As someone who has worked wayyyyy toooooo many years in “Corporate” environments, I know that familiar well. When youve bought a new house you can get less militant. When you got 3 young children to feed you can get less angry at the slights. When your wife quits her job cause she couldnt deal with the bull ish…

White people’s ability to pivot into victimhood is a literal superpower. I quit my job yesterday after 10 years of being perpetually underpaid, nickle and dimed everytime I bring up salary, 3 years without raise, getting thrown every shit job no one else wants to do and being told I need to be a team player. I go in…

“the forlorn alabastress”

Those fans booing gave Andrew the truth - that players like him are only meat sacks that throw footballs when they’re good and playing for your team, then they’re nobodies. If anything, they reinforced his decision. I’m happy for him.

They can’t and they won’t. A couple years ago at poker night, I said to the guys at the table that were still big football fans, “I don’t think the NFL will exist in its current state in a decade” - one of them looked at me like I had two heads. I hope I’m right. I stopped watching a long time ago and will never watch…

It’s almost like the NFL cherry-picked Green for 60M to feature as an example of a player who makes brain disease look inspirational. Not saying they did, but the story seemed like that.

My dad has these same symptoms. First lost his drivers license, then couldnt be left alone, now deciding where he will live the rest of his days. A vibrant hard working man reduced to quiet or rage. It’s the absolute worst thing imaginable. He didn’t play football, but as a parent, there was no way I was letting a kid…

And Colts fans booed Andrew Luck for walking away.

This should be mandatory reading at the NFL rookie symposium, instead of having Antonio Cromartie telling them to use condoms and Adrian Petersen handing out his financial planner’s business card.

I know we’re all dying in the Sylvia Plath sense but you’re not dying the way Chloe over there is dying.

God, that line at the end. Crying at my desk. Thank you for writing and publishing this.

Every time Gene is mentioned, I have to bust this out:

Why don’t they just put a show on HGTV and promote how they are open to tiny homes?

While most older women I’ve come across in business and elsewhere have been neutral to helpful, there are definitely some in the boomer and older demographic who resent no longer being the token female, the exceptional one, the cute, perky young thing making it in a man’s world. Their whole way of being is obsolete,…

Forgetting the dogs for a moment, these people were exploited. Paid a pittance by investor-dog owners, who probably took in the big bucks. No retirement, no health care, no nothing. It’s maddening this still happens in this country.  

even though i have always though dog racing was sketchy at best, this well written story (questionable hug aside) made me kind of sad. Thanks for the story.

My son is a Boy Scout- just crossed over from Cub. Went to camp this summer and earned his Tenderfoot rank. The adult leaders in his troop have been involved in Scouting for YEARS- like their own sons are my age and aged out of the program 30 years ago.(I am 51). All good dudes. That said- if National buried their…

Fun fact, there’s also a version from 1998 staring Edward James Olmos set in NYC but obviously filmed in Toronto.

The Taking of Pelham 123

What I heard about Pocono was that because of the layout you get higher speeds into the corners because of the layout. And the corners are a lot flatter which develop more sideload versus a more banked over which gives you more grip. The width of the track give you the impression that you have more room to maneuver…