Or, can't something go right for Boston sports fans just once?

That's an improvement. Usually people wait until an Adam Sandler movie is in the theaters before walking out on it.

Hey, I had an Ed Kranepool-model first baseman's mitt as a kid. Maybe I'll give Billy a call later.

My wife and I are both in tech, and we feel your pain. All I can add is that there are folks (male and female) making conscious efforts to correct instances of gender inequality, but unfortunately, most people accept the status quo.

Add me to the list of accidental discoverers. After relocating almost 10 years ago, I was staying at a friend's house and looking for something to read on the train ride into work. From his extensive bookshelf, I pulled out The Truth without knowing anything about Pratchett.. In retrospect, definitely not the ideal…

His ability to instill such humanity into his extensive cast of non-human characters is what hooked me on his writing. With the exception of Lord Venitari, all of the successful and/or somewhat heroic characters seemed to be struggling through life as best they could, not sure of what their next moves might be, but…

And I think the characters knew that Nobby drew the outline, because it was done in coloured chalk.

We introduced our son to Calvin & Hobbes through our collections when he was 6. We had to take them away for a year due to his reenactments and explain that Calvin was not a role model.

Calvin, wearing pajamas, at a phone booth in the middle of the night and calling his dad:

"Dad, it's 3 am. Do you know where I am?"

I always think of Jeremy from "Zits" as the teenage version of Calvin, 10 years older.

Not anymore, now that you pointed it out.

Back in the 19th century, the role of a baseball manager was closer to the modern-day role of a band manager. The manager was responsible for scheduling games, handling finances, and signing players, but didn't manage the game play. The action on the field was left to the players, and since there might be only one sub…

Ditto. Comedy and science? Burke and Sagan? I'm in.

And all this time I thought this show was a provocative attempt by the boxing world to regain the audience that they've lost to the sport of ultimate fighting.

FCC: "Sorry Comcast, we're going to have to make some changes to our plan."
Comcast: "Can you help us understand why?"
FCC: "No, we're just going to make the changes."
Comcast: "Let me put you in contact with our retention specialist."
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Lobbyist: "How much are we going to have to contribute to a campaign to set…

Is there a more difficult job than trying to increase tourism to Indiana?

Can I audition for the koala role? I'll even supply my own hoodie.

Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr., when the front of the house falls down, and the window frame clears him by inches. Would I be brave enough to watch as it happened, or would I turn and look away?

TimTams for store-bought, oatmeal raisin for homemade.

Totally agree. If the harsher packaging laws were not cutting into smoking rates, does anyone think PMI would be putting up such a big fight?