How's this for a New Year downer...  turns out I *probably* have a chronic incurable genetic disease.  Nice.  My brother-in-law has the same condition and he diagnosed it right away.  I know that some of you may be thinking...  "well, from playing with you at the tables and seeing your photos, I suspected you may have Down's Syndrome..." 

"You sure that's not a symptom of Down's Syndrome, bro?"

But no.  Turns out I probably have a mild case of psoriasis.  I suppose as far as "incurable" diseases go, having a small patch of dry skin is about as good as it gets.  But considering for the last month, I thought it was just a weird scab, it's kind of depressing to find out it's an "incurable disease."  Kind of makes me feel old, feeble and vulnerable.  Having been in "prefect health" most of my life (despite my girth), I guess I'm starting to feel not-so-mighty.

Anyway, in doing about 10 minutes of research into the subject (because my health is worth a few minutes of my time), it turns out that it may not be genetic (which I thought was fishy, since no one in my family has it), and that causes can include stress, diet and weather.  So rather than focus on a monetary goal for 2011, I decided I need to focus more on my health.  I'm bringing back the Whale Watch, and I'm going to shoot to lose 2% a month.  Every month I don't hit my goal, I'll do something embarrassing in the blog.  And as a double incentive, I'll come up with a schedule of "rewards" that Mrs. Fly can provide for me for meeting my goals.  ;-)

I'll still post graphs and my winnings, but since I basically have the same boring graph every month anyway, I think it'll be a nice change of pace.  But I'll also have my monetary goals (later post).