I wonder if that would be his response to an employer asking him to work for free.

Let me start by saying that I don’t think FIFA should be seeding the top-seeded teams. There are far better ways to get teams into certain sites without putting them into a specific bracket. I also think there’s a very good chance that FIFA did set this tournament up so that the US and Canada would stay in longer (you…

Well, the quarterfinals are when the group winners will first be able to face each other. I mean, just last year #3 Argentina and #5 Belgium both won their groups and played in the quarterfinals. And #4 Colombia drew Brazil, who pretty much everybody agrees was not the #11 team in the world.

However, you just as easily could read in more sinister machinations. The U.S. were placed in by far the most difficult group of the tournament, but would still have needed to completely collapse not to come out on top. Similarly, Canada’s group wasn’t the easiest either, with three of the four teams making it all the…

This is just a guesstimate since I don’t have the numbers in front of me right now, but I’d say we pay about

Have they announced whether there will be a time limit on the free upgrade? I’m interested, but I’d prefer to let others work out the bugs first (and figure out if my three-year old low-end laptop can handle it) before I upgrade.

If you want to be as prepared as possible, build your emergency fund for several months–or even years–before you commit to the home buying process. The money will be there when you need it that way, which will make the entire purchase a lot less stressful.

Just as a point of clarification, it is not illegal to ask these questions, it’s illegal to make hiring decisions based on the answers to those questions. For that reason, most HR companies will strongly discourage their interviewers from asking them in order to avoid potentially opening themselves up to litigation.…

Looked like his shoulder to me.

And yet I can’t run for state house because I, you know, have a job, and my employer (a local government) doesn’t allow its employees to miss time by serving in politics and the legislative pay won't make up for my salary. Child molesters? No problem! Government employees? No way.

I actually see it the opposite way. We used to waste so much stock buying the boxes because we would need a cup or two and then not need any more and so the half-empty box would sit in the fridge until we had to throw it out because we weren’t sure it was good anymore. Now I make my own stock all the time and I find…

When they stop making $9 billion a year?

Even worse, had it not gone in, the ref could have ordered a penalty kick for the handball in the box.

I don’t know about the potato chips and all that other junk, but I’ve had burger-dogs before and, made with good ingredients, they’re pretty damn good.

Honestly, I don’t see why this would be so bad. It’s just that nowadays we would take the bread crumbs and seasoning, crust the fish, and bake or fry it whole, instead of crumbling it up and mixing it all together.

I don’t agree with his overall suggestion, but I do think he has a point that teams are more likely to allow a potentially concussed player to continue playing because playing with ten men or losing one of your three subs can have a huge impact on the match.

The questions themselves are legal, but any decent HR office is going to scream at you for asking them because it opens the organization up to easy lawsuits.

So the Yankees can market the retirement of Andy Pettitte’s jersey but not A-Rod’s home run chase?

Ice cube trays are the best. Each cube is 1/8 of a cup of stock, so I just freeze all of my stock in ice cube trays and store them in freezer bags. If I need a cup of stock, I just pull out 9 or 10 cubes (a little will evaporate as it’s heated) and am good to go.

“Nonviolence” is the cry of the bully whose victim has finally punched back.