Here she is, the day I brought her home. She was tired.

Shelter dogs are the best. Mine is the cutest, even when she gives me the Kubrick eyes.

My father always carried a handkerchief with him and I've adopted the custom. People are usually impressed, but I do get the odd "gross snot rag thing." Women seem to be somewhat impressed by having one, usually based on some old-time idea of gentleman pleasantness when I've offered it while out at a bar or something.

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Boxers are wildly underrated Puppy Bowl participants.

Similarly, the Iron Maidens are nearly as good as the original. They tour all the damned time and totally own.

In the past ten years, I would, yeah. Let me be clear: I understand I'm in the minority. Scorsese is a legend — his run from Mean Streets to Casinso is strikingly good and he directed one of the best films ever in Goodfellas — but he is often rated highly because of his back catalog.

For what it's worth, Sarah Polley's Stories We Tell is getting a lot of "best movie of the year" chatter. Rightfully, I'd say, as it was my favorite movie of 2013. But, the point remains that Bigelow, Coppola and Polley are not mentioned often enough in "best directors lists," while over-the-hill Marty and the wildly…

Certainly true, but the common trope of announcers after penalties is to harp on "discipline." I think Reuben was simply trying to codify that and measure if the announcers — therefore, the conventional wisdom passed down to fans — are paying attention to a thing that doesn't have an effect on team performance.

Man, if only more BBWAA thought this way, the HOF process might not be a complete joke.

No question. She beat a very formidable opponent in Massachusetts. I would simply suggest, on a national ballot, it'd be hard for her to lead a ticket in the US we have today (one in which the gap between rich and poor is getting bigger, no middle class, etc.). She's brilliant and I wish she'd win, but I think her…

Warren has too many powerful enemies (banks), so she wouldn't be able to raise the money. Obama had many many donors, but also worked the traditional path (big money, big banks, corporate America) to compete for the presidency. A populist Democrat (or Republican, for that matter) in the strictest sense cannot win the…

I imagine that's a lateral move. The money's probably similar and the workload at SNL is notoriously difficult.

"I bet it's five hillbilly fuckwits drinking Natural Ice while playing madden in a dormroom."

My neighborhood tavern (voted best bar in DC!) does maple-roasted Brussel sprouts every year for its fall menu and it remains my favorite thing there. Well, second-favorite. After the locally-made whiskey and gin.

I agree. The time I knew I was going to be into a certain ex of mine was when she was at my place for a bad movie night party — I used to host those — and her first interaction with my previous dog was great. It had been, I think, the third time we'd hung out. Anyway, she was grabbing him and petting him and being…

She's the best at giving the Kubrick stare. However, unlike Kubrick's characters, she is not going insane. She's just being adorable.

I can definitely say that I love my dog more than women I've dated. This is the reason I will probably be single forever. In my defense, look at this face.

I actually think the relation of 'jock culture' to 'rape culture' is simply based on the notion of male privilege. Athlete privilege — as anyone who attended a big athletic American university — is very pervasive and those involved 'get away with anything.' In the specific cases, the gender difference is the…

As a lifelong White Sox fan, I want to thank you, Tim. You really captured the essence of what following this team means. The Sox are flawed in so many ways, but this warmed my heart and brought back so many memories of Sox Park (as all old-time Chicagoans call it). In Chicagoland (where I grew up) and everywhere else…

Fox News has an awful* lot of money. So, a song choice like that is change in the collective FNC sofa. I'm more worried that it's an easy joke, though no one ever said FNC has trouble stooping to easy, tasteless stuff to stoke its own fires.

*word choice was deliberate