600

Here we are: my 600th post. There's nothing too special about this, necessarily, but I just noticed it and thought I would take a moment to celebrate (especially since I missed keithinside's 1st anniversary).

A lot has taken place in the last 599 posts:

1. A job transition, from youth pastor at Grace Bible Church to tenor for Liberty Quartet
2. The resignation of Ray McCrary (one of my best friends, not to mention cousin) as pastor of Grace Bible Church
3. Enrolling one of my kids in school, Trey in kindergarten
4. My 7th wedding anniversary to my soulmate, Lori (I'm not quite sure what a soulmate is, but I'm sure we qualify)
5. An attempt at teaching high school (bad career move)
6. Kassady's 2nd birthday, help me Jesus
7. Learning to drive a bus (which should send all of you to your knees praying without ceasing)
8. My first fishing trip; nothing to report here
9. Eating broccoli on a semi-consistent basis
10. Launching Media-Spring with my good friend Jon Plank (sign up now at www.media-spring.com)

At a momentous occasion such as this, there are many thank-yous to hand out:

1. Mom and Dad, for giving me my start (quite literally)
2. My wife Lori, for contributing to so many stories and for helping my hand-to-eye coordination as I have tried to quickly snap her picture before she ducked behind a plate, blanket, or hairdryer
3. My children, for providing me with many Kodak moments and strange, but true, stories
4. Lenea McCrary, for never reading my blog so I can make up all kinds of stories about her
5. Ray, for joining me in perhaps the strangest photo I have posed for on the blog: http://photos1.blogger.com/img/156/7450/640/teach.jpg
6. Royce, for unintentionally posing for some extremely humorous shots
7. My English teacher, for, I don't know, something
8. GBS, for great memories and Assurance
9. FCA. for providing many of my readers
10. Allegiance, for "Great Day", "Beyond the Clouds", and the steel guitar
11. Phil Cross, for mimicking my trademark look
12. Dave Barry, for inspiration (obviously, not enough)
13. Roget's Thesaurus, for many of my adjectives
14. Carlton Farmer, for any number of conversations
15. Hoosiers, for adopting a nickname that no one understands, including the natives
16. My loyal comment brigade, for representing the legions of readers with your opinions (except for the posts about me being ugly, dense, or sedentary)
17. K-la, 'nuff said
18. Southern Gospel music, for some decent CDs over the last year or so
19. Seattle, for being the most featured city on keithinside (I think I'll notify the mayor's office concerning this noble award)
20. Pretty much everybody else, for just doing your thing

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