This is terrible advice. If I’ve learned anything from witnessing a round of corporate layoffs and seeing who is left afterward it’s that no workplace is a meritocracy and good networking and being liked is almost more important than competence.

I actually, for a moment, thought that was a Star Trek uniform.

I actually, for a moment, thought that was a Star Trek uniform.

Or, ya know, people with disabilities. You have no idea how many alternate shoe lace products I’ve gone through for my kid with cerebral palsy? Velcro, zip ties, hair bands, Zubits magnetic closures... The list goes on...

Or, ya know, people with disabilities. You have no idea how many alternate shoe lace products I’ve gone through for…

I’m so glad you're here and The Concourse gets to be New Gawker.

The Oklahoma City Memorial and Museum does just fine more than 2 decades later and it’s mostly funded by the annual OKC Memorial Marathon.

I really, really like my credit union.

My company Christmas party is more what us younger employees refer to as “prom for old people.” Think black ties and sequined gowns in a giant rented museum ballroom. It’s weird. At least there’s good catering and bars of booze.

:( it’s really starting to feel like everyone I really like has been leaving Gawker/Deadspin/io9/etc. the last 6 months or so. I’m sad.

What if you've got one of those solid memory-foam mattresses that cost thousands of dollars? Same thing?

Why do you call Weight Watchers a fad? It teaches people how eat healthier for the rest of their lifetime and is even covered under the “wellness” section of many employers’ (including my own) health insurance plans.

“Nothing grinds my gears more than seeing perfectly capable kids of a certain age getting escorted around in strollers, or worse, carried.”

All week I’ve been living outdoors at a Boy Scout camp with my son’s troop where it’s 90° and 51% humidity. I want my a/c back and you can never take it away from me.

Redskins name drama is spreading. Oklahoma City Public Schools voted to drop the 88-year-old Redskins name from Capitol Hill High School and the aftermath is not great.