I had the pleasure of meeting Mikeal on IRC when we were just teenagers. Countless hours were spent on owned meetingplace servers getting to know one another. I always found myself impressed with his breadth of knowledge on nearly every topic of conversation.

We let several years pass before reconnecting two years ago this month. We sat at the alameda yacht club for hours discussing family, fatherhood, career, and sutras, his passion was as addictive as it had always been.

With a newborn, he had every reason to avoid meeting, but his nature was giving. By the end we had affirmed our friendship and my heart was calm. We agreed to meet again. My belief is that some day we will.

I love you Mikeal and I will miss you dearly.