As a white kid in middle school in Indiana, watching reruns of this show gave me a whoooooole lot to think about — certainly more than anything I had learned in my nearly all-white school. I still credit this show with starting my lessons in “shut up and just listen to those most affected” when it comes to racial…

Even though I actually don’t mind Ronda going in this direction -- it makes more sense for someone like her to do it than anyone else -- I’m annoyed for one reason: in my mind, Becky Lynch should be the focal point in this division. She’s almost reached legend status, so putting her in Ronda’s shadow (in script as…

This is why I want people like Beto O’Rourke to challenge incumbents like John Cornyn in the Senate in 2020 instead of running for President. IF a Democrat wins in 2020, they’ll need a strong Senate to get anything done; if not, a Senate that can push back on Trump’s judicial nominees will be invaluable. The…

Back when all these allegations were first coming out, I was too young to really know what to think of them. Now that I’m an adult, and one who has worked for years with kids who have been sexually abused, I can absolutely see all the signs of grooming. It’s chilling. Someone should have been there for these kids.

As basic as this should be, I’m quite relieved to read that the chief isn’t even hesitating on announcing charges for the officers. (Though truth be told, Acevedo has generally, with some exceptions, been a seemingly decent chief historically, first here where I live in Austin and now in Houston. He’s had his issues,…

GAHHHH, you’re right. Gilgamesh made his appearance after Odin got sliced in two. It’s been too long since I’ve played that game....

Final Fantasy VIII, seeing Odin swing in for one of his random “kill every enemy on the screen” appearances while starting a boss fight against Seifer. I literally started whooping in my bedroom.

...Then Seifer killed him with one strike.

All my whooping immediately turned to devastated screaming. Even though Odin…

Love this way of not bringing him out of the grays. Nicely done.

Harris certainly has issues — I have several friends who are fetish workers who absolutely loathe her for the FOSTA/SESTA thing, and I can absolutely understand why.

That said, AT THE MOMENT, she seems like the best option to take down Trump, so even though there’s a lot I don’t like about her, she’s got my vote.

Terry Crews is not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need.

I was fortunate enough to work for an excellent nonprofit in Austin that ran a shelter for foster children who had been removed from their homes due to abuse and neglect. We had required (well, in the sense that we tried rewarding the kids who chose to actually go, hah) sex ed classes and we gave out condoms to anyone…

I’m legitimately bored by this Super Bowl; in my 35 years, that’s happened at most five times. But here we are.

And of course the Patriots are going to win, because Homer just had to sneeze on that dinosaur....

(For real though, I truly hope you’re right -- mostly because I’ve been clinging to that thin strand of possibility myself.)

Welp, the team that I still have an inexplicable attachment to despite getting the fuck out of my home state of Indiana as soon as I could and not returning since just got their asses diced up and served to them on a shit-covered platter. I wish I could at least take consolation in the fact that this may have upset…

“Goooood.... Goooood.”

--Steve Bartman

I know we joke about him a lot on here, but I actually do kinda sorta feel for Jim Irsay (all his money notwithstanding). He’s never really gotten over his drunken father’s physical and emotional abuse, and his own substance abuse issues seem to stem almost directly from that. He needs genuine help (not at all an…

This is all just setting up for a Colts @ Ravens AFC Championship game, where Lamar Jackson will get hurt while down 21-3 in the 4th quarter and then Playoff Joe Flacco makes a stunning, victorious return.

I hear you. I have some pretty big issues with Kamala Harris (most notably her full-fledged support for the disastrous FOSTA/SESTA bill), but she’s still my choice — mostly because she was a prosecutor and, unlike other Democratic candidates, has been trained to attack, not constantly defend. But if it’s Warren or…

If you think this is bad now, just wait until it goes into retrograde.

The so-called “military vote” has to turn against him at some point, doesn’t it? My grandfather was a World War II veteran and a Republican all his life, and even HE refused to vote for W. in 2004 after the colossal fuckup in Iraq. He was also a very good man, and a smart one, so this mileage may vary....