Beautifully done, but one major quibble:

A little weird, yes. I think the biggest mistake sports' analysts make is always trying to ascribe a "Reason" something happened—the proverbial storyline. If I grabbed a basketball and shot threes for long enough, eventually I would hit five in a row. "Hot hand" or "dumb luck"?

Wow, thanks for that! Good analysis, especially the part where whatever you end up doing is wrong and Gronk will hand 20 points on you so who cares?

Interesting. I am also leaning Peyton. But Ivory just called out his own O-line, Mangold is hurt, and Geno Motherclucking Smith is going to be under center. Plus, Ivory has been struggling...

Thanks! I am, actually, 8-0 so far, fingers crossed jinx jinx jinx....

Okay, given that Arturo doesn't want you to care about his fantasy team, I'd like to go ahead and grab that hour from him: start Peyton or Luck? And start Ivory or McFadden? No PPR etc.

This was an epic smackdown, far more entertaining, I am sure, than the source material.

Right. I’m talking about backing out of a fight, especially if you’ve each had your say and are circling back to the same arguments you have already made. If you feel like “Why haven’t you don’t the dishes like you said you would" is about to morph into "What the fuck is wrong with you?" I think it's time for neutral…

It feels like getting a promotion!

Well said, but I disagree, vehemently. Letting small stuff go is often, almost always, good. If you had a hard day and bark at your spouse for petty bullshit, and she barks back, and you need up in a serious conflagration that could have ben worked out better, later, when you were each in a better mood, why force it?

True, but they could be earning money those four years, decent, middle-class money, instead of getting a worthless shit degree in Sports Memorabilia Marketing.

You cannot be serious.

Well, that’s more progressive than having your dad do it, I guess, And certainly more interesting. What does your fiance think about it?

Prison needs reforming, badly. But Blast is a likely murderer, and certainly an accessory to a horrific one. Zero sympathy.

I think you may be missing the point of the article. It isn't anti-hunting. It's this awful Republican politico macho man ersatz hunter cosplay that's being skewered. If Huckabee was accompanying you on your twelve mile hunt/walk, I don't think Deadspin would have a problem with that.

Fun/informative comment, thanks. Wish I could take you up on your offer...

Thank you for writing this better than I was going to. Glad you got some stars, too. It’s a hopeful sign.

Yes, it is worth the fight. Blackface refers to a specific things, located mostly in then past,but occasionally in the present. The current knee jerk liberal extension of the term is ahistorical, I.e., needs to be gently shoved up the asses of said extenders.

Category error. What you ought to have written is this:

Counterpoint: crashing parties is sweaty, insecure, rude and pointless bullshit. You want free shit? Sit on the sidewalk with a cardboard sign begging for money.