The lack of cardio machines (the focus is weightlifting, and half the space is the Crossfit box) makes it kind of bearable — at any given moment when there's no student athlete training there are no more than 10 people in the whole space.

The spouse was working out in cotton until summer hit and we realized our trainer's gym had no A/C. Just one day of that and then we got a bunch of C9 shirts from Target that wick sweat like no one's business.

I love me some Pinterest. There are some 'typical' categories that I'm guilty of also indulging in, but I also use mine to keep useful pieces on food writing (and a friend has told me she read a few things I pinned, and has improved her cooking, so yay!), and places I might want to eat when I travel. Mostly, though,…

I have always known kids were not for me, even when I was little, I couldn't stand them.

Yessss, Warby Parker. Unfortunately they couldn't get the lens strength/variation I needed, so I just bought the frames.

Reminds me of

I just picked up some freelance photography for some local papers and theatre companies. It's enough to support my PS4 habit.

Not sure if you'll see the comment, but:

I'm sorry. I should have added "Thanks a lot, Mom." I have a name that constantly gets mispronounced and misspelled, and almost every time I meet someone new, I get "No, really, where are you *really* from?"

Thanks a lot, Mom.

I can't ever see myself actually frying chicken at home, so I found an oven baked version (Serious Eats) with brined chicken coated in buttermilk, a little red pepper and cornflakes. Ngarf. Forgot how easy and good brining is.

There was a time period where I was putting in 60-hour weeks to do some huge and complex task at work. When it was done, I was so burned out I resolved never to do it again. Then I made a 2-hour spa appointment. Never looked back.

I had it tattooed into my head that I had to go to college right after high school, because that's just what the culture I was raised in did. But I do wish I had maybe a year to

Okay, but that video's colors gave me a big damn headache.

This. I live by my Logitech keyboard when I bring my iPad mini to meetings. There's just no freaking way I can type as fast on the screen keyboard.

Money. If I play it out right, I take advantage of a vacation buyout at the end of the year for up to 40 hours. And my spouse gets like half the days off that I do, and we've got just one car, so if anything most of my PTO is spent in single-day increments to fart around the house and play videogames. Maybe we'll…

As a new pet owner I do one of two things (and I ask my guests their preference): I can either crate or pen the puppy with a treat, or I can hand them two lint rollers (one for each hand) as they head out. And more than likely I'll have $1 travel-sized lint rollers for them to take with in case they catch a stray one.

This. I love YNAB to death and I'm almost out of the pit!

I love folks with a good sense of humor.

I pay for doggie daycare. I drop the little furball off in the morning, and when I pick him up after work, he falls asleep in the car and takes at least a two-hour nap at home. Puppy gets lots of exercise and socialization, I support a local business, and I don't feel guilty about leaving the dog at home crated all…