Michael is a long time family friend. He first became known to our family when my mother started volunteering and then had a part time job at the local community cable television station. Michael worked there as a programmer, pretty freshly out of school. All of us, as we came of age, joined in to the volunteer work, first as runners, then doing jobs such a camera operators, audio technicians, camera "switcher" and floor directors. I also helped produce one show with another junior high school student friend of mine when I was in grade 8 about technology. It was an incredibly rewarding experience to be a young person involved in something that was so valuable to the community as a whole. It is actually a real shame that such a community presence is no longer existent in our town. The company now focusses more on a regional focus, spreading the coverage out over all of the province.
Michael has one passion that made him very quickly accepted and ushered into our family. He has one of the most impressive collections of board games. Most of my memories of spending time with Michael relate to playing some sort of pile of obscure board games that he'd bring over for games nights at my parents house. Those game nights have induced many laughs, chuckles and unique memories. Time for another games night I think!! Enjoy the pictures!
This is the fire before Michael arrived.
This is the fire after Michael came. He knows how to burn stuff really well! I guess pyromania is also a passion of his.
Theme song for today: Are you Jimmy Ray? by Jimmy Ray
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