This was the brainchild of Black Hockey Jesus, who I firmly believe is one of the funniest and most talented writers in the blogosphere.  He also doesn't mind a little controversy and this challenge, encompassing some of my fave bloggers of all time, is one I'm super stoked to watch and contribute to.  Check it out.

I am in the process of writing a post about my recent conversion from vegetarianism back to some meat eating (note: I am very careful to buy local, organic, and free range) - but in the meantime, I wanted to post an ad that got my pulse racing yesterday. It's a Nike ad, and it's empowering and upbeat and motivating and it says exactly what I tried to convey in my last post: we have control, we can force fate.  In so many cases, the power is within us to make measurable differences in our lives, bodies, spirits.  We can force our fate rather than sit by and have it dictated to us. I want to run half marathons with my son when I am ... [More]