Well, I may have lost my voice, but I gained a belt. Passed my orange belt test this evening. Added a couple pieces of pine to my short stack of broken boards in my office--palm heel strike and side kick did the damage. My goal, inasmuch as I have one, is to make it farther up the ranks than I did in college. If I go one more belt level (green), that will be even w/my college rank, so I need to go at least two levels, to purple. I was in a lot better shape in college, though, so I may give up on this yet. If I stick it out, I could conceivably be a purple belt by the end of the year. Stay tuned.