I am a Barefoot Runner. Not a serious long distance runner, but I've had such happier shins and thighs since switching to minimalist shoes. (I'm too scared of tetanus to be a literal barefoot runner.)

YES. Jezebel needs to hire Burt immediately, for life. Or until she's poached to polish the screenplay for 50 Shades of Burt and Dolly.

Go Army Beat Navy :)

Burt, if you do not use your bully pulpit as a Jez writer to lobby for 50 Shades of Burt and Dolly I will never forgive you.

For no particular reason:

You are fucking awesome and I would have such a crush on you under other circumstances. Prompted by lots of your writing, btw, not this post alone.

So, forgive me if this is not a revelation to you - it probably isn't - but reading this made me realize something about myself: I have no problem identifying as a Jew even though there are plenty of Jews who say things (qua Jews, not incidentally) I find reprehensible. Ditto every political affiliation I have ever…

I like the cut of your jib.

Thank you Burt!

That's exactly it. Kids having pictures on Santa's lap? Awesome (if that's your bag.) Adults doing it unironically? ... not the same. (Adults doing it ironically are annoying for a whole 'nother set of reasons, most of the time. A friend of mine did it because his grandmother had a picture of each grandchild on…

No worries. And to a certain extent it's a matter of taste, etc.

Oh hey, if there are kids on the trip, it's a totally different equation. (And, not to be crass, anything that keeps the kids happy and exhausted to maximize alonetime for the newlyweds is a good plan.)

Are you also creeped out by people going to Disney for their HONEYMOONS! (No, they're not taking kids with them.)

Yes. I was open to what he was doing until I saw that, and then ... well, a needle scratch through my brain sums it up. Sorry, just no. No.

What a brilliant idea! Do you peel it before freezing?

Oh my goodness, yes. I was on a high protein diet while pregnant, and so got in to measuring food for the first time then. What we think of as a serving is not usually one serving! This was good news for me, then, because I could get the 100g of protein I was shooting for without too much trouble. (I'd had visions of…

What was the SNL movie based on Mary Katherine, or similar? Who thought she was a superstar? Tyra is ... like that, to me. I don't know whether to be happy for her self-esteem or cringe at her delusion.

She managed to make her point without the personal abuse. Pity you couldn't do the same.

Me too. Actually crying. And so sorry for the poor guy.

Yes! My more complicated, snooty recipe books use weight, and for some things (baking) it matters, so these make life much much easier.