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For the non-Swifties, let me humbly recommend The National’s Boxer as the only album you need for that odd late night/early morning New Year’s comedown:
Pour Some Sugar On Me was also in the running (but didn’t match up with Donnie’s motions like Ginuwine did) Read more
*Damnit. Not to point fingers, but I, uh, trusted a certain editor from New Jersey on that point. David Roth will remain nameless, though. Read more
Behind the blogs:
Yeah, I’m not calling it that. Read more
The regular season is only a waste if you just watch sports to see who the champs are, which, for fans of most teams, is probably not the best philosophy. But yeah, they could still cut down games by maybe 15% for the players’ sake. Read more
Watching an average team is great! As long as there’s hope for them eventually getting better, it’s cool to be happily surprised by little wins. Read more
Tragically Hip’s Live Between Us, though when I was in middle school I loved Reel Big Fish’s Our Live Album Is Better Than Your Live Album, so that too Read more
If I really piss someone off, I feel powerful, so it’s alright. Read more
The only awful argument I’ve ever been witness to was when a staffer claimed Bill Russell would be butt in today’s NBA and the dust didn’t clear for like two hours Read more
The yardage auction in NFL overtimes Read more
Anyone who says they “don’t care for music” Read more
The Detroit/Wayne County Metro airport is legitimately extremely nice - also for a while had the only Chick Fil-A in the state, so, bonus! Read more
Lorde and The Menzingers Read more
The last three steps heading down to the stage have “We’re In NYC” written on them, and I loved thinking about all the jetlagged geniuses who have needed that through the years. Read more
Riverdale is the only TV show to me. Read more
By my rough count, yeah, that’d be the largest gap if LeBron got another. Right now I think the record-holder there is Jordan, who won in ’92 and then not again until ’96. One more MVP award would also tie LeBron with Jordan and Russell for second-most all-time with five (Kareem has six). Read more
You, uh ... have a valid point! I mean, Nebraska suuucks right now (no offense), but, if I don’t think about how much money he’s making, I do feel bad that Frost had to decide to leave a seemingly very fun UCF group before he could even enjoy the undefeated season or coach in the bowl game. I think you summed it up… Read more
Proudly claiming 8:23 as the time I rolled out of bed and fired off a somewhat hungover hot take