New Mug Shot

Eagle-eyed Threshold readers may notice that there's a new picture of me over to the right.
I decided that it was time I put a new picture in place, one in which my eyes, such as they are, aren't hidden behind sunglasses.
For most of my life my eyes have been a point of self-consciousness. I was born severely cross-eyed, and while I had surgery to correct the actual cause when I was very young, I never really properly learned to use my left eye (the one that crossed), so unless I'm really consciously focusing on keeping it in place, my eye has a tendency to drift.
A lot of times what will happen is that I'm so focused on using my left eye that my right eye will end up drifting, so frequently it's a lose-lose situation.
Over the years I've tried various exercises, with varying degrees of success, to try to balance my eyes out, but even if they were to miraculously start working the way they're supposed to, after this many years I'd still be at least a little self-conscious about them.
In any case, there's now a new picture of me available.
I'll be back later with a more typical end-of-the-week wrap-up.