Definitely don’t riot. This post is about protesting.

Not really, though. Doing a good job would be defusing the situation. Look at Adam Silver - he’s doing the same job for NBA owners, only doing it well. You can placate advertisers and be a PR flack and still look competent. Hell “looking smart while talking” is half his job, and he’s failing. You could pay someone…

Same reason, Roth’s dodge capital gains.

That is a shockingly healthy attitude.

Yeah, I love these tax protester filings. There’s a whole community of Cliven Bundy-esque whackos who have decided that federal laws (and sometimes state laws) don’t apply to them and are entirely voluntary. Spent a day of my tax class on it back in law school. There are a few law review articles out there that break…

I hear you, and given some more time to think (and the fact that I’m on the same page as husher and skywalkr), I think I was just misreading things. Program switching has worked for me to deal with plateaus, but that’s a niche issue that’s not applicable to your post.

Median rents still suck:

Agreed, and while I credit crossfit for getting people interested in lifting, I also blame them for spreading the bro-sciency “muscle confusion” nonsense.

Periodization has a lot of research to support it (you bring up Wendler, who believes strongly in it). That’s also why every good program is built to have an end point. Hence the focus on completing programs before switching.

That could be right, but the literature out there supporting periodization is really strong. Agreed that, when it comes to novice trainees, what really matters is just doing the work and then worrying about the other 20% of the Pareto principle later on.

I think that last part should trump the headline. It’s actually necessary to regularly “hop” programs, since your body adjusts to a fixed set of parameters (exercises, rep ranges, weight, etc.) within that 8-12 week timeframe. Really you’re looking to complete a program and then hop to another. “Complete” being the…

Subway sandwiches are 90% bread. That makes for an excessive bread to filling ratio.

Thunder wouldn’t have paid the repeater tax necessarily. Given how the cap has increased, they would’ve only had to pay it for one season (per Zach Lowe). Still would have to pay for amnestying Perkins under that scenario, but they would’ve avoided all of the heavy stuff.

Exactly. It hurts my brain to see that my neighborhood has doubled in value over the past 9 years or so, but that’s no guarantee that it’ll keep that rate up.

The difference is that a bond/equity portfolio has historically brought in returns significantly above inflation over the medium/long term.

That’s what the calculator shows. As you start to eat into the principal on your mortgage, the benefits of owning increase. That’s why the breakeven line in many markets is at the 7-8 year range.

Another reason that housing is a bad investment: it’s (a) illiquid and (b) a non-diversified risk that’s positively correlated with your other big risks. If the local economy has a downturn, that puts your job and the value of your biggest investment at risk, while a diversified investment portfolio would at least be…

That's an awesome brunch, and you can get a table with no wait if you're willing to sit outside on a 60 degree day.

You host an NBA playoff game in your house? I guess if you have a theater in there too, anything's possible.

Plus, at home you can make your big delicious breakfast while still being a little sleepy and not going through the whole nonsense of putting on shoes and waiting in line. So much more relaxing.