I echo the others that this is a great story. What really got me was your description of the fight against Tyson. You nailed it—the “oh shit” sweats of that that first 1:30, to the elation of making it past 1:30, and then realizing you were going to lose anyway.
I don’t think I have ever felt as satisfied beating a…

Oh good grief. Slow news day? I get it, the Cardinals are fun to hate, and Deadspin generally has an axe to grind with the team (I think because some guy in charge there there likes them), but this is such a non-story. It reeks of “what hipster hot take can I make to get an articles out there”.

I wanted him so badly. I had to settle for the cassettes only—but I loved them dearly.

I cook fresh brussel sprouts sliced in half in the microwave for about 7 minutes in water, drain, then stir-fry in olive oil until they start to brown a bit. Add pepper, salt, garlic to taste. I will sometimes throw in a handful of almonds to toast right at the end. One of my wife’s favorite side dishes.

I will try out…

As a fellow Cards fan, I dislike the Cubs passionately, but your comment is most idiotic.

Hoping someone will see this. My wife gets an infection nearly every time after cunnilingus, and sometimes after a lot of physical stimulation with my fingers (which she usually asks for and enjoys). I wash myself pretty thoroughly (I really like to be clean for sex), but I am just not sure what is going on. I have…

I received free and reduced lunches as a child and also was able to attend the local Head Start program. I also received a Pell grant and Stafford loans (interest-free while in college), as well as work-study funds.
My dad worked in public works in a small rural town for the water dept. My mom worked in a garment…

I feel much the same way, as a pretty liberal Catholic myself. I also see a lot of good that happens through Catholic charities.

My brother was deemed a Christian witness, while my wife's best friend is the Godmother of record in the eyes of the Church.

Finding out about this shell game makes me so angry. This is one of the major issues I have with my religion.

Around the time I was in second grade, I thought woman was a bad word. I wonder if I had heard it used with a tone that might have been threatening somewhere. I always called a woman "lady" for the next few years.

I did once. So disgusting. Small town theater, likely not that crowded, with a small balcony area. I did occasionally find money while cleaning, so there is that.

I have a Lodge cast iron wok. Love it for stir fry.

Look, I realize it is easy to make fun of this without knowing anything, but it is a part of an active shooter training course called ALICE that is being adopted by many schools (including my own) nationwide. It incorporates many techniques (including "get the hell out of the building" instead of just cowering in a…

I rolled with it for years, or, if I really wanted to stay in bed, we would put out something for them the night before (like a Poptart or granola bar or something). When we got out of bed, we would fix them a regular breakfast.

This makes me wonder if it applies to my mortgage, which is deducted bi-weekly. After reading http://lifehacker.com/why-you-should…, I have been considering a change, but haven't donw it yet.

I just did this last week! I received an electric smoker last year and did a test run (for Christmas actually) by inviting a few friends over.

Another tip I learned was to pull the bird from the brine for a few hours to let the brine mixture distribute evenly in the bird (I guess the highest concentration of brine…

While I would have loved to see my Cardinals go on to the next level, this was a really great series. Hopefully those Birds on the Bat will be back in the hunt next year. They really showed a lot of grit and determination this year and fought hard, even though they came up a little short.

Being from MO, I can't…

This sounds a lot like the notetaking class we had in the business dept at my high school. It was just a semester and was probably more for those pursuing a secretarial path, but I liked the teacher and took it.
Many obvious vowels would be dropped and "ing" was shortened to just a "g", so jumping became jmpg. I…

Oh, I agree with that the original post isn't saying to give up instantly—otherwise, we would never learn what our limits are.
My post was probably more of a rant on how many times I hear, "Math? I was never any good at that," or I hear a parent tell their kid is is OK to be bad at math because the parent was bad at…

I would agree with this. I wish there were more time to "play" mathematically with things. This is one of the main reasons many people don't see math as a creative endeavor, but it really truly is. Math is not just a bunch of rules that some dead people created a long time ago...