That's a very sharp combo!

Wow — underground ziplines?  That's so cool!  Kentucky's gotten a lot more interesting since that time my family drove through it on that road trip when I was in 7th grade.

Oooh, bird show!  We've been a couple of times before, but haven't seen that.  Gotta add it to the list…  I'm generally so happy just to ride the skyway and the Texas Star that I forget to check into other stuff to do.

They have deep-fried Nutella this year.  I've been two times before, and so far my favorite of the ridiculous fried foods was chicken-fried bacon.  I'm looking forward to having that again… perhaps just a little nibble, at any rate.  :)

Oof.  I wasn't aware of the Gleason injury.  Man, gotta love that preseason fighting.  ::eyeroll::

Oooh, I hadn't even considered that!  But you're right!  Now I'm all excited for this season!  Or, at least I have something to look forward to…

For some reason I can cope with cooking that doesn't work out, but become disproportionately disconsolate about baking failures.  I'm so sorry about your apple thing!

That is genius!

Yeah, there's really a limit to my patience for calorie counting.  As in "my limit is immediately after I start counting calories".  Life's too short, man.  Especially because I know I'm eating pretty healthy-like to start out with.  But… there's prize money on the line!  I'll just keep this up for the next eight…

Whoa!  That site is super cool!  That's going to be fun to play with!

@avclub-d542a3419c3ad57206a96bcc86155ebc:disqus Using ice cubes is super-simple, and super-fun!

This is totally the funnest part of the CSA season.  Made funner by smoked cheddar cheese and two pounds of black beans, though.  ::pouts::

Oh, and I forgot to mention that I had my annual physical yesterday and my cholesterol — which had been good to start out with — was down 40 points.  And my blood sugar was the lowest it's been in 15 years.  They are not kidding when they say that losing 10% of your body weight has great medical benefits!

Congratulations!  That's an awesome run!!  I'll keep my fingers crossed that everything holds up for you on the quest for 5K!

Congratulations!  I was about to say that I'd count that as a legitimate 50, but I've been tiptoeing around hitting 28 pounds the last few days and not quite staying there, so I hear you on waiting for it to really stick.

Jaromir Jagr is wearing a Devils sweater this season.  This is extremely difficult for me to deal with.  I'm trying to stay positive and remind myself that it's a low-risk, possible-mediocre-reward signing that, frankly, was pretty much the best the team could do after the Kovalchuk Fiasco, but still.  It just Jagr. …

Congratulations!  On both the anniversary and on your kid being so adorable.

When I'm out and about with my mother lately, people ask if we're sisters.  I'm 37, which I realize is hardly a kid, but still.  I really, really hope they're just trying to be nice to her.

I'm too scared to tour Eastern State on a normal day, so yeah, that Halloween stuff is way, way, waaaaaaaaaay out of my league.  I still get scared remembering the haunted house the faculty set up in the gym at my elementary school when I was in second grade.  ::curls up on the floor under my desk, whimpering::

Normally we've got pumpkins all over our yard by this time, but last year the squirrels just decimated them.  So… no more pumpkins at stately n Dick Manor.  :(