I do wish one of these years they'd pit the NCAA tournament winner against the worst D-League team, or, say, a B-class Euroleague Team. Watching the Wildcats lose to Partizan NIS Belgrade or the Idaho Stampede by double-digits would end this sort of silly argument once and for all.

This guy is one of the Gilmore Guys — a pretty decent podcast where two dudes watch the entire series from start to finish and use it as a springboard for talking about life in general.

Something I Wish I Knew Before I Buried My Father:

American Literature

American literature (literature written in the United States of America) gained international recognition when Jonathan Franzen wrote The Corrections, which won the National Book Award for 2001. This novel was said by many [weasel words] to be based on his hometown of St. Louis. He also notably…

In general, Wikipedia's articles on American regional cuisine are beautiful reads:

To be fair, I hear Jonny Flynn is lightin' them up in Lega Basket Serie A.

It takes a lot of _____ to go iso behind the arc with the game on the line, rather than, you know, run a play.

Westbrook averages exactly 1 more offensive rebound per game than Curry. He also can't shoot three pointers, so he's more often in mid-range position to pick up rebounds. Try again.

We should future-proof all film and television by preemptively shooting and exhibiting in non-existent 32K resolution video.

Oh, is that what he did.

He's 6'3" and standing next to Tyson Chandler and Dirk Nowitzki in the restricted area. He knows his body is of better use trying to prevent a fast break return on the other side of the court.

I think the burn was criticizing the 49ers for using the "San Francisco" name while pulling out of SF for the South Bay.

giants will win in april exclusively on angel pagan in-the-park walk-off homers.

Imagine spending the money/time/energy you'd be spending on a video game system you almost certainly already have with a fancy doodle on it on stuff that's not dumb.

The first person who came to mind is Al Gore's son Albert, who's had a number of run-ins with the law for alcohol and drug possession.

I would totally buy the plan for Guy and Rosemary's apartment in Rosemary's Baby, especially if it included the Castavets' floorplan with it ("It's the back part of the original ten, with a dining room!")

More of Palmer's work, including more of his images of women working in WW2-era assembly lines, is available here:

Which is a fascinating public persona for her to be trying to carve out.

Some essay could/should be written about Anna Kendrick's twitter persona of "I'm just a regular person gossiping about celebs!" It's kinda fascinating — and in the case of that Gosling tweet a few weeks ago, it has strange implications in terms of how we talk about celebrity culture.

You know, if you're going to geek the thesis and include large excerpts from an article, you might as well include a proper, working link.