Thanks for the thoughtful reply. As I said in a response to a different comment, I think it's simplistic to blame this sort of thing on the bride. Where's her fiance? Is he an invalid? If he's not advocating for the wedding he wants, and drawing boundaries about what kind of wedding choices he feels are…

I don't buy that. It's simplistic and ignores all the broader cultural factors, and ignores that fact that even the bloodthirstiest "bridezilla" has some dude who's willing to marry her, and who lacks the spine to either advocate for the wedding he wants, or find someone else to marry. That weenie doesn't get to…

I don't buy the burglars were in Oscar's house theory. Why the hell would anyone rob a garbage can?

the reason no one is drinking iced drinks in the Deep South is because no one local is drinking at Starbucks. Yankees passing through drink at Starbucks. South of Hotlanta there are only like six Starbucks in Georgia and the bulk of them are on Interstates. If Bubba is drinking coffee, he's at Waffle House or…

But there will always be inherent tensions when athletes take family leave for an event that (to an extent) can be planned, in a job that has a well-defined offseason.

It's tough having a Twitter username that gets mistaken for a celebrity's by stupid people.

Another difference between this and the infamous Heidi episode. No one HAS to watch the game on television. There are many other options including live streaming on the web and, according to the less-than-subtle announcements, a slew of apps for various mobile platforms.

A quick viewing tip for our modern age: If you…

easy to be disturbed by the tweets at first, but shout out to all you Kiro 7 viewers who initially yelled out a "What the fuck?!?!?" at your TV, and then shortly after resumed your grip on reality. Hopefully the non-tweeters outnumber the tweeters here. And no, I can't believe I just wrote the previous sentence.

If it comes down to Duke losing vs my bracket winning, I'll choose Duke losing every time, fuck my bracket

NBC fires Christin Cooper for not getting the interview first.

A lot of this doesn't just apply to couples.

The old "This is what I hear you saying." thing really is great. Paraphrasing back what your partner has said lets them find out whether they actually got their point across like they meant and heads off confusion early in the discussion.

#righthandedproblems

I've worked with Taiwan and India. The suppliers would occasionally substitute materials as needed. They would never seek permission, but later claim they couldn't get the exact specified material and found an equal. The fact is they'll always promise the world, get the order, and maybe you'll get what you want. …

In general, this is true, but at least for some companies, you have to monitor them so closely that the cost savings is eaten up in the extra cost incurred by more regerous quality inspections.

I have a friend who had a business importing parts from China. He once gave me great insight into the "cheap Chinese knockoff parts" phenomenon that so many folks bitch about. In the vast, vast majority of cases, it is not the fault of the Chinese supplier but rather the buyer is to blame.

Aston lost this PR battle the minute it became well known that they were having parts made in China without strict oversight. They got what they had coming.

Fantastic. +1