@avclub-beddc9f9e1c9b438dc4246e494644ce4:disqus I should totally do that.  (And have I ever mentioned that I love, love, love your username?)

Now I really can't wait!

I'm not going to lie — I'm a little jealous of myself.  Heh.  We're going to see them in NYC, and then Philly two nights later.  I'm trying to stay calm, but sort of failing.

Oooh, thanks for the advice!  Regardless of how much running I end up actually doing, new shoes are always fun.

@LJo1:disqus If you ended up really liking it, and didn't want to try out canning, I bet ketchup would freeze pretty well.  Anyway, a gardener friend of mine uses homemade ketchup as her rule of thumb to judge if you officially have too many tomatoes.  Once you're making ketchup, you've passed the threshold.

Coconut?!?  Are you insane??  That's just wrong.

@avclub-de4a08d644135b09bd7e1a592dff156b:disqus I said for me.  ::glares sternly::

Whoa, a squat challenge?  That sounds hardcore!  Good luck with it!  And seriously, "just trying something" is where it's at.  At least, that's what I'm telling myself all the cool kids are doing.

Hm.  My feet are horribly flat.  This… might end badly.  Oh well!  Only one way to find out!

I spent many, many years being an irredeemable dork.  And went to gazillions of hockey games.  There were only so many hours in the day and so many entertainment dollars to be spent, I guess.  (Also, I'm lazy and don't like being around other people.)  (And full of excuses.)

Hi LJo!

I don't want to get ahead of myself here, but the fact that the 16 instances of running I've done this week were fun has been completely stunning.  WHO KNEW??

Oh my god, strawberry season can't get here soon enough.

@avclub-9cd818ea56273170b63f339aa6f34bca:disqus Maybe gyros just doesn't count?  Sort of like my approach to not eating beef — if it's in a sausage or a dumpling, that's just "meat", not "beef".

That sounds fun!  I canned a huge batch of cranberry ketchup a couple of years ago, but never really found a use for it.

Just to prove to myself that I could, I went tomato independent this year.  I tried to anticipate all my tomato-product needs and made them from scratch, with fresh tomatoes, during the last farm season.  So that meant making my own taco sauce, barbecue sauce, and ketchup.  Prior to this experiment I would have agreed…

That's so sad!  But it also means all the more hard alcohol for me…

This is making me want to get a van.

It's amazing how many functional, employed people (and in my office we're talking about people with multiple advanced degrees in various sciences) are wowed by Google.  But I guess if they can't be bothered figuring out how to Google their own problems, that's just job security for me.  I can be the conquering hero.

@TheTuckPendletonMachine:disqus If I was on a dating site I would find that an extremely appealing profile.  For whatever that's worth.