I'm a 41 year-old police detective.

Over the past 10 years, I've let myself get overweight. Tired. Lazy. Unattractive. Boring.

It was easy--I had an excuse. I went back to school in 2002 and worked my way through a Master's degree from the University of Florida, Summa Cum Laude. Mostly, I carried a full-time course load in addition to my full-time job. And homicide callouts. And court overtime. And instructing at the police academy. You get it. I'm a Type A personality.

While I was busy perusing book after book and researching paper after paper, my ass got bigger and bigger. My pants size grew larger and larger. Meh...I'll fix that later. Well, guess what?

Later.....is NOW.

And, it's a hell of a lot easier putting the weight on than taking it off. Anyone who had gained and lost more than 20 pounds will tell you the same.

This is my journey to lose 35 pounds and compete in the closest thing to the Olympic Games offered in amateur sports. The 2011 World Police and Fire Games in New York City.

I have 5 months to lose the weight and train my body to compete against elite athletes from around the globe. I've seen the records and they're no joke. I'll have to swim faster than I did when I was 14 or 15 and broke county records in Maryland back in the 80's.

No luck necessary. I'm getting my fat ass into the pool.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009


Ahh...Scotland.  I love ye.  

Scottish Parliament has found unanimously to re-examine the Marriage Act of 1977.  All members found it to be hypocritical and against modern thinking.  How refreshing!  

With a large population of agnostics and pagan-influenced religions, Scottish leaders feel a need to "encompass the whole of society" in this legislation supporting gay marriage.  Both religious and non-religious groups are being asked for evidence in support of this amendment--and if not in support of it, reasons WHY.  

It is amazing to me that the U.S. continues to battle this matter of human rights solely in the light of religion.  The division of church and state in this day and age is as convoluted as it was 50 years ago.  

Kudos to the Scots for getting it right.  A wee house on the moors sounds mighty appealing right now...
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