Because sometimes things just need to be said….
The best week of the baseball calendar is happening right now, and both sides of the sport’s labor fight picked it to announce they’re not budging. Before Game 1 of the World Series, commissioner Rob Manfred said the players’ union boss, Bruce Meyer, “is not prepared to do a status quo deal.” Meyer said anything’s …
I spent a whole post complaining that Disney World food is pricey and usually average. Now I’m going to tell you to spend more on a meal. Yes, I see the problem. Here’s the difference: at a character meal, you aren’t buying dinner. You’re buying your kid a few uninterrupted minutes with Mickey, and the …
Some nights your dreams are lovely. You’re at the beach, everybody you like is there, and the whole thing makes perfect sense until you wake up and wish you could go back. Other nights your brain apparently raided a pharmacy. You’re at work in your underwear while your third-grade teacher, who is now a giraffe, …
On October 11, the Washington Commanders had the ball in overtime with 55 seconds left, a kicker on the roster, and a field goal about 41 yards away that would have won the game. They tied instead. Here’s how you do that. Washington ran Rachaad White for two yards at the 55-second mark, then the …
Ask a Democrat who their 2028 nominee should be and you’ll get a long pause, then a shrug, then a name that changes depending on who’s in the room. So I went looking for an actual answer. First, a definition, because “serious” gets thrown around like confetti. My test: polling in the double digits nationally, …
Full disclosure up front: I run this one. Two weeks ago Hurricane Isaias came ashore near Destin as a Category 2 with 105 mph winds, and a lot of people on the Gulf Coast spent that week squinting at cone graphics that looked like a plate of spaghetti someone dropped on a map. That’s the …
A cheeseburger at Pecos Bill in Magic Kingdom costs $14.79. That’s the barbecue bacon jam one, and it’s the headliner at a counter-service window, not a steakhouse. A fountain drink to go with it is $4.99, after a 20-cent bump just two weeks ago. I’m not mad that Disney charges what the market will bear. …
Somewhere in a closet is a box of old Nintendo games, and a stranger will now tell you exactly how many points those scuffs cost you. Video game grading works like trading card grading. You send in a game, a company inspects it, and it comes back sealed in a hard plastic case with a …
Lamar Jackson is out again today at Cleveland, his second straight miss, and two weeks ago nobody in Baltimore made it sound like a big deal. After the Tennessee game, coach Jesse Minter described it as “a little bit of an ankle” issue, then tacked on “we hope.” He also said, “We don’t know enough …
I agree with the Libertarian Party about a lot of things, and I keep waiting for the party to say them to more than a rounding error of voters. The scorecard is ugly. Gary Johnson pulled about 4.49 million votes in 2016, or 3.28 percent, which is the best showing the party has ever had. …
Your boss would ask one question before hiring you: does your last job look anything like this one? I ran that test on ten of Trump’s most prominent hires from both terms, using nothing but public résumés. Here’s my rubric, and yes, it’s subjective. I compared the size and type of what each person had …
I sat down expecting to be annoyed. A one-day Disney ticket runs well past $150, and a Royals seat can cost $30. Then I divided by hours, which is the step most people skip, and Disney came out looking like the bargain on the list. I did not enjoy that. Here is how I built …