Why are they not called Vibram Fivetoes?

Feeling bored and discontent lately, probably because of the large number of semi-finished, drab, grown-up and possibly frumpy projects I'm in the middle of. This weekend I broke up the tedium by buying a pair of these:



Much as I don't like the term "consumer" and don't want my life to be all about buying stuff, there's no denying that new possessions are exciting. :) These shoes were apparently invented in 2007 and have slowly been spreading since then, now available in CitySports which has made it possible for my friends to get them (and let them get me into them, and now my friends want them too).

Interestingly, they're mentioned on page 3 of an article I've linked to before: You Walk Wrong.

(I also made the perfect luxury purchase... a really nice box of spiral paper clips, better than anything I can find a picture of online. For less than $10 those things are going to make me happy 100+ times over the course of, probably, years. I win.)

So, life. Drab for the most part. New shoes, new paperclips and doing 36 chin-ups today before lunch are the high points.