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.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Amazon~ You're doin' it wrong.


So, Amazon.com thought it would be a prudent move to shove all GLBT themed books into the "smut" aisle along with porn and other "adult" material.  Hmm.  This also changed the way the search engine acquires book title results and the way sales are counted.  Not that authors rely on sales or anything...

In the past, I have made many, many purchases through Amazon, including ridiculously expensive textbooks.  Until this is resolved appropriately, I will use another avenue for my literary needs.  

I hope everyone who reads the blog posts, Twitter updates and news site bashings of this horrible decision does the same.  

Who makes these decisions anyway???? If you hadn't thought about boycotting, at least think about that---somebody making decisions about what's right FOR you.  
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