A few months ago, I struck a deal with the blogger Schmutzie.  If she didn’t smoke for an entire month, I would do at least ten push-ups a month in support of her effort.  Today, she is a model of health.
This week, I noticed that Tanis of The Redneck Mommy, another fine Canadian blogger, was also trying to stop this awful habit.  What is it with Canadians and smoking? Being a good Samaritan, I made the same bargain with her.  However, unlike the loving and good-natured Schmutzie, Tanis would only agree to this deal if there was daily verification that I was doing the push-ups, as if she was the United Nations dealing with the Iraqi nuclear program. Hopefully, when she has completely eliminated cigarettes from her life, she will also learn to trust her fellow man.
Here is day one of my push-ups.  Notice the irony of Sophia (who is filming me with my iphone) saying that my “neck is getting redder” as I attempt my ten push-ups, even though she has no idea that I am doing this for a blogger named “Redneck.”
