2006 is shaping up to be a year of change. I have three younger brothers - two of them are having new babies this year (well, their wives are doing the hard work of course) and the third just announced he's getting married.

Of course, he's been so busy I haven't had a chance to quiz him on why he decided to choose such an inconvenient time and place for the wedding. But it's just possible it's not all about me.

I'm happy for him, but he's got some explaining to do.

As for change more directly in my life - well, freelancing is sort of a constant state of change. Jobs come, jobs go. There are good things and bad things about this. Right now I'm cautiously optimistic.

Possibly because my health has been pretty good lately. My traveling only wiped me out for about a day and a half, rather than a month and a half. I call that progress.