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Imma come back in an hour after more people have gotten a chance to comment

Mark, I hope you're already following Calming Manatee on Tumblr - it's wonderful

Okay, here’s my manatee story: my parents retired to Florida in the early ‘80s. They were of modest means, but somehow my mother ended up in a very tony bridge club, and soon feared she was totally outclassed. The group met at each others’ houses and, as she discovered to her terror, always had lunch that featured a…

They don’t have sharp enough manateeth.

Please tell me that you're selling cars and waiting tables while you're working on your writing career.

Wow, this was just a truly beautiful read. Thank you for sharing such a kind and touching comment.

Christ on a cracker...do you write all the time...and if not, why aren't you writing like ALL the time?!?!?!

I have a theory about people who become wildly successful/famous on the level that Steve has achieved: their relationship with their past, pre-fame and success, is an either or proposition. Either they embrace it. Or they shed it like a snake sheds its skin, leaving it in the middle of the road, to dry up and blow…

"A yearbook photo that he literally took full credit for coming up with..."

I suspect you're not a very nice person.

Know what else I'm being? Correct.

So he outright ripped off an old, famous image he'd seen online?

I almost feel silly to admit just how badly this upset me to read. Fuck depression. As bad as mine got at one point, complete with suicidal ideation, I still cannot imagine the hellhole of despair it takes to go through with it.

Even leaving aside his sketchy record and the conflicts of interest here, I've read a lot of books about history and have learned that ascending to a post as high as FBI director means you should be presumptively regarded with distrust and skepticism.

Not trolling, honest question: Have you been paying attention? Why would you think the NFL's handpicked investigator would conclude that the NFL lied or acted with impropriety? I mean, honestly, have you actually been paying attention at all over the last few years? Can you recall the league office engaging in any…

"They need our help," said Goodell. "And we are providing it."

"So why do you think you should keep your job?"

The NFL has entered into a partnership with the National Domestic Violence Hotline and the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. "They need our help," said Goodell. "And we are providing it."