Yeah, that’s a head-scratcher. “Details” are generally “a far cry” from anything “vague,” so I guess it kinda works.

There’s no way they’d let humanities professors anywhere near a committee like that. Humanities professors actually disagree with the administration sometimes. Need to go to the bootlick disciplines for that kind of thing; basically anything that involves the word “management.” 

Fwiw, Horse Racing is a pretty good one. Place a bet, watch the race, read for twenty minutes, look at the odds board, pick something that seems plausible but might pay a little, place a bet, grab a beer, watch the race, read for twenty minutes, and continue to do this all afternoon. If nothing else, it is definitely…

Living in Kansas City eliminates the excitement of crossing state lines pretty quickly. There’s a road called State Line. For most of it’s run it’s an unremarkable two lane street. If you live in a neighborhood anywhere near it odds are you will cross it several times a week for errands or dinner or whatever even if…

One result: “Cigar Smoker”

What QB has a winning record against the Pats in the postseason? Nick muthafucking Foles, baby!

Sad to hear that Gwen’s Gilmore Girls reviews burnt her out on the show. That was one of my all-time favorite AV Club features, especially in the recent years when excellent features have been a bit more sparse around these parts. And I enjoyed those essays even though I found myself disagreeing with many of Gwen’s…

Man, if my school had done this my senior year (c/o ‘95) there would have been like 150 Reservoir Dogs.

I’m psyched about the upcoming Philadelphia Story article (that’s probably my favorite rom com).

Yep. Trubisky vs. Watson was an argument people were having, but very very few people had Mahomes ahead of either of them. Hell, I’ll freely admit as a Chiefs fan that I was highly skeptical about the trade up to get Mahomes. Turns out Andy Reid knows more about football than I do.

Today I learned that Carlos Febles is still alive. Early-oughts KC, baby!

I got an ad for cookies. I suspect I’m less fun than either you or OP.

Old Yeller - The Seventh Seal

Fwiw, we are in theory building a new one. Granted, might take a while.

Yeah, my biggest regret from last season is that when the Pats won the coin toss I didn’t start walking to my car so I could beat traffic.

I went to that game, and I really glad I did not take a child, because there was no way I was surviving that thing sober. Granted, I wasn’t urinal-vomiting drunk.

Yes. It is the Pennsylvania of the Central Time Zone. Though arguably a sort of geographically reversed version (provel cheese and Cardinals fans bear some psychic resemblance to Primanti Bros and Steelers fans; KC and Philly have both been traumatized by Andy Reid and are deeply, even disturbingly, proud of the…

A last-second kick to win or lose a game? It’s gotta be right up there on the “high pressure” list, particularly given the lifetime of infamy that comes from missing a kick like that in a really big game. OP didn’t say it was the “most difficult” job in sports, just highest pressure. I’m open to the idea that a golfer…

Lloyd did do this. It’s not quite the right trajectory for a field goal, but it travels a long damn way in the air, and she didn’t have the luxury of kicking a stationary ball.

The Damon and Beltran deals were bad, but the Greinke deal was possibly the best trade the Royals ever made (which is no slight to Greinke, who is of course great). They got years of control for a legit All-Star CF, a multi-gold-glove SS, and a minor leaguer who became a piece of the Myers for Shields and Davis trade. …