Meet my friend Dan Keitz.
I worked with Dan back in the day at Motorola in world-famous (at least we thought so) MOS-11 in Austin.
It’s a big giant semiconductor manufacturing fab. Very complicated, very technical stuff. I never really figured out what Dan did there… 
I just remember him sitting in a cubicle at the top of the stairs. He always greeted you with a smile and a story. He always had cool toys in his office and he always made me laugh my ass off. Dan is one of the funniest guys on the planet.
He was also a Commander in the U.S. Navy.
And an ultra-marathon runner.
He’s a family man.
He’s ridiculously smart. Heck, he’s a University of Texas alumni times two!
And he is, without question, a world-class human being — one of the finest individuals I’ve had the pleasure of knowing.
Now Dan has ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis – Lou Gehrig’s disease) and CIDP (Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy).
I haven’t seen Dan in many years, but I’ve never forgotten him. And now he needs help and I suspect he doesn’t even want to ask for it.
So please, if you can, click on the “Donate” button over to your right. You can donate with a credit card through PayPal’s secure payment system. You do not need a PayPal account. It’s not tax deductible, but Dan needs it. His medical costs are absurd.
Here’s a video Dan’s son Kendal made to show the stages his dad has gone through in his diseases. Bring a box of Kleenex…
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