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this is ryan. it's his birthday. ryan makes THE MOST DELICIOUS MEAT OF THE UNIVERSE. no kidding. my best friend took me out for a sixty dollar steak for my birthday a few years ago, and i spent the ENTIRE time thinking "this is just nowhere near as fantastic as ryan's."

we're going to hawaii in a few weeks with several friends, including ryan. we've planned our menu to include a daily dose of steak.

this is ryan making us his amazing beef for his own birthday party. the most important thing to know is that the meat was safely off the grill when the fire started. so everything worked out okay. it helped that ryan keeps a fire extinguisher close by at all times. it also helps that my camera was already in my hand. i'm really very pleased about the photo.