Chuck

And that's what counts.

Uh, the other participants in the 5k radiate that spirit and are so encouraging of each other.

Don't ask me how, but somehow I achieved fastest 5k for a woman in this event.

What a cool feeling.

So today I listened to Venus Flytraps on the way home and came across a package addressed Stuff You Should Know 5K Champ Amanda Thompson and Just About Cried and got a handcrafted by Stuff You Should Know Army member metal rack for her efforts.

And it's really great.

That's right.

Congratulations to everyone.

No, just be on the lookout next late summer, fall for news on the Army Facebook page.

All right.

Well, let's talk porcelain because porcelain isn't something I really knew much about until I did this research.

And porcelain, as it turns out, you might know this, you might not, is a type of ceramic.

It's a subset of ceramics.

What?

They are both made of clay and they're both kiln-fired.

But porcelain clay has a much higher density and it's fired longer and at higher temperatures.

Okay.

And thusly is much more durable, has very high performance characteristics, and it's, you know, porcelain is that super hard mixing bowl that you got from your grandmother that, like, you can't break.

Well, you can't break them, but just super hardy, super dense, non-porous, clay-like material.

Yeah, toilets.