I work for a non-profit, and there’s only money for raises/“merits” every other year or so. But we’re all forced to go through the evaluation/self-evaluation/goal-setting/goal check-in process every single year. I give minimum effort through every step of the process.

Srsly. Very hard to see the ball in the melee.

That's great. Was very much into early 90s Chapel Hill scene, I see I need to dig backwards.

This is fantastic sports writing. Me likey El Ratto.

This guy: This is gonna be awesome, I’m gonna read the defense for Andy, then feed him the plays through the headset, just like Sean does for Jared, I’m gonna win a bunch of games, get paaaaaaid, get laaaaaaaaaid.....
*watches Super Bowl*
This guy: Fuck.

Guillotine.

He looks like the lovechild of Chad Pennington and Vladimir Putin on a daily regimen of DMT.

Arians looks like the personification of Paddington Bear after being stung by 1000 wasps.

Being a Pats fan at this point feels like being on day 10 of a cocaine bender. I’m fucking exhausted, this should’ve ended a long time ago, and I just want everything back to normal.

But if they’re winning the division again....*SNIIIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFFFFF*

Mark’s schedule is obviously inaccurate, as “attend acting classes” doesn’t appear anywhere.

I worked at Food Lion for about 6 weeks during my junior year of high school. When there were no groceries to bag, I had to gather carts in the parking lot, “block” the cereal, soda, and beer aisles, sweep, mop, and dry the entire store floor, and clean the bathrooms. The other employees were all lifers, and were…

Agreed. This game wasn’t nearly as close as 27-20 would suggest.

The playoffs that year (for NFC teams) were particularly brutal/entertaining:

Detroit lost in crushing fashion to Dallas (big lead, picked up flags, Pete Morelli, etc.)
Dallas lost in crushing fashion to Green Bay (Dez did not catch it — that play happened on 4th goddamned down)
Green Bay lost in crushing fashion to…

“Projected distance” and general HR distances are all taken from home plate, right? The graph is bothering me and confusing me and there are wolves after me...

Am I the only person in the world that liked the little comet-tail whooshy thing they added to the puck during NHL broadcasts for like 10 minutes in 1996? Yes? No? Just checking.

Exchange from a few years ago between my Michigan-based father in-law, immediately after a classic head-scratchin’ Lions loss:

Me: What is the problem with this team?
Father-in-law: The final score, usually.

Amendola is GOING TO SUCK, just like he did in New England.

Farewell, sweet, misunderstood prince of the gridiron.

Farewell, sweet prince. Wherever you are.

To go from major surgery to barely-sorta-gingerly handing balls off 18 months later...I mean, this dude is never returning to the days of consistent QB play, right?