Book Cart Races.

The challenge is getting a good enough start to keep you going, while lifting your feet up, and avoiding spinning out or hitting things (or people).

Chasing-after-the-bus races. Quite similar to greyhound races where they chase after that fake rabbit.

diaper changing. Though I'm not very fast. I take my time and use a lot of wipes.

Ha! Diaper changing! Question: Would the official Olympic diapers be actual dirty diapers? I picture droves of mothers (and fathers) ferociously stuffing their babies' faces with food. That's really funny.

yes, they must be dirty. Of course the medals would be given to not only the parents, but the baby as well. Imagine the winning baby wearing a gold medal on the medal stand? Classic.

How many steps is that?

Eliana, I'll have to remember to count the number of steps when I go home. The number shall be reported soon.

Half of a flight? Hmm ... dare I say that I bet I could beat you with the fastest time down 12 full flights? In my building. Name a date and a time :P

Come back to the library.. I'll race you up to the 4th floor. ;-)

Where did you get those shoe?

Tom, I got them from Burlington Coat Factory! Actually, I should really get a new pair of dress black shoes. These are getting really beat up. Earlier this year when my heel was hurting, I saw the foot doctor, and he totally laughed at the beatedupness of these shoes. He told me I needed to get shoes that don't flex so much--very stiff shoes. So I bought some VERY stiff shoes at uh... whatcha call it... DSW. And they totally give my feet red marks by the ankle. I'm not sure if they are completely broken in yet. I don't wear them that much because they really are so incredibly stiff. I'm thinking of just keeping those shoes for fancy events, and just buying a regular every-day pair of shoes for work. Ones that have rubber soles. These stiff pair have those leather sort of soles.

But no matter the pair of shoes, I still totally rip up the Western Station stairs. Nobody beats me!

As for sparx, I think he would totally beat me on his library stairs, cuz he would just climb up the hand rail in the middle--LIKE A MONKEY.

Oh, and Tom, you challenge me down TWELVE flights of stairs? Oh momma. I think I need to practice doing that at Tribune Tower first. I have the one-flight dash all down. But the 12 flights is like the 800 meter race.

Eliana, I STILL have to count the steps! I TOTALLY forgot.

I was kidding - I'm not racing anyone up to the 4th floor. That would be the "stairway to nowhere".. the one you got all dusty on. The one that leads up to the concrete slab roof because we DON'T HAVE A 4th FLOOR.

I think it's important when designing a building that you include stairs that go all the way up to a concrete ceiling.

I will bust through the concrete ceiling to the "4th floor" just as the world's greatest wallbreakers of Kool-Aid Man, Incredible Hulk, Juggernaut. FYI, I'm pleased to say that webpage is the third result on a google search for: wallbreakers.

Yes. YES!

Who is your foot doctor? I think I need a referral.

I desperately needed new shoes but couldn't afford what I might normally buy, so I went to famousfootwear.com and found some that I liked. One pair is Rockport, which I really like, but the other is Florsheim and they STINK to high heaven [a true indicator of "cheap"]. I've been finding that I can't wear most shoes for more than 8 or 9 hours before the toes on my left foot start hurting like crazy.