scorching postscript

You were the model bride-to-be in my opinion. I’ve known brides of your mind, and they all seem to be brides in their 30's. Maybe its a reaction to the heights that weddings have got to. Those that have been on the wedding circuit (guests/wedding party) for the past ten years understand the cost involved in it…

My ex-mother-in-law was shocked - SHOCKED - that I didn’t want a wedding shower. For multiple reasons, really, but chief among them was that I felt it was in poor taste to ask people to a) throw me a party (particularly when people were already insisting on throwing me a bachelorette party), and b) to get me gifts…

$1,000/month for six months to $70,000 a year plus bonuses? Power never gives voluntarily; you have to fight for it, every damn time. Solidarity.

Thanks to the writers here who’ve covered this story, and to Deadspin for keeping women’s hockey visible here on the site. (That’s sincere, not sarcasm!)

This is fascinating, Dave. Thanks for writing it.

The GOP blew a 237-193 lead in the House.

The best part of capitalism is when shitheads accidentally waste their money in the funniest of ways.

Yes, it is starting to look like that.

+1 terrifying video

Though there’s some fucked up irony in South Carolina getting something because North Carolina did something regressive.

Another premature exit for Pitino.

Ah, Satan Island where white people go to limit their exposure to Black and brown people without actually moving out of the city.

There’s a quote from Mad Men where Pete says “Stable is that step backward between successful and failing,” and I think that sums up the decision to hire Bruce Arena pretty succinctly.

Deadspin literally has a tag “Athlete Dong”

But it makes perfect sense...

The 20 minutes of explanation served a purpose. Knocking down every rationale they’ve given for not releasing them matters. As does explaining why any tax returns from Trump are important to the public interest, because that helps short circuit the ‘zomg illegal leakz’ arguments that are inevitable.

Vardy was always a twat.

Wow, what a bunch of THUGS

#Goatse