For what it’s worth, you should have some pride for your old man. I have long-gone relatives who died FOR the Union, clearly aware they were trying to abolish slavery, yet I have living relatives from the Industrial North who think the Confederates had some great ideas, especially in race relations.

+1 reticulating splines

Rodney Carrington is a gawd-damned national treasure. The networks tried to make him a sitcom star, but he’s just content to make dirty country songs.

“See? I fucking TOLD you it was possible!”

- the last surviving member of the Warren Commission.

Buffalo residents will travel anywhere for cleaner water.

You Maul Everybody.

It should have been you, Chris Evans

Even if two black guys join D-I lax, that would triple their ranks.

Since I’m a Marylander, I have some DMV-centric HOT TAKES:

1) Mike Bordick was signed by the Orioles to be the scrappy, hard-working, team-first shortstop to replace the not-scrappy, aging, not-always-team-first Cal Ripken Jr. The O’s knew his bat was a fraction of Ripken’s, but that Bordick’s lunchpail attitude would…

The kamado grills are exceptionally efficient at grilling and circulating airflow within the device. They’re really good at holding their temperature, and not needing a lot of fuel to do so. The BGEs are the Mercedes of this style of cooker.

The kamado grills are exceptionally efficient at grilling and circulating airflow within the device. They’re really…

I’ve used both; in fact, as recently as three days ago. The BGEs are amazing cookers, but they are very expensive. Exceptionally high quality, indeed, but they’re anywhere from three to seven times more expensive than Char-Griller. The Char Grillers are not as amazing as the BGE, but they’re a fraction of the price. I…

I’ve used both; in fact, as recently as three days ago. The BGEs are amazing cookers, but they are very expensive.…

yeah, but that means you were off by roughly 1%. That’s ridiculously accurate for an estimate.

There’s a joke in there, MikeyG, and, much like Iowa missed the 20th Century, so did you.

Short list- Polk, Clinton, Scott, Linn, Story, Johnson

Meanwhile, in an un-air conditioned loft in Bath, England, the members of Naked Eyes read your post and wonder why they were so fortunate to have such good eye sight whilst so many of their colleagues do not.

But in the eyes of the law, both you and the crazy guy in Florida are both exceptionally, 100% wrong.

Oh Dave, you’re still a crafty pitcher even off the mound

Wow, it's Dave Stewart! Nice to meet you!

I remember meeting Wojcik at the camp, but it wasn’t him from my pass and shoot and don’t-hurt-yourself drills. I’ll have to look up old team photos, see if that jars a memory.

“God your dumb.”