I can’t get behind Swedish Fish. I love Sour Patch Kids and know that Swedish Fish are made using a similar process, but the sour crystals make a huge difference. Without it, the fish taste like cherry robutussin-flavored candles.

I think this is where Maverick Carter steps in as the dean of the nearly-created University of Phoenix Arli$$ Michaels School of Sports Managementing.

Good call on jelly beans, that’s a massive oversight. I might also add:

Kevin won in my book, but only just by a hair. I really like sour fruit candies (even more than chocolate), so I would’ve gravitated towards sour gummy bears, sour skittles, Sour Patch Kids, etc.

On Haribo Gummi Bears: By far my favorite, but I’ve tried to hold off on buying them since there are accusations that…

Yeah, I think that’s a good point. And like I mentioned earlier, local beat coverage is more prone to puffery, though the Bucks, like the Sixers, seem to have good, analytically-rigorous coverage.

But it’s surprising how bad some of the national coverage is. Shams is incredibly blatant with being the agents’…

Yeah, I couldn’t tell if it was sarcasm or not...¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It’s a reference to this:

Fair enough. I guess I just don’t put that much value in the beat-style reporting—which sometimes can drift into Players Tribune-level puffery, like “How Dion Waiters Vowed to Beat His Critics”. I’m more interested in analysis and deeper feature articles, things that make me think or watch games more intelligently.

But…

Yeah, the “Great article, Writer X!” comments are the equivalent of yelling, “First!” there.

Athletic subscriber here. Another problem with The Athletic is that the majority of its materials are third-rate puff-pieces, like Shams Charania’s agent-approved press releases, or local beat-writer sugarcoated dross. One of the worst ones was Joe Vardon’s facile interview-profile piece with Pete Buttgieg and Brad…

They’ve got a comment section, though I would say 60%+ of them are “stick 2 sprots” types.

Get the cups pixelated and it’ll be fine.

My suggestion was intended for coffee shops where the squatting problem is far more common. Ordering something every hour or so is a common (unsaid) rule already, and coffee shops usually don’t have enough staff to make “take-your-order” rounds more than once an hour anyway.

For casual take-out/eat-in shops, patrons…

Where they fall apart is in the juxtaposition of those premium ingredients—the more toothsome bread, the fresh mozzarella, the deliciously creamy-tangy balsamic sauce—with the same limp tomatoes, flavorless beef, and run-of-the-mill cold cuts the chain has always used

WiFi limits help, but unlimited data plans and tethering means the most dedicated squatter can still squat. Blocking outlets just pisses people off, and some of us are good about bringing extension cords to coffee shops.

My suggestion:

Rex Ryan: “Still looks good to me.”

Both seem to have 15-year-old (so model year 2003) maximum requirements, though Lyft varies a little bit by state.

My experience is that Uber cars tend to be in better shape than Lyft cars. But I’ll take a 1993 LS400 over a Ford Fusion anyday.

Turn it into a Uber/Lyft platform from which you proselytize the wonders of the LS 400, one drunk person at a time on the weekends.

Time’s Up, ME7O

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