Some of the animosity can probably be attributed to the fact that Booker went to Kentucky and Dieng to Louisville. No love lost there, as they say.

When it’s going into something that going to cook for longer than a few minutes, the press is fine. And if you’re only doing a few cloves you don’t have to peel before putting it in the press. The meat will squeeze out and the skin will stay in the press. Just have to chop the tops and toss it in.

Agreed. I was just trying to say that if a ‘99 has made it this far, you can be relatively safe in assuming that it isn’t a lemon and can confirm that assumption with pretty minor investigation into its maintenance history.

That’s not my argument at all. I said his efficiency is in decline, meaning he is producing less despite maintaining his high usage. He’s taking more shots this year than any but 2014-15 (when KD was hurt) and 2016-17 (after KD left, before PG arrived).

My ‘99 Outback still runs great.* I’ve had to replace the timing belt twice now, but managed to avoid changing the head gasket. I think if a ‘99 has made it this far, you got a good one.

Actually, being abuzz is near mandatory in Utah. It is the Beehive State, after all.

I’ve been to maybe one or two weddings that weren’t heartwarming, fun experiences. Watching loved ones celebrate their special bond followed by good food, drinks, and dancing? All enjoyable things in my book. It’s not about the presents. Maybe you’re just a miserable person, like generally? Or maybe your friends and…

Your premise of Westbrook being the team player and Embiid some me-first glory boy seems very unsupported to me. How is Russ not being a “ballhog,” but Embiid focused only on “individual accomplishments”? Their usage rates are about the same. Russ takes two more shots than Embiid every game but scores five fewer…

The author is talking about who is better right now, not who has a more accomplished career (obviously Westbrook, for the reasons you state). Russ still does a lot of things well, but he may be the least efficient volume shooter in the league and could most charitably be described as “inconsistent” on defense. Embiid…

Pretty sure it’s a giant whistle.

It’s hard to see from this angle, but he dribbles as he is splitting the defenders after he has picked up his dribble. I missed it at first too until someone posted this link, where the final illegal dribble is easier to see: https://twitter.com/ImMartinHi/status/1086819129464545280?s=19

I just have to shove the pill into the back of my dogs throat and hold his mouth closed until he swallows. Helps to dip it in bacon grease first (more as a lubricant than flavor source), but even then I don’t always get it done on the first try.

Where are you? In Oregon, a gram of excellent flower is less than $10. I never payed less than that prior to legalization.

Leather has a pretty strong, distinct smell and smell is very closely related to taste. I’ve never eaten shit, but I’ve smelled plenty of it. If you blindfolded me and fed me a spoonful of shit, I’d figure out what I was eating pretty fucking quick.

Do you think describing flavors is impossible? Or that all wines have the same flavors? Because neither of those is true.

Man I loved Shawn Respert at MSU. I am a UK fan, so not sure why I gravitated to him, but it was a shock to my 11-year old self that he wasn’t immediately a star in the NBA. Same for Randolph Childress, part of that same draft class.

I, personally, remember Terrell Brandon, a truly underrated/forgotten Guy.

They definitely go overboard, but the basic tasting notes are usually accurate and can be quite helpful. A red wine described as having flavors of dark cherries, leather, and black pepper is going to taste very different and appeal to different palates than one described as tasting like cranberry and baking spices. I…

I think the real benefit will be when Curry and Durant sit. Klay has been the focus of the offense in these stretches and, despite Klay himself doing pretty well, the overall offense really struggles. Being able to roll out a Boogie-Klay two-man game while your two top-5 in the league stars sit is just another level…

I think he was trying to show how easy it is for reporters to get sucked into becoming shills for the companies that provide these sort of junkets, and used his younger self as an example. Then went on to try to say, basically, that you can’t trust the rave reviews of these new shoes, which he thinks are stupid. I…