To be a pedant, Cornell is actually a lot tougher than Harvard because of the whole ‘chip on their shoulder’ thing.

Sean McDonough was the Red Sox play by play guy for a number of years and was anything but bland. He has a very dry delivery, but he’s fucking hilarious.

Mike Tirico claims he isn’t black

She’ll get nothing from the guy (wage garnishment from a convicted felon is going to be pretty low). She’s owed 26mm by that particular Marriott. She’ll probably see half that.

It is often much much worse for women, but there is a misconception that all FGM entails the removal of the clitoris. Some of it is symbolic, wherein a certain amount of blood is taken, and a large portion entails removal of a part of the clitoral hood, which is very much biologically homologous to male circumcision.…

It has a lot to do with religion. That’s the whole point of this report. Initially it was thought that this was an ‘African’ phenomenon, but the fact that it is so prevalent in Indonesia is indicative of a tie with Islam.

He’s looking to hire people to write for him, i.e. to write in his voice. It would make sense for him to hire people that can think like him. Getting hired on to any tv show is about how well you can emulate the creator’s voice.

Anyone can submit a packet. Do you think he should accept writers who produce objectively (based on blind evaluations) inferior work?

Except Colbert does a blind packet submission process. He hires writers based exclusively on the samples they provide (which is extremely unusual in the industry. Usually it’s largely about connections, what agency you’re with, etc.). The fact that his staff is white and male says more about who is submitting than…