Absolutely. Especially the shut up and listen part. Asking good questions and listening to, and then constructively engaging, the answers is the way to not sound like a douche. And to impress a date at an art museum, listening to them talk and constructively responding to answers works so much better than…

Two observations.

I use the clip-on lenses. When I go inside I put them in my breast pocket or just hold them. But then I am so old I don’t care if I look like a dork anymore.

I would agree with you, but only in terms of people who wear them but are not engaged in an activity wear they are useful. Sports, fitness, doing stuff around the water (they have floating varieties) etc. They really are very useful and I use them to hold on my prescription eyeglasses when I exercise and I have no…

In terms of discussing art in art museums (or galleries or wherever) one of the tricks to NOT sounding like a dick is to shut up and listen to what other people think once in awhile. Even if your takes are simple and down-to-earth (“cool brush strokes!” or “I like ballerinas”) you’re gonna sound like a dick after…

Or he is a racist that buys into the stereotype of the hyper sexualized athleticism of black men.

I used to work in DC and was trapped on a corner of Constitution Avenue while the street was cleared, barricades went up the whole deal just like you described. As a DC’er you get used to that sort of thing and all of us trapped together were in good spirits. Then the motorcade came by and it wasn’t the president. It…

I know! I’m going to have to rethink my strategy of telling little girls they fight like major league ball players.

I agree that this is the biggest part of the charade/spectacle. But is there any chance they would fight each other? Punching people in the face hurts especially if you don’t know what you’re doing and so it often. Batters have gloves on. That helps. And I can understand a pitcher on the mound caught up in the moment.…

Nice guy? Sad sack? He’s a fucking stalker. He’d be arrested if he tried that in real life.

Re: barfing.

Bartholomew Cubbins approves.

I always go with Jim Thorpe. But Ali is definitely “in the conversation” and I have no problem giving him top billing on the day after his death.

One of the best bachelor parties I ever attended was about a dozen close friends, a weekend in a ski cabin off-season, a Bob Ross marathon on the local PBS station, some liquor and about a pound of really good weed. Seriously, Bob Ross is awesome stoned.

My apologies for misunderstanding. But your post looked exactly like the “how can he be expected to see every email” defense I’ve seen used too many times.

But it’s still HIS team operating under HIS leadership and he is responsible for everything they do. If they kept this from him, that is still his fault and is a failure of leadership.

No. He “went after” the Clinton administration over some allegedly corrupt land deals which turned out to be absolutely fucking nothing. After spending 60 million dollars of taxpayer money and 6 years and dragging dozens of people through the mud (including digging into people’s book buying habits) all he got was one…

Granted. But that isn’t an excuse to strive for only 5% safe and then cover up the unsafeness.

So women at Baylor are “safe enough.”

Karma???