I've had more significant changes in my life in the past three months than I've had in years. (At least, since the new house and first marriage. Hi honey!) In general, I approach change in my life the way you would approach chewing gum in your pubic hair -- with careful consideration, nervous trepidation, and a sense of wonder at to how you arrived at such a circumstance in the first place. And fitting into the old cliche like a hand in glove, my big changes have come packaged in a troika. 1) HIP Around the age of 19 or so, after a particularly intense night of basketball, I remember a sunny day at my Mom's house where it suddenly hurt to walk. And while that moment of "holy shit this hurts" passed pretty quickly, I didn't know that the transitory burst of agony was a warning shot from my body that the good and healthy times were coming to an end. Over the course of a few decades, I slowly lost my ability to dunk a basketball, then I lost my ability to