Different take on a prior question: if you get bitten by a radioactive spider, but can choose your super power, which do you choose? (A friend once said “total anonymity,” which is either the most brilliant or terrifying response).

Two important points from someone (me) who spent two years working in Brazil:

Fly to Australia and have a flat white ASAP, then please rewrite list. We will wait.

I'm probably too late to the comment party for anyone to read this, but here is some coconut water truth (from someone who worked developing a coconut water plantation in Brazil).

I'm probably too late to the comment party for anyone to read this, but here is some coconut water truth (from someone who worked developing a coconut water plantation in Brazil).

I assume by Rio you actually mean Sao Paulo...

Hate to blow up your desert island fantasy, but think about how good ground beef would be and then realize it could also be ground lamb...

Are you kidding?! They are on fire sale (really, and no pun intended)...

This is likely a TV/Radio coverage situation. Having grown up in VT, I know that both sides of Lake Champlain are watching Burlington TV stations, which show Sox games. Likewise, in far western MA, you're watching TV from Albany, which is showing the Yankees. I grew up knowing the full Canadiens roster because the…

Overheard somewhere in Alabama, circa 1960:

THE TAIL IS THE WORST PART OF A LOBSTER.

Because its not just about concussions. Its about a career's worth of blows—small and large—which accumulate. Sure, the suspicion is that major trauma like a concussion matters more, but a cornerback with half a dozen concussions but not so many head on head contacts is probably better off than a linebacker with no…