Agreed. When they dug the big pit for the dad as a trap for him on the riding lawnmower, I lost it.

They did this with the aging defensive “stars” about 5 or 6 years ago, too. The Steelers get hung up on the “legacy”of veterans, and throw everyone else out the window or under the bus until it becomes so clear it isn’t working that they have to change their approach, rebuild, and give some new, young players a chance.

Something I am always saying to myself is “someone has to be first.”

Gold star for whole chunk about innovators being historians of their craft. Every successful person I admire that I’ve read as much as I could about was a scholar of their craft and developed their “new” by amalgamation and transformation.

This is spot on and speaks to my theory (based on my similar experience) that it’s sort of a systemic spread of panic and edginess that starts to infect maps—sort of like the “chicken vs. egg” of griefing. Would an encounter like that have just happened on its own—or did the probability skyrocket because players are…

Finding Forrester. I was in middle school when this came out. Always thought “jazz” and most instrumental stuff was old, dead, boring.

I’m convinced that Nate Peterman is, like, a tight end or a long snapper and someone just fucked up his draft form (is that a thing) and he never corrected anyone.

The tail and shell are edible. I’ve smoked shrimp and eaten it shell-on. Same for shrimp on a ripping hot wok. Some preparations render the entire shell pleasantly edible and downright delicious.

This play is even harder to identify because the entire offensive line seems to be either overmatched or blocking incorrectly. Everyone on that line is out of position or beaten by their man. It’s incredible. So, like, if it’s blocking for a screen—you’d never know because there is no blocking scheme materializing…

It only begins if you bother to engage :)

New Testament Theology and Biblical Criticism. I was raised a hardcore Jehovah’s Witness. To the dismay of my parents, I not only left the religion, but upon entering college—sought to demystify my entire upbringing by learning the historical context of everything I had been brought up believing. It sounds like no big…

There is a logical fallacy in there. Just not the one he means.

He’s phenomenal—the heir apparent to Miles Davis.
Going to see him in Boston for my birthday in November—I suspect hearing and seeing he and his band live will blow my mind. 

Go find his live renditions of “Standing in the Doorway” on Youtube from about ‘97-’02. They’ll melt you like cheese sandwich.

9/11-Truther Bondage

Second generation off the boat from Sicily. Lived there with relatives as a teenager during the summers. (My credentials.)

Absolutely.

About time Cumin got the love it deserves. It’s one of those universal taste bud surprisers that does something to everything you put it in without every taking center stage and has everyone trying to guess what is “differently good” about what they’re having.

Re: Pizza Toppings—how has a seasoned palate such as yours never tried chili infused honey (“hot honey”) on pizza? The U.S. is only just discovering this combination, but I assure you it’s decidedly non-hipster and has been figured out in Italy and Sicily for quite some time (much like eating ice cream on brioche…

You are more right than you know. My wife is a Pittsburgh native. She and her entire family mispronounce “Reese’s.” I have staged thought experiments with her that deconstructionist philosophers would be proud of— “If you take the ‘apostrophe s’ off ‘Reese’s,’ surely you would argue that the last name’s pronunciation…