​The 40 greatest Influences of the last 40 years is a weekly countdown to my 40th Birthday in which I wax poetic about the people places and things that have shaped me into, for better or worse, the man I am today.

These are are not a ranking or any order of superiority. The 29th influence is not necessarily any greater an influence than #30. They run in roughly chronological order up to the top 10. And then it's just the ones it was harder to write about and then my closest family. 

Click on each button below to read each number on the countdown. 

< #40 BGTM

< #39 Carlos Cruz

< #38 He-man

< #37 Casey Richard

< #36 Michael Jordan

< #35 Mitchell and Matthew

<  #34 MacGyver

< #33 Brody Quiggle

< #32 Black Music circa 1992

< #31 MT St Helen's

< #30 Bert and Ernie Sing-Along

< #29 WWCS

< #28 the 1st Triumvirate

< #27 TGIF

< #26 The 2nd Triumvirate

< #25 Adam Sandler

< #24 The 3rd Triumvirate

< #23 Angry White Boy Music

< #22 Chris Hanson

< #21 Kemp and Payton

< #20 Fred Crowell

< #19 Seinfeld

< #18 Piotr from Poland

< #17 Whose line is it Anyway

< #16 Jeff Reinland

< #15 Robin Williams

< #14 Garett Manion

< #13 The Church of Jesus Christ of LDS

< #12 Adam and Claudia

< #11 Classic Rock

< #10 Cousins

< #9 Grandparents

< #8 Frasier Crane

<  #7 My Parents

<  #6 Will Smith

< #5 My Brother and Sisters

< #4 Star Trek

< #3 My Sons

< #2 JRR Tolkien

<#1 My Wife