I love that idiot.

3 wheat and 2 wool gives 1 wood. fair enough.

Really, West Virginians? "Hot dog"s? You're lucky Colorado exists.

[Not pictured: sex.]

Great article. I was up in Whittier a couple of years ago for a day cruise around the glaciers. It's the tiniest town, but it made a huge impact on me. Thanks for enlightening me about more of their fascinating history.

The way that he stumbles over words a couple times and does literally nothing to sell any of it despite four decades of broadcasting experience is pretty amusing.

I'm going to ignore this stereotype and continue assuming that in Canada parents send their kids to preschool by putting them atop a curling rock and sliding them down the St. Lawrence or something.

To be fair, you don't get much practice.

That's a more difficult question. There are Chinese histories that reference stomach tearing, which indicates that the practice may have been inspired by Chinese histories and legends. There's some speculation that it may have gained popularity in Japan during a spate of natural disasters when people wanted to take…

Wild as it sounds, if you really want to know about samurai culture, read "Usagi Yojimbo."

"Hardin County Sheriff John Ward said those who go into law enforcement typically do it because they have a desire to shoot minorities...

That's one hell of a way to quit your job as a copy editor.

How is ANYONE voting no on this? The only safer bet is the Hall of Fame Ballot

Anything less than 97% is unacceptable.

"If Babe Ruth didn't get 100%, then no one gets 100%"

This is a little off-topic, but... I had a friend who showed up to my father's funeral wearing jeans and work boots. Because that's what he wears for his job. He took his lunch break two hours early so he could come and pay his respects and I thought it was lovely. He made an effort to be there for my family and we…

Who the fuck is voting no on this? I demand that you explain your reasoning.

It's almost hilarious that when the NYPD sat around brainstorming ways to prove how necessary they are to the daily functioning of the city they came up with, "Stop writing tickets for bullshit petty offenses and harassing people on the sidewalks, that'll show 'em! They'll come crawling back to lick our boots after a…

I'm fine with the slowdown. Keep it up long enough and we can decrease revenues from ticketing poor people, trim the budget, and fire some cops. Start with any that have had excessive force complaints.

Dear former hometown: The Rams are gone. It's been effectively over for a while now. You had two choices: Get fucked by the NFL and blackmailed into financing a new stadium, or watch the team that to be fair, probably shouldn't have left LA return to LA. (Attendance history was not that bad, Georgia was a crazy lady,…