Outrageous Malfunction

I met Lyle just a few years ago, and I’m really glad I did. He runs a couple of businesses and is smart as a whip; watching his handling of UltiMAK gave me a lot of faith in small businesses having a shot. Lyle beats on me about socialism and freedom, and he inspires me to beat on other people. Lyle is also willing to call bullshit on me and tell me when I mess up, and I’m really thankful for that. Lyle let me move into his spare trailer when I needed a place to live; he’s come out at crazy hours to fix stuff I broke; and he doesn’t worry about calling at two in the morning because he’s stuck in a ditch. We don’t do much together except talk; but that’s great. He’s also had me out to his house the last few years for turkey day and christmas dinner, which is cool. It’s somewhat like an orphan’s dinner, except I’m the only orphan. I don’t know a lot of single people up here to hang out with, and I don’t know that I would if I did. I’m thankful for having met Lyle.