Like a lot of people, I've had a shitty year. In that time span, I've lost several former students, childhood friends, former colleagues, my uncle, and, most importantly, my own father. I've literally been thinking about this day for a couple of months because this contest is just about my favorite thing each year,…

Ted Cruz’s face would like a word with you (or at least with your fist).

1. What an incredible act of courage. I can’t even begin to fathom not only going through that kind of ordeal but also revisiting that trauma for all to see.

I know it's a popular narrative to laud Butler for his toughness and his competitive spirit, and that's true --- he is both of those things. He can also be a total shithead. He's on his fourth team. To borrow from Raylan Givens, "You run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. You run into assholes…

More than likely. I know a dude I grew up with who was absolutely a trumper. After the election, he backpedaled like his life depended on it, calling Trump "an odd fellow." I think a lot of folks are going to try and pretend that they never really supported him, but the receipts are everywhere

Solid work there.

That's a thing I can't get past: Kelly is a monstrous pile of shit, but he had a LOT of help in doing the things that testimony is revealing. A lot of folks deserve some comeuppance on this abuse

Books, you say? What do we do with those things? Are they like Google?

I’m with you at this point. The work people go through to avoid the vax and to validate their choices is wayyyy too much for me. The literal least most people can do is get a free shot, so if they’d kindly STFU and get the shot, that’d be really nice

I ain't mad

Good to see a fellow Wisconsin resident checking in. I'll add this: people are crazy. We have friends whose college aged kids brought it home with them, sickened the whole house, and got their own grandfather killed. Our friend still acts like Covid is overblown. I don't know how anyone could function like that, but…

Right. My wife and I had an argument about this last week. I'm pretty cut and dried here: if you have no excuse, you need to get the shot. Period, end of discussion. You don't like being told you have to? I don't like a lot of things, but I manage. 

Quick question: how many of you know someone who is anti-vax/ Covid is an overblown bunch of nonsense and also died from Covid? I do, and I suspect my list is going to continue growing. I have a lot of complex thoughts on the subject, but for brevity's sake, I'll just share this: I am okay with that dude dying. He had…

Sending your peeps all the good vibes

MKE resident here, and I can confirm that Waukesha county is incredibly red and full of shitheads

MKE resident here: Waukesha county is one of the reddest counties on the face of the earth. That this decision should come from Waukesha is as shocking as the sun rising in the east.

Five year old me didn't have great judgment. Fifty one year old me may not be much better

Fair enough. Pretty much reinforces my belief that they're both rotten in their own ways

A Flintstones vitamin in my nostril when I was four or five. I freaked out when I realized I'd have to wake up one of my parents at 0530 on a Saturday morning to get help, so I plugged my left nostril and blew my nose like my very life depended on it. Slowly, Barney emerged enough from my nostril and I was able to…

In the whole Depp-Heard conflict, I'm firmly on team no one, and I've caught a lot of heat from people I know for saying so. They both seem like shitty people, but it gets me seeing so many people stanning for Johnny Depp. Why? He hasn't been a good actor in at least a decade, and loving him because he was a pretty…