happy 25th!

Happy birthday to my friend Mike, who, in addition to being a kick-ass software engineer, shares my appreciation for fine German automobiles and has an uncanny ability to recite the lyrics to popular rap & pop songs.

Plus, Mike is one of the few people in the world I trust to take photos of me, as he really understands how to compose and frame a photo so it is more than just a snapshot, such as the one he took of me when we summitted Half Dome together in October: