Thank you! First thing I thought of, too.

Some of my best writing of the past ten years has been made through various commenter accounts here. I imagine it’ll all be dead soon.

That’s some remarkable booster spin, to think that taking a loss and having shoddy construction is good for anyone. ;)

Ah, I think we’re talking about different bids. I am referring to the Winter Olympics bid and you’re talking about the Summer one. The Winter Olympics proposal was very spread out, including crossing multiple state lines. It wasn’t the sort of thing where stuff could be hosted on campuses in the Fens during the…

My architect cousin from Rio has a different take on things, to say the least. One of the things she’s pointed out is that so much work has to be redone on the Olympic Village housing that it will be a while before they’re ready for permanent occupants. She also says that the asking prices are being lowered in order…

Did you ever read the Boston plan? You can’t possibly see the mess they came up with and think that would’ve been a good deal. It wasn’t some knee-jerk NIMBY reaction by locals.

The shit state of American transport infrastructure cannot be emphasized enough. It was one of the reasons New Englanders successfully begged Boston to drop the Winter Olympics bid. The T barely operates as it is, the Mass Pike and the interstates are a nightmare on the best of days, our biggest airport is of “aww, it…

I hear you, but comparing the wonderful London bid to the utterly terrible Chicago one is unfair.

He dyed his hair because he forgot to bring his grill with him. Either he’s so dumb that he’s the kind of guy who forgets his lucky charm when going to the world’s biggest sporting event (completely plausible), or his bro-condo is so full of Swarovski-covered tchotcke that it blended in with everything else (also…

Does he mutter obscenities and wear short-shorts with white socks approaching his knees while doing it? If so, our fathers should start a club.

...you realize I was *supporting* the decision to go with Kocian over Locklear, right?

The “Gymternet” has been outraged that she was chosen for the team over Ashton Locklear, who potentially could have competed on two apparatuses as opposed to Kocian’s one. I feel like her bars routine was a giant fuck-you to all of them. And her upcoming gold in the event final will be a fuck-you to their collective…

YAY MONOLINGUALISM

Unless “Teen People” lied to me, the lead singer was valedictorian at Berkeley, so this type of subversion seems about right.

One of the reasons Conan’s TBS show has been getting better over the past few years has been that he’s been emphasizing hiring women and people of color. He’s also been using those folks (especially Deon Cole, Jose Arroyo, and Laurie Kilmartin) as regular performers, along with friends-of-the-show like Steven Yeun.

Not the right statement or idea, either.

My father and I have said for years that we need some kind of non-profit solely focused on getting inner-city Black and Latino 18-24 men signed up for the NRA and in attendance at their conventions. It would scare the shit out of the ammosexuals, but they wouldn’t be able to say anything because freeeeeedom!

The driving experience? There certainly is one.

And now I have to look up who Andy Herren is. Who are all these people getting verified accounts? And why don’t my grandchildren call more?

You have no idea how relieved I am that I’m not the only one who can see him as pretty good-looking. Though that 1988 picture looks like a headshot from the early “Law & Order” casting agency.