The Empirical Manifesto

So many changes in a year. Changes of wonder! Changes of despair! I don't know what's next but I'm open to just about anything. I bought a new hat the other day, walking through Dillard's. A Stetson - my first - and not a cowboy hat either. I just happened to be wearing the shirt in this photo when I snapped a dapper pic. As I was opening it in Photoshop I was aghast at what I saw. Aghast I say! To double-check, I pulled up this picture from this time last year. What I saw was 35 more pounds on my frame. Thirty-five pounds gained in a year.

Complacency comes easy to me once I find a groove to fill. And I guess despair stress outweighed the wonder stress if you sat to add it all up. You know what else comes easy to me? Just about anything I set my mind to. So I'm back on the saddle and so far my energy level is through the roof.

I don't know what's next, but I'm going to look damn fine while doing it :)