Scott Adams may be an asshole, but the Dilbert Principle is absolutely true.

Absolutely. Yes, good players want to get to their second contracts, but everyone wants to go from working for free to making money. Even the last pick of the 7th round gets around $58k guaranteed. Is that a lot of money, if they get cut right away? No. But it’s more than they get in college. (Spare me the bullshit…

I have maintained for several years that the downfall of the NFL will not be any of the very real moral factors, but the deterioration of the product. The replacement referees were the most obvious example...for the sake of saving what is a rounding error in their profits, the NFL was willing to let games have the…

I think “wild” technically has one syllable, but it sure feels like it’s smack in the middle between one and two. Also, I maintain that it is impossible to pronounce the hard I unless you make it into a 1.5+ syllable word. At one syllable, you don’t get “wiled,” you get “waald.”

A couple of things. First off, I believed strongly that there was no QB in this draft worth taking in the top ten, and certainly not one worth trading up to #1 for. I think by far the most likely outcome for him is that he never becomes more than an average starter and might well be worse than that.

Yeah, I saw the crash live and it was horrifying. At that point I was thinking she would be lucky if she could return to competitive cycling in months or years (and probably lucky not to be paralyzed). It's amazing how fast she is recovering.

That is true...but for the vast majority of people, going from single to married will not raise their tax burden and might lower it. So the person who had their taxes withheld as single and then get married in December would likely be looking at a refund instead of owing extra.

So I’m not up on what the individual charges mean in California, but I thought elder abuse was a crime where someone specifically took advantage of a person’s age/infirmity and not just any crime that happens to be committed against an elderly person.

Any minuscule hope of the Vikings contending this year for what matters - the Super Bowl - went to zero when Bridgewater got hurt. Now they’ve traded away a first round pick to get a guy who is objectively worse than the backup they already have. That’s Jerry Jones-level stupidity right there.

Yes, exactly. That particular fact makes me feel very uncomfortable about her story being presented as a feel-good story. Her “choice” of attire dictated the very restricted list of sports she could compete in.

I’m team dry heat all the way. I’ve been to Vegas and Arizona in 105-108 degree heat (so not as bad as it gets, but close) and yes it’s miserable during the day. But when it’s 75-80 at night and not humid it’s damned nice.

I know Deadspin has always been pro-Puig but it’s kinda disingenuous to say he’s earned his spot back in the lineup by virtue of his stats in AAA. He wasn’t sent down because of a lack of ability, he was sent down for being an absolute clubhouse cancer. There's no evidence that will ever change.

If I had the supernatural power to do so, the 27% of adults in America who have not read a book in the past year would be banned from participating in the electoral process. Not only would they be stripped of their vote, but they would be physically unable to utter an opinion about anything political, whether it’s the…

I question your assertion that you have zero time to read, but I give you full credit for the audiobooks. It’s the same content, just a different way of absorbing it.

Well, there are mitigating circumstances. In my book if you have enough money to own your home, then you have enough money to a) evacuate in advance of a flood that is known to be coming, and b) purchase proper flood insurance on that home. Losing all of your personal possessions still totally sucks, but if you’re…

I’m with you. “Adequate” for me is bringing a turkey sandwich, chips, and an apple each day Monday-Thursday, then rewarding myself with lunch out on Friday.

So by your own estimate, 100 innocent and unarmed people are murdered by the police each year and you’re cool with that?

That’s as reductive of a blanket statement as blaming Kaepernick for black-on-black crime. There are plenty of people in their 60s, 70s and beyond who are just as opposed to racism and oppression as any millennial.

That’s an especially weird lie considering that there’s not much difference between a four and five hour marathon. In both cases you’ve accomplished completing the race at a time that is nowhere near elite (even in recreational terms). It would make more sense if he’s lied and said he finished below three hours but it…

As a Bears fan living in Packer country I derive a ton of enjoyment from the Packers’ annual playoff collapse. It’s way more fun to watch than if they ever had a truly bad year and missed the playoffs.