Yes, indeed. The scrum at the gate is partially pre-boarding, primal anxiety, but it's mostly jockeying for the race down the ramp to hog as much overhead space as possible.

Persia is a place that a gentle, university student of mine in 1979 bashfully admitted was his homeland.

Why don't the Iranians just Photoshop the internet out of existence?

Manic Pixie Dream Girl meets "The Adventures of Baron Munchausen"?

lolrats

Well, obviously, the arrow you took to your knee distracted you.

I was going to write about badgers, but then I took an arrow to the knee.

lolsnakes

I was going to move my cursor arrow to the next comment, but then I took a blue-screen error to my CPU.

But, Curves, everyone has you to cheer them up.

Recent Saab forum post:

Not. Even. Funny.

Of course number five was a holding penalty—he was holding the other guy's throat, that's all.

So, basketball is going to look more like North American ice hockey: Physical play trumps skill?

De.lor.e.an

Hey, Whitson, thanks for recommending this tool. I just downloaded it and, in addition to the purposes you covered in your post, it already seems generally more robust/informative/better-looking than the standalone GPS app I was using previously.

Well said, hooey. The kids who doubled up and checked Jablonski from behind and on the boards (!) did so because the adults—parents, coaches, and league officials—are promoting a culture that tolerates (and therefore promotes) it.

Sadly, this horrific injury appears to have been entirely preventable. Two players targeted this forward as he was on the boards with the puck, and though the check from behind was not especially forceful (according to his parents and his coach), it must have been high in order to cause damage where it did. A hockey…

Hmm, and I will do no better if I say the 8-track would be in the dashboard of their lunar rover. Help me out here!

Hey, many thanks for the explanation—I really didn't know about that synergy!