What do you think about Titanfall? I remember seeing the trailer and being hooked on this duality and interweaving gameplay and the absolute frantic pace and maneuverability. I had never seen a game do any of that stuff before. Felt fresh and new—and then there was a time when the games released right after it were…

Artichokes. Anything with them, anything preparing them. And I say this with great shame as a Sicilian (who lived in Sicily during the summers of my teenage life and should have god damn learned!). Sicilians can do anything with artichokes. And they do. Their artichoke dishes are the stuff of legend.

If that is really fiction, that is still some good stuff and yeah I agree he definitely used blueprints of common stuff floating around out there about what hangs out in the National Parks/wilderness.

That is the stairs in the woods thread. Fiction or not, that is a pretty good read. I was saying to someone else that I think parts of it are embellished or fabricated for the sake of the post, but there are some recurring things that I’ve heard elsewhere, and some things I’ve experienced myself that are definitely…

I’ve thought that parts may be embellished or fabricated. It isn’t good to just continue a chain of anecdotal evidence, but I will say that his more repeated encounters are things I’ve heard elsewhere, and I’ve had a couple firsthand. Like you said though--I just think the main thing that everybody is agreeing on and…

Everybody’s already said it, but fuck it. Been visiting this site since freshman year of college. It’s some of the best writing I’ve read. That is technically “about sports” (but ends up being about everything) is what make this site what it is. This is what people love.

I do a fair amount of backpacking and hiking. Never experienced something this intense personally, but have heard ones like this. (If you’re really interested: There is actually a reddit thread purportedly from a National Parks search and rescue officer that has a bunch of stuff like this regarding people and groups…

The couple of times he has trolled Martha Stewart on her show (from her show 20-ish years ago making a coat hanger (?) ) to his visit to her studios when she came back on the air 5 or 6 years ago are also priceless.

I work in Danbury, CT but live in Litchfield County. For the uninitiated, all of CT’s highways are outdated and terrible—made moreso by the fact that CT is the gateway to other places (Boston, NY, Providence) and so contends with an unholy volume of travelers/commuters. Ask anyone who is familiar—some of the worst…

I am almost finished rereading Moby Dick after years away from it--so cetology (that’s right, fuckers, 10 dollar word) is fresh in my mind. CHAPTERS devoted to the immensity of this thing and the work it takes to take it apart. Like, the story gets put on hold for probably 100 pages to tell you about this. You ain’t…

I spent most of my life not wanting kids, and this was one of the big reasons. The world no one is asked to be born into is going to be objectively awful. But we have a daughter now, and I can see the good in what we’re doing. She’s 2, and I already know she’s going to be a better person than I am. She already is.

I am hit or miss with philosophy—but there are pockets of it I really like. Immanuel Kant said some great stuff about being a good person. I think of these all the time to keep my cynicism in check; I wish I were not inclined toward negativity so much.

I know the case. In your rush to paint my interpretation as left wing extremism with no legal “leg” to stand on, you gloss over the fact that it was a 5 to 9 decision there, with Stevens and Ginsberg among the dissenters (Stevens wrote the dissenting opinion, which is in line with what I first wrote).

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All excellent questions. The cliches I’m sure you’ve heard peddled to answer your questions are used because they are mostly true, and are usually the most logical responses as in: 1.) People in these sports (like football) are usually lifetime players with a deep personal attachment to what they’re doing. Something…

Absolutely true. I hated training with it on. I hated wearing it. I was happy when they got rid of it. In addition to not being safe. It’s awkward and hot and you just plain can’t see except out in front of you.

Amateur boxer (recently retired, coaching now) in CT confirming on both counts. Headgear removed, and removed precisely for the reasons mentioned. It is not safer. Long term-studied that are now just publishing results are confirming that it both invites harder hits and dampens your ability to absorb/gauge the…

You just blew some sealed room of my mind back open. I used to gorge on Knorr’s sides as a kid. Also would let them get cold or room temp and go to town; they were never better than at room temp. Cheddar broccoli and herb and butter rice whoa man.

I came here just to tell you this post made me tingly. I reheat nothing. And the list of things that are delicious cold (for a lot of the reasons you mention for the ones you list) is nearly endless. Cheeseburgers are up there. Grilled food in general. Chinese food especially lo mein and fried rice, the way the…

Dumpster diving is a complex issue. I attended a magnet school in New Haven,CT. And one of the teachers (a working artist himself living less than paycheck to paycheck) actually had us go dumpster diving to teach us about the underbelly of the food economy and the tremendous waste. It was invaluable to me.