Ryan Jacobs

After my Grandpa Jacobs died in 2008, my family started going through a lot of old family stuff.  There were old brochures for world’s fairs that were funny to look at in retrospect and there was also a pamphlet about some proposal called Inlandia. I don’t have that pamphlet, but as it was described to [...]

I guess the answer to that question depends on how far you look back.  If we allow photos to tell a tale, then this one suggests that perhaps I would be an Ohio State Football player with a penchant for sewing. Obviously this would be to mend my own jersey because I am a bruiser.
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In this photo I am playing with a toy airplane at my grandparents house as a child. I think it looks remarkably like Oceanic 815 from Lost. I seem to recall that I used to imagine that it crashed into a remote island and no one got hurt because the island had magical properties. Unfortunately, [...]

This photo of my Grandma Curler, Mom and Dad was taken on the General Harrison, a replica canal boat around the Piqua, Ohio area. I don’t know if they didn’t read the sign or were just being rebels.

This is a scanned photo of my brother David (left) and myself (right) in either my parents’ or grandparents’ vehicles.  I don’t have the exact date, but I am going to guess it was around 1977.  Apart from the lack of car seats and what was probably just lap belts with maybe a booster seat [...]