kind of a side-note but QPR winning their promotion playoff vs. Derby County was one of the most amazing skin-of-the-teeth playoff performances I've ever seen. They were being hammered all match, down to 10 men, yet a Bobby Zamora goal comes out of nowhere in the 90th minute.
There's this gem too from him:
Or alternatively, who keeps a cardboard cutout of Joe Paterno under his bed for years just for this very moment?
"Please stop."
McNulty: And you know why I can tell you all this? Because, you lyin' motherfucker, you're as full of shit as I am. And you gotta live with it and play it out for as long as it goes, right? Trapped in the same lie. Only difference is I know why I did it. But fuck if I can figure out what it gets you, in the end.…
From first-hand experience, I can tell you this is literally how advertising works.
"and slammed the only media that follows punters"
Flawless.
The Salvador Dali Museum in St. Pete's really dropped the ball.
In my mind, Giants get an enormous, 10-year-or-so pass for "18-1", which was God's work.
"America's most generous chess patron and Johnny Quest arch-nemesis Rex Sinquefield"
just to play devil's advocate...at the highest levels, physical stamina really DOES come into play during long matches, when you're trying to concentrate for multiple hours at a time with someone else sitting across from you trying to destroy you. And with multiple matches in a tournament it can take a physical toll.…
Totally agree. And I do like living the Twin Cities; I've lived here 15 years. What I was thinking of when I wrote that isn't the racism per se (which, you're right, is everywhere), but rather the hypocrisy I sometimes (often?) see—that Minnesotans have a reputation of being very "tolerant", which can mask some major…
It's just a point of reference that I hear all the time. I've never even been there. Relax.
Cool story
Minneapolis likes to consider itself a Midwest Portland (for better or worse) but it's kind of like a "Go-Bots" Portland, the shittier version with horrid sprawl, winters that might as well be on the cold half of Mercury, and no alcohol sales on Sunday. It does retain the constant self-congratulation about "quality of…
I'm actually not. And you're kind of missing the point. The point is that NO OTHER franchise counts pre-Super Bowl championships in casual conversation. Cleveland Browns fans do not throw "4 NFL championships! Scoreboard!" in the mix, even though most of those were far more recent than most of your magical 13. (Also,…
Packers Fans: "Only WE'RE allowed to count pre-Superbowl NFL Championships as 'real.'" Anytime I have to hear "13!" as a snappy comeback I want to drive into the St. Croix River. Jesus, enjoy your 4. I guess that's not humanly possible.
