Barkley would kill it in a Draymond role.

I used to love Klosterman, but found each book less enjoyable than the last, and I wasn’t able to get more than a few pages into his ‘Black Hat’ book.

I think I got older, and the pretentiousness of his writings increased along the same timeline. (His ideas an general ‘brand’ were ALWAYS pretentious, but at least it…

Agreed

Counter-counter point, there were what, 5 media outlets back then?

Also, he was chasing major records. Look at McGuire and Sosa when they chased Mantle. They had probably 100 media outlets, compared to the 10,000 now.

I feel like something similar has happened in the NBA, with all the ‘Fox Sports RegionX’ channels eating up all the games that used to be free.

I grew up 15 minutes south of Angel Stadium, and my school there were fairly large contingents of Braves and Cubs fans thanks to TBS and WGN becoming part of the non-cable TV package.

Their Central and Eastern start times made them perfect for watching either after school before homework, or maybe a whole game at…

I am a lifelong OC resident, and I can tell you that an OC republican is extremely liberal compared to the rest of the country. I think the county finally flipped because conservative positions had moved too far away for the population here to accept.

They still feel like they are richer, smarter, and therefore…

First time I’ve seen this image, its perfect.

She very much is.

uhhhh...Prince and Mick Jagger aren’t making themselves out to be sex symbols? Do we exist in separate, briefly overlapping, universes?

You know Prince played with a guitar shaped like a penis, right?

I’m starring you on the assumption that your comment was a McBain reference.

Maybe this is a Mandela-effect thing, but I swear, and some friends report the same, that I had read about a SC FPS that was in development after Brood War. It would have been Half-Life style with Jim Raynor exploring the Xel’Naga ship he gets beamed to at the end of his story line in that game.

Of course SC2 seemed…

VCs suck, but Hedge Funds are way worse. They all just bet against each other using money from union pensions, 401(k)s, etc. and collect money when they win, screw people out of retirement when they lose. 

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Hands Speak, Hands of a Government Man

That sucks! True story - my eyes actually got sunburned one summer when my day consisted of am water polo -> lifeguarding -> surfing -> afternoon / evening water polo. Turns out 12 hours of sunlight reflecting off the water directly into your eyes isn’t good for you. Who knew?

Its way funnier as Palanquin 

Hello Chris,

I get the feeling that Scott made a conscious choice to move away from the mean, angry ‘anti-humor’ of Brad and others like him, the time for that comedy just passed.

MC Sugar Butt over Chief? Never ever ever.

Have to chock that up to Scott having never seen an episode of Where in the World is Carmen San Diego.