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.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Obama waiting for the right moment to push gay rights agenda




The Atlantic, my favorite news source besides MSNBC, has reported that President Obama is waiting for the Senate to confirm John Berry as the head of the Office of Personnel Management before pushing the promises he made during his campaign.  Berry will be the highest-ranking openly gay administration official and being in charge of all federal H.R. could create a push for same-sex benefits at that level.  If the trickle-down effect rings true, perhaps benefits for homosexual couples could become compulsory...? 

See the whole article. 



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