Well, his dad Crispin would have made for an excellent surprise guest.

Damn, this episode had more celebrity cameos in it than Stormy’s had in her.

I was eleven when Adam Scott was in this music video, and he looks better now than I did in 2007.

If you swap the jelly in one donut for the custard in another, is it still a jelly donut?

If you haven’t read “The Design of Everyday Things”, I highly recommend it. Even though it’s more about physical objects (designing better doors, light switch boxes, stoves, etc.), a lot of its principles work for digital works as well. One of the key takeaways is: making things accessible helps everyone.
Example: can…

“If somebody tries to get you to go to a Communist country with them. Don’t” is the 80s version of “Never go with a hippie to a second location”

I’m going to miss our collective refusal to admit that the plural of Jennings is Jenningses

I don’t care what anybody else says. You’re The New No. 1 in my book.

I’m just gonna say it: Paige actually IS that hot. That guy must have been pretty drunk indeed.

That did cross my mind, too. I really appreciated the casting of Syd’s mother, incidentally, because she looked a LOT like Syd, even more than young Syd did.

That she was taking on bullies and sexual predators long before she met him.

*reads review*

The money didn’t go to cancer research, it went to “raising awareness” in ways that burnished Armstrong’s image, such as conferences with him as the headline speaker.

He got that money by cheating. If there was any justice he would lose it.

I thought overall this was a well written piece about Lance and what happened...I understand how Armstrong’s victims must feel and my sympathy will always be with them. This latest settlement doesn’t change that....there are two things I’d disagree with Patrick Redford about: the everyone did it defense misses the…

This is generally excellent, but I do have to quibble here:

Armstrong was undoubtedly a huge asshole who took a sledgehammer to a few people’s careers and lives, and he should have to reckon with that. But to bleed him dry would have been gratuitous and draconian.

Excellent reply. This post (along with yesterday’s Armstrong post) claims that Armstrong didn’t deserve the full $97M punishment. FUCK THAT. You know what Armstrong doesn’t deserve? The lifestyle he will forever enjoy as a direct result of lies, deceit and the absolute worst behavior toward countless people. No, he…

So, you are OK that he destroyed people who spoke out against his doping? He dragged many to court and spread rumors they were drunks and unreliable. He destroyed their careers but, oh well, his podcast is pretty interesting.

Great piece Patrick. But I still think you let him off too easy.