Where were you? I was blogging from my couch :-/

I couldn’t disagree with this more. Playoff hockey is extremely unpleasant when I’m watching my own team—it’s a near-constant heart attack. From a pure enjoyment perspective, I’d much rather watch neutral teams. I can enjoy the actual game more, even if I’m not as invested in the outcome.

When I saw this, I thought I should share my story but didn’t because it’s so fucked up it’s almost unbelievable.

Speaking generally, I guess I just don’t understand, in 2015, what “poptimists” are so worried about. They’ve been utterly victorious. Every old dead cliche about a rock critic establishment that hates chart pop is just that: dead. Hipsters proclaim their love for all things chart pop. Every major music publication in…

This is how my dad got a Kona championship slot. Mom was pretty livid he spent money so he could spend more money to enter a race which, because my dad is an OCD old person, means he gets to spend more money by renting a house down there to train for two months.

Here’s the thing, I live in the Oberon crazed area. I will agree the hype far outweighs the quality of the beer. HOWEVER, I will also say that Oberon on draft is way way better than Oberon in a bottle. Moreso than any other beer I’ve ever had. For some reason I actively don’t like it bottled, but on draft it’s solidly…

Honestly, if we were just going by what people outside our office care about we’d be humping this story much harder. Good thing for people who don’t care that there’s lots of other stuff to read, not only here and at other internet sites but also in print!

OK, so a few things here:

It is and it isn't that simple. Texas has an ungodly amount of money, yes. But they're also sitting on a huge talent pool and are about to open up brand new facilities. If he wants to go big time, this is probably his best opportunity.

"You're demonstrably wrong yet I won't demonstrate how you're wrong."

I think we're talking about two different things, here. "Trying to learn about the person you're with by asking them about their life before you got with them" is not the same thing as "setting a trap." Characterizing it as some sinister machination, rather than a completely normal part of getting to know someone, is…

Great piece, and only one small quibble. Rovell is not "harmless". His worldview is profoundly nihilistic and destructive, which itself isn't a problem, but becomes one when he incessantly peddles it to his x00,000 followers (he blocked me long ago, so I can't look up his stats). He's a sociopath with a large platform.

No. 10: Know how you trend.

Whether it's co-ed flag football or a half-marathon, having a date inked on the calendar will guilt you into submission.

One thing that helped me was keep track of what you eat. I recommend keeping a food diary (there are a ton of apps for it as well), although it is a lot of work. The thing is, you won't have to do it for the rest of your life, you will use it to identify problems and change behavior and then you can stop. If you…

It's partly about the sanctimony, partly about the fact that baseball's drug war is a labor issue masquerading as a medical one, and partly about the fact that the writers here are just much more interested in watching baseball than hearing random people's opinions about labor and/or medical issues in baseball,…

The CBA helps protect citizens from the corruption and graft latent in their elected officials. You might argue that citizens should elect honest officials who have their constituents' best interests in mind instead of corrupt ones who give millions of public dollars to billionaires, but that's not how elections work…