I used to know a guy who got a job in an abortion clinic because that's the kind of woman he was looking for. Sadly, it worked.

You ought to visit Texas if you want to wear hats. Choice is pretty limited, though. Cowboy or cap.

Or Paul Reubens.

I had 2 fruitless years of music lessons from Mr. B. He tried, but he is only human.

The general public doesn't know enough about horses to fill a six-ounce glass. Trying to change that lack of knowledge is a losing game. It breaks my heart, but that's the way life goes.

You could start with Harrison Bergeron, by Kurt Vonnegut.

About the pattern—that's what I thought, but I saw a rider get disqualified for running the pattern that way. Maybe Texas has its own rules.

Even two days late, I should have read all the posts to see if someone pointed this out.

It's not just women. It's people with more money than sense who want to look like they belong in the upper class yet don't understand that you don't look upper class if you look like a bag of shit on horseback and that horses are dangerous.
As much as I liked Christopher Reeve, I saw video of him riding and he had no…

Speaking seriously, for all that that is frowned on here generally, I have some knowledge of barrel racing. To whit:
I've never seen barrel racing as described in the article. I've only seen it run with three barrels, and the pattern is right barrel, left barrel, then the one far out but between the left and right…

Absolutely. Only for the camera. Even shorts are questionable unless you're riding bareback, and still not a good idea.

And just plain Oscar is godawful as well. Even Tim Curry couldn't save it.

Only if O'Neal wrote the piece.

I know I couldn't have been the first, but some ideas bear repeating.

I blame Carrie Underwood.

If only Alan Alda had had a second successful show after MASH.
He'd wake up and be in the Korean war.

Suzanne Pleshette was one hell of an attractive woman.

It's just not the same without IES Chang, though.

When did Clark Kent start working at the AV Club?

It's only love if you swallow.