.” I was barely friends with her. She was incredibly hot. She was dating someone 9 inches taller [...]

Mogul Field – Thanks to Jaygoldman's FlickrStream

When I was in the second part of 7th grade, I was in a bit of intrapersonal discord. I had been slowly taking my homework less and less seriously and started to disconnect from my friends. I think what drove me deeply over the berm of insanity [...]

MS Painted Living Room – Thanks to Pura's FlickrStream

Few people in IT have a “Normal” reason they entered into IT (except my coworker who decided he wanted to make more money). Most people have a trigger event that lets them know they were destined for technology of some sort. I wholeheartedly believe an [...]

Unkle Sam ala Jared ala Good Will

After 12 or so years of being just me and my mom – and the other people on the scene here and there – we had an addition to the family – my little brother. It was odd to me to go from getting a ton of attention [...]

Army Men – Thanks to J.E.F.F. 's Flickr Stream

Often times, if you would ask me about my brother’s dad, I would tell you he was a man who confused me. He was confusing because I never could figure out who he was subdermally. I never seemed to know what or who he was [...]

Fat Kid – Thanks to 22Tone (or some tagger)

So, this is one of those delicate spots in my life that just did not go well at all. When my dad died, my mom turned both her and I to food to cope. From the year my dad died in second grade (at almost [...]

Learn to Square dance – Thanks to Pastorfuture's Flickr Stream

I have quite a few fond stories of my grandfather on my dad’s side. One thing that I didn’t ever really value until very recently was something really odd. Square dance lessons with my grandma on my dad’s side. At the time being [...]

YMCA – Thanks to Thomas Hawk's Flickr Stream

I was thinking the other day about where I had a ton of formitive time. Tough I might make a few teachers involved in lifechangers, I’m not so sure I would include my school. It’s not that I went to a bad school, at least not [...]

Red Ryder with the Carbine – Thanks to Choctopus' Flickr Stream

I had quite a good bit of mischief when I was younger, none of it was completely earth shattering, but one of the most expensive momentarily lapses of sanity was with my BB gun and a kid named Brian. You see, Brian was arrogant [...]

G.I. Joe Bullies – Thanks to HarryCobra's Flickr Stream

Toys are something that really develop and cultivate you as a kid. One thing that my family felt it was totally necessary to purchase for me was G.I. Joe stuff. And for that, I am greatful. I LOVED my G.I. Joe stuff. What [...]

Tonka Truck and a Big Truck

I didn’t originally consider this one a lifechanger, but after talking with EK a few nights ago I decided it did in fact fit into the “Lifechanger” category. You see, my parents were divorced when I was very young, so I would do the split custody thing. He [...]

Penny Tracking – Thanks to DAWilson's flickr Stream

I grew up with my mom, grandmother and grandfather. People that were also staples included my uncle, cousin Jason, cousin Rachel, and cousin James. It wasn’t until I was in elementary school that we were in one place for more than a year – so I [...]