ToddRhoades.com

[Please be patient… this page is a work in progress… as am I!]

Christian.  Husband.  Father.  Church Elder.  Leader.

Age: Born 1964.  Guess that makes me around 45 or so… give or take a year.

Family: 2 brothers, 1 sister; all older than me. I’m the youngest… whatever that brings with it (good and bad)

College: BA from Cedarville University

Married: Way back in 1987 to my beautiful wife, Dawn.  We dated five years before we were married, which means that we’ve been together… well, you do the math.

Personality trait: Mildly to Severely Introverted

Home: Bryan, OH.  (About half way between Toledo, OH and Fort Wayne, IN — EXTREME Northwestern Ohio)

Interesting facts about Bryan, OH:  Bryan is the world headquarters for Etch-a-Sketch; and the only place in the world that makes dum-dums.  Petra founder Bob Hartman is also from Bryan, OH!

SSN: I am a member of Lifelock, but I’m not that crazy!

Kids: Yep.  Four to be exact.  3 boys, 1 girl.  (In age:  18, 15, 13, 11)  (By gender:  boy, boy, girl, boy)

Church: I attend New Hope Community Church in Bryan, OH where I serve as an Elder, on the worship team (keyboardist), help with the student ministries, and whatever else I can get my hands dirty in.

Gainful Employment: I have the privilege of working with Leadership Network, based in Dallas, TX.

Former life: worship leader; founder and owner of ChurchStaffing.com until 2006 when it was sold to Salem Web Network.

Labor of Love: MondayMorningInsight.com

Favorite Cereal: A tie between Cap’n Crunch with Crunchberries and CoCo Pebbles

Hobbies: Anything technology.  I am bi-computoral (Mac and PC) and enjoy creating projects and gathering and organizing information to share.

Current Cell Phone: The Blackberry Storm via Verizon Wireless

My allergist says that I am allergic to ‘anything that grows’.

I am a total social networking addict.  I love connecting virtually, especially with church workers and leaders.

Number of Computers in my office currently turned on: 5

My favorite computer in my office currently turned on:  iMac 27” (she’s a beauty)

Speaking of beauties: when I was young, I thought Blair from Facts of Life was a fox.  (Do the kids these days still call girls ‘foxes’?)

Email Client of Choice: Gmail

RSS Reader of Choice: Google Reader

Browser of Choice: Firefox

My first job out of college: Radio Station Sales.  In fact, I graduated college with a ‘communication arts/broadcasting’ degree.

I can’t juggle, but always thought it would be cool if I could.

Favorite TV Shows: The Middle, Modern Family, The Office, Anything on TBN (just kidding).  That’s what she said.  I’m also a huge Seinfeld fan (not that there’s anything wrong with that).

After having four kids, I hate any movie with a passion that features talking animals, animated, or non-animated.

Online tools I love and use regularly: Twitter, Facebook, Tumbler, Expression Engine, Dropbox, 1Password, Skype, uStream,

Due to my abnormally thick throat, I’ve been sentenced to sleep with a CPAP machine for the rest of my life.

The best class I’ve ever taken: tpying

I can be a very sarcastic person, but other people’s sarcasm annoys me at times.

Software that I use regularly: Dreamweaver, Fireworks, MagicJack,

Interesting fact about me: I like to tape my thumbs to my hands to see what it would be like to be a dinosaur.  (ok… not really)

Pet Peeves: Spam (the pseudo-meat AND the email kind), Church Politics, People Who Capitalize Every Word,

I own a membership to a gym, but haven’t been there for over a year.