My one true popcorn is Alton Brown's homemade microwave popcorn.

Oh god the new microwave doesn't get here until next week.

I think they'll cancel school tomorrow - the forecast is for freezing rain at AM commute, turning to sleet, turning to snow. But I don't think my work will close (mr. flea is very flexible so can stay home if he needs to), so I am anticipating a tedious, messy and cold commute.

Does anything stick to it when you make it like that, amych? He uses no oil at all, right?

Amy, he uses oil -- about a tablespoon or so; way less than you'd use popping it in a pan, but enough to help the salt or whatever else you toss in for flavor to stick. I've seen variants that don't use any oil at all but that just seems blah to me.

I think they'll cancel school tomorrow

For a long time, CPS never EVER closed -- fire and brimstone could be raining from the skies and Walnut Hills was still having exams (okay, more seriously, I remember in maybe 1998 or so there was a storm where it snowed for over 24 hours straight, and CPS stayed open...although bus service was cancelled) -- so I'm always a little taken aback when they do the sensible thing and close.

Would it work for someone who walks rather than runs?

Steph, sorry I never replied--I went out and just got home a little while ago.

Zombies, Run! works for walking just as well as running. There's an interval-training element to it, but it doesn't mean you have to run, you just have to pick up the pace by 20% or more. And, of course, all the chatter from the radio operator is about running.

But it works for running or walking or cycling; on a treadmill or elliptical (using the accelerometer rather than the GPS); and Dana reports that it works on a stationary bike!

My cable company's On Demand selection includes several Charlie Brown holiday movies, but not A Charlie Brown Christmas. Boo.

Zombies, Run! works for walking just as well as running. There's an interval-training element to it, but it doesn't mean you have to run, you just have to pick up the pace by 20% or more. And, of course, all the chatter from the radio operator is about running.

Excellent!

Yay, we reached a high of 14 degrees today! Woo hoo!

I'm watching The Sound of Music live broadcast on NBC, and it seems like it's designed to maximize the amount of Audra McDonald so far. Which isn't a choice I disagree with, exactly, but maybe it's a sign you shouldn't have cast Carrie Underwood?