The beefcake shot!

I had the camera and tripod set up for an entirely different reason, and then went about my business, and did my workout, and on my way to the showers caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror.  Hmm, I thought.  I’ll probably never be this young, this thin, or this pretty ever again.

I’m not shiny with vaseline, or glycerin, or whatever else they use these days.  This is honest sweat.  (I’ve just run four miles.)  You can see drops running down my face if you look closely enough, which quite frankly I do not advise.

You’ll also note that my navel has been surgically excised.  (It was that knife fight in Singapore.  Right.)

So if this is the sort of photo you enjoy, feel free to enjoy.  And if it’s the sort of photo that makes you avert your eyes, your eyes are probably already averted, so you won’t be reading this paragraph.

And if you’re just the sort of person who likes the turtles, then enjoy the turtles.