The UEFA run-ups to World Cup competitions just kill club ball. I do love the World Cup, but I dislike the "So, who got hurt during the interlull?" game quite a bit.

Probably not in the same league as the two we're voting on, but....

"There were minor [traffic] incidents throughout the day."

That's exactly what we want to hear about "rides."

Ah, okay. Well, I'm sure that power to raise dust is handy in other areas of life!

It's great that you have a close relationship with your father now and that you're honest with the men you date. Although, any man worth a damn would know not to compete with their partner's father (or parents for that matter). You're…

Thank you.

And I'm not misty-eyed at all right now thanks to your compliment. Nope. The "you will be a great dad," praise affects me. I think that combination of words, or similar, immediately raises the amount of dust in the room or something.

I should go write a white paper about it.

You don't have to lose the joy of childhood. It's all a matter of discovering parts of the world you've never experienced with unmitigated enthusiasm. Laughter, lots of laughter. And the cornerstone behavior: silliness.

My childhood was really harsh, but I made a commitment to myself a few years ago to take the best…

"That is just bad form."

...unless he was a Giant and then it was a player just asking for respect.

I agree. I think he was the biggest disappointment of GTAIV since he had the most potential of all the GTA leads (in my opinion).

Typical striker's tackle.

Good point! Though, I think that footage was shot well before September 2nd (close of the transfer window). The Sp*rs were spending the money Bale was going to bring in as soon as the transfer window opened. The delay in "finalization" of the deal was a tactical one ahead of the Arsenal/Sp*rs derby.

But then again, it…

Hahah! Thanks for that clarification, but what I was trying to leverage here was a lifetime of, "it's your mom's fault" to counter the "it's your dad's fault."

If you stick a pencil in your ear, it will help eliminate the memory of baby genitals, as well as the ability to do algebra and tie shoes. I did this when I…

We're having a son in November and my lady ate a couple of wings from WingStop a couple of weeks ago. She will have to apologize to him every day of his life from puberty on. Poor thing.

I'm hungry. Buffalo Wild Wings anyone?

So all the cars in the next Forza will have double clutches?

I can see where his petulance is off-putting, but I don't have a problem with him speaking his mind, even if it is vulgar. There's a terrible double standard being applied: the media may be as petulant, obnoxious and unfair as it needs to be, while the targets of their petulant, obnoxious and unfair behavior are…

If your codriver has to tell you "Stay on road," you're doing the whole driver thing wrong.

I absolutely understand and respect the point you're making about Suarez's choices where getting a rise out of Evra is concerned. In my mind, he thought he was walking the thin line just fine and when he got caught, he tried to spin it.

But I have to say, the word "negro" in Latin America, is not pejorative. A couple…

I always felt that "racism" claim fell short. It's hard to claim Suarez believes that one race is better than the other when he's running around hugging Danny Sturridge and Steven Gerrard. It's reasonable to believe that Suarez will say and do anything to win, including pushing Patrice Evra's buttons.

The biting…

I have a hard time believing that's AVB.

I'm in that same cycle of: "When is this going to happen? I don't have the money... and the time seems to be slipping by." You just have to chip away at the rock.