I’m 28 years old and I’ve got a minor case of gout. “Gout. Isn’t that for old people?” Yes it is, my friends. Yes it is.

Beans were the culprit this time. Apparently beans have the same gouty compounds as liverwurst. I got the beans from a work picnic last week. I took home essentially an entire party tray of leftover baked beans. We’re talking 2-3 servings of beans PER DAY for a week. After eating these beans for dinner (and sometimes lunch) every day for a week my body finally succumbed to the legume assault and gave me gout.

I say again because I had gout about 2 years ago the day of my high school best friend’s wedding. In the days/weeks leading up to the wedding I had been eating a lot of liverwurst sandwiches at work. A few nights before the wedding I had a few glasses of heavy duty red wine, cheese, and cured meats. All of the aforementioned items cause uric acid (or puric acid) to build up in your body. If you get too much buildup you get gout.

You know how Barron's knows you're gay? The Barron's GMAT 2007-2008 test preparation book handily uses a Venn diagram found on page 166 to lay it out for you. Ah, Venn diagrams, what can't you explain? I was surprised to find such hilarity in something as dry as a test preparation book.

Ah, glorious sweetness. I received my pre-paid maintenance vouchers from Toyota yesterday (Saturday) from Toyota of Greenfield. As promised the package includes 12 vouchers for service at 5,000 mile intervals at a participating Toyota dealer.

It is not clear how they will differentiate the different levels of service (minor, intermeidate, or major). The Toyota finance guy at my dealer said that they would cover the each level throughout the first few years of service. I suppose they get the vouchers and look at the odometer.

I suppose the next update on this will be when I take the damn thing in for service at 5,000 miles. I’m right around 2,000 already i think.