Ryan Rydell

did my best to pay off all those pesky traffic violations.

I thought that i would be playing pro baseball, but a knee injury quickly ended that idea.

I wanted to spend more time with family, so I became my own boss. So far its been working out splendidly.

I've got a boat load of stories containing my outlandish yet comical behavior. Most of which were spent either in the hallways...the yard if i couldn't get a hall pass, or the art room.

I can't count the amount of times i was kicked out of a class that wasn't even mine.

Injuring my knee and making the terrible decision to no longer play organized baseball. That haunted me for some time.

Focus more on my education, and stick with baseball post injury.

Im now an Agnostic Atheist. Some people saw me as the "church kid"...and I certainly aided the label by attaining my ministry license at 22yrs. Now though, I look back, and to most peoples surprise, don't believe in a deity at all.

Starting my company, RyCOM, in 2011

I have no spare time. But I'm OK with it. Through all my volunteer work, I get to do a lot of great things. Time is of worry only to those that waste it. Its so true, the phrase: "If you love what you do, you won't work a day in your life"

I'm also a Superman fanatic, movie lover, golfer, Fantasy Football player, zombie enthusiast, and all out Dallas Cowboys fan.

"To be who we are and to become what we are capable of becoming, this is the only end of life."

"There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning. A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown."

"A thorough reading and understanding of the bibe is the surest path to atheism"

Shortly after our 10yr reunion in '09, we lost our house to a fire. Now, 4 years later, we are still fighting for insurance coverage. Living in Rockton IL now.