Penn & Teller went over recycling on their "Bullshit" show, and they decided aluminum cans are the one thing you should always recycle. Everything else requires MORE material and energy to make new ones from the old ones (or at least it did in 2004 when that episode aired). By recycling aluminum cans you are legit…

I can think of few things in my sports fandomhood (is that a word?) more disappointing than how the Capitals screwed up the team after winning the Presidents' Trophy in 2010. That team was incredibly fun to watch. Even if they were 3 goals down, you thought they could come back, and they often did. Sure, it was…

Serious question: why don't we see cities that have previously hosted the winter Olympics bidding to do it again? Salt Lake City or Lillehammer wouldn't need a huge infrastructure investment, would they? Just put a fresh coat of paint on the bobsled track and you're all set.

The bassoon is a good call. Any bass-type instrument will fit the bill as well—string bass, tuba, sousaphone. The orchestra and band desperately need these to sound decent, but hardly anyone wants to play them, they all want to play GLORY BOY instruments like the violin and trumpet.

How far you're willing to drive for a weekend has a lot to do with where you grew up, I think. I grew up in Pennsylvania, and we frequently took the three-hour drive to Philly for a weekend, or the two hours to DC or Baltimore. I moved to Albuquerque, NM after graduating college, and shortly after arriving my friends…

What's her take on the Dixie Chicks, or Martin Bashir, or anyone who's been harassed by NRA members because they spoke up for gun control?

What Dancing Homer said—you can e-mail them to a friend, they get a PDF to print out, and the tickets are deactivated on your card. It's also integrated with StubHub, if you don't mind giving up like 25% of your sale value.

The Nationals are well on their way to doing away with tickets. Season ticket holders get plastic cards with RFID chips that you scan to enter the park. Pretty sure they're not the only franchise doing so. This is part of why I signed up for Hardball Passport (also because I'm a dork like Leitch).

"Worschesterereshirhsiere"—do my eyes deceive me, or is this a Bugs Bunny reference?

Have they got Hole Camels? They'd better have Hole Camels.

"Still, I'm not sure why you'd rather watch a random European game with unidentifiable Italian and Spanish players when you could watch an equally entertaining game of players who grew up in cities you've been to and who attended colleges you've visited."

This makes no sense. You sure you didn't just put these down at random?

Many years back I was in Atlanta for work and went to a Thrashers game (I was bored, OK?!). During their kiss-cam segment they ended on two guys wearing visiting game jerseys. These dudes (who didn't look particularly gay, but who can tell) looked at the jumbotron, looked at each other, shrugged, and smooched.…

How did she get through all that with a straight face? Quite a performance.

Some variation of this showed up at least three times in my Twitter feed last night: "A man. A man and his truck. A man and his truck and the cow he's fucking."

I don't like to be all "in my day...", but I think I had one, maybe two birthday parties growing up. Now kids expect them EVERY GODDAMNED YEAR. So entitled.

Or "late season games in which the losing team could have clinched a playoff berth."

I have long noted that the only people recommending whole life insurance for me or my kids are people selling whole life insurance.

"It's the Gawker holiday party tomorrow night, where we KEYBOARD COWBOYS all gather together and snark each other good!"