Hot Take: Smashing Pumpkins’ Gish kicks ass. And Jimmy Chamberlin is the GOAT drummer of the 90s. Otherwise Billy’s just an overblown whiner (instead of being a whiner with great hooks and a killer band).

You know the meme about the rock and roll band who wants to play the songs from their new record, but the crowd only wants the hits?

This.  Yay local volunteers, but I would have assumed that one of the regular traveling crew handled it.

It just dawned on this very, very casual soccer fan that this means we’ll have three MLS teams in Texas, whereas we only have two each NFL and MLB teams. Hmmm.  Can we support three?  I have no clue.

In August 2017, Yolanda Gonzales was hired as a cashier at a Walmart in Grand Prairie, TX. At the time, Gonzales was visibly pregnant and informed Walmart her baby was due in a few months. Issues began almost immediately.

48 and when I get the “Mr. Bookend” I still think, “No, Mr Bookend is my father. I’m just Rusty.”

I always though that was a very good album cover / photo of Pat Benatar.  B&W rules sometimes.

It jumped up a notch

He seems dumber than a bag of rocks, the obvious signs of substance abuse notwithstanding. I know he founded the company and all, but it’s amazing he lasted as CEO as long as he did.

Colangelo went on to say that “they won’t catch me, I’m fucking innocent, they won’t break me.”

I swear I’ve seen Cheap Trick much more than some of my “favorites” just because they open for so many other bands / artists.

That makes much more sense.

As a practical matter, can someone explain how being fired can lead to loss of pension? I thought once you’re fully vested in a pension and/or 401(k)/retirement plan, that money is fully yours. Maybe it’s different for public employees?

God help me I hate citing Wikipedia as a source:

TIL the demonym of Monaco is Monegasque. Thanks!

It’s cool, full disclosure: (very casual) Astros fan here... and while Drayton McLane left the Astros cupboard bare when he sold the team a few years ago, it wasn’t the complete mess that Loria seemingly left the Marlins in.

First off, whoever made the decision to have him appear on Dan’s show should be fired

Good point, we can all think of examples of leveraged buyouts where a business is mortgaged to the hilt assuming the good times will continue to roll.

Fair point, I heard the lead-up to the interview (and the first few minutes of it) live the other day and while I truly appreciate LeBatard speaking truth to power, it does come across that he’s almost shocked! shocked! that this is happening in baseball in 2017.

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