Petty’s bandmates also deserve access to those royalties, as does his family.

I see your point, but that’s not actually what the word “holiday” means. I am not Jewish, but I still think of Hanukkah as a holiday, because it is, in fact, a holiday. It may not be a holiday I personally celebrate, but it’s for sure a holiday!

I hate to tell you, Emma, but Heath Evans is a goldurn Christian.

All regnant English queens only came to power because they had no living brothers. The laws of succession were changed only a few years ago, in 2011, so that a woman may succeed before a male sibling.

I’m not up on my British monarchy rules, but don’t male heirs still take precedence over female heirs by rule? Like, don’t queens only emerge when the royals fail to birth a boy? If that’s not patriarchal what is?

Proposal: a daily Deadspin feature on how whoever starts in right field for the Cardinals played that day relative to Giancarlo Stanton.

I read that as he has two gay uncles. Is that not what he meant?

Everybody from the Deep South pretends like they’re descended from genteel benevolent plantation owners who treated their slaves so well that they didn’t want to stop being slaves, when in reality most of them are descended from degenerate convicts, serial debtors, and literal dirt farmers all too poor to have ever…

Is he implying that Uncle Nat and Uncle Gabe are an item? That Mobile was their “haven” in otherwise deep red Alabama?

It’s too bad Bill Murray never got a chance to play him when he was younger.

True story -

In the late 90s I was at a social gathering that included then WPIX, now WNYW morning anchor Sukanya Krishnan. I am shooting pool with her now ex-husband whose name at this point I haven’t gotten. As we exchange pleasantries he reveals his first name is Apu.

I can’t decide if he is joking or not. “That…

Ohio State made the playoff last year under the exact same circumstances. They have no grounds to complain.

They did it a year ago, selecting... Ohio State.