To be fair, Maine is a lot like rural Georgia.

At least it's not this:

@elk: Who's the tall one with the FUPA?

Elk may have a good defense of being hacked: Her Majesty's penal colonists would surely call them "tins".

I started curling at a place outside of DC about 4 years ago. I've had many falls, including some cool ones where I managed not to burn the stone. However, I don't think I ever hit the pin as squarely as Andrey did.

That upper-right quadrant sure likes things rich.

Excellent analysis.

I would have expected Erick's experiences would have been a little rocky, a horror even.

Splendid splinter indeed.

Serious question: Can these values or at least TS% be contextualized to the scoring climate of the times (if they are not already)? For example, would it be valid to make a ratio of a player's TS% to league average?

All Hoya centers are equal. But some Hoya centers are more equal than others.

Agreed that this looks like an imposing front, but these older guys don't win balls or defend particularly well, at least not without tiring by 60'. And Januzaj appears too slender at this age to defend the outside. It is, like many have said, the same problem Chelsea faced with overall composition. At worst it…

Diagrams of Dogs: Perfect for the dyslexic Hindu!

It's Ned Nederlander!

What if Michael Vick was white?

Pam paid homage to another writer, wearing the officially-licensed "Tangled Web We Weave" line of Sir Walter Scott products.

Not my photo (though I have some much like it), but when I got to go to Mongolia a couple of years ago, I was amazed that there are literally more basketball hoops and poles than trees in the steppe.

"I stood for General MacArthur when he accepted the surrender of those dirty Nips. I'm less impressed by a touchdown."

Beg to differ: Germany has never not advanced, and have to be seen as better than England or Italy. Portugal probably stronger at the moment than either of those as well. Ghana just as good as Ecuador.

All conspiracy theories in play with Platini's France getting a walk. G is most definitely the strongest group I think I have ever seen.