Back during the ratification of the 26th amendment, a prominent political scientist I know was a newly minted PhD with their first cushy (those were the days when a PhD from a prominent institution had very solid job outlooks) assistant prof job and did some work on the campaign for it.

supposedly big and important events

Smoltz was, and unsurprisingly didn’t brag about it. Buck was doing his verbal diarrhea as per norm. I don’t hate Buck as much as a lot of people do around here, but sometimes he gets rather wearing even though I’m generally curious what Smoltz, Verducci and Rosenthal have to say.

From Rolling Stone:

I’m glad your neurologist knew the lit.  Far too many don’t.

Despite my and my brother’s diagnoses, boys aren’t always hyperactive and girls aren’t always inattentive.

I had actually typed out my one encounter with a ghost but realized I shouldn’t post it since the doxxing risk was too high; it’s a pretty unique story that I’ve told a decent amount over the years. It’s also ultimately a bit funny rather than scary so doesn’t really qualify for this thread.

Heh, I’d call it more just dating in your 20s.

Heh, I’d call it more just dating in your 20s.

Naw, only a Cthulhu offspring would slurp their noodles.

If you can’t see why giving someone like the OP another chance showed incredible lack of self respect and utterly horrible taste in a partner on Date Dude’s part, I can’t really help you.

You can forgive someone but realize they are a crappy, incompatible person.

I actually got told off for it, believe it or not!

The Setup by Favored Nations feels appropriate for this week for a number of reasons.

Not to be harsh, but Date Dude had awful taste and no self respect too, so it wasn’t just you.

A while back, I had one memorable disaster where an otherwise ok first date ended up getting, quite literally, falling down drunk during it. Don’t know if they had pregamed, but it was unique.

Can confirm vacuum sealing - started a couple years back, and it’s made a ton of difference. I don’t have that sensitive a palate, but I definitely could tell the lack of additional unwanted flavors when I’ve defrosted it. Nowadays pretty much everything in the freezer is also vacuum sealed, which helps too.

“I was outside in the water, throwing sticks and stones and stuff to see how far they skip, and then I found some kind of stick,” Saga told The Local.

Hadn’t thought about this angle, but this was an interesting observation.

They’ve gotten far less coverage for it nationally, but the Brewers are basically the A’s of the NL.