...except going to Illinois

In principle I don’t mind the Rockies appealing to other fan bases, but the lines for the drinking fountains on Red Sox nights get ridiculous.

Steve Ballmer: doesn’t understand basic public policy issues, donates money and time to make them easier for everyone to digest

Totally agree with this article, playing to average arbitrary round numbers at the expense of your team is laughable.

Actually? Because while I agree the implementation of these ideas could be terrible for everyone, the rationale behind school choice makes plenty of sense to me, given the status quo of public education.

I don’t know, sometimes head injuries can directly lead to future career choices.

Actually, it’s illegal in my state (and I think about 10 others) to ask that question on a job application. Or, in your tone:

You don’t decide whether or not to develop an outside shot. Otherwise solid points though.

I think it’s funny wordplay, and I’m Jewish. That’s about as far as it goes

An industry can have misaligned incentives, bad common practices, and little accountability, but it doesn’t have conspiratorial aims against society. This oversimplified mentality, like all conspiracy theories, is only useful insofar as it absolves you from having to change anything.

Yes you are right.

This guy passes my criteria for judging whether someone would eat straight out of a jar of mayonnaise, which is whether or not they look like they’d eat straight out of a jar of mayonnaise. Guilty

When I was 12 I was just a year away from becoming a man and had a good grasp of finances, but maybe that’s a cultural thing.

City councils nationwide might be reckless with taxpayer money for stadiums, but at least they never waste money on HD cameras.

I love this joke

Flip side, what Simmons (or Simmons-esque) idea do you secretly love?

Throwing a keyboard down an escalator would either be unnecessary or impossible

But you guys still have the rain room right so it’s not all bad

Hot yoga should be higher - they talk about it as much as any workout group (besides Crossfit) but sanctimoniously add in the spiritual enlightenment they get from doing crunches in a Passion Pit-blaring fartswamp. It’s never fun to be in a one-sided conversation about someone’s “practice,” but it’s better with…

What’s the worst food that a city boasts as its claim to fame? For example, Montreal being proud of poutine, a steaming pile of something that KFC wishes they had invented.