A Rare Opportunity

There are very few pictures of me out in the world.  I flee from cameras and the reason is two fold. 

1. I do not take good pictures.  I’m not being modest.  This is a fact of life that I’ve come to accept after 41 years on this planet.   In order to get a decent picture, I have to spend an absurd amount of time and money on professional photography – like for my wedding.  My beautiful grandmother didn’t take good candid pictures either so it must be in the genes.  Now Sassy?  Sassy is made for the camera.  She’s beautiful in every picture every time.  The ogre ruining the picture is me in the background.

2.  I’m a chronic migraine sufferer and flashes from cameras will give me a killer headache 100% of the time.  If I was ever surrounded by paparazzi, I’d be dead in minutes.  Guaranteed.  Camera’s come out and I vanish.

With all that background story, you should be very pleased that I am actually putting a picture of me on the Internet willingly.  It’s one of the very few pictures of me I like.  I look presentable and it’s very whimsical.

Me and Einstein hanging out in the park

This is a memorial for Albert on Constitution Avenue in Washington DC outside the National Academy of Sciences near the Vietnam Memorial.

Don’t expect any more photos of me anytime soon.  This is it.  Unless it’s a picture of me signing my book contract.  When I’m offered a book deal, I vow I’ll post a picture of me signing the papers.  It’s a promise.