Wellll…I dunno about that. The Puritans were the original fire-and-brimstone fundamentalists. They wanted the freedom to be the boot, rather than the face it was stomping.

I mean, KD'd have an enormous strike zone, and I doubt he'd have much power at the plate, but he'd immediately be one of the best outfielders in the game. His range would be amazing. I wonder if he can pitch…

I mean…my god. Look at this shit.

Exactly. LeBron's a dude we're going to tell our grandkids about, and they're going to be like, "Ok Grandpa, sure, he was impossibly fast, pshhh, whatever, these cyborg players are definitely better than he could have been."

Man's a hustler. There's no take in this world that's too hot or too stupid for him to confidently spout off on television or Twitter, and as long as everybody keeps yelling at him about it, he'll always have a job. In a twisted, awful way, I admire his entrepreneurial spirit.

> (with the help of some good moderation)

I got super into his blog and the Golden Horde back around that time too. His writing now is more powerful, more focused, and obviously reaching a much larger audience, but he's less free to take chances, talk about when he doesn't know or isn't sure about things, and interact with the community. I miss the Golden…

If I had to guess, primarily because it would require an almost entirely female cast of various races and ages (and for all of Hollywood's liberalism, that ain't gonna happen anytime soon), it would take forever (the series takes place over about five years if I recall correctly), they would get constant shit from all…

I see the problems other people have with that book, but I still kinda love it. It has one of my all-time favorite Pratchett lines.

So the lesson to take from this is that whinging in the comments sections (see the "Snuff" review) gets results? NOTED.

I mean, you grow up watching and loving a team…where you go to school doesn't really matter.

Ah, but of course.

I'm ok with that. Given how the Sandusky thing is hanging over head there like the proverbial sword of Damocles, it'd be nice to get away for a while. Plus, after seeing the KSK/AVC overlap, I'd be interested in seeing the EDSBS/AVC overlap. Seems like a more natural audience fit, on the whole. Do you go by a…

"AHHH TELL YOU WHAT, PAAAAAWWWWWLLLLL, I think that man's jus' a lil' too arr-o-gant for his own good. He shoulda realized that kicker wasn't gonna make any more and he needed to be jus' a bit more aggressive. Now, I know that some folks are gonna have some problems with that, so I'll jus' hang up and lissen."

That was my first thought upon seeing this. St. John's book was my first in-depth introduction to the rivalry, and it's a very well-written exploration of pure fucking insanity. That said, I have a lot of sympathy for the guy who missed the wedding. There are 365 fucking days in a year. Serious CFB fans simply ask…

Atheist here putting in a vote for Johnny Cash as the only person who's ever made me really think I might be wrong. You've got that one. I mean, he probably would have been just as awesome sans religion, but ultimately it came down to "he did a lot of good shit because his religion said It was a good thing AND he was…

Focusing on the playoff losses for the As kinda misses the point. As Lewis discusses in the book, when you're building a baseball team, you have to build to get to the playoffs; Beane consistently did that for most of a decade. Once you're there, the small sample size of 5 or 7 games means that chance becomes as big…