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This week's latest Vibram Five Finger reviews:

• The Latest in Casual Freakwear at Skwigg Blog [Classics]:

  Feeling the ground is completely amazing when your feet have been trapped in cushioned athletic shoes for years. This is going to sound totally woo-woo but I feel like I'm connected to the earth again. I haven't truly felt the ground since my mother wrestled "school shoes" onto me when I was about five. In the VFFs, the sole is a flexible skin and you can feel all the different surface textures - the brake pedal, the gravel driveway, the sandy trail, the soft grass, the bumpy concrete, the smushy mud, the ridges in a manhole cover. I'm fascinated by each new surface and tend to linger and grin. I'm sure I look like some kind of blazing super-dork who's never been outside before.

• New Shoes: Vibram Five Fingers at Success Warrior [Classics]:

  So I risked it and ordered them online. I followed the directions on measuring my feet and placed the order. Happily, they fit perfectly. Sometimes it takes me a bit of work getting my pinky toe in place. For you parents out there, imagine putting gloves on a kid for the first time. Sometimes you get two fingers trying to jam into the same finger of the glove. I think it will get easier with time. The toe that gives me the most problems is the one that I have broken a couple of times in karate but I'm hoping that it can be trained to slide easily into place.

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