Today is a special day.  It's my brother in laws birthday.  And being the wonderful, smart, intelligent guy that he is, I figured what better way to celebrate than by writing a blog specifically for him.  You see, he likes to give me a hard time and usually will comment sarcastically about me and my blog.  If we are discussing a certain topic, he will reply saying, "why don't you write about it?".  Well today is that day and I am writing about him.  Simply, because I can. Nine years ago, Derek became an official part...