Say what you will about his shtick, about his writing, about his persona, but Bill Simmons did a better job at predicting where sportswriting was going earlier than anyone. He envisioned the 2015 slate of web-based sportswriting in the 90s.

As long as Brian Phillips is writing there, I’ll still go.

(100-and-)Seconding all mentions of the Baroque Cycle. Every line is brilliance.

None of the specific stories matter. I’m not saying that to be flip or dismissive; the underlying issue is not “what happens to children in cars”, it’s “can every event be blamed on human agency”. If you fall for the trap of even looking for human agency to be at fault for incidences and events, you will blame the…

Um, that’s kinda the point about being Burke being snarky towards Jackson: the implication here is that Jackson is out of line for saying that others don’t have the right or authority or experience to form opinions. Magary doesn’t claim that. He just voices his opinions.

There’s some good material in the PBS series “Triumph of the Nerds”, and you can still track it down from here http://www.pbs.org/nerds/. Jack Sams is interviewed, but Gary Kildall had already passed away when they did it. It’s a great series, really.

Stranger in a Strange Land. Liked it on first reading, couldn't stand the inherent misogyny on second reading ("move rape victims are asking for it anyway").

Google the word "zxcvbn" for a realistic password strength estimator (link is to drop box content, which is often a red-flag for security, but it's okay: https://tech.dropbox.com/2012/04/zxcvbn…)

First I lost my foreskin, then my wisdom teeth, then my appendix. I think I'll do tonsils next. Down with vestigal organs! :-)

Love that bit. It's right after Hob complaining that there aren't enough face-tumors on the re-enactors faces.

It is absolutely astounding that touch-screens are acceptable in cars at all. You need to have tactile feedback if you're going to keep your eye on the road. Touchscreens only allow visual feedback. In my lifetime, everyone will give up on driving and prefer the google bot to drive them rather than give up on screens.

It's a reference to Bill Simmons talking about Roger Goodell, callling him a liar, and then calling out the ESPN brass. He was subsequently suspended for a few weeks—4 I think.

Google the term "egg corn". It's essentially a "plausibly mis-formed idiom (or term)". Not all of your examples are egg corns, but the mistake reminds me of them. It was coined and used by linguists, not necessarily editors, so collecting egg corns is more geeking out about language than doing editorial work.

+1 for reference. Love that bit

When my team is down 900 points, we're also "still in the game."

How come Prisco isn't the rabble, huh? Why is it that you're automatically claiming to be against the rabble? Who is this "rabble" of which you speak?

I use hold-em analogies, but that works, too.

Tattoos are not low-class. They are hideous. That is all.

Truth: Americans are ridiculously stupid about ______________ (including what it means to be blind). Fuckers probably believe there're only 5 senses, too.

Hrrm. Hrrm. Hrrm. That douche nozzle is the biggest reason people think English is a useless discipline. Fuck him to the 9th circle of hell.