Last year on this very day, I launched an embarrassingly green (literally and figuratively) blog at <a href="www.latebloomerdiary.blogspot.com " target="_blank"><strong>blogspot.</strong></a> 

I had no idea what I was doing, but I was extremely well-intentioned and needed a 40th birthday project to keep me from slipping into a full-blown mid-life crisis. 

It didn't work.

I plunged head-first into an existential crisis.  (I prefer "existential" over "mid-life" because it sounds so Kierkegaardian and cool.)  Life kinda sorta got in the way.  You can savor the thoroughly melodramatic details by reading <a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/365-or-bust/" target="_blank"><strong>365 or Bust. </strong></a><strong> </strong>

Anywho, life getting in the way is... well... <em>life.</em> 

I need to get a grip and get on with mine. 

So here we are.  One year later with fabulous new virtual digs (thank you, Shawn), a techie Svengali to teach me how to keep this puppy running smoothly (thank you, Svenny), and a frenetically fun mission:
<blockquote>To try one new/inspiring/interesting/uplifting/provocative/or curiosity-injected thing each day for 365 days. </blockquote>