Hey Dan

I first met Allen in about spring of 2000. I was teaching workshops labs at farie. Allen did not have to go to labs but ended up going to a lot of them. You see Allen is one of the most talented people I have ever met. One reason for this is that he jumps in anything he like with both feet, two arms, a crazed imagination and a child like wonder. He enjoy the type of Gorilla theater we do at Scarborough. If somewhere someone was doing something fun, Allen wants to be there and wants to help.

Allen is getting married to one of the coolest women on the planet. Therefore, that of means a bachelor party. Being that this is Allen this means Foosball. Foosball is that game where you have the lines of plastic soccer men on a bar and you turn handle to spin them. Allen is a mast of foosball. He is good and just playing with him you get good at the game. He shows you how he did every tricky kill shot, or block. He does not play Foosball he gives Foosball clinics.

Sitting there last night, playing Foosball and nursing a Foosball injury (watch you thumps when making a block) I found a truth about what I like in people. Have passion for what you do, teach people about your passions and play full on. Now lets ‘crack the egg*’ and get this game started.

*A Foosball term meaning to knocking the ball ageist the top of the table before serving