Scorekeeping in baseball is the best. Everything said above is true. My dad taught me the basics of scorekeeping when I was a kid sitting in the stands of dozens of minor league games (go Hagerstown Suns). You pick up the basics and then develop your own variation over time.
I eventually just created my own scorecard…

Yes, absolutely take advantage of these policies.

Ah, I forgot the space. Well, I think it works in either case. Although for a 122 lb pup we’re probably talking 6 hotdogs, 3 platters of nachos, a souvenir sized beer and vanilla dippin’ dots.

The 4th of July game is at 11:05am because DC is a nightmarish swampy world of shit filled with tourists and Clarendon bros/chicks in town for the fireworks that night.

Also, you hush your mouth about Pups in the Park. My dog loves it. You’ve never seen pure joy until you see a 12lb dog snarfing on a hotdog and fries.

Context IS important, but not in the way you're arguing here. Unless you know the context surrounding someone's lack of a smile, saying "everything will work out!" to a stranger is obnoxious. If they're just lost in thought, you're imposing on them. If they just learned their mother has terminal cancer, you're saying…

I really enjoyed taking the AP US (5th form/junior year) and European History (6th form/senior) exams. But I already knew I wanted to be a History major in college, so the courses weren't nearly the slog that my other AP courses in life sciences and calculus were. I was on scholarship at a private school similar to…

Guy I work with who's from New Hampshire and brings back a couple packs when he goes up that way to visit family gave me a can to try and I have to say, it was really good. Same guy used a couple packs as part of a trade with his local liquor store owner to eventually procure a bottle of Pappy Family Reserve 15 year…

Ah a variation of the "athletes should shut up because they're paid to play a game, not talk about (subject that is not the sport which they play)."

Natty Boh isn't brewed in Baltimore...hasn't been for a while now. Although tourists can buy a can of it for $8.50 at Camden Yards because the vendors tell them it's an authentic Baltimore beer. $8.50!

Also, you can kiss me in the land of pleasant living.

My sister-in-law is consistently rude to wait staff (and service workers of all types) when my wife and I go out to dinner with her and her fiance. She'll be very dismissive of them, wave her hand at them to get them to take menus or leave the table, get an attitude for no reason, etc. I do wonder how many plates of…

You all are looking at this the wrong way. This dog is awesome. First, there has to be what, like a dozen of these dogs in the world. If you want a dog like everyone else, I'm sure there's a golden retriever named Bailey out there waiting for you.

Second, imagine the stories you could tell about this dog that would be…

This take was the hottest. Four out five stars. Would read and laugh at again.

+1 I LOL'ed. Four out of five on this comment. Would read again.

Sounds like you're just jelly. Somebody might need to call jelly school.

Absolutely correct. The diagrams are perfect. Any seating strategy comes with inherent assumptions about corporate culture, table configuration, etc.

Also worth mentioning one's seat position in the meeting. Do not sit next to your boss. Some think this is like hiding in their blind spot, but in reality, you have almost no way of doing any of the BS things mentioned that will get you out of additional busy work. Your meeting minutes have to be impeccable. And the…

Why not just take the dog home and try to find it a good home yourself? Dogs travel on National Rail for free, for God's sake. No carrier needed so long as it's on a leash. The dog came with a suitcase with food in it. Take him home, call the RSPCA and ask for their help if you don't want that dog. At worst, you're…

When we first got our dog, my wife's cousin, who was about 13 at the time, picked him up (he's 12lbs), turned him upside down, shook him, then shook him again and held him up to her face when she turned him right side up. At which point he snapped at her face and got her real good on the chin. She's never picked him…

I would break this into two scenarios: short-term relationships and long-term. By that I mean the length of time you've been together. If you've only been dating a short time (this definition will vary from couple to couple, but let's go with 3 months as an arbitrary number) AND you've met each others' parents, I…

+1 for the Carmen reference. Borderline too high-falootin' for Deadspin, but that and #8 make this win the Interweb for you, sir.