Yes, yes, one thousand times yes. If however you do make the misguided decision to buy, then subsequently wear one of these short suits (Shute?) my advice would be to make sure no photos of you are taken wearing it, because this is guaranteed to be something you look back on in 15 years and say "Was I really that…

Ah yes, that dark time marginally less dark than the other dark times... I was amazed to see that they actually had a winning record in the Silverdome. Maybe it wasn't so bad after all...

I tend to agree, I was fortunate in that I was a heel striker for years and never had any ill effects (caveat here - with orthotics), but this year I made a real effort to switch to a midfoot strike and it certainly does feel smoother and easier on the knees once you get used to it. Because I've been ok in normal…

Thought the same thing...not a lawyer, but spend enough time looking at contracts to know that you usually find yourself referring back to the definitions quite a bit... Would surprise me if "players" was defined so loosely as to include an owner, but who knows...

Totally agree with you when it comes to European vs. MLS serving a different need. I'm the same, completely capable of enjoying a North London derby on Saturday morning and flipping around MLS Live later in the day watching any game that piques my interest.

I think your last paragraph is probably the most damning when you consider that TV is obviously going to be what is really going to get this league over the hump. I would hope that they have at least thought about how they would tweak the business model to try and improve the product. I mean it does seem like…

I read the story, but I can't help fixating on what a terrible beard he has/had. The more I look at it, the worse it becomes.

Can you freeze these bad boys before cooking them? Tried this (very good BTW, although I need a bigger steamer...) but there's only two of us, and there were tons of the damn things. Should have just frozen a few of 'em as a test, but didn't think of it until now.

I am ever so slightly embarrassed to say I watched some of this earlier in the week and it just seemed like a lot of trapping the ball and waiting for a shot while the guy on D frantically jiggled his sticks around. Skilful yes, bicycle kicks, no. So says the guy that's watched 15 mins of this in his life...

Not sure, but apparently he knows Coach //ondon

On the one hand I'm happy because expectations will be low, but then on the other I go into irrational Englishman mode and think "hmm...Italy always start slow, get a draw there...damage limitation against Uruguay...beat Costa Rica and we're in with a shout!" If only it were that simple...I figure at least there…

Lions-Eagles should be interesting this weekend, they are basically the same team on this chart...

I'm not a Miamian, but I've stayed at the Intercontinental down the street from AAA a few times and funnily enough it didn't look like there was that much really close to the arena. I mean there is sort of a downtown area nearby, but I didn't see a ton of bars, etc, it seemed more geared towards the work week lunch…

When I lived in VA in the late 90s early 00s, I was amazed at the amount of vanity plates. A quick googling proves that VA has the highest vanity plate "penetration".

My first day out walking the dog after moving to Silicon Valley I passed a dude who had the bright idea of uni-cycling with his dog on a leash next to him. Probably seemed like a great idea until his dog lunged at my dog yanking the dude off his one-wheeler and straight onto the pavement...

My childhood policy on mushrooms was that I would not eat anything that as a fungus, under the right conditions, could grow on the underside of a human foot. Can't say I love 'em, but I have come around. Anyway, long way of saying this will be going into this weeks menu....

Hard candy with filling removing gooey center. Should be in the top ten somewhere even if you are more likely to see them at the exit of a Chinese restaurant than in your Halloween haul. Edit: (Quelle Surprise, the annotation was not quite on point...)

Pretty sure it's impossible to take more than 5 minutes to eat an entire packet of Hi-Chew. I don't know what it is, I open the packet and I just eat them one after another. Even getting the little bastards out of the waxy wrapper doesn't really seem to slow me down.

I wrote Dexter Manley a letter once, can't figure out why I never got a response.

Make that two of us. Beats sitting through the Jamboroo 'Sunday Afternoon Movie of the Week for Lions fans' that's for sure. That 0-16 was tough. This is better.