What's funny...before reading the studies about traffic flow, I used to believe that the late mergers were "cheaters" who wanted to cut the line and didn't prepare for what was coming. On the other hand, anyone who tries to enforce the rules by intentionally blocking people is kind of a jerk. Nobody appointed them…

I posted this a while ago about my ideal Pacific Rim 2. I still think it holds up:

> Tony Romo throws out back

If the Atlanta Braves stop trying to scam the public out of huge sums of money we will stop publishing articles about the Atlanta Braves trying to scam the public out of huge sums of money.

Of all mouth-destroying foods, Cap'n Crunch is by far the most mouth-destroyingest.

Exactly. That was a major point in the books and they showed it in the show. There are certain social contracts in Westeros that are considered nigh sacred...and Guest Right is highest among them. Once you take their salt and bread and are accepted into the household, you are considered safe beneath that roof. …

Beer/soda can bong.

This is how they draw the groups for the World Cup, save for the small exceptions Barry wrote about, you can't wind up in a group with any team in your pot and you are guaranteed to be grouped with 1 nation from every other pot. That the US is in the pot with the rest of CONCACAF and Asia means there's a pretty good…

Right! My 2 year old is always upset when she has to actually talk on the phone. "I wanna Facetime Mommy! Where's your picture?!"

Yes! My daughter was trying to describe the "small CDs that go on the thing then you put the needle on them to play music" the other day.

Aurune: I found a copy of the article.

That homeless guy? It was just Damon Wayans...

My Jaopnik sense was tingling, and I came as soon as I could.

I remember when Patriots fans called Saints fans "sore losers" for complaining about a no call...............

Maybe it was a makeup call for the last time the Patriots were driving for a game winning score and the refs decided to swallow the whistle.

I really loved the original Flash TV show, starring Dawson Leery's dad:

Falconry. I don't even think they let you shop for a Falconer's glove without a III after your name.

My cousin Dwayne had a thing he called "the marathon" when we were on tour in Tony! Toni! Toné!. It was a speedball, followed by a Solo cup of Courvoisier, then two laps around whatever venue we were at. We repeated until one of us threw up. Whoever puked first had to buy breakfast for Ed Lover.

His Royal Badness still put on the greatest Super Bowl halftime show ever.

Your younger self was wrong about one thing, Drew. Doughboy is an awesome nickname.