Learning guitar & banjo, getting better at piano. Also working on bicycle mechanics and cross-stitching.

I used to LOVE Cam Jansen, and the boy I babysit does too!

I'm getting my roommate a bubbler. Because, Colorado.

Clutching my pearls here, but why do we let 9-year-olds play TACKLE football? Aren't the rates of serious concussions in high school, college, and professional football enough to raise some eyebrows and suggest to parents that, maybe, they should stick to flag football as long as possible?

That's pretty much how I feel.

This is an extraordinarily good point.

Who else was depressed when they found out, at the age of 21, that many of those were ghostwritten?

I can run for miles. And miles. Thanks, legs.

That and some population control might be nice in the meantime.... Right?

Got farther than me. I stopped at "Deaux", and only went back when others mentioned the number of grammatical and spelling errors.

My favorite is "... thought Rosseau writes about meat being unnatural, he also writes about serving it to dinner guests."

Yes, please! Anyone in Colorado? I get jealous of all the Jezzies in NYC and the 3rd coast....

Switch it around in your mind: if you were bringing him to a barbecue, what would you expect of him? How would your friends treat him? As long as he/his friends aren't complete asshats, you'll be fine. In the end, the vast majority of people just want others to like them.

Everyone knows octopus sorceresses can't wear floor-length gowns. Someone fire her stylist.

The thing that most disturbed me (as in, I hadn't thought about it) was that they would have to stop and hold their position for something like 5-15 seconds while the image was captured. That sounds soooo awkward.

I'm with you on this. Broad(ish) shoulders to a slender waist and nice guy butt... Asses are where it's at.

I love me some redheads and that song! And he is a talented pianist and clever man.

Story of my life. In the summer, I can't really sleep past the sun, no matter how I try to recreate deep-space darkness by closing my shades. Damn elevation and early sunrises.

It's the smoke from the forest fire in Fort Collins. That's all that's in my eyes.