I used to hate reading Billy’s bandwagon drivel masquerading as a soccer column. Then I realized that no one could possibly be this ridiculously misinformed about anything, and concluded that his pieces are a sort of performance-art, taking the kind of breathless, over-the-top think pieces you see in European…

Maybe it depends on the store, but my ex worked at Victoria’s Secret for a while and she most definitely got a bonus based on her ability to move upsells.

Lots of downer stories today. Marchman going through a breakup or something?

One of the reasons FIFA has resisted goal-line technology and video review is that it would violate the principle of one set of rules (they take it so seriously they’re actually called “laws”) for the game, whether it’s 10-year-olds after school or the World Cup.

The Sixers are the saddest because they actually have a talented group. Not conference-leading talent, probably not even playoff talent, but they should be hovering somewhere around .500. Now, though, it will take a miracle just for them to get to .500.

All the (probably staged) protest signs I’ve seen have been aimed at Turkey specifically, not NATO.

Going by the radar plan, it looks like they were deliberately and repeatedly buzzing Turkish airspace. Not something worth shooting a fighter down for normally, but once Turkey told them to cut it out, they had to do something to be taken seriously.

Gawker Media doesn’t have the budget for real photographs, so they just use stock photos for most things.

Sugar or “pie” pumpkins are actually very good for everything except pie - they tend to be too fibrous and strongly vegetal in flavor, and I suspect the name is really more of a marketing/branding thing. Great for soups, not so much for pie.

Buttnut squash is great for pie. The flavor, although not absent, tends to be less pumpkin-y, but given that many people don’t like a strong pumpkin flavor in their pie it rates pretty well.

How is it mathematically possible that they didn’t see this coming? It seems like you would be able to predict the minimum number of .500 or better teams that could result at the end of a season and plan accordingly.

If you want to make your own pumpkin purée from whole pumpkins, the two best pieces of advice I can offer are: a) use butternut squash or Hokkaido/kabocha pumpkin instead of pie pumpkin, and b) make sure all non-essential cutlery is locked up before you start because at some point you will want to slash your wrists at…

How is that someone can know so much about the private lives of drama teachers and yet so little about the meaning of “deposit”?

This is the only good comment.

He tore it on the play above but stayed in to finish out the game despite “an enormous amount of pain.”

Given the number of hipster/bloggers-turned-”journalists”, I’m surprised there’s only one dude with a typewriter.

So, will we be treated to a round of hand-wringing and recriminations about what awful people Wisconsonites are? Or do we only do that when it’s people from Philadelphia and Oakland?

Do they not have Pravda in Massachusetts, or what?

Given that using the flag for apparel is specifically a violation of the U.S. Flag Code §176 (“Respect for the flag”) paragraph d), can we say that this is actually evidence that people like her have no respect for the Stars and Stripes whatsoever?

Stupid America-hating Republicans.

I would be so happy if all the teams in the NFC East finished below .500 and someone squeaked into the playoffs with a 7-9 record, lucked their way into the playoffs, and then got demolished in the Super Bowl.