Lots of scientists are reluctant to publish negative data for fear of jeopardizing new funding. When grant proposals are being reviewed you don’t want to be “the one whose last three papers reported negative results”

What, like a Dyson Sphere, except instead of being so huge that it envelopes a star at a distance of millions of kilometers it is self contained but so close that it soaks up shit tons of energy from the star?

In the small town Canada of my youth it was very common to see signs advertising “Chinese and Canadian Food”. This was before the wave of immigration and foodiness that gave us widespread regional Chinese cuisines. Most of these places dated back several decades and I guess also served as pseudo diners.

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But Will, can’t we come together in opposition to twin false gods of modern craft brew culture:

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As a lifelong Canadian and longtime Toronto resident I can tell you it may be spelled “Fuck You! Suck my cock!” but is pronounced “aboot”.

Suddenly, a black limousine pulls up alongside them. Inside is Sean. He rolls down the window, makes eye contact with my friend, and says, “(Name I can’t remember). Up the arse.” And drives off into the night.

Creepiest? Or best?

Glad to hear about Guy Pearce. He always struck me as the kind of guy who was a little surprised by all the trappings and maybe not to happy to be on display. That can lead to being a dick out of defensiveness, so great if he falls more into the humble real person side.

The organist starts up a carol and I thought wow, random, this organ sounds like the fantastic intro to Procul Harem’s Whiter Shade of Pale.

I googled Sean Patrick Flanery just so that I would know who to hate on your behalf. Glad I did, because I had him mixed up with that guy from House, Robert Sean Leonard.

This is the most exciting news in the sphere of Twin Peaks since that teenage girl from Modern Family

Five of these “actors” aren’t even actors (the are athletes or “rappers”) and another one barely is. Half of the remainder TV second bananas or comic actors.

SBNATION pays shit. Unless he is looking to be paid in kind in “Lists of 30 whatevers that have never something” I doubt there is much chance Simmons goes there.

Dabney Coleman flew fast jets?

I had a 1/72 model kit in the late 70s that came with the Fast conformal fuel tanks as a build option. This would have significantly pre-dated the F-15E as it would have been around the time the F-15C was being introduced. The conformal tans were also commonly featured in the propaganda “cool fighters for boys” books…

Ummmm... the colours of the padding in the corners of the ring are not determinative. The Red Corner and Blue Corner are just conventions. I have seen hundreds of fights with no color in either corner and many with counterintuitive colors.

Yes, as a casual fan who is not an adept analyst of basketball it did kind of leave me wondering. He was always the guy that local (Toronto) commentators keyed on as an opponent.

What makes Hurricanes fandom unique?