As a resident of greater DC, I can’t get this song out of my head this week. Can’t put my finger on why...

El Purito needs a new coach.

That explains a lot.

On that note, what exactly is that animal above the TV? Possum? Racoon? ADORABLE BEAR CUB?

Quick, someone call Damien Hirst.

Likewise. I played in middle school and high school, and although I wasn’t very talented, I figured out how to hit hard - which is probably the only reason I saw any play time. In my sophomore year, I hit a kid so hard he had to be carted off the field on a stretcher. I remember the head coach being ecstatic, but the…

Exactly. It’s almost as if every sports blogger in the land had been so conditioned by the ‘Best Team EVER’ narrative that they’re overlooking things like Alabama’s abysmal third-down conversion rate (2/15, 1/13 on attempts >4 yards). Besides a couple of big plays, Clemson’s defense was the story.

Thanks, comrade! There are plenty of others taking your bait and trying to #explaintheswamp to your tiny mind, but let me be yet another voice reminding you that this ‘swamp’ has afforded you:

I cooked half a dozen semi-boneless quail via sous vide about a month ago with a little salt, honey and rosemary. They turned out perfectly, but we are talking about a *very* small bird here.

But this thing makes friggin great carnitas. There are a few good recipes to choose from:

Fair enough. The main point of my reply if I were to strip away the snark (I just want to fit in, Kinja) is that we’re fortunately facing a landscape where the market forces are strong enough in clean energy and clean tech that those that have been working in different DOE offices (Energy Efficiency & Renewable…

I’m friends and colleagues with over a dozen people that would have ended up on the requested lists. None of them will be heading off to work for big oil or selling their souls if they leave DOE, and all of them will likely move into a higher tax bracket. They work at DOE because they’re dedicated to the department…

One underappreciated star to you.

Ditto. The first time I saw this ad, my immediate thought was “Torch needs to write a post that really lays into whatever dumbfuck wrote this.”

“...the [Cape Wind] project was held hostage for years by an opposition movement spearheaded by a Koch brother and backed by Mitt Romney, among other wealthy and well-connected residents of the Cape.”

I’ve been a lifelong Sooner football fan, so my cognitive moral dissonance is waaay off the charts, but I still can’t wrap my head around why this guy is still on the team. Stoops kicks Bomar off the team when he held the starting QB position for taking a fake job at a car dealership, but keeps this guy on after he…

Um, isn’t that Randy Couture in that top picture?

Can confirm. My 2010 Jetta SportVaaaggen that has barely survived hauling around two miniature humans - among other things - will get me $19.5K. But I did pay it off... literally the day before news of dieselgate broke.    

I’ve said it before (to other questions) but it still applies: Datsun 240z. No, it’s not American, and no, it’s not a convertible. But they’re boatloads of fun to drive, great looking, and easy to work on.

COTD?