Every time I read one of you entries I feel I'd really enjoy a sit-down talk with you; preferably at I-hop.

IHOP's good, or Denny's.  There are 2 main reasons that wouldn't work well right now: my kids would be with me and we'd never get to talk and I can't stop coughing for more than a few minutes at a time!

I do fantasize about getting to meet some of y'all IRL, but I wonder if I'd be able to express myself very well verbally (I can be a tongue-tied geek sometimes) or if "stuff" would get in the way. On line no one can see my greasy hair, or smell my bad breath.  An FJ conference is a fun fantasy, though. Or a sit down over pancakes.

I hope you're well soon!  You never know, a FJ meetup could happen someday.

I think everyone worries about those real life encounters being ruined by ...well, real life.   

Thanks for the well wishes.  An early Merry Christmas to you! (Assuming you celebrate it.) If I'm smart, I'll stay away from FJ and any other fun distractions for a few days.

I don't know why but I only just noticed you had a blog. What a nice surprise. 

I would lick the bowl, but only if nobody else were around. My thinking is that it's only bad manners if you do it in public.

I don't lick bowls in restaurants, but I've been known to do it quickly and sneakily at a family dinner.  I'm part barbarian sometimes. 

   I'm a bowl licker for sure, when I'm at home.  What's wrong with it?  It's ice cream for goodness sake, why would we waste that goodness?!