You're supposed to identify with the tree, not the boy. The message is "give and give and forgive the person who took advantage of you and give some more" not "take and keep taking."

The Eagles make a dumb video like this before every game and they've been making "Lil' Eli" videos before every Giants game for at least the last 4 or 5 years. A few have even featured "Lil' Peyton."

Not really. There are clusters around the biggest cities, like NY, LA, and Chicago, but the south definitely has more pro athletes per capita than the rest of the country.

I'm more upset about the lack of Tony Sparano. It doesn't matter that he hasn't been the head coach for any games yet. Raiders coaches are always on the hot seat.

Picking the Super Bowl halftime act has got to be the hardest concert booking job there is. It basically needs to be someone that everyone between the ages of 7 and 87 will like. In other words, picking an act that everyone who watches the game will like is impossible. It seems like the NFL has finally realized that…

I agree and I don't even like him that much compared to some of the other groups that have performed. Part of it, I'm sure, is that unlike The Who or the Rolling Stones he's still in his prime. But he also is just undeniably a great performer.

I've noticed that people only resort to calling something "PC" when they have no other arguments in favor of their position. It's like they're saying "You're right, the things I said are offensive, but I refuse to admit that you won, so instead I'm just going to say you're correct, but say it in a way that makes it…

A few months ago, I was in the bathroom at work when the janitor cornered me and told me that he thinks it's rude when people don't flush the urinals and it shows that they're not considerate of other people because it makes his job harder. I nodded and told him that I always flush.

I get that you're a Browns fan and you're accustomed to disappointment, but is 7-9 really your goal for the season? Your team is .500 and has a relatively weak schedule. Have some optimism. At the minimum, you should be hoping for 8-8. I'm not saying that they're definitely going to finish at or above .500, but right…

I can't tell for sure, but I think that his socks have an NBA logo on them.

So do they make sure that all the Boardwalks are in California and all the Park Places are in New York?

Yes, they're potatoes. But they're deep fried potatoes. They're only marginally more healthy than french fries.

When you calculated the net loss, did you take into account that some of those plays will be free because you won free food?

I don't think anyone claims that they faked failed missions. I think the claim is that after several failed missions, they realized they couldn't do it and faked Apollo 8. Although I'm not sure where Apollo 13 fits into the theory. Maybe they thought they could do it for real and tried again? Maybe 14 year old Tom…

My favorite are the 13th Amendment Truthers. These people believe that what we call the 13th Amendment (banning slavery) is actually the 14th Amendment and the real 13th Amendment has been left out of the Constitution (either intentionally or accidentally, depending on their level of crazy). First, some background.…

He was a solid number 2 cornerback. He really became a number 1 sometime last season. Hardly a bust. I think a lot of people just expect the 19th overall pick to be a superstar.

I'm not 100% sure how it works either, but my guess is that the initial line does take into account sabermetrics. And then I think how it works is that they keep adjusting the line so that about 50% of people bet the over and 50% bet the under (and then they make their money on basically the fee). As the line moves,…

Yeah, I noticed that too. It was as if all they heard was "football canceled" and didn't bother to figure out why.

I would just like to point out than an alumnus of this supposedly elite school misspelled "kowtow" and none of the student newspaper editors caught it. Hardly a ringing endorsement for the educational quality of the school (especially when you take into account that "this is how it has always been" is being used as an…

Getting out of jury duty is easy. You just have to say you're biased (or better yet, say "no, I'm not biased" because if you say "yes" when they ask "are you biased?" they're just going to think you're trying to get out of jury duty, but then say something that clearly gives away the fact that you are biased. The…