This list has so many errors, it makes me think Ian Desmond must have written this under Hannah’s name. See what I did there? It’s a baseball joke!

Before I got married, I was fine taking the standard deduction. Small refund every year was fine, as I don’t mind overpaying my taxes a bit for the refund. But my wife is a classical musician and so we have benefited greatly from the old Schedule C. Of course, we have folders of receipts, a couple notebooks of driving…

Don’t worry, Chip. If the Diamondbacks really screw the pooch, are 20 back at the All Star break, and you’ve got players holding”closed door, players-only” meetings weekly, you’ll finally get to enjoy that funereal atmosphere at the ballpark you’ve always wanted.

This looks like the guy is blasting off to heaven.

I’m waiting for the candidate who comes along and trolls everyone by embracing all the pet peeves of every state/region/major city.

Agree with this 100%. But in addition, I’ll add that Out of Sight J. Lo is my personal favorite J. Lo of all. YMMV.

You’re right. How silly of me.

The fact that he died here wearing a stranger’s clothes after possibly going on a bender and/or voting for a shitty local politician against his will make him distinctly Baltimorean.

Man, I would have been much more likely to care about the Ravens if it meant I could have seen drunk dude bros in Federal Hill stumbling around screaming “Railers!” every Sunday.

Sure, but his comment makes it sound like he must spend that much, that a $300 watch is a requirement, rather than an option, for running. Which I think we both can agree is not true. And to your point, I agree there are people who take great enjoyment from spending more money on things simply because they can (“why…

Totally agree. Most of that stuff is optional and he’s getting taken to the cleaners by whomever (local running store or some online retailer) he’s buying from. $200 for shoes, if that’s true, is simply getting fleeced. But kudos to the retailer; I’m sure he is a favorite customer.

This appears to be the unfortunate reaction of two assholes coming into close proximity of one another. The lead driver should not have break-checked. He had enough space in front of the vehicle that merged to his right that he could have put his signal on and moved over to let the rear driver pass.

I implore my wife to use the hand brake 100% of the time, to limited success. When we got married, she probably never used it on any incline. Now, she at least uses it the majority of the time and always on an incline. My nerves and the car’s transmission thank her.

I’ll admit that I did this once years ago with my car. The unnatural wrenching sound that came from my transmission was terrible and I’ve never done it since on any of the cars I’ve owned since then.

Secondary question: Say you are going up 10 floors (e.g. safely in the “take the elevator” territory). Elevator arrives and as you go to hit your button (say, you’re on 10 going to 20), you notice that a couple other floors, including 19 and 21 are already pushed.

My prep school is in the same conference as Sidwell (Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference FTW!), so we played them in all sorts of sports. I was at my boarding school when Al Gore, Jr. and Chelsea Clinton were at Sidwell. Just about every kid I met from that school was very cool.

Whatever, man. When Monty, my emotional support python, coils up around my entire body at 30,000 feet, I feel safe and protected. Nothing can get me. Also, no oxygen can get to my brain.

Our pup right after his most recent cut. Looking fresh and fly. And yes, that’s a pirate-themed scarf.

That’s a fair point, as you’re paying to find something that maybe won’t be a problem. But I still disagree mostly from a risk management standpoint.

And perhaps a mold test, too, if you’ve got a basement. My wife is a classical singer, and is very sensitive to mold to boot. So our agent (who was awesome) suggested a mold test. It wasn’t super pricey, and checked that little worry off our long list of things to fret over.