I was thinking the same thing, that looked downright pillowy. Though a mouthful of sweaty hair probably isn't very pleasant.

I'm no semanticist, but if you're in a poster of Kawhi Leonard missing a dunk on your face, then you have still been posterized. Literally.

The way those legs are dangling down, that does not look like an alive crab. Which is not to say that the traditional method of steaming them alive is un-cruel.

Yeah, I get it. I was joking, but I bet the SEC isn't going to be joking when they take full credit for their accidental progressiveness.

To the public, but his team had known all year. The rest of the conference may not have known he was gay at the time... but accidentally giving a POY award to a gay guy is still surprisingly progressive for the SEC.

So...five things! There are literally hundreds of numbers higher than five, so my original statement stands.

I guess the universal nature of coming together to watch sports as a break from real-world troubles. I don't know exactly. Sports (nationalistic, competitive 'hatred' and all) was making me feel good, and non-sports hatred busted in and ruined it for me. And also killed all those people. So that's two huge problems…

And the reigning SEC defensive player of the year is out and proud. I look forward to the day when the rest of the sporting world is as progressive as the SEC. Whoever had that in the betting pool for "last sentence in the world you'll ever hear," you're out.

Great minds think alike. I was about to suggest Sterno. So...I guess terrible minds also think alike.

And that, right there, is why we can't have nice things. *sigh* Just a second ago, I was so excited about the universal nature of people enjoying sports.

This sets up Croatia's remaining matches to be pretty compelling viewing. If I understand the situation correctly, they'd have to beat Cameroon and Mexico to advance, or tie Cameroon and beat Mexico plus point differential. I'm assuming Brazil will beat Cameroon, but who knows?

MLF? Why does that name give me a boner?

It's the second impact in quick succession that really levels up the brain injury. So here's hoping he doesn't get hit in the head with anything in the next 45 minutes or so...

NO YOU CALM DOWN!!

I see what you're saying, which I didn't really think through. But that brings up another point, that winning more quickly is another aspect of dominance. E.T.A. It also brings in the idea of variance, a team that wins in 4 has +,+,+,+, while a team that wins in 7 has something like +,-,+,-,+,-,+. Having the highest…

Net margin of victory? Poaching an example from your chart, I'd argue that the '71 Bucks scoring +49 in a 4-game series is more dominant than the '60 Celtics scoring +55 in a 7-game series. The Spurs look like the most dominant by either calculation, I'm just curious about why you presented it as net margin of…

My wife pointed out that it was "rhum-punch," based on the fact that Guadalupe is in the french west indies, and that it is what our guests were, in fact, saying. It's not like I'm a total idiot though, "ron" is spanish for rum. I do know some things.

Two followup thoughts...I think the drink getting better was as much a function of the crushed ice starting to melt as it was my buzz. Also, we had some house guests from Guadalupe/Paris about a year ago (who didn't speak any english, and we don't speak any french, it was much more awesome and educational than it was…

I went out and bought a bottle of cachaca, and just made my first caipirinha following your recipe...I was going to post an angry demand that you repay the harm you've done by giving us a recipe for a good drink. Somehow, my anger has faded as I get to the bottom of this glass, and I'm thinking about making another…

Umpire Hunter Wendelstedt took a hard fall...