That would have given him a culinary experience his brother couldn't top.

Yeah, I see what you're saying. And yes, I really enjoy when you're getting a feed that lets you hear them talk during the commercials. It's almost always work talk, and I find it very interesting.

It was the right play, I agree, but that table talk is part of the game, too. He goaded the guy into seeing another card that beat him. He should have shut his mouth and let the guy stew on his decision.

Nobody's saying it's a sport. You like straw men so much, here's a straw man for you.

I got the same impression, but that was a bad read by the winner of the hand. Seemed he thought the guy was talking tough to cover a bluff—he wasn't. But you're right, top pair like this, all-in, you feel OK, but you DON'T want the guy to see another card.

Experience it, then show us your studly stoicism.

I don't know Doyle, he's looking at top two paired. If there was a Queen in the discarded hands, the odds are even bigger than those given on the screen. Plus, he's been sitting at that table with that guy, and might have had a read on him (accurate—the guy's betting a pair of aces—he's the one making a questionable…

You watched a poker video by choice, so you could experience how much you hated it? I know how you feel, fella.

I would watch poker on TV a hundred thousand times before I would watch golf on TV, just for example or, say, a sitcom apparently written by someone's 14-year-old nephew. With poker, you can think along with the decision-making; the appeal is pretty basic.

Not sure I get the connection between planning what you're going to say and talking bullshit. Truth can only be impromptu?

And Marfa. Marfa blew my mind.

Don't know about Texas, but here's to Austin. And Terlingua.

I got my bachelor's from Iowa. Dark days indeed.

I was at that Eastern Washington win over Oregon State. That quarterback, Vernon Adams, dominated the game like nothing I've seen since Vince Young used to take over games. 518 total yards, 6 TD, and if anything that didn't tell the story.

The joke that Deadspin did not remotely allude to.

Haven't been there; been all around Brazil, but didn't drop in. That sounds like some sound advice. I'm not really travelling the last few years, but it seems it had really gotten to where not many countries require American tourist visas—you could easily forget to check and take care of it. I Googled it, and sure…

Oh my god. They've even infiltrated my desk drawer!!

Every event is a big deal to somebody.

You're my f'ing dj of the moment. It'll pass, don't let it go to your head (/effete smiley face). And also, it's because I only ever listen to sports radio, because I'm spiritually dead. I wouldn't want to broadcast to an audience of me, jesus christ.

Sounds like a real good time. My tastes in potato salad are minority, so don't listen to me when I say I like a good vinegary potato salad, rather than a mayonnaisey one: