There's been a lot of talk about this story among sports journos today. I'm down in Richmond for the first day of training camp for the Washington R@dskins. The Ravens are in a very nearby media market so we've been talking about this. General consensus is that Rice got off very lightly.

I don't see what anything in that news story has to do with Judaism so, yes, you literally cannot help me. And I think I literally can do without your help anyway. Good day.

Still looking for signs of anti-Semitism in this thread...

It'd be like waking up and finding somebody cut my lips or nose off.

I just don't get Nikki Minaj. Her oeuvre is too subtle and esoteric for my tastes.

Yeah, that's sort of the problem. I want to keep the equipment. We've grown very attached to each other over the years.

Don't think I could have managed more than a weak fake laugh at that one. That's the sort of joke I would only find funny AFTER things turned out fine.

Of course it is awful. That's why the Christians very sensibly ditched that requirement. Imagine that conversation:

Nah, they aren't bad.

If I have to punch my doctor during surgery, things have gone pretty far off the rails. I'd prefer something like this rather than operating room fisticuffs.

Starting to reconsider that vasectomy I was thinking about...

He's a dick

I'll never understand the catcalling thing. Never done it, never would do it. I wish I had some insight into the mentality of men who do it, but I don't. I'm a man, but to me, catcalling seems as alien as whale song.

Barack Obama continues to be a superb president. That's not a terribly popular viewpoint right now, but it will be.

But she's the Nolan Ryan of 105-year-olds.

A lot of actors more successful than Zac Efron are short. Tom Cruise is 5'7", though he makes sure he is officially listed at 5'9". Michael J. Fox is 5'4" or thereabouts and he had a very successful career before disease sidelined him. I don't know if Fox was ever considered "hot" but I'm sure he wouldn't have done so…

I'm not a keen follower of Hollywood gossip, but didn't Zac Efron venture into the concrete jungle of LA's Skid Row in order to do something that absolutely, positively, no-doubts-about-it did not involve purchasing illicit drugs and/or sex? If so, that might indicate more courage than it takes to pick through one of…

I'm a dude, too, so I can't answer your question, but I will suggest that being "a dum dum" would not preclude someone from also being "hot."