This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Fifty-One - "New."

And so it is Week Fifty-One of This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our soon to end year-long effort to post one self-portrait per week for one year. It has been beautiful and at times profoundly moving, but soon it will be no more. That said, this week we are dedicated to the new. New haircut. New year. New writing. And a new self-absorbed photo-centric project that will roll-out soon. So please stay-tuned, please feel free to follow the project in its entirety at the Flickr and please have a Happy New Year. Cool? Thanks.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Forty-Six - "Thankful."

It is Week Forty-Six of This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our remarkably self-absorbed effort to post one self-portrait per week for one year. Despite previous protestations that we may not be so thankful here at TBWCYL, Inc., that is not entirely true. We are thankful to still have a job. A cool job. Healthy kids. A lovely wife. Being able to write and publish and sell books. And the new administration. For sure. For now. We are also thankful for your support and we hope you are doing well. All that said, some housekeeping. For those of you who want to track this project in its entirety you may do so at the Flickr. And for those of you who would like to see a self-portrait all your own right here at This Blog Will Change Your Life please feel free to hit us with one and we will take it from there.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Forty-One - "Fourth Quarter."

It is Week Forty-One of This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, which means we are now into the fourth quarter of our self-absorbed effort to post one self-portrait per week for one year. It also means that the completion of this project now looms and sadness reigns here at TBWCYL, Inc. headquarters. Still, we will persevere because we know how important this effort is to you. We also know that you may want to follow the project in its entirety, so please feel free to so at the Flickr. Finally, we suspect that some of you have been wondering what it would take for us to post a self-portrait of your very own right here at This Blog Will Change Your Life? Well, it couldn't be easier, just send one and we will take it from there. Cool?

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Forty - "Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go."

It is Week Forty of This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our fully self-absorbed effort to post one self-portrait per week for one year, and this week we are all "Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go." You see, there is this POV documentary of the same title and we were asked to write an opinion piece in response to it. Then there was a screening at the Erickson Institute followed by a panel discussion and we sat on the panel. And now we have taken a self-portrait. So there you go. Now, if you would like to follow this project in its entirety you may do so at the Flickr. And if you would like to see a self-portrait of yourself posted right here on the blog you may do that as well. Just send us one okay? Cool.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Thirty-Eight - "Putting on the Ritz."

It is week thirty-eight of This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our effort to post one-self-portrait per week for one year and this week we hit the Michigan for a wedding and tux'd in a big way. Can you dig it? Cool. Meanwhile, if you want to follow this project in its entirety please do so at the Flickr, and if you want to see a self-portrait of your very own right here at This Blog Will Change Your Life please hit us with one like right now. There you go.

This Zine Will Change Your Life and the flickr. Or, if you prefer, the coolness of Adam Lawrence.

You have probably been saying to yourself, man, I love This Zine Will Change Your Life, its so scintillating, the writing is brilliant, the music rocks and the photos of that street art, sublime. You may also say though, man, sometimes, I just wish I could look at the photos alone, and maybe, just maybe, look at all those photos collectively and at one time. Well, you can. Totally. You see, Adam Lawrence, overlord of all things photo here at TBWCYL. Inc. has gathered the photos in a set on his flickr page and let's just say its quite cool. Quite. So, if you are so inclined please feel free to take a look and let the work wash over you, it just might change your life.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Thirty-Five - "Bad Monkey."

It is Week Thirty-Five of This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our effort to post one self-portrait per week for one year, and this week we are all "Bad Monkey." More specifically we are reading Bad Monkey by Curtis Smith and it is the goods. We will report back shortly on our overall reactions, but in the interim please feel free to follow this project in its entirety on the Flickr and maybe even send us a self-portrait of your own, which we in turn would be thrilled to post right here on This Blog Will Change Your Life. Hey, did we mention that we would be thrilled to post a self-portrait of you, right here, on this blog? Good.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Thirty-Three - "Brother."

It is Week Thirty-Three of This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our fully self-absorbed effort to post one self-portrait per week for one year. This week the brother came to town. Beer was drunk. Hamburgers were consumed. And bondage ensued. Er, bonding. And now for some housekeeping. First, if you want to track this project in its entirety you may do so at the Flickr. And second, if you would like to see your very own self-portrait posted right here on the blog just send one to TBWCYL, Inc. headquarters and our crack staff will take over from there. Cool? Cool.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Thirty-Two - "New Stuff."

It is Week Thirty-Two of This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our terrifically self-absorbed effort to post one self-portrait per week for one year. This week's self-portrait is titled "New Stuff" because well, we're working on some new stuff, dad stuff, and there's some Bruce Springsteen in there as well, and we'll see where it goes. We will also keep you apprised of our progress. We promise. In the interim though, please feel free to track the project in its entirety at the Flickr and if you feel so inclined please also feel free to send us a self-portrait of yourself and we will be happy to post it right here at This Blog Will Change Your Life. No, really, we will, try us.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Twenty-Six - "Half-way."

Can you feel the excitement? We thought so. We have reached the half-way point in our year-long effort to post one self-portrait of ourselves per week for one year and the staff here at TBWCYL, Inc. headquarters are quite geeked. We also want to be sure that you know that you can follow the project in its entirety at the Flickr and while we would be thrilled to post a self-portrait of you as well here on This Blog Will Change Your Life, after six months we are wondering if anyone is going to take us up on the offer. No pressure of course, but if, and when, you change your mind, hit us with a photo at thiszinewillchangeyourlife@yahoo.com and we will take it from there. Cool? Nice.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Twenty-Five - "UP."

