Do you really think Skipper and his family give half a shit what a bunch of mooks on Deadspin have to say? Giving “support” on a website comment is completely useless and dumb to waste your time on.

making sure nobody celebrates in the end zone.

I’m with you, and think this applies especially to baseball.

Great, another venue for Pittsburgh fans to whine and cry in.

I watched both of those, back to back, with no sound on a flight from Seattle to Boston a month ago.

Don’t laugh, but I am about to start The 37th Parallel by Ben Mezrich. I read those articles on AATIP this wkend, and am curious about the book which was mentioned.

I absolutely adore HDM. You need to read the two sequels if you haven’t.

You can read the Hobbit book faster than it takes to sit through all three of those shitty movies.

Very interesting set of selections!

If you like reading about the Royal Navy, I would like to suggest To Rule the Waves, by Arthur Herman. I read the whole Horatio Hornblower series this year too, which was........awesome.

Sleepwalkers was, imo, the better book, which I read immediately afterwards, so I suspect I have forgotten much of the actual prose from TWTEP , but those are good points. Maybe it’s time for a re-read.

Moby Dick has my favorite literary quote. I love the way it sounds when you read it aloud, starting slow and low then picking up pace and yelling by the end.

I’m with you. I found Brave New World underwhelming,especially compared to something like 1984.

IIRC, she is the daughter or granddaughter of David Lloyd George.

That’s why I like Fellowship so much - the whole adventure is still ahead of you. I think the first trip across the Shire, getting chased by the Black Riders and not really understanding why or what may be my favorite part (outside of Theoden and the Rohirrim arriving at the Fields of Pellenor - which is giving me…

If you get the chance (and haven’t read them yet) The War That Ended Peace by Margaret MacMillan and Sleepwalkers by Christopher Clark are endlessly fascinating takes on how the war started, with each pointing the blame at different entities. Guns leaves out a ton of detail on the start (like everything related to the…

Exactly.

Curious, because it seems like the “worst of the worst” typically get jobs in law enforcement.

Maybe they should be wondering aloud why it’s ok for the police to murder people in the streets with no consequences typically.