So first he forced some guy to sacrifice his eye, then he killed another dude actually named Odin? Strong mythology program at Miami, I guess. Anyone in Boston named Baldur (or Shadow, for that matter) should be on high alert.

I'm a shallow person who now feels a connection with you because of the cheese thing. Actual curdled-milk-cheese, not this Thicke guy.

Really? I always figured Pinocchio, pre-wish-fulfillment. No woman wants to settle for a real boy. Plus there's the...duality advantage.

Some players are so good that 2 players have to block them. Maddy, you had to be blocked by the entire school. Chin up. You may not be allowed to play football. But you are a football player.

I think the Kitty Pryde LeBron, phasing into the floor, is my favorite.

Probably not really consequential, but does anyone know what "doe and doe" means in the gift card-related context mentioned? All I'm getting from google is things related to the department of energy.

If only this whole thing had been submitted to Thatz Not Okay.

Also, that horse is a role model for Bays and Chestnuts everywhere.

Keith Richards is a Cherokee Princess?

There...there are...people...who don't like...unicorns? You deserve a hug and a hearty congratulations for retaining your imagination and iconoclasm while growing up in Sadville.

I agree that we shouldn't engage in body shaming, but we can't give him a pass on carrying such a paltry battleaxe. He should be shamed for wielding so unsuitable a weapon. By which I mean the axe.

I like where your head's at. Maybe instead of taking away the gargoyle, the solution here is to add. Surround him with gnomes, and put one of those reflecting spheres in front...

No joke, that thing looks like the semihuman character I played back in my D&D days in college. Even the dusky reddish color is right.

Ms. West, thank you for fighting this publicly and reminding the rest of us to keep pressure on this issue in our own less visible ways.

Finally a story with layers.

Thank you - I got a few informative responses about the capabilities of the builder there; unfortunately my recommendation wasn't enough to remove the gray, but they added substantially to the discussion.

Another commenter responded to me with some insight about the capabilities of this specific builder — suggesting that they went where the expertise is. That made sense. My lone recommendation isn't enough to ungray it, apparently, but this is a smarter conversation with that person's voice in it.

Thank you, I thought there might be a legitimate reason, I just didn't know what it was. The resource I found referenced a unique type of keel design used in this ship, I wondered if it might be a proprietary design of that builder.

Given that the O in NOAA is "Oceanographic," I was curious why this ship was build in Wisconsin — that's a long sail out to the ocean. I found this statement regarding its purpose: “When completed,Reuben Lasker will dramatically improve NOAA’s ability to conduct surveys for fish, marine mammals and turtles off the…

Perhaps the best thing about this post is the comments from people ostensibly bashing the site, but only after casually mentioning that they qualified. :)