I was at the store about a year ago and tried on a Nike Free while leaving my other regular shoe on. After a few steps, the other shoe became so irritating I had to take it off and put on the other Nike. I wore nothing but the Nikes (except for going to a couple of funerals) until a few days ago when I got them extremely muddy and haven't gotten around to washing them.

I HATE regular shoes now. They feel so clunky and heavy. I ended up getting a pair of Vibram FFs today. They're even better than the Nikes as far as "road feel" and gait correction are concerned. I still feel like I'm walking wrong, though, so I guess it will take a little more getting used to. I'll probably end up getting some Terra Planas or Vivo Barefoots for "normal" looking shoes.

One big reason I knew I had to ask my wife out when we first met is she could still play the HHGTTG game from memory.

We even named one of our dogs RBBBOT (pronounced: ribbit) because of his tendency to chew up anything he could get his teeth on. Oh, and our laptops' hostnames are "heartofgold" and "bistromath"...

I guess we're dorks... oh, well.