We saw the UP today with the boys and the UP is glorious, hence the title choice for this week's edition of This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our effort to post one-self-portrait per week for one year. We would add that we are but one week away from the half-way mark of this project and we are just a little excited about it. We also want to add that you should feel free to follow the project on the Flickr and if you too would like to see a self-portrait of yourself posted right here at This Blog Will Change Your Life you should also feel free to send us one at thiszinewillchangeyourlife@yahoo.com. Cool? Nice.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Twenty-Three - "Father's Day."

Father's Day is looming, and lurking over our shoulder and so what could be a better title for this week's edition of This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life than "Father's Day?" Nothing. Also, did we mention that it is week Twenty-Three of this ongoing self-aborbed love fest and that we remain committed to posting one self-portrait per week for one year? No, how about the fact that we do this because while we love ourselves, we love you as well and we know how much you look forward to this week in and week out? Well we know, and we appreciate it. Meanwhile, if you want to follow our progress on this project please do hit the Flickr, and if you want to see a self-portrait of you very own right here on This Blog Will Change Your Life please send us one to thiszinewillchangeyourlife@yahoo.com. Got it? Nice.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Nineteen - "Pilcrow."

It's Week Nineteen of This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our endlessly self-absorbed effort to post one self-portrait of ourselves per week for one year, and this week we are Pilcrow. Are you Pilcrow? Sure you are. And do you want to maybe follow this project on the Flickr? Because you can. Maybe you would even like to see a self-portrait of your own right here at This Blog Will Change Your Life. Well, you can do that too, just send us one at thiszinewillchangeyourlife@yahoo.com. Easy, yes? Totally.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Seventeen - "Shameless."

We could pretend we aren't self-absorbed, and yet This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our effort to post one self-portrait per week for one year clearly disproves that. We could also pretend that we aren't shameless, but this week's self-portrait, which appropriately enough we have titled "Shameless, would disprove that as well. So, we hope you will continue to embrace us despite our many flaws. We also hope you will consider tracking this project on the Flickr, and maybe, just maybe send us a self-portrait of yourself to thiszinewillchangeyourlife@yahoo.com so we can post it right here on This Blog Will Change Your Life. No rush of course, but please do think about, okay? Great.

This Self-Portrait WIll Change Your Life, Week Sixteen - "Love You, Whole Bunch."

We could tell you that this week's addition to the our terrifically self-absorbed project This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our effort to post one self-portrait per week for one year, is titled "Love You, Whole Bunch" for reasons driven purely by campy kitchen tchotchkes, but the fact is we do love you a whole bunch, all of you, we just can't help ourselves, and frankly we don't care. If you love us too, or even if you don't, and you want to follow this project in its entirety, please feel free to hit the Flickr, and if you love yourself, please feel free to send us a self-portrait of your own to thiszinewillchangeyourlife@yahoo.com and we will be happy to post it here at This Blog Will Change Your Life. Cool? Great.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Life, Week Fourteen -"Virus."

Can you say virus? Or, better yet, can you say, because of a computer virus we cannot upload any photos this week thus totally inhibiting our ability to continue our most-self absorbed of projects, This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our ongoing effort to post one self-portrait per week for one year? Well, the fact is, we cannot upload any self-portraits this week, much less post said unloadable self-portraits, so for now, we hope you can live with the above test pattern, and this week's pseudo self-portrait titled "Virus." We also hope you will continue to follow the project on the Flickr, and as always consider sending us a self-portrait of your own to thiszinewillchangeyourlife@yahoo.com for us to post right here on This Blog Will Change Your Life. Got it? Good, and most sorry for this interruption in our usually scheduled programming.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Six - "This Book Tour Will Change Your Life."

In a week where we cannot imagine being more self-absorbed, we have still made time for our most gloriously self-absorbed project, This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, our effort to post one self-portrait per week for one year. The self-portrait is titled "This Book Tour Will Change Your Life" and is a snapshot of life on the virtual road. As always you can not only track this project on the Flickr, but we invite you to submit your own self-portraits to thiszinewillchangeyourlife@yahoo.com if you too would like to see your portrait glorified here on This Blog Will Change Your Life. Cool?

This Self-Portait Will Change Your Life, Week Five - "American Trees."

We're are back with Week Five of the awesomely self-absorbed This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life. This week we are running with a picture titled "American Trees," which is an "exclusive" self-portrait we shot for the new literary journal American Trees. Hence the title. Tricky, right? Totally. Meanwhile, you are always feel free to track this project at the flickr where we intend to post a new self-portrait every week for a full year. We also hope you will consider sending us a self-portrait of your own that we can post right here on This Blog Will Change Your Life. Cool, yes? Yes, and so if you are game please send your shot to thiszinewillchangeyourlife@yahoo.com. Like, now. There you go, thanks.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Four - "Sick."

And here it is, This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Four - "Sick." And there we were, head pounding, chilled, groggy and then napping on the floor here at headquarters. As always, you can track the This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life series, one picture per week for one year, on the Flickr, and if you are so inclined please send us a self-portrait of yourself as well to thiszinewillchangeyourlife@yahoo.com and we will be most happy to run it here on the blog.

This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life, Week Three - "Night."

It is week three of our unavoidable photo festival of rampant self-absorption, also know as This Self-Portrait Will Change Your Life. This week our entry is titled "Night" and captures TBWCYL, Inc.'s spokesperson Ben Tanzer's mistaken belief that the children are asleep or will be soon. As always feel free to visit our ongoing collection of these self-portraits at the flickr and please don't hesitate to take advantage of our open-ended offer to run any self-portraits you might like to see of yourself here on the blog by sending us a photo at your most wonderfully narcissistic to thiszinewillchangeyourlife@yahoo.com.