My (wholly unsolicited) advice is to think of small talk (and most conversation) as a volley exercise. You're not trying to win a point, you're trying to get it over the net for your partner to return it. So serve it up nice and easy so there are responses rather than corners. 

Are we doing a dino draft? Because I'll take pterodactyl.  

I thought the kids rendered "eat ass" the opposite of an insult. 

If Cory Gardner, Mitch McConnell, and John Barasso walk up to a podium together, run the fuck the other way because whatever they have to say is NOT going to be good for you and me.  

You know who probably deserved more money? Chili Davis. Also Crash Davis. 

This is too much basketball for a Wednesday night in January

Possibly unrelated but: Jud Buechler

I only care about the Nets in concentrated storytelling: https://doorfliesopen.com/tag/infinitenets/

Ah, yes, let's criticize someone for saying something great but not quite as great as you wanted. Perfect encapsulation of politics today. 

Nothing encapsulates the internet like "the crab Rangoon tweet" having specific meaning presupposed to be common knowledge. 

Counterpoint: Fuck Curt Schilling

The fun of the internet, where the only way to have an opinion is to be either firmly in the acceptable zone of popularity or dug in on a position extremely and stridently. 

“Even I think this is crazy”

Bring back Matt!

Gonna be kinda awkward when MarShon comes back knowing which Brooks they wanted and which one they don't even care to hear babbling. 

And yet people argue the ZEV mandate doesn't impact model availability

“Thank goodness it was a road game.”

In related news, Turkmenistan has officially declared they are anti-Suns

I can't imagine any other decisions Mark Davis might regret 

Get this woman a trampoline and a gorilla suit.