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love,
a michigan man

In before people respond with relevant stories: I got outed from my middle school Geography Bee in the very first round. The questions was something like, “Vietnam is situated on a body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water. What is this called?” and I just completely froze. I absolutely knew what a…

always the orioles

It’s still unclear if, as this plays out, words will be mightier than de Swardt.

the john legend/toys’r’us bit was solid

hah! (never seen that before) he’s doesn’t pull off the acting, but props for said chillness

the enemy’s gate is down

awesome, thank you for getting me up to speed

thanks!

wait wait wait what’s the deal with the Simpsons faithful and Grimes? The wiki entry doesn’t detail any umbrage!

moderately off topic: my favorite part of hte Fab Five documentary was the bit about black socks. One day those dudes decided to rock black socks, something that was deemed super uncool until they decided they wanted to do it, and bam, black socks, everywhere since.

eh, I like his writing (and understand why people don’t), and I know the following won’t change yours or anyone’s mind about the guy, but here’s my response: tongue clucking over his word salad patois is sliiiiightly unfair. I mean, take ol’ Magary’s Jamboroo; that little doozy is one big steaming pile of personal…

heh, I don’t think I’ve ever heard someone on the court deploy “first team all defense” as a triumphant boast before. I mean, I have no idea how to trash talk, but “first team all defense” seems a little quaint, no?

jesus I was going to comment and say the exact same thing. fucking excellent.

For me, Astral Weeks has become the alpha and omega of Morrison’s brilliance (fueled by all the nostalgic/elemental/fanatical attachment I have for it) and this great write up is helping dislodge that situation a bit, so thank you.

I ran indoor track to stay in shape during the off season (soccer bro, that was me). My one meet was a few states away so we had to get up at dawn to bus it there. I was slated to run the 1600 and 800. Why, I’m not so sure, but the JV was pretty haggard. Well in the 1600 I get smoked (lapped twice by the winner and I…

without going as far as to compare his situation to someone who identifies as LGBT* (the situation is more related to those who practice BDSM), I think there's a small/important overlap here: no one should be judged for what they and their partner/s consent to. full stop.

I love the Staves, and I kinda-sorta dig Vernon, but that remix is just a shotgun blast of du jour producing that doesn't do anything for me. /hottake

kinda read your reply with this character in mind