So here's the magic question. Ditched my R53 for an FRS. Good decision (although sometimes I think the correct decision was keep the R53 and buy an original Mini, but whatever). But I wouldn't mind dumping $100-200 off my monthly payment. One of these would do that on a lease (as well as a FiST). Would you?

Like poisoning the opposition. Or infesting the turf with ringworms. Chemtrails. Makes you think.

I kinda think you have to still go for it since there is an attacker near you, and you can't count on the defenders keeping him back.

The third umpire's looking for edges on hot spot and snicko, but is along for the ride when they go to hawk-eye. People love to complain about "umpire's call" even though, there's really no other way for it to be run. Cricket's review works almost in spite of its self, although its track record of reviewing close…

The guy is a saber ref, which calls things even tighter in foil. You can get away with some loosey-goosey things in foil that you can't in saber, which is where the slow-motion problems come in. Is that fractional movement of the tip backwards an error in the attack, or just a fluctuation in the blade? You can drive…

I don't have a problem with refs relying on replay on their own for borderline calls; if a guy has doubt, I'd rather he go straight to the video himself instead of making a call and requiring someone else to call for video. I think the problem is that when football refs step up to the replay, it seems like they feel…

FWIW, I'm not arguing against review since it obviously does do a lot of good. But maybe the refs need guidelines or an understanding about how hard they should try to make a call, something fuzzier than strict word-for-word interpretation. Which, of course, brings its own problems.

Call this the down-side of play review. I know a guy that's an international ref in fencing, and he says the biggest mistake you can make with slow-motion replays is to interpret conscious action in things that, in real-time, happen too fast to be meaningful. The ruling may have been correct by the wording, but it was…

And major love to this.

I really like those first two Talbot Lagos, but I'll take this one. Just need to find a picture of one in good condition.

Seven-year-old traction control really isn't modern anymore. It's been getting a lot better.

Me and my siblings got to explain to my dad what road head was. Of all the things I was actually surprised it was something so benign we had to explain.

See, here's the problem: if you're truly a hoon, you can hoon anything. Power is no roadblock. It's a small Honda RWD roadster that looks fantastic! HOON IT WITH GLEE.

I'd guess that it's less about training to do it and more that the pros generally approach in ways that make it harder to miss so hard. Granted, being so close to the end zone didn't give him much room, but #20 was just sprinting in a straight line at some point ahead of where the guy was heading.

It's maybe marginally more legit than the National Enquirer

Deadspin forgetting to do the previous year's HOF results until it's time to the one for the current year.

Red car was braking as it passed, so I imagine the driver found themselves coming up to the other truck faster than they expected.

The Flying Lizard 911s have always been great

Isn't that a question everyone in the country asks themselves, even if they aren't Padres fans?

Well, the whole point of a plea is that it saves everybody time and money and effort since you're not litigating every frivolous little thing. Imagine how much it'd cost if everybody fought everything, even if they're fighting over losing battles.