No, that's what it was. Now it's the symbol of scared, angry fat non-WASPs. Tea Party has nothing to do with WASPs.

He's not a rookie. He's been doing this for years. He was the guy the Nats kept around to make Rick Ankiel look like a winner.

If/when you read it, find this post and let me know how you like it!

0:26, what the fuck is going on with that thing to the right. Philly fans are such fucking disasters.

In his last outing with the Nationals, against first batter, he threw four pitches... 100 mph, 101 mph, 102 mph, 102 mph. Pretty fantastic for the 9th inninng. Except they were all balls.

Who the fuck goes to SEE these movies? Seriously, I haven't seen a Batman movie since the 1990s and don't know and adults who go to see these things.

Well, the other two books in the trilogy aren't that different stylistically, they're just not as good. Pattern Recognition was a great book, the other two were enjoyable reads.

Pattern Recognition was a lot easier to deal with because it happens in the present — it's science fiction in that it implies some futuristic shit and has an out there vibe, but there's no robots or spaceships or shit. It could all happen. I thought it was very funny, not haha, but more like satirical... but it also…

What an oddly specific concern. I'd just leave it at: "God the hotel maids probably have a real mess to clean up after he checks out."

Why? South Florida sucks? It adds nothing to the country and the insistence that we put sports teams there really just wastes every one's time and money.

A woman near me set up a maze in her backyard made out of rocks on the ground — you could clearly see where the other paths were, but you had to physcially walk the path through the maze. She put up signs around the neighborhood advertising it on National Maze Day. I went. She said it clears your mind. I walked the…

You worked too hard on that one.

I'm willing to bet it's not an uncommon story.

Yeah, never mind, dude. You clearly didn't bother to read any of my posts, so I really don't give a shit what you think.

So Doc, with your extensive medical knowledge and experience any other procedures you would regard as acceptable? You are known to be an expert in this field.

Why bring up equality? Because if you don't have a level playing field you don't have true competition. We don't have a level playing field, but it kind of resembles one. It's not a totally steep hill at this point.

If you turn off all rules, it will quickly become a farce. It will turn into the WWE. Vince McMahon will run it and everyone will be a jacked up monster and it will be boring and stupid.

True, you can't guarantee anything, but when you're dealing with top level athletes seeking any advantage to help them win, they will do ANYTHING. Sports Illustrated did a really great expose on steroids at the Olympics awhile back and they did a poll where they asked athletes the question: if there was something you…

It's like NASCAR. Most people aren't going to be able to put up the cash to field a NASCAR team. Some people can put up a team, but it will never, ever be competitive, and that just sucks for them. Sucks for the bottom. As for the top... it's highly competitive, so there's always going to be envelope pushing — you can…

So, are you going to guarantee that everyone gets equal access to the same advanced treatement techniques? This guy has way more resources (his own and the team's invested in him) than a single A player — why should that kid be disadvantaged? And this guy isn't going to have the resources that Stephen Strasburg has to…