This is really good, thank you. In particular, this bit spoke to me:

They’ve got 24 inch pylons, BROTHER

So you’re saying he was just trying to call Time Out?

+1

See for instance the infamous old lady at the McCain rally in 08 saying Obama was an Arab, as though even Kenyan Muslims were Arabs.

They aren’t rock-themed exactly (although Robert Johnson is certainly rock’s spiritual father), but Dogfish’s Hellhound on My Ale (a lemony Double IPA) and Bitches Brew (a blend of Imperial Stout and Ethiopian honey wine) are both mindblowingly good.

That all sounds very familiar. My partner and I are pretty similar on all this stuff, which means it’s hard to keep the house clean etc., but does at least mean that when one of us manages something significant that the other recognizes it—I spent three hours cleaning the house the other day because we had company…

This is true. I just hope for their sake they can do it while Grenike’s still in his prime.

I hadn’t seen the team-level stats until now to be honest; Owings and Ahmed were exactly who I was thinking of (and Lamb being basically replacement level). I hadn’t realized Peralta had been *that* good; if he can keep it up or Owings improves then they’ll be alright.

I hadn’t seen the team offensive stats until now, to be honest—I was thinking of Owens and Ahmed posting sub-.275 OBP’s, and Lamb being more or less replacement level. That’s pretty poor production from 3/4ths of your infield, but I hadn’t realized how good their outfield was. I guess the question is how legit Peralta…

Bravo.

The rotation is going to be incredible, but they seem to have an awful lot of holes in the lineup and the bullpen for a team that expects to contend.

As a human with ADD, depression, and executive function disorder: thank you. Some of these things are really hard, and it sucks to feel like a complete failure when you can’t pull them off. And it’s not like everyone’s scale of easiness is the same—I have days when testifying before a legislative committee is easy,…

That puts it perfectly.

In fairness, this had never happened before in the CFL either. Teams do practice kickouts, and have a designated package like this where they’ll have the kicker and punter back to receive a kick and boot it out again, but the kickout going straight back to the opposing kicker was just a freak accident.

Right? I don’t find sitting down and watching a whole NFL game that exciting, but American football is almost totally unmatched in its ability to deliver gloriously batshit moments.

He was, but I believe he left and became a mainstream Muslim after going on the Hajj.

God, what the hell? Why am I laughing so hard?

That’s an *offensive* try safety, which has only happened twice. A *defensive* try safety, which would end with a player on the kicking team being tackled in the end zone at the other end of the field, and result in a single point for the defending team, has never happened.