Another difficulty bars face is obtaining financing. Most banks are reluctant to finance a restaurant for the high failure rate; bars have that problem plus the liability issues discussed so well in this thread. They are on the do-not-even-discuss list at most lending institutions. [Edit: I was wrong in my initial…

The blurbs from the back of a worn-out paperback copy of a William Burroughs novel.

Loved the Goofus and Gallant reference to go with the...heh, heh...sports highlights.

Listening to some of these tracks literally had me in tears. I'm sad he's gone. I spent a LOT of fucking time listening to Lou Reed back in the formative years; he and John Cale both have had very good careers.

Really? You don't see the connection between Lou Reed and sports?

One of his three or four great albums (imho, obviously) , Street Hassle. Along with The Blue Mask. Great track here, Robert Quine and Lou going at it on guitars:

I, too, enjoy a nice cup of strong coffee or two upon a leisurely Saturday morning.

Troll feeders are worse than trolls.

Dude's not even a Dodgers fan. If he were, he'd be too busy beating up Giants fans to type that out.

Wayne Gretzky was playing 33 years ago?? If my math is right, that makes me dead by now.

The discussion somehow came up around the nickname Redskins, when it should have come up around this:

Why do you number your paragraphs? You could number your sentences, and then you'd reach a higher number, and that would be good, right?

Here in Oregon, the other state with this stupid law, you definitely do not tip the attendant for pumping your gas. You might as well tip your cashier at the grocery store.

Chris Fowler then wiped Pollack's blood and spinal fluid from the blade and put his knife away.

Just a word for Bruce Arthur, an excellent follow who often links to good reading. I guess to each their dumbass own.

Toasted peanut butter and cheese sandwich? Great.

I completely agree that big-money athletics should be diverted from the educational system (I'd also like to sprout wings, but I doubt it will happen). My feeling is that college football teams make as much sense as college rock bands or college movie studios.

A non-profit does not pay dividends or other forms of profit to owners, but it does pay salaries that are unlimited and, in the case of college athletics, routinely reach into seven figures. There is as much capitalist self-interest involved in non-profits as there is in partnerships, LLCs, and corporations; but it is…

You'll often find your questions answered if you click through to the articles Deadspin links to:

No, I said business, in reference to universities and their football subsidiaries, when I meant 'money trough.'