The photo was taken October 2000 at my workplace, which is my excuse for the way I am dressed. The date raises an alarming point, however. Can you imagine me getting even worse than this with age?

Do you like my blue eyes? Maybe if you shine a flashlight on the photo you’ll see them . . . And I’ve got teeth there somewhere.

And what’s with the beard? Now you know why real men don’t hide behind bushes.

Of course I joked about a cracked lens and so on, but the following is entirely factual.

After visiting my website and seeing the photo you have just seen, a woman emailed me saying, “You are very handsome.”

Wow! “ . . . very handsome” (okay, the emphasis is mine, she didn't emphasize very but it certainly grapped my attention)! Things were looking up until she went on to say she is 81 years old, has cataracts on both eyes and apologized for her sight being so poor that she would have to ask her son to help her read a password on her computer screen. I know this seems hard to believe, especially in the midst of some so much humor but it is absolutely true.