That projection looks optimistic.

2015: .207/.293/.340, 78 OPS+, $12M
2016 (proj): .232/.319/.394, $13M

“How could I keep playing?” LaRoche told reporters. “They took away my youth.”

Meh, professional goalies get all their gear for free from manufacturers and get new stuff at least once a year anyway, so there’s no actual additional cost here.

It says I can afford to go to work. That’s something.

wrong.

I also plan to alleviate what remains of my lingering guilt by buying extra treats with our apartment security deposit that, thanks to crate training, will be refunded to us in full

A general rule of thumb is that they can hold their bladder for about an hour for each month of age up to about 6 months of age, at which point they should be able to make it through a normal work day.

If you do not want a bed sleeping dog do not, I repeat do not, fall for the whining in the crate the first night. Oh, you think, the little puppy is scared and alone and one night in the bed won’t hurt anyone. Thirteen years later and that dog is still hogging the covers.

It looks more like lazy and stupid than malice.

If Brett Favre gets his dignity on your jersey it'll be tough to wash it out

“Real” Skinwalker? As opposed to the kind made up by humans?

These creatures (apparently, as I’m far from an expert) draw power simply from the fear inspired by their existence, so even talking about them (with rational, intelligent people, anyway) makes them stronger.

The assumption is that the spiritual beliefs of Native Americans are somehow out of bounds when it comes to discussion, criticism, or creation of new stories.
Sorry, but that’s not the case. If I can make up stories about Christian legends, I can make up stories about Native legends. if they don’t like them, perhaps…

It’s shit like this that makes me realize why middle America turns its back on real social justice issues.

Says who? Rowling has no more obligation to American or British real history than the White Wolf RPG designers had, or the guy who wrote about Lincoln being a Vampire Hunter, or Harry Turtledove. IT IS FICTION!

At least this article is filed appropriately. It starts out re-iterating already-discussed problems with J.K. Rowlings generalizations of Native Americans, lumping them all up as a single group, etc, etc.

I get that this was poorly researched, and there is no excuse for that.

What part of “fictional history” did you not get? You know, I was willing o listen to the Native American complaints. I really was.