Eh, she's 21, so it's more like guys who were the first to like Mumford & Sons.

Your parents say "send us a list for Christmas," so you send them a list. You then write "obviously I don't expect all of these" so they know that...you don't expect all of these.

Goddam, nothing on that list is expensive! It's just a lot of shit, and she's presumably put a lot of stuff on there so people can have a choice. Is it the classiest thing ever? No. Is it even 10% as bad as I was expecting from the headline? No. Jesus, the people reading this are acting like Cowherd does when he sees…

So what? Who knows what her family situation is like, maybe she's got a shit ton of relatives who want to give her gifts. I was expecting to see a Tesla and multiple Macbooks and 13 iPads on this thing the way it was hyped.

Seriously, this isn't even remotely bad. Lots of items on the list, but I'd rather someone give me a list with 20 things where I can pick something than 2 things that are unaffordable or unavailable. I read the list, and didn't want to punch anything. I even salute her good taste for realizing that North Face is…

What's bizarre is that college and universities can spend whatever they want to bring non-student athletes to campus as prospective students, but if someone peripherally related to an athlete pays for him to go on a trip to check out a school, he's ineligible?

And like other websites from that era, it has apparently crashed under the weight of more than 10 people trying to access it in a short period of time.

Not really a reply, but a suggestion: you should cross-post this to Jezebel.

I'm a Portland fan, and I lived through the Greg Oden era, so I know what is coming next: pretty much nothing for the next month except contradictory stories about how well/poorly he is progressing, following by news in early January that he needs microfracture surgery and will miss the remainder of this season and…

Wouldn't it be hilarious if Joe Schmoe was his gmail alias?

I was in an Apple store yesterday, looking at the mini. (And so were hundreds of other people...I was stunned by the sheer volume of people in that store, most of them wanting to see the mini, apparently.) I think the screen quality only seems like a decline if you're coming from an iPad retina display, as you are. If…

TPM says Harry walked into the ER, and is ok. Just precautionary.

Man, I bet life sucked for the crew of that AWACS plane there for a few minutes. Hope everyone was strapped down and not holding any hot beverages.

Well, Ron Goldman won the publishing rights to OJ's "if I did it" book and took those profits, so I'm sure he's not too hung up on the source of OJ's money. I think the key for him is denying OJ the access to that money, which makes sense.

I'm going to go with "yes" on that one. Not so much that they want the money, per se, but they definitely don't want HIM to have it.

I've also served on a campus disciplinary board, so I can relate to what you're talking about. Without knowing the specifics, I'd say that, first of all, it really shouldn't matter if he confessed or not, second, conflating his assault with his drinking problem is a serious problem, especially if it is a mitigating…

the record of sanctions released by the College last spring show that students found responsible for sexual assault were usually suspended for two to four semesters, while punishment for theft of a laptop resulted in five semesters' suspension.

In the dressing, room, yes. Anywhere where you are out of sight (around a corner or whatever), yeah. But good lord, don't be afraid to step away from them once in a while. (Granted, I don't know where you live, so YMMV.)