My Fortress of Solitude

We are so blessed with a lovely daughter that it would be nice to have a little boy to round out the Barnes Clan. Despite such sentiments, there is no knowing what we will be blessed with come September. Still, I think this a great opportunity for a poll! Now, we still have a boy name picked out from when we were expecting Emily, so that is taken care of. So I will open up the poll for suggestions for a girl name. With that said, I give you all - The Poll!

[Poll #667741]

Have you ever done much damage to your body and if so how?

Interesting question... If you are referring to drugs and alcohol, than no, not really. I grew up watching family members get high and drunk and I saw how that affected them and decided that wasn;t the path for me. In my life, I have only been drunk twice - out of those, only once was I drunk enough to get sick - but I have never had a hangover. i figured if i was that lucky, than I won;t press my luck and thus I never drink to excess nowadays.

If you are referring to injury, the worst I have ever done was sprain my ankle playing basketball back in 1995.

Of course if you just mean in general, than yes I have. Not watching what I eat or drink and bad habits have lead me to the point that I made myself diabetic (word to the wise - do not drink 2 Liters of regular strength Mountain Dew a day - it'll kill ya). The day after Christmas, I start seriously reversing some of the damage by eating more healthy things and cutting back on the crud I have been known to ingest. My goal is to drop 10 lbs a month in 2006.

After reading about modernarchetype's escalator story I had an epiphany! Time for a poll...

[Poll #630299]