No, this is not a reference to the crappy video game from the 90s that tried to pass off geography lessons as fun. This is a reference to our good friend Tim Shriver whom we haven’t seen in almost 3 years. It’s not as sinister as I make it sound, though. After our wedding in July 2003, Tim went off to Morocco for two years with the Peace Corps as his host. Certainly, a more admirable thing than I have ever done in my life. The only problem is that Tim’s commitment to the Corp officially ended in December. It seems that 2 years as an ex-pat wasn’t enough for him and that Tim’s taken him carte blanche to continue gallivanting abroad will the rest of us are left missing him and toiling away with our hum drum lives.

What brings this commentary about, you ask? Saturday was Tim’s birthday. We wish him well.