They can be a little stubborn, but (with mine at least) that’s having to tell him to sit 2 or 3 times on occasion. They aren’t as food motivated as other breeds (crazy for a 200# dog, right?), but they respond extremely well to lavish praise and pets. It’s extremely important to get them used to you walking them…

Had a beagle, worst dog to train. They have an immense pain tolerance so the pinch collars don’t have any effect; they’ll do something for food, but the second they get the scent of something interesting... training goes out the window.

I have an English Mastiff, totally agree. He really loves kids, loafs around the house all day, needs limited exercise, and doesn’t bark unless someone actually comes to the door... who ends up scared shitless because 200# dogs aren’t something you see everyday.

I’m in my early 40s, and have played aggressive serve and volley my whole life (probably because the only tournament I could watch as a kid beginning to the end was Wimbledon). It’s so satisfying to put your opponent under so much stress.

I’m blaming the crappy play on the NFLPA and the pay scale they negotiated. Now, instead of keeping a decent role-player type veteran who finally has a clue, financially, it makes more sense to fill out your roster with late round picks and UDFAs.

I’m a unrepentant meat eater, but I’ll take eggplant parmesan sandwiches over chicken any day of the week.

I work with kids a fair amount (volunteer as a tutor, coach youth soccer), and it’s awful when you realize that for some of these kids, this one hour each week is the only normalcy in their lives. I used to be idealistic, but with what I see weekly and on the news, my default assumption is that people are awful.

A friend of mine wanted to be a child psychiatrist because she really enjoyed working with the kids... but, no matter how much progress she could make in a session with the child, the child goes home with the parents who can fuck it all up. Some people just are shitty parents.

Fuck you, I’ll be hearing that in my head for weeks

They’re the worst ones in the Big Ten, and that’s saying something with THE Ohio State University and Paterno State University as your competitors

Chateau St. Michelle’s late harvest Riesling is very good.

Yeah, telling the police to look for a black man has never violated anyone’srights.

The point is to make white people feel like the cops aren’t racist pieces of shit.

But what about the Starbucks pumpkin cream cheese muffins? If you’re going to talk shit about those there’s going to be trouble.

My dad instincts take over when I see the kids wasting the real shit. “Daddy doesn’t work for a maple tree farm! Did you pay for that?”

That is the most disgusting thing ever. Mustard you heathen! Otherwise, yeah, totally done that.

For the love of god, draft some defensive backs in the first 2 rounds that have more than one year of real football experience. Watching Kirk Cousins torch a bunch of 7th rounders and UDFAs was excruciating. But, let’s draft a bunch of late round RBs and keep them all on the 53 man roster instead. And Bakhtiari, stop…

Blood orange goes great with gin or Campari

Yes, because it comes from Wisconsin, and they screw up French pronunciation, e.g., Prairie du Chien (du sheen, not do shon)

The frozen veggies are 89 cents (for a full pound, most brands are 12 ounces); the frozen fruits are cheap too. The frozen fish are quite good; the “Specially Selected” tuna, wild sockeye salmon (sometimes too thin), and scallops are well priced (I always have these in my freezer). The pink salmon and tilapia are dirt…