Abortion ‘controversy’ aside...do people actually look at numbers? Republicans are supposed to be more financially conservative, right? Preventative medicine is much cheaper than reactive, right? How can any politician or CEO not understand this?

Right. My reference to Fifa was a bit vague. I meant that in terms of the sport of soccer/football and closer to what is represented in FM. I think for the goal of an all user game of Madden, the detail would need to be similar to FM or OOTP to truly be immersive. The last Madden I played was 13 which had the player…

Right! Certain stances by the corner would give the corner a certain ‘boost’ but would also indicate the potential coverage on the play. Think of it as fighting styles in boxing or an MMA game or a striker in FIFA being a target man vs False 9. Didn’t Ace Combat introduce a ‘Dog fight’ mode which became a game within…

This would bring me back to the series. I think an extended ‘training camp’ or ‘combine’ where the player is put through a rigorous set of physical and mental tests to determine their best ‘class’. Similar to a placement test where only a few are placed as QB and the pyramid shifts towards OGs. Then community rankings…

I played with a current ML’er in high school. He’d never blow up like this but would laugh at ‘high school strikes’ going 2-4 with a home run and a double while strike out looking twice. Pretty incredible but a bit annoying when those K’s come with runners in scoring position.

Gillette stadium is the closest I’ll ever get to watching a low tier soccer match in South America.

Fortunately, my commute is long enough where I don’t live near anyone to ever feasibly meet outside of work. I also refuse to carpool. I’m a hermit.

I could not agree more with you. I suppose there’s a carpenter in every shepard’s herd.

THE WORLD DOESN’T COME WITH IKEA INSTRUCTIONS

It was a terrible school. Trying to be objective...I was there in 2001, on 9/11, the principal via the intercom told everyone to stop checking the news because the news and government can skew facts to cause panic.

I split my middle school years between New England and South Carolina. Social Studies in New England was somewhat progressive and caught all the basics like women’s suffrage and the underground railroad. South Carolina... we spent MONTHS on the civil war (Har har so stereotypical) but we would spend a class on the…

Seriously. My aunt home schools her three children and told me that they will not learn geometry because a pastor of the Lord doesn’t need it to preach.

Alternating between MLB 2k11 and FIFA 2012. I tend to favor FIFA better because the games last a finite period of time. I actually get annoyed when I score a good bit of runs in MLB because that means the game is taking even longer!

If only it were possible for us to see the disappointment on her face when she actually dies and just dies and ceases to exist and doesn’t go to heaven because it doesn’t exist. Or she goes someplace else because she chose the wrong religion and some other religion she’s never heard of was actually the correct…

The roundness of that face...Are we sure this isn’t Josh Beckett minus the goatee?

I had a reoccurring dream growing up that I still vividly remember. Three of my cousins and I are camping in the back yard of our grandfather’s lake house in Florida. It’s super windy and we can see a big storm coming so I run inside, scared, since I’m the youngest and was always a chicken.

Obligatory....This B1G new font is a B1G waste of time.

My wife overkills with the Pledge spray. Typically on low tables situated on hardwood floors. This leads to much hilarity when I come bombing through the room with only socks on my feet. I slip, flail, slide, and fall all over the place. She laughs and I curse.

I can’t wait to be done with my degree so I can take these classes seriously!

Have an outline slide that contains the titles of your major topics. Repeat this slide between topics to show a transition (graying out all topics except the one you are about to discuss). It creates a flow and enables you to reflect on how you got to that point in your presentation while providing a nice break for…