It's not bullshit if you live a bus ride away from said kale, carrots, and salmon.

Oh, the sneezing! I had never been sneezed at so regularly and so emphatically until this dog came to live here.

I think I would get him panniers. Bento on one side, clipboard on the other.

My dog is awesome, too, but I'd happily support him getting at least part time work outside the home. On workday mornings, I'd make him a little bento box with different shapes of kibble and pieces of cheese cut to look like cats and squirrels.

Don't we all? (Also: you rule.)

Thank you. I was struggling with my own need to say that.

Only if you decide that being able bodied is _by definition_ the same as being able to walk for eight hours straight. I'm sure there are other definitions. What's the swimming requirement for able bodied-ness? Lifting? Throwing? You see the problem.

Cue debate about what "able bodied" means, another definitional problem.

Aaaand thin people don't make good long-distance open-water swimmers. Anyway, there are two different understandings of being good or bad at running races in play here. Good at winning is one. Good at running them to the finish consistently is another. I'd call someone who regularly runs long distances a good long…