Slider Beer: Buy ‘em by the sack, umm, case....

Certainly that’s the largest part of it, but you have to add in defective equipment (deferred maintenance and aged rolling stock) and scheduling snafus (delays causing missed connections.) The bottom line is that outside of the Northeast Corridor, you cannot plan to meet an obligation based on your scheduled arrival…

Apropos of nothing, I was completely disappointed that neither Tess nor Boog could come up with the obvious call: “Pick six! Clinton-Dix! Ha-Ha!"

Add to that McQueary was legitimately afraid of not only losing his job but also his entire career. If he was blackballed by Penn State, may as well go get that teaching certificate. Telling Paterno was a huge risk on his part. Completely agree that Gladwell is the lowest form of life for rehashing a settled matter,…

Who the hell does this guy think he is? Yodel Beckham Jr.?

To make Alexi Lalas a teensy bit popular?

First-base world problems. 

Jason Torchinsky over at Jalopnik did a great piece earlier this year describing a long-distance trip he took on Amtrak. He experienced most everything a traveler might on such a trip these days, particularly the cut corners and delays. More germane to this topic is a WSJ video that showed up in my YouTube feed. While…

All the cuisines and concepts he knows of, and this is his mission? A point made in this thread speculates he may have fallen off the wagon. Not sure, but his backers have way too many little umbrellas in front of them.

This is exactly how you get Trump re-elected. 

This is Harbaugh’s mantra: “Attack each day with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind.”

No, just no. It’s different than their last heyday. The last thing any sensible man today wants be associated with are rugby bros, or, worse, faux rugby bros. “Have you been to Twickenham, man? Home of true sport!,” sayeth a guy who couldn’t make the Miami of Ohio club team and who’s never been further east than Pittsb…

No, just no. It’s different than their last heyday. The last thing any sensible man today wants be associated with…

Alton Brown covered this in an episode of Good Eats, I think in 2010. I didn’t get around to comment on Aimee’s apple pie story yesterday, but Brown puts applejack in his crust. It does work in flavor and texture. He is fond of using alcohol to reduce gluten formation in doughs when he is trying to balance tender and…

Had to look up Dan’s as I didn’t remember it. It’s a converted Denny’s! I recognized it as soon as I saw a photo.

Blackouts do indeed make hangovers look like child’s play. I had to give up drinking in great part because I almost never had a hangover. And damned if I was leaving the house if I was running on impulse engines only or worse yet, maneuvering thrusters. That’s what the large Gatorade was for. Maybe some Cheez-Its to…

It’s important to emphasize “automatic weapons.” The national guard at Kent State mainly used M1 Garand rifles. Yes, the round in that weapon was large and deadly, but the rifle was semiautomatic. About 70 shots were fired in total. A short burst of M4 0r M16 fire from a squad would put hundreds or rounds downrange,…

Tossing in your nasty neighbor's pool. Not that I've ever done that. 

There’s only one time to go to a Cheesecake Factory. On a business trip with a large group, many of whom don’t like food. They can get their hamburger, fries and cheesecake. You have a reasonable chance of finding something decent. And someone else is paying.

Carbonnarde flamonde. C’est parfait!

There is truly nothing without a last chance power drive.