Well, me hearties, I know you've been waiting for this day for a long, long time. 

You've been planning the surprise parties, the banners, the ribbon-cutting ceremonies.  The plaques are gleaming, the bronze statues polished. 

Yes, it's the one-year anniversary of my taking over MPF from the illustrious Louis R. W. Schuler, III (probably neither his real first name nor his middle initials, but I'm in a formal mood here, so go with it), and any moment now, the gifts and party trucks and bandwagons will be rolling up to my front door to celebrate.  Thanks, guys.

Many people told me it couldn't be done.  To this day, a FanShot remains from my second day on the job which bemoaned, prematurely, the death of this site.  Hey Rob in Denver, how do you like me now, 235 posts later, huh? 

I'm frankly very happy to be doing this "gig," but there's more I'd like to be doing.  I know people are reading this site (you spend about 90 seconds a day here, typically, for which I'm truly grateful!  90 seconds of face time a day is more than I often get with my own wife!), and without readers, it's just me, screaming my addled notions into a huge echo chamber, so I want to repeat the idea, which I've said before, that "It's Your Male Pattern Fitness, Too®!"

So what do you want to hear about?  What burning fitness questions do you have that no one else has answered?  What do you need clarified, parsed, dissected, bandied about?  I can't say I'll get to everyone's questions or ideas all the time, but I'll certainly try.  And, best of all, if I pick your question to answer, you'll get the next year of MALE PATTERN FITNESS streaming into YOUR COMPUTER, or ANY COMPUTER YOU CHOOSE TO USE, 5 days a week, ABSOLUTELY FREE.* 

So shoot me some questions, comments, ideas, and I'll do my best to acommodate ya.  And if I could prevail on anyone who reads this site--or any of the sites of my wonderfully smart and eloquent SB Nation brethren:  tell your friends about us so we can keep this party rolling.  None of us make more than a couple of nickels from these blogs, and they're free as the driven snow to readers, so the best way you can repay our efforts is by spreading the word.  So if you like what you see on MPF and/or SB Nation--tell your pals.  

Here's to another great year. 

And--oh yeah--I'll be sporadically posting for the next week--off to a family reunion with the enormous Irish-Catholic contingent of Heffernanity up in Maine through a week from tomorrow. 

Andrew

*Oh yeah.  Everyone gets that anyway.  But do it anyway, you know...for the kids. 

PUZZLER OF THE WEEK:  Who is this man, and why is his picture included in this post?  Post detailed answers to comments.  Winner gets Bragging Rights.