The fact that this needs to be a law is incredibly disappointing. But then again this is Florida, a state where this sign is necessary.

Manatees regularly swim down the canal behind my parents’ house. I love to sit and watch them poke their snouts out of the water to munch on leaves. I think they super rad and incredibly adorable but they’re also way bigger than people think. I would probably be a little freaked out if one swam by me but I wouldn’t…

And yet the fact that “Under God” remains in the Pledge of Allegiance was not part of their lawsuit.

I’m playing Boston. Packman and the ghosts are continually lost and it’s impossible to make the turn you need to get where you’re going. It’s exactly like driving in Boston.

I would only give canned noncommittal responses, too, if that was the asshole asking the questions. Seriously, why would any athlete or coach give a sincere answer to a sports writer's question? There is no payoff. The questions are unoriginal and uninspired and you know the story is going to be written by that guy.

Oh yeah, and one time I got arrested for making a wrong turn and not having my license on me (I was just trying to repark my car and didn't think I'd need it) was informative. The cops treated me like a total scumbag for about half an hour (because it was late and only scumbags and drunks are out late at night) until…

Wait, THIS Supreme Court ruled in favor of a worker!? Well, shit on my nose, I did not see that one coming.

Thanks! Honestly, most of my opions come from Fresh Air, This American Life and Radiolab stories about police reform, watching casually racist family remembers justify the racist things they say while still not feeling like they are racists and seeing how easy it is for people change the way they see the word once…

That's true, but even still, it's been possible for major police departments like Las Vegas and Philadelphia to dramatically reduce police shootings and particular shootings of unarmed people through improved training and better community relations but it takes a serious commitment to culture change. One that a lot of…

Oh yeah, revenue generation and pressure from the top to make crime stats look good, go hand and hand to fuel the mentality that separates officers from citizens. When you're under pressure to write as many tickets as possible, it's easy to start looking at everyone as a potential criminal. Once a police officer…

This gets at the heart of a major problem in US policing. Officers are taught that ANY form of noncompliance is resisting and a danger to them and the public at large. The idea is that they have to maintain control of the situation at all times or else they are in danger, so the instant someone doesn't do what they…

Even easier, open your calculator app and multiply the total by 1.2 or 1.15 if you're feeling cheap. Even cheap Nokias have a calculator and you don't even need to unlock your phone if you have an iPhone.

Ah, l'esprit d'escalier, a way of life.

Yeah, I just wrote in another post that someone did the smile thing the morning after I found out my grandmother had died and that I couldn't afford to fly home for the funeral. I did not take their advice.

Some dude did this to me when I was out on a walk, trying to clear my head after I found out my grandmother had died. He was shocked when I started screaming obscenities at him.

When you're out in public you do expect interruptions you? Sometimes people stop to ask for directions or you've dropped something and that's fine. It's easy to get back into it after that and a little human interaction can help get you out of your funk but I can never get back into it after being told to smile. It…

I like to go for walks when I'm stuck on ideas and I'm often writing in my head. That's why I look distracted—because I am.

You have to replace all the blah blahs with unnecessary polysyllabic words. Make sure your reasoning is circular and contains at least three logical fallacies (appeal to authority, false equivalency, and straw (wo)man seem to be popular). Then, you'll be good to go—that is, if you can wrap your pretty little head…

It's not late, it's just been percolating.

Oh my god, that dude is a dipshit. Sometimes I wish we could arrest people for stupid.