It must be said, however, that the smell was a pleasant change from the dumpster smoke that usually suffuses the arena.

“I bet he is.” - Art Schlichter

Well, it’ll be a while before I eat any more Jif placenta butter.

Americans would never stand for a system in which the entirety of the playing cadre was turned over every three or four years. It’s ludicrous to even think they’d fill 80,000 seat stadiums every Saturday to watch it.

A shoutout to what may be the most difficult PlayStation game ever, SingStar Queen, a game whose sole purpose is to grade how well you, yes, you, can match Freddie Mercury note for note. Spoiler Alert: you can’t.

I remember an amusing (read: horrible) interview with Vanilla Ice on MTV at the height of Ice Ice Baby’s popularity where he patiently explained that he was not ripping off Under Pressure. His defense?

That hit by Lucic was so nasty that the NHL added six games to Tom Wilson’s suspension just on general principles.

Admittedly, you have to think that the race would have been closer had there been fewer right-wing murderers and terrorists killing women and minorities in the state the past few years.

Count me in as another longtime Nancy Drew fan that misses the series.

Yeah, if VHS resolution were better, my folks would have framed a still of the open-mouthed stare of shock I spent most of the episode in as I clawed my way to an $1400 total. “Fucking genius” is not a term anyone watching the show would have used to describe me.  Still better than the scandal I caused when I tried…

I would actually think a major factor in older contestants doing poorly in Jeopardy is getting the timing of the buzzer down. From my own experience, if your competitor is just a fraction of a second quicker on the buzzer, you’re never coming close to winning, and worse, when you do get a chance to answer, your own…

I think a pancake compressor is really just a fancy name for “waffle iron”.

I think a pancake compressor is really just a fancy name for “waffle iron”.

If it’s any consolation, 9-year-old you wasn’t nearly as harsh a critic of Wynn as his wife was.

Honestly, one of the things that most frightens me is the possibility that Kagan and Sotomayor will be targeted for assassination by right-wing elements while the Republicans control the Senate and WH.  (I’m assuming Breyer will not be targeted because he’s male, and RBG because they just assume she’s going to die…

So, which staffer lost the bet with Emily that she couldn’t write a blog post just bragging about all the places she’s visited?

Chris, it’s time to let go.  It’s nice to dance with the Prince at the ball, but it’s after midnight now, and the Nats can’t afford to buy glass slippers when they still need a 2B (LaMahieu?), catcher (Ramos?), and at least two starters (Keuchel and Harvey?).

Oh, yeah; I remember getting the free cone vouchers from McD’s as a kid. As I recall, Wendy’s used to do that too, with Frostys. Those were, at least, actual free sugar, even if you had to go to a shop to collect.

One of the local neighborhood scandals a couple of years ago involved parents trying to figure out who was giving out clipped fast food coupons from the weekly junk mail as trick or treat items.

What a weird coincidence.

Coming along well; I don’t know that he’s ever been as close to the rim as he was right there.