I grew up in a small town on the "right" side of the tracks and had lots of fancy holiday (and otherwise) parties. I now work in the non-profit world and my husband is in academia, so we don't get much call for new sparkly clothes. I hate wearing heels but man, I really miss getting dressed up and dancing.

When the major donor to my project started the sentence with, "So, I know I'm not supposed to ask this, but..." I knew what was to come next was trouble. And yes, he asked if I was pregnant. And no, I wasn't. And was feeling good about myself because I just finished the marathon. And I considered giving away the coat…

Can we go ahead and book Allison Brie to host SNL and play "Princess Kate" in a Disney spoof sketch? She's already got the Disney face down.

This is so much better than the crappy models we had back in college. Whoa.

@cassiebearRAWR: No. It means you are awesome.

@Gabryl Kaine: Love that book - definitely recommend it!

@sweet cuppin' cakes needs coffee: Way to go! There's a great site called mapmyrun.com that shows you running routes by zip code, along with commentary.

Rock. Yes, ma'am!

He and his support team and I ran near each other for a few miles towards the beginning of the marathon. They came up on my shoulder and when I glanced over, I saw the gas mask first. Whoa. I told them good luck and that they were amazing for doing it. I saw them a bit later (somewhere between halfway and 20 miles)…

@SNEAKERS: Seriously. I'd rather be a little pudgy and happy than skinnier and crankypants. Yay runners!

@SNEAKERS For reals. I'm a runner and couldn't do it without the carbs. And since your brain gets its energy directly from carbs, if you're going carb-free, you're not thinking properly!

Holy cow, woman. I love you. I have a healthy respect for what bajillions of evolutions have developed in our natural world, but man do I hate the snake/fish oil salespeople that push it for every single darn thing. I once went to a alternative medicine conference as an exhibitor (for something else) and was astounded…

@kronos27: I made my parents check my closet every night to make sure that ET hadn't shown up in there. I was terrified that he would come to me and I'd have to die to save him.

A bucket of cats is exactly what we needed after that homophobic, toxic Arkansas school board member's idiotic rant. Merci!

@Leucadia: They really are gross, aren't they? But lately he's been pulling me into hugs and telling me, "you're my most favorite mama I ever seen." Dadgum hillbilly monkey.

@Leucadia: Ditto. My toddler is in the "Mama, mama, look at this, look at me, mama, mama, see this, what's that" stage and drying my hair this morning took forever because he kept wanting attention. He's an adorable little monkey and all, but we really needed to be able to leave the house!

@Matt Grandis: Pretty sure he's a cousin. Maybe.

@zeroprime: YES!

My sisters and I were born on 8/8, 2/2 and 1/11. So close.

Just after running around the biology building late one night during Senior Week, we ran into one of my Professors as we were leaving the building. He totally knew what we were doing, and has not let me forget it, nearly 15 years later.