I mean this story is demoralizing as fuck, but it still made me smile, because bouncing a ball when some butthurt adult is yelling at you or whatever is some funny shit. Give that kid a medal.

In a better universe, we would have elected a car chase or a missing white lady president. Hey, those Thai Soccer cave kids could be good.

That’s disgusting. Do you kiss your father’s butthole with that filthy mouth of yours?

I think this could all be resolved like they did on 30 Rock when they made Tracy think he was going into space by faking it in the studio.

I always hold out an inkling of hope during every State of the Union they’ll  be sitting next to the first lady.

I always say he looks like a toddler dressed for church. The fact that this story is about people planning around his tantrums is so appropriate.

I went out of my way to get rid of my sons copy of caps for sale. We have every stupid book still on the shelf but that one. I hated it when I was a kid. Anyone here read "Mr. Pine's Mixed Up Signs" by any chance?

It never made it into my ear, but I had the prop screen in the window one cool summer night, when a Luna moth flew into it so hard it knocked the screen out and the window came crash down. I'd never seen one before and it was half a goddamn foot in wingspan. It is the most petrified I have ever been in my entire life.

It’s kinda like they got sent all the Confederacy 1864 Championship merchandise.

Andrew Sullivan is like if an artificial intelligence was high on poppers at all times. He’s the 21st Century version of Peggy Noonan writing after 4 glasses of wine.

Careful....if they catch you talking like that they’ll call you shrill, ruin your career, and in 5 years you’ll be doing cat litter ads.

Hey Tracy thanks for posting this. This is a real thing I’ve seen in male, female, and trans partners. I understand you have scepticism and it might pale in comparison to another person's complicated sexual experience, but please try not to eye roll at someone’s biological phenomenon. The article was thoughtful and…

My great grandmother who lived to 101 used to complain about that all the time. She even said it once in the food court at the mall. It was unclear if that was a general musing or she thought we were at the airport.

The byproduct of this story is that I found out Orcas, AKA killer whales, are a species of dolphin. I mean, cmon. 

My ex was a nurse anesthetist with a great job offer in Huntsville, I managed to snag a gig as part time admissions counselor at a local college. I was gonna be a stay at home parent long term and it seemed like a genuinely awesome place, but we couldnt muster the will to move from the DC burbs, where we lived all our…

Yeah, but with some degree of threat behind it. By that I mean real changes that could have been made in the 10s, 20s and 30s. By the time the 40s came around it was just fearmongering.

My uninformed speculation is that ballhawk controversies get the attention every summer because we need something to talk about. NBA free agency has died down, NFL camps haven’t started nor have NFL domestic abuse investigations progressed to the point of indictment. White knuckle pennant races aren't in the final…

Ugg, sorry you’re getting flamed. Use the ignore button. I got what you were saying.

Yeah, fair point, but so is checking for your closest emergency exit and hands at 10 and 2. If someone official-seeming tells me otherwise I’ve been known to turn my brain off because I’m human.

My dad just educated me on that phrase this morning. You’re in the know. Until this I just had a vague notion that his uncle piloted one and said they were shit, I didnt get the danger of them. My son is 4, and we go to the National Aquarium a lot and it’s right where the duck boats go into the Baltimore harbor. He’s…