Instant death averted

Last week, Glen IMed me, asking "what, more than anything else, signifies instant death to you?". I thought he meant something like 'a train coming and being unable to get out of the way'. However, he meant it much more personally. Maraschino cherries. Being allergic to red food coloring means avoiding some stuff I really had no huge love for in the first place - rainbow sherbet, Jello, Swedish fish - and, one thing which I really used to love - Maraschino cherries. Well, Glen, at Trader Joe's last week, found non-artificial colored, non-preservative laden Maraschino cherries. So I've been eating them approximately ten at a time. YUM!!