I’d have long stretches of not playing inter-stitched with sudden bursts of play. Did I slack off half the time and wait for the director to count me in, lest I sit there and count 38 consecutive measures of rest?

Bless your heart.

I never comment on this site, but I will today because this is the first (and only) time I might know something others don’t. My parents were both professional orchestra violinists for more than 30 years in a very prestigious orchestra which shall remain nameless. I grew up hearing a lot of conductor jokes, to wit:…

“the gift card makes us look like assholes”

No, Dave, the giftcard makes you look cheap. Its the targeted harrassment that makes you an asshole.

Swing and a miss.  You said that deadspin passes off content as their own, but then state that a link to the source is included.  Contradict much?

As his wife will tell you, Kobe’s big on fulfilling commitments.

I suppose they expected him to just jump on it to save his comrades.

“Did they give any explanation?”

The police caught 'em all.

The part where they just let you walk out the front door of the hospital carrying a real, living baby with you is pretty fucking weird.

the first thing my wife and I said to each other on this topic was “how are they letting us leave already? we know nothing!”

You know your life is about to change, so you’re psychologically preparing for it by boning up on needless homework. That way, the fact that you and your wife will soon be in sole charge of another human’s life won’t come as a shock to you.

Some of my coworkers and I would go into work on the weekend and hole up in the network admin office and play Diablo on LAN, and sometimes switch to Duke Nukem 3D, X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter, and Carmageddon.

He reportedly told his mother that if she had a problem, she could meet him in Temecula 

Sorry about Fluffy’s poor showing at Westminster this year.

Please stop saying anus.

Let’s see if we can get schools to teach black history (and southern schools to teach accurate history) before we worry to much about sports.

Four whole years. BOO FACKIN HOO

Honestly I am in favor of pretty much anything that produces an Actual Development in the ongoing Davis drama.

The Clippers aren’t awful (they’d be in the insanely stacked Western playoffs if they started today), Tobias Harris probably should have been an all-star this season, and yes, the Sixers now have the East’s best starting five, by miles.