Shane,

Thank you for letting me read your book. I really don't know how to
describe what I am feeling and not to sure what to say next. I am
absolutely astounded by all the insights and experiences you were able
to put into this. I know you have been planning and collaborating
your thoughts and ideas for some time before actually sitting inside
the train car and opening up Textedit. But it was your unexpected way
of going about accomplishing the book that made me not be able to do
anything else but read and reflect on every word on every line in
every section.

I will be honest I started reading it on my phone while I was in bed
last night. Before I knew it, it was 2:30 in the morning and I
couldn't keep eyes open. So I fell asleep with my phone in my hand.
Woke up at 11:30, yea I know 9 hours of sleep and kinda wasted half of
the day. No alarms...sorry. I managed to get up and catch the last
15 minutes or so of your Recruiting Animal radio interview and have to
say the guy is pretty mean, I think. I will definitely download and
listen to the entire podcast. Just downloaded it actually and I can't
wait to listen to it. I have no idea what Gist is, but I'm sure I
will. Enough about being sidetracked, back to your book.

It is incredible, at least I think it is, how you were able to put so
much passion and thought into this. Every story you told, every
person you met, basically every experience you had felt like I was
right there experiencing it with you. Your timeline and song choices
were a good insight on letting your audience into your brain for the
entire trip.

I have not yet had a chance to get into the actions of what you said
to do. As I was reading, I couldn't wait to get to the next part, so
I really didn't spend alot of time "doing" what you said to do. I did
manage to change my homepage to cefcu.com and tried to send an email
to bizplan but it came back with an error. Don't know if you have
that up and running yet, but that's not the point. The point is that
how you said what you said, made me stop reading and actually "do"
what you said to do, was very insightful. I will spend the next weeks
rereading and trying to find what it is that I could do to help
people. Your book may be the foundation to my new outlook on life. I
thank you for that.

Being apart of your life ever since the first time I met you (side
note: you and Eric were at Britney Sitler's house hitting golf wiffle
balls into the street. That's at least the first time I remembered
meeting you.) I would have never imagined that you would grow up to be
where you are today. Really, just the fact that you are the person you
are today, I'm amazed. You were able to grow up and think about the
world a little differently. In respect to all of our other friends
growing up, you were definitely the one who stood out, made his own
path and found his own voice. Believe it or not, you have inspired me
and I just want to say "thank you" again for everything you have done
for me. I remember the little things in life, our first meeting, all
of those nights at your house singing on the computer, the season one
DVDs of CSI, so many good times, what you said to me on the elevator
ride right before I interviewed for DSP, and of course all of our late
night talks. How much coffee did we drink? I could gone on for a
long time about all the instances in life in which you have affected me.

I am glad I got to know the real ShaneMac before Apple, facebook, and
twitter. When you were just Shane, trying to sing, trying to play
guitar, being pissed that you cut from baseball, beating me at xbox,
and of course, cute girls....

I'll conclude this with saying congratulations on completing your book
and becoming the person you are today.

Love ya man.
- Robbie