My youngest 3 are 14, 14 and 13 and while I thank and hope they know I’m Santa I’m not positive. I ask leading questions every December trying to figure it out and I’m still not sure on two of them. While they were all 10 and under we did the whole subterfuge thing to keep the illusion of Santa up but now I…

Counterpoint, everything in Wyoming along the I-80 Corridor is a dystopian hellscape. Downtown Rawlins looks like the aftermath of nuclear warfare.

Which city in Wyoming is the good one?

Sadly this is true.

And the utter lack of concern on the right for the same or potentially worse and ongoing behavior? That’s new too, right?

I’ve lived in the same house for about 2 and a half years and the power has gone out only once. This morning the power went out and for a minute I honestly considered the possibility that this was a result of a nuclear exchange.

Kill that fuck! Kill that thing before it gets to the children.

4,400? Fucking Illuminati...

Deepness in the Sky is a good one that I bought and read years ago. I probably still have it in one of my boxes of books I haven’t unpacked yet. I’ll have to check out Fire upon the Deep.

I actually did read “The Road” this year. Turns out for some reason its part of the book collection my wife brought to the marriage. I thought it was pretty good but depressing. Most recently I read “A Chain of Thunder” by Jeff Shaara, pretty solid.

I don’t think that would change the mind of anyone who doesn’t like the name “football”. “Well ____ players tackle too” they’d say. Pains in the ass.

Rook was the game of choice in my extended family because my Grandpa didn’t like “face cards” for religious reasons I don’t really understand. Rook resembles spades but the scoring and bidding are very, very different (point cards rather than books). I love Rook but given a choice I’d play picks Spades every time.

The Army’s where I learned. I love it and think I’m pretty damned good, me and some random guy ran the table all day long at the washrack one day. I’m as proud of that as I am of my college degree. We called the dime “going ten for two.” In addition to the rules above, red two’s are the dead two’s, meaning you take…

The Wave is fine, I could give or take it. With that said, I will not, under any circumstances participate in a Wave you’ve sponsored Costa Vida. Fuck you. Its the one time I actively cheer for the south end zone to do what they usually do and fuck up whatever stadium participation activity happens to be going on.…

My wife does this too and on every road at every speed. Gas, no gas, gas, no gas.

This is the correct Dad way, only one pan to clean up later and no multi-tasking. Also add a little (or a lot) of Season All/Season Salt for extra sodium. I’m the custodial parent so I made for my 3 boys no less than once per week when I was between wives. Now that I’m remarried I still make it for the family once or…

Lane Kiffin can write the introduction.

Sweet Baby James this is me. We only have 3.2% in my state but I can get to feeling good on bad beer with the undercover eight (thanks TannyGlover) and still go to work in the morning. If I bring home a 12 or 18 pack no less than 10 are going down the gullet even if I tell myself I’m only going to drink 6 or 8.

I’ve worked in city planning for more than a decade. Cities don’t have to pay for infrastructure associated with a project and for the most part don’t. There are circumstances where a city will pay to upgrade a sewer line or some other piece of the puzzle that the developer is required to install. Cities do…