Also, tell them your pain tolerance is a 2 and whatever you are feeling is much much worse. Don't try to tough it out.

Yay, Jess!

I got my eyebrows done yesterday. I can't stop touching them.

Please to describe them in detail.

::pen poised::

Fredpete - congratulations on your dh's good news but I am so sorry to hear about Teddy. Poor kitty.

ION, Ted is blogging Top Chef AND he has a PBS show:

Aside from guesting on “Top Chef,” I’m the host/narrator of a new public television show called “Uncorked: Wine Made Simple,” debuting in more than 150 markets this summer (check your local PBS listings!). It’s a lavish, beautiful production. I’m also continuing to judge cooking elsewhere, including on a show that originated in Japan and runs on a cooking-related cable network (wink-wink). I’m developing a couple of shows of my own. And I continue to work promoting my cookbook, “The Food You Want to Eat: 100 Smart, Simple Recipes,” which is available everywhere, including via this website or through Amazon.

Based on what he says about the last season of QE, I may have to watch it.

Have an easy delivery, Jessica!

What's the difference, really, between a supertaster and someone who is just a picky eater?

The intensity of the signals that go to the brain. What you do with them afterwards is, I guess, up to you. I think it's like having the volume on certain sounds cranked to 11.

Whoohoo, Jessica!

Sorry to hear about Teddy, Fred.

I'm sorry Teddy is not doing better, Fred.

Easy labor, Jess!

They really should not run the "this is a test" emergency alert sounds on the radio in the early morning. I was dreaming about the new nephew, and suddenly I was holding a baby going braaaaaaaaaaP braaaaaaaP braaaaaaP which was ... alarming. Also? I much preferred the old signal. This one is scary sounding and always fills me with dread. The old one was just as attention-grabbing, but didn't scare me.

Labor~ma to Jess.

I think that I am a supertaster of sorts. Test said that I was inbetween. I am sensitive to bitter things, but I like some of them -- like beer. In beer, however, I have acquired the taste. Not a big fan of things like radicchio or endive or grapefruit. I like tonic water with vodka and lime.

Ooh, more updates from Ted:

My partner Barry and I are renovating a brownstone in Brooklyn, and grilling large on a gorgeous new Viking grill! Later in the month, we’ll be cooking it up out back with Ming Tsai for an upcoming episode of his great PBS show “East Meets West.” Meanwhile, Carson’s got a show in the works and is selling bucketloads of his own line of clothes and accessories on QVC, Thom has a great new show called “Dress My Nest” on the Style Network, Kyan is working as a brand ambassador for L’Oreal Paris, and Jai has moved to L.A., where he’s appeared in “Celebrity Duets” and is auditioning for bigtime television stuff! Everybody is swell and happy.

I didn't realize "East Meets West" was still being made -- or is he talking about "Simply Ming"?

Carson’s got a show in the works and is selling bucketloads of his own line of clothes and accessories on QVC.

I only hope he's working with other people's tastes in mind and not his own.