Ahhh, I think I see what happened. People got “penultimate” and “preeminent” mixed up in their heads, then just kept going.

But... I... By definition nothing... UGH!

Weird, can’t say I’ve come across that. In that case would antepenultimate be “promoted” from being third-to-last to being second-to-last?

• Penultimate. I can almost guarantee you’re not even using this right.

Look at this optimist thinking there’ll still be historians years from now.

Some GOP Congressman is going to try and tack money for Alabama onto any upcoming Dorian relief bill to show that he’s a true believer and totally loyal to the cause.

I can keep up with a show that I love that’s airing weekly. I can’t keep up with a show that drops all at once and the internet binges over a weekend and starts talking about the finale before I’m three episodes in. So I like the Disney+ decision.

I’ve completely changed how I’m thinking about this, and the answer is baseball by a mile. Let’s look at the reality of this. I’m getting $1m if I succeed, and the only way I have ANY chance to succeed if is I bribe anyone I need to bribe to get it done. So lets say I content myself with half the money. That means I…

It’s only airing in the other universe. Your daemon may be able to get you a copy.

Oh yeah, if I have to return a winner, my only chance is that in holding up my racket in self defense the ball hits it, nicks the top of the net on the way back, and falls almost straight down onto her side. In other words, pure luck with no active skill involved.

Absolutely. Serena double faulted 62 times this calendar year (source). Which would be the equivalent in this discussion of an opposing linebacker politely escorting you to the first down line: it’s a way of scoring that requires no physical effort or skill, and technically wouldn’t even require you being on the court.

Problem is you’ve phrased it two different ways. Getting a hit vs hitting a pitch. If it’s just a matter of I’d need to put a bat against a ball, I’d pick that as the least impossible. If I have to then safely get to first...

The cut of the suit is spot on.

It makes sense, pitching is like catching but just doing everything in reverse.

Fuck yeah, CFL rules! I’d love to see what Aaron Rodgers could do if the Pack went bound-for-street!

Try Clue. At least that one has murder, which is always fun for the whole family.

I propose a crossover special with Lifehacker and the BA Test Kitchen called “Claire Squaired”. I’ll leave it to y’all to work out the details.

On August 8, the third-division club was given a two-week deadline to get its finances in order or risk getting kicked out of the English Football League, the body that oversees tiers 2–4 of the country’s league pyramid.

It looks easy from the numbers, the map makes things a little harder. Yeah, the GOP is defending more seats, but they’re also defending a bunch of super safe seats. One of the bigger potential flips might go the wrong way (Alabama). A presidential candidate with enough popularity to have some serious coattails might…

I mean, I don’t think 2020 is when it’ll happen, but it could be a very sudden all-in-one-go thing. Virginia went from safe Republican to safe Democratic almost overnight without spending time as a swing state in between.