You know what also works? Cleaning the house and putting the kids to bed. 65% of the time, it works every time.

What a weird biography of a man I had no interest in learning about, but greatly fascinated me when reading about him. Really good long read Shaun and totally unexpected from Deadspin. You briefly mention Oscar Bonavena. He’s someone who also had an interesting life that would make a great long read.

Well, the lawyers won’t let us do How to Get Away With Murder (presumably for copyright reasons). So we have to take the next best thing.

Thank you so much for this. If you ever want to talk more anonymously about what you’ve heard — to the extent that you’re able to do that — my email is anna.merlan@jezebel.com.

There’s a fairly simple solution to this type of problem. Hire a few fake trainees to ride with trainers. Let trainers know that this could be happening and fire trainers who don’t know how to act like something other than pigs.

It feels roomier since we were able to put in a smaller kitchen table after we sold one son to pay for the renovations.