When I was a young boy, my grandfather said to me, he said "Big Zed", 'cuz that's what he called me. He said "Big Zed, you're gonna grow up to be a great man." I said "Really granddad?" And he said "Hell yeah, I have no doubt about it."
So now that I'm a grown up a-dult, I'd like to thank my granddad for the encouragement and the foresight to see who I would be today: a marginal blogger with a limited vocabulary and a belligerent streak a mile wide. Thanks granddad!