Rather good explanation of helmet tech.

Classic Vespas have the storage box right in front of your knees, not under the seat.

I had almost this exact comment typed out but thought I’d better take a better look below before I posted.

There’s no storage under a Vespa PX (and earlier models) seat. And the 2 strokes engine is soon to be outlawed in big european cities.

go fuck yourself

Swinging Strike (swings and misses) tells you how often a batter swings and misses at ANY pitch thrown.

Settle a score in my office. You’re typing and realize you misspelled something. Do you…

Please tell me this is a precursor blog to the return of I of the Tiger.

They’re absolutely not better at being a motorcycle, which is what this is.

Dieter Ruehle is AWESOME. (he’s also the LA Kings organist).

I guess we can stop wondering how German citizens lived through the Third Reich. Just like this.

Exactly right. The four you listed, plus Lillard and Harden have been putting up wild performances every game. This second round has been fun as hell. 

I want to thank Barry for sharing the cereal conversation, specifically for this brilliant part:

Just hit a big milestone: $200k net worth! $107k of that is in retirement accounts. I’m turning 30 this year, so I’m right on track with my goals. I’m way above average for the following factors:

All cars should be either a Lotus Elise, Porsche Cayman competitor or a 4dr,4x4 Tacoma competitor. That’s it.

Lovely piece of writing, thanks. Probably the closest thing we have in modernity is Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, I think.

Haha, thanks pal! I really appreciate the kind words. In the past I USED to dabble with journalism, but for now it’s mostly Just A Hobby. Sports takes are an itch I gotta scratch, and Kinja does alright for that.

No.

My absolute dream scenario is: The Knicks get the #1 pick, then Zion decides, “You know what, I REALLY want to play in a Final Four” and goes back to Duke for another year because he just absolutely loves being in college. And as long as I’m dreaming, KD and Kyrie then go play in China.

I was already 20 when Ichiro joined MLB and I think I’d thought I was years past the part of my life where a professional athlete could ever be the kind of immortal, larger-than-life figure that, say, Michael Jordan or Lawrence Taylor or Martina Navratilova had seemed to be when I was a kid. But Ichiro was—and in lots…