Good pup, Bartleby. I'm leaving the long distance walking advice to those that have actually done it, but I'll gladly send some foot~ma, Beej.

Did you know that chimps spit when they are not happy?

I did not know that.

Did you know that having people pass closely behind their enclosure does not make chimps happy.

I'll be sure to duck behind whoever I'm with, should I be passing by a chimp enclosure. Thanks for the heads up!

I should be getting ready for a bbq. I really don't want to go. Well, I want to go, just not with this headache.

Monkey spit?

That must be a sign of good fortune is some culture.

Congratulations!

eta: Thanks Nicole. It didn't even occur to me to ask for foot ~ma but, boy howdy, can I use it! Much obliged.

I also like the double layer socks.

Sports tape? ears pricking up

I get the worst blisters of anyone I know, but taping did the trick for me. I used tape over every place I ever got a blister. Some pictures here [link] It works for preventing. I covered the existing ones with moleskin. Some more tips here [link]

Just make sure not to tape tight. It works. I didn't think I would survive my last marathon, but finished 26.2 without a single blister.

Last link - me taping my feet before LA Marathon. [link]

Anything is possible.

Funny side note - they have big signs in front of the chimp enclosure - "Quite Please - noise disturbs the chimps". Ok. There was even a zoo volunteer there shushing people who didn't mind the signs.

As we returned from break and went through our shortcut back to the animal hospital we had to climb over a rope and go through an "employee only" gate. We didn't have Raul the maintenance dude with us this time, so the zoo volunteer sees us going where regular people aren't supposed to go - so she tries to stop us by YELLING at us. YELLING. In the quiet zone.

...

Yep. More expectoration. We were laughing so hard by the time we got back to work.

Coffee?

Yes. It is coffee. It may be as far as this goes, but hey. It's a date.

YELLING. In the quiet zone.

Oh geez. BUT! Maybe the chimps spit at her for it.

It may be as far as this goes, but hey. It's a date.

You never know, it could be a great beginning. And if not, it's still *a* beginning to getting back out there in the dating game. Either way, I'm happy for you, bug.

I've managed to drag a straightening iron through my hair and put on a little make-up. Pets are being fed now and pretty soon I'll get to work on picking out some clothes.

For me, that is. Not the pets. Putting clothes on them would result in my needing, at the very least, a blood transfusion.

Georgetown Running, as I recall. It's on M right near the bridge

I'll check it out.

And, Laura...you are a goddess. The tutorial is hugely helpful and I'm inspired by your experience.

Hence forth, I shall be known as tootsmummy. (See what I did there? A compound word including a euphemism for feet and the effect of thorough wrapping. Fear me.)

Jeez, I'm so tired, I think my brain has melted into my pa-ainful feet.

Sorry about the Fixed Noise, all of y'all that have it afflicted upon you. My brother used to make me watch Hannity &colmes but I don't know what he sees in it...it makes me want to throw shit. But it might not be ideology--Hardball does too. Ha! Maybe because they don't have Oddball.

Fun picture from the shower today: [link]

(check out the fabulous floral arrangement too!)

VW! Woot! good for you. I'm with you. Starting to date. Had a few this month. Non all that great, sad to say. But good to get out there. More likely to find a mate on a date than sitting on your rump in your home, ya? Well, that's the attitude I'm trying to take.

As for the fox news stuff. From the "RAW DATA" section of Playboy:

On a quiz designed to test TV watchers' knowledge of current events: 54% of DAILY SHOW and COLVERT REPORT viewers passed by answering at least two-thirds of the questions correctly. 35% of Fox news watchers did the same.

See, there actually is stuff to read in Playboy. Not just for pretty pictures.