We did it when I was in kindergarten/first grade, but it fell off pretty sharply by the time I was in sixth grade, and I was in the same school district for my entire elementary career.

“Romance novels refill the world’s well of hope.”

I’m the same on the writing thing — I don’t tell anyone about the stories that I’m working on, because telling them means I have less desire to write them.

There’s whole posts about how training a man to do the dishes is virtually impossible. I’d take this guy and get sign-off for dick on the side.

Yeah, I was super confused by that headline, since my best friend was a Marine officer a decade ago and she was by no means the only one who went through OCS that year.

Got it, thanks.

I didn’t say anything about my sight line. I don’t have any objections to extending the netting. I was simply stating why I suspect teams haven’t gone past the minimum requirement.

What’s a “dirtass” fan?

Every stadium I’ve been to this year (so, five) has extended netting to the edge of the dugout closest to home plate. None of them have extended past that, in part, I think, because it does interfere with fan/player interaction, like signings and tossing balls at the end of the inning.

Pitchers are, to keep their arms warm. Other players are not.

Yeah, I understand that players have that advantage, but it’s infuriating to me to listen to some of these dumbasses* stumble their way through broadcasting when I KNOW there are women out there who are better right now. And I wish these former players with potential had to work their way up like non-players do to…

He’ll have the CHANCE to get better. But any woman who came in with that level of annoying delivery wouldn’t have had the first chance.

Does anyone NOT hate Joe Buck? I’ve never heard someone say something good about him.

That’s a great limit for student evaluations! I wish I would have thought of it when I was teaching.

“Manels”! I love it! And I feel all your comments. I hope that you can find your way to more professional power either in this job or the next, but I’m sorry to say that the comments don’t change.

Yep. As a result of public speaking training and years as an educator, I’ve eliminated verbal tics like “like” and “um” and I do not uptalk. As a result, people have told me that I come across as “threatening” and “aggressive.” No, I’m matter-of-fact. Get used to it.

I listened to it on repeat after his death and man, it really holds up.

Members of Duran Duran have mentioned that they too tried to talk to him about his depression, and also wrote a song about his situation.

I like The Gunslinger because it’s different from the rest of Stephen King. Don’t get me wrong — I love King, generally, with some notable exceptions — but The Gunslinger is fresh, even today, and the rest of The Dark Tower is typical King. Don’t even get me started on the last fucking book and how much of a slog full…

Your low opinion of police officers surprises me, given your advice to cooperate.