All of that is true, but deep in our hearts we know that the Raptors are going to blow it. 

I like your posts, this was a good one.

I certainly don’t have data that support my position, but it’s not entirely faith-based, either. I’m an older reader, have lived in three countries, six states and have worked in a bunch of different fields, so even though I’m just sharing my own worldview, it’s reasonably well-informed.

PE is the worst for sure. I worked for a smaller (awesome) company that was acquired by another company backed by PE. That PE-backed company kept acquiring more and more little (awesome) companies to turn it into a hateful mess of disorganized chaos. But it then became large enough for the first PE company to sell off…

So, I’m not Dante3000, but I’ve worked almost exclusively for startup companies for my entire professional career, and I have Thoughts(tm) on Venture Capitalism.

Venture capital is inherently a game of odds, where you get a lot of rich people with a lot of assets, pool those assets and throw them at 100 ideas you think MIGHT make money and knowing only one or two needs to be a hit. It isn’t about investing in the best tech or product, it’s about investing in something that may…

“businesses have an opportunity to tell their brand stories through creators“

Outstanding article and a pleasure to read. I bet the night sky was tremendous away from all the lights... I’ve never climbed at night but this story and some of the comments are definitely sparking my curiosity.

Great post. I’m curious about the local rock and grades there. My only real night climbing experience was starting too late on a 16-pitch climb in Yosemite. We finished late and had to do 23 of 25 rappels in the dark with headlamps. It was mostly terrifying but also incredible to be hanging above the Valley looking…

This was a really dope article, thank you. Eid Mubarak!

My mom once played that on Words with Friends and I was absolutely horrified. She tried to play if off as her just putting in anything and seeing if it works, but I knew. And now i can't forget.

In general, I agree with what you’re saying, and that was my initial reaction to this article, too. The flip-side to that is asking ourselves whether we want to continue to accept such a low quality of life standard from jobs as a “normal” life condition. That’s not to suggest that we fixate on some demand for…

Or- or!- the players (and their agents) badly overvalued themselves.

When reached for comment the purchaser said “I just like the duck.” 

So all this time my wife has been trying to pass a drug test?

I love people pretending that even hearing a dorky joke is reason to actually call security.

“I haven’t seen a collection of slippery runs like that since Attila the Hun ate a gunnysack full of santa fe chalupas, babe. Chachi chachi chachi.”

I’ve learned more about baseball listening to Jessica Mendoza talk than I did from 30 years of other assholes doing it.

The good thing is that I've mentally checked out of caring to such a degree that I no longer consider any of this season canon. So I have no emotion over anything that's happening because it's all so out of character that I assume the next episode will end with Jon waking up from a dream, still on the boat next to…

More than anything, my sense is that the season would have been an order of magnitudes better if the writing team had just taken a step back from everything after the scripts were all finished, and then a few days later take one more editorial pass before committing to filming. There was a lot of sloppy writing, but th…