BIGTIME

I'm on my way. I'm making it.

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My name is Michael Todd Lewis, though my friends call me Bigtime, or more often Biggie or just Big. My pronouns are whatever you feel like, but most people use he/him with me. This website serves as a place to capture some thoughts and share things I find interesting.

About me: I am a software development team leader by trade. I believe very deeply in the principles of servant leadership and find great joy in helping others be successful.

I also dabble in creating art, making music, and writing. I am tattoo collector. I love dogs. I love music and art and reading. I enjoy hiking and trying new restaurants or visiting old favorites. I like laughing with my friends.

I am firm believer that life isn’t just for surviving but that it should be filled with things that make it worth living. It’s for joy and meaning and fulfillment however you find it. Not just bread, but roses too.

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Recent Posts

OMA

...The room itself feels like an encampment against the elements. Amber light plays off the massive, rough-hewn wooden bar and the warm leather of the stools. Country western music drifts through the space at a volume that feels less like a background playlist and more like a radio station tuned in from a pickup truck idling outside in the desert. Behind the counter, the three chefs operate in a quiet choreography of flame, smoke, and silver tweezers. Above the Argentine grill hangs a single pineapple, slowly cured by the rising smoke, a silent ledger of the fire’s progress.

Meesh Meesh

...From the first bite of the beets - sweet and earthy, the creaminess of the cheese adding richness, the freshness of the mint cutting through it all - it is clear that we are in for an incredible meal. We look at each other and the only thing I can think to say is, "Holy shit." The intensity of flavor overpowers our ability to be articulate.

Lou Lou Nulu

I am now struck by the subtlety of it all. Five orders placed, and our server, for whatever reason, has attempted to correct the women, but not the men. I have to admit that it escaped my notice in the moment. It did not escape the notice of the ladies...

Red Pony

A party of eight and we each ordered something different. I opted for the bacon wrapped elk meatloaf served with shitake gravy, sherry glazed carrots, Yukon potato puree, and huckleberry. It is rustic and refined at once. The combination of sweet and savory flavors is incredibly precise in its balance. It is rich. It is robust, but each flavor finds a way to shine. The textures blend beautifully. It is, in a word, perfect.
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Projects

Unnatural Numbers

My friend Dennis asked me to do another album cover, this time for his band Unnatural Numbers.

Dennis Sheridan - Community

I worked with Dennis again on his follow-up album to Midwestern Pacific.

Dennis Sheridan - Midwestern Pacific

My friend and Louisville ex-pat asked me to draw the cover art for a solo album.
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