Linnea
linneanielsen.com
The best thing I have ever done with my life.

Steph
@snielsengator
The best thing I have ever done to my life.

Jason
ustice.blogspot.com @ustice
Jason and I go way back to middle school and through the years have managed to stay close, even when time and distance were against us. He’s my go-to guy when I want to argue for fun or when I have technical questions and don’t want to deal with bother Justin. Aside from being a great friend, I am told he is a great husband and brother as well

Bionca
bunkiesplace.blogspot.com @bunki
The other half of Jason and Bionca, and as good a friend as one could hope for. Linnea’s absolute favorite person in the world, other than Mommy and Daddy, of course. Makes a mean empenada.

Justin, Ali and Lexi
gallery.me.com/jutsman
Great friends and always fun to be around. Living proof that opposites atract and proud parents of the second cutest baby in the world.

John Gruber
daringfireball.net @gruber
Probably the smartest person I know of in a lot of ways Hardly infallible, but always has several fingers on the pulse and has a gift for making a concise and convincing argument.

Rands
randsinrepose.com @rands
As interesting as any one person can be, and in concentrated form. Rands writes only a few blog posts month, at most, but each and every one of them changes the way you will look at managing things. His twitter feed is second to none. If Rands links to it, you want to read it. Period.

Nate Silver
fivethirtyeight.com
Lies, damned lies, and statistics. Gotme through the 2008 election with my sanity in tact. Self-made legend of the inter-tubes.

John Scalzi
whatever.scalzi.com
I’m not a sci-fi fan, but those of you who are will likely find John’s musings even more fulfilling than I. That said, most of what he has to say has nothing to do with sci-fi and he’s consistently one of the most insightful people I know. His affection for cats is a little off-putting, but nobody’s perfect.