My mother likes to compare me to my brother by saying that when we were kids, he was the uber cautious one afraid to try new things and I’d been the one with the dumb fearlessness. Guess that says something about my brother, because I’d say that I still play it pretty safe. It really is something, though, to face your fears head on, and realize that things change, sometimes for better, sometimes for worse. 

Anyway, looking forward to new things in the new year. Let the countdown begin to 2012!