I’m headed to the show on Thursday. So far there are exactly zero big reveals planned, but we do get Adam Carolla (Thursday!) and a craft beer tasting (on the final Friday of the show).

Why do I keep going to this?

My big question:

Buddy and I were talking about the 125cc Grom the other day. Then there was an ad for the Coleman mini bike. It's 200cc, it's $500, and it's exactly as road legal as the Cub. 

I gotta argue one point (nope, it’s gonna be two points, just go with it for now). 

(1) The French 75% tax rate was leveled against those making about $775k per year. So stating that the “millionaire supertax has been tried before” isn’t totally accurate. AOC is suggesting 70% at $10M. There’s a huge gap between $775k…

Dammit. I got excited because I could use a new cold weather coat, but it's 50% off of the CLEARANCE section, not the SALE section. Dang it.

Dammit. I got excited because I could use a new cold weather coat, but it's 50% off of the CLEARANCE section, not…

Danny:

My dad says he just doesn’t hustle enough.

Dugga dugga dugga dugga E-Mail.
That you for getting that stuck in my head forever. Again.

The system is down. (There, you’re welcome.)

SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT.

Honestly, I bought the Batman t-shirt like two months ago when I stumbled across it at the local Target. I just ordered the bobblehead this afternoon. Looking forward to an excellent Halloween.

(I considered getting one of those inflatable dino costumes that makes it look like you’re riding around…

SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT.

Honestly, I bought the Batman t-shirt like two months ago when I stumbled across it at the…

Pair the Batman head with this costume shirt from Target and you’re all set:

Pair the Batman head with this costume shirt from Target and you’re all set:

Drew, I’m late to the party and I apologize. Rather than spending my days reading through Deadspin and its sibling sites as I once did, I’m not out of a job (four week, one day, and counting!) and I tend to now spend a lot of my time looking for a job. Believe you me, if I could stay retired at the ripe old age of…

Michael -

I want to throw something out there and see how it plays. If it pisses a bunch of people off - I’ll say I was wrong and take the deserved beating, because that’s not what I’m trying to do. If someone gets something useful out of it - I’ll have done a small service for the greater good.

You stated [the fault] b…

I missed the original question, but I have to share mine. It’s not an amazing story by any means, but it hits me right in the gut every time I think about it and I’m hoping it’s cathartic to talk through it.

In the very late 90's - maybe even 2000, my grandparents were moving out of their house in Cleveland and into a…

I know I should fill in a LOT more detail, but there have been a handful of them ...

Dec 95 to Jan 96: Four college freshmen and a sophomore drove from Chicago to Pasadena to see Northwestern v USC in the Rose Bowl. We found the Flying J in Tucumcari NM at which the sign proclaimed “Gas skips will be PERSECUTED”. Two…

Yep, I’ll second (third? fourth?) the Scope Creep.

If you find something that makes it obvious that the project is going to fail miserably, stop now. If not, fix the thing you set out to fix and see where you’re at. If you need to stop midstream and re-eval, do so. Never ever ever be afraid to pull the plug. Whatever…

Dude ...
Flamin’ Hot Cheeto PUFFS

If you’re driving through Milwaukee and parts south (to Illinois), I want to know when we’re going to have a Jalop meet-up for beer and cheese (on either side of the border).

Fun fact: a moment is actually longer than you think it is.

From the days before mechanical clocks, a moment was 1/40 of an hour on a sundial. While the length of an hour (and any subdivision thereof) could change with the seasons, the average duration of a moment is/was, in fact, 90 seconds.

(I can’t remember if I got…

Dammit, you got me.

Dammit, you got me.