So snooker is like pool if pool were cricket.

Which is in the article. Third paragraph, second sentence.

Guys...guys you’re supposed to stand the toothpaste on the FLAT BOTTOM like it’s designed to be stored...the tension keeps the lid on...it’s not that hard.

“Right to have a team”?

D.B. Pooper

I wouldn’t take advice from you but I’d definitely take some acid.

It’s funny how many “sorry, it’s the Monday after Daylight Saving Time, I’m just extra cranky” responses I’ve seen on here today. I feel like the Monday after the time change really needs to be a Federal Holiday. Maybe Trump Appreciation Day, as we’re observing how we all just got completely screwed by an outdated…

I’ve been reading Mary Beard’s SPQR lately, and if I recall, she specifically said this framing doesn’t make sense within the context of the time. The context of the time essentially being, conquer or be conquered. That all these bodies were warring with each other all the time - Rome was just the best at winning. For…

No, it wouldn’t have made sense. By our standards, Republican Rome was a predatory state: They went to war practically every year, often on the flimsiest of pretexts. As medrawt points out, though, there were some reservations from the Romans themselves. Tacitus is a great example, and there was a lot of anxiety about…

I saw this documentary once...

I doubt that framework would have made sense - colonial expansion was normal in the Mediterranean context from which Rome arose (Phoenician colonies in North Africa and Spain, Greek colonies in Italy and southern France), and conquering emperors were the great heroes of the day. Also, rebellion against Roman conquest…

The standard and accurate answer to your question: Because the house you find and want is in a neighborhood that has a HOA. In that case your property is a part of it and bound by its rules whether you like it.

A vodka Martini is a cocktail. A gin Martini is a Martini.

...they’re JEANS

...they’re JEANS

Stop making up fake band names.

Exactly. The other question is, what takes capitalism’s place? I personally think democratic socialism is the best option out there that works, but it’s not perfect and it certainly contains capitalism just as our present system contains socialism. She wants to tear everything down she says, but what’s rationally…

“Pardon me?”

Well, yes obviously if we were Russian we’d be applauding Putin’s brilliance.

I would be interested to know the origin of this term. Above, it says that it's been floating about the mid-wife blog circuit. And that makes the cynic in me perk up her evil little pointed ears.