Gruden looked at the situation and punted the ball away. The Raiders had given up.

Yeah, they develop that skill by practicing it from childhood on. No voice coach required. Like the Ump Voice, the QB Cadence has a self-perpetuating cycle of influence. I grew up with umps going STEEEEEEE and quarterbacks going BLUE EIGHTY!!!!!!, and I wanted to sound like that. Sounded super manly.

Live was just so earnest. Sooooo Earnest. Makes them easy to mock, and I agree that they were better than how they’re remembered.

WHY ISN’T THERE AN OPTION TO FLAG A COMMENT FOR RANK STUPIDITY?

The medical personal on the scene had to take Francis off the pitch in a stretcher

This is a rare occasion for a Pennsylvanian like myself to laugh at another state’s goofy liquor laws and not feel like a hypocrite.

“He said that? Jesus.”

the 90-yarder is the best because Williams had the safety lined up per usual 20 yards back and Odell still ran by him like the safety was Gregg and Odell was a head coaching job

After each preview there should be a thumbs up / down vote from the audience.

Beach Too Sandy, Water Too Wet sounds like someone crawled into my brain and made a podcast just for me. I sometimes look up museums and parks on Yelp just to laugh at ridiculously negative reviews (my favorites are reviews of the Vietnam War—or Resistance War Against America, as it known over there—museum in Vietnam l…

Speaking of books about time travel: I just finished To Say Nothing Of The Dog and loved it so much I bought a hard copy. I had no idea that it would be so funny AND have such a tight sci-fi story.

I gotta stop reading this feature. My list of subscribed shows gets longer every time.

Marchman is easily bought. Just send him a shoe.

“Lamb” was like nothing else I’d read when it first came out but I don’t know how it’d hold up in these days of “Good Omens”. “Noir”, “Fool”, “Serpent of Venice” and “Sacre Bleu” were all lots of smart fun, and I’ll throw my hat in for “Secondhand Souls” if you don’t feel like the “smart” part.

The Dolphins are going to end up beating the Giants or something. Book it. 

Christopher Moore’s Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal, and Fool are two of his best, I would highly recommend those.

What absolutely miserable human beings these people reporting her must be

I'm excited for Shea Serrano's "Movies (And Other Things)" coming out at the end of the month. Loved "The Rap Yearbook" and "Conference Room Five Minutes," and have high hopes. In the meantime, I've got "Let It Bang" (RJ Young) and "Go Ahead In The Rain" (Hanif Abdurraqib) waiting on the shelf. 

I’ve always found Larson’s explanation as to why he didn’t want them posted without his consent to be heartfelt and reasonable. It’s probably one of my favorite things ever published online:

It boyles my grits that a seminal scientist like Robert Hooke isn’t more well known.  He should spring to mind.