Candace has to love the fact they turned off comments since her article’s comment sections were always full of people dunking on her nonstop grammatical/factual errors and just absurdity like this.

Exactly, comparing the effective per hour compensation on contingent at-risk work to the rates that other attorneys might charge for bill-per-hour engagements where payment is guaranteed is 100% meaningless.

Attorneys at top Class-A law firms typically bill out at $500-$800 per hour for associates and partners can go from $800 up to $2K but the top of the range is reserved for the top litigators and partners in the country (ie the LeBrons of the law industry).

In defense of Pearl Jam, they pursued a strategy that worked for them. It seemed like the idea was to turn themselves from a mainstream phenomenon into a cult band. The problem is that they were always best at arena rock so they sort of traded perfectly realized albums for being, at least for a while, interesting.…

Well, if some rando wants to help me pump my gas and try to wrest control of the pump nozzle, they’re getting it sprayed in their face.

“Suddenly someone walks up to you, demanding that you let them help you pump your gas”

I love trying to fill up at places with people just wandering around
“Can I have a ride to (location in worse part of town)“ and other requests

Petty and Minaj share a son who’s almost three, while Offset and Cardi share a five-year-old daughter and two-year-old son.

House arrest in your golden ticket’s mansion, that’ll teach him.

It is funny to watch them rapid fire articles now knowing that people can’t just prove outright lies/hypocrisy in the comments. I wonder how much it will affect traffic, I know it didn’t do any good for Deadspin on that front.

If I were looking to join a criminal organization, I’d hope to be recruited by one that is that forward thinking.  

See, *I* remember when The Root was in the same media group as Slate, and it was even better then.  IMO Jezebel never stopped showing its roots in trash gossip rags with Gawker.  I wish the Hogan lawsuit would have actually meant the demise of Gawker; as it stands, Gawker deserved to die for that hypocrisy, but…

Any of them happen to be the last of the V8 Interceptors ?

I worked at a place where the safety guy got written up.

I’m growing numb to our dystopian present. I’m reading explanations about Kill Cars and going, “huh, that makes sense.”

worked in a place if something was more than 60 inches up it needed scaffolding to work on it

I always think of the beginning & end of In Utero as kind of announcing that Nevermind 2.0 was not happening (“Serve the Servants”) and then apologizing for that (“All Apologies”). I also love “All Apologies” - I kinda think it’s low-key one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

It’s more likely that they missed it completely.

Deregulation came with promises of increased competition between carriers and lower fares. In actuality, fares were already decreasing and airlines consolidated.

Free paint sealant on this one.