on a spectrum somewhere between goofball and lummox

The WaPo data are also not the whole story. They don’t count non-shooting deaths like Eric Garner. They don’t count deaths in police custody like Freddie Gray. They can’t count data from police departments who don’t comply with open records requests.

Good luck explaining to your kids how it’s still their money even though they have to pay penalties to withdraw it.

Nick, you missed a great Neko Case show at the Gothic the next night. Solid set, lively crowd, good sports bra story.

I might actually watch the Oscars if Graham Norton were hosting.

You’re right, I did not read the Nation article in full and it was mentioned there. Instead of linking out, you should you consider rephrasing that line to say there is strong evidence that Hampton was drugged the night of the raid, which is what both the Nation and the guy who literally wrote the book on the case…

He was found to have been drugged the night of his death

That’s a good photo. Is that at-the-time or a reunion?

Apparently there’s a Pokemon character with a name similar to mine.

Clearly there’s an opportunity to develop a hand dryer powerful enough to open doors.

The problem is you can’t pick one character from the Husducker Proxy without leaving the rest of them out, and every single actor in that movie is completely on point.

Jackie Treehorn has like three minutes of screen time, but still one of the best entrances in cinematic history.

I have to go with Ed Tom Bell. He adds an irresistible folksy charm to the Coens’ deadpan absurdities. He’s also sort of the male equivalent of Marge Gunderson.

Every time someone says they are concerned about something, I always follow it up with “this is our concern, Dude.”

A ripe valencia orange in a tube sock sends a clear message without leaving a bruise.

People who buy Alexa-enabled devices deserve exactly this.

I’ll thank you not to refer to Princeton that way.

Counterpoint: The show has told us many times that the world needs Rick Grimes. Why would they lie? What do they have to gain?

It has been known for some time that Wilford Brimley is Grimace-level unkillable: