I’m in the middle of a rather large cleaning job in my house right now, and it has truly changed my outlook on life. Well, if it hasn’t exactly changed my outlook on life itself, it’s certainly changed my outlook on the stuff that life contains. When I describe the project as “rather large,” I’m…

Last October, I started this blog, and with it I started a personal quest to accept myself for who I am, warts and all. I wanted to see if I could successfully reject the perfectionistic attitude I’ve lived with for 37 years, the attitude which has plagued me with self-doubt and indecision even as I’ve…

I think I’ve killed the joy of eating. This realization hit me on my last birthday when Lancelot asked me what I wanted for dinner. I racked my brain trying to come up with something, sitting in silence so long that I started to annoy him. I wasn’t trying to be difficult. I just couldn’t…

This is not a sports blog. I don’t write about predictions, scores or stats. I write about life, and things I’ve learned along the way, and how I can apply them in my quest for acceptance. To that end, I have to address a big something I’ve learned this last year – and I learned…

Have you seen any of those miracle wrinkle cream demonstrations floating around the internet lately? They typically feature an older woman with massive bags under her eyes, and some technician applies a cream while the internet audience sits in anxious anticipation of said bags disappearing. And sure enough, in a minute or two, the bags…