jackdickey
Jack Dickey
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A foolproof method for cultivating a cheese guy is to go to the cheese shop frequently. To do this you'll need to start eating more cheese. It's no good for the bowels, but oh so good for the soul. Then, when you're at the cheese shop, explore the cheeses slowly but surely. Don't ask for a bunch of wildly differing Read more

Sam, thanks for stopping by. I'm doing my first downscale Thanksgiving this year. How big a bird should I get for a hungry four-person family? And we want leftovers. What kind of bird should I get? Read more

You're right—this is an error in the book, and we reproduced it here. We're fixing it now. Read more

You laugh, but this will not be the last time we see JeanVøle MitGeeijk. Read more

Will Steven Stamkos ever win a Hart Trophy? Or is he just a great scorer? Read more

Feeling good about this one. John Breckenridge can't lose!

Do I have to close the windows? Is there any reason to? Doesn't that mean I'm just more likely to get hit with flying glass? Read more

Fuck you, Tom Ley. Here are some of the songs Hugh Douglas heard at last night's concert in Hartford: Read more

Without getting all sour-grapes-y, look at Jermaine Cunningham on the Ninkovich hit on Sanchez—he's crawling for his knees while Mark's being hit high. That's the "Brady Rule," which should be a 15-yard personal foul, and an automatic first down instead of a game-ending sack-fumble. But it wasn't called. Whether Read more

Sorry. Corrected. Please go clean yourself up. Read more

I spent one unpleasant year at Amherst College from 2009-10 before heading to greener pastures elsewhere. I know the rape culture thrives at campuses all over America, but it's important to note that there's something macho and peculiar to Amherst that enables activity like this there more than in other places. Read more

I'm not flying off the handle, and, to answer your first question, no, of course not. But accusing me of writing a bad post is one thing. Accusing me of changing a post after it's up and not acknowledging it—which would have been dishonest and reprehensible on my part—is quite another, especially given that (as far as Read more

You said I changed the post! That's where my accusation of bad faith came from. Read more