Kareem has always been political, from his days as a college player at UCLA through the column he writes for The Guardian today.

You just described The Fast and the Furious series of movies.

Tank tops are the school uniform at Arizona State.

She greatly benefited from the rise and influence of MTV and music videos in the 80s. 

Great, great article! Really interesting stuff. 

Hot dogs make a good packed lunch. They are a more fun version of bologna sandwiches. They can be eaten room temperature.

Mike Lombardi probably doesn’t go around telling people that he’s related to Vince Lombardi.

Honestly, this goes beyond any sort of school policy — it’s a violation of human decency.

I’m looking forward to reading the five star Amazon reviews they beg their friends to post. 

I think the real news here is that Donald Trump uses speechwriters.

Oreos are kosher now so the ingredients must have changed. I’m talking about a long time ago. 

Not that it matters much, but “Hotel California” isn’t on that greatest hits album. The album Hotel California came out in 1976, it’s the first album they released after their first greatest hits collection.

I always had a soft spot for “Boom” by P.O.D.

At one time he played hockey arenas. Now I see his name on the marquee at the Sunset Laugh Factory all the time.

Before I realized who was being described, I assumed it was Richard Nixon.

UCLA assistant coach Jordyn Wieber (another Olympic gold medalist) was one of those who read a victim statement at Nassar’s sentencing. Other (former) UCLA gymnasts like Olympian Jamie Dantzscher and U.S. national team competitors Jeanette Antolin and Mattie Larson also testified. I note this in order point out the…

When I was a kid, we knew of Hydrox because they were kosher. My family didn’t keep kosher, we ate everything. But we had friends and relatives who did adhere to kosher dietary rules and they couldn’t eat Oreos because they are (or were?) made with lard. The more you know ... 

That should be the standard and simplest way of doing it. Thanks.

Since this thread is about tipping, I’d like to post a question to the rest of the commentariat:

For some reason it’s bugging me (and I’m not sure why) that someone traveled all the way to Greece and waited 80 minutes for a hamburger in Lindsay Lohan’s restaurant.