I think this is closer to the mark (though I don’t discount the original theory). I was a very, very good swimmer. I wasn’t going to go to the Olympics, but I was on a D1 team with Olympic medalists and world record holders.

I’m no Winklevoss, but I have the same thought about speeding tickets. I’m not a particularly aggressive driver, but I definitely tend to speed. Occasionally that means I get a ticket. That used to bum me out, but I had a friend that said “oh, you just had to pay your speed tax.” Completely changed my outlook on the…

This comment is the most horrifying thing I’ve read on this page, and that includes the original letter.

If a recipe on the internet is going to say anything further than a list of ingredients and the process, then this is how they should read. I’m so tired of thinking I want to cook a thing, going to find a recipe, and then spending two months reading about how this recipe is really special because someone’s kid took…

I think my favorite part of dating at this time in life is two-fold... 1 - I have a confidence and understanding of myself that I never had when I was younger; and 2 - living in the DC area, and dating women who are ~40, means there are virtually limitless numbers of brilliant, bad-ass women, who have made dating fun…

This was a great article. As a 40yo who’s two years into post divorce dating these are all things I have acknowledged to myself during this process, but it’s still good to have regular reminders.

I related to that way too much myself.

I’ll never understand why otherwise well adjusted seeming adults will react like that. In my own life I’ve been pretty lucky and (almost) never have had to deal with that... though maybe it’s because I’m a man dating women and women just seem more mature, or confident in themselves, or whatever it takes to be ok with…

RFK was definitely something. I was a long-time baseball fan, who had never lived in a city with a team when I moved to DC in 2005. I started going to Nats games because baseball. I can’t say I’m sad that they don’t play there anymore, but RFK (and Frank) absolutely played roles in making me fall in love with the…

Sometimes, people just want to listen, and other times, people just need you to open up in order to develop a rapport.

I’m glad the kid was found safe, and I’m not inclined to believe his story. I really don’t have anything to add on that front.

Granted it’s not more interesting, but saying “hey Google...” is more natural; so I go with that. “OK google...” is pretty dumb; it’s more of a response than an initiation of a conversation.

I don’t know about you guys, but I’m just shocked that the son, and defender, of a man best known for happily ignoring the decades long rape and abuse of children would also proudly defend a regime best known for abuse and murder of their own citizens and dissidents.

Deadspin posts articles throughout the year criticizing people for reporting a thing is happening in sports based off hearsay, and doing no actual reporting. Isn’t that exactly what you’ve done here? You’re basing this off one guy’s say, and it’s fucking Nightingale of all people.

To the affair haver I send my strongest ‘fuck you man.’

I’ll defend country ham because salty, cured meat is delicious, but this is the right take.

My birthday is on St. Patrick’s day; which was awesome until I was about 20. Now, at 40, it is truly the worst. I can’t even consider going out and grabbing some drinks with friends because even the best grown-ups drinking establishment turns into a frat party. 

That is undoubtedly correct; maybe that will be a New Year’s resolution that I can actually keep.

That is how I started with twitter, but the other crap is like a cancer; if you let a little in it just keeps growing and growing. I unfollowed a bunch of accounts a while back and it was immearsurably better, but I still probably need to cut another 50% at least before it actually is more good than bad. The shitty…

Just how close to dying is Drew?