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I have a dear friend whose…

I have a dear friend whose brother broke his leg and he died from a resulting blood clot two weeks later. It was so unexpected and tragic. My friend still hasn't gotten over it and it was 8 or 9 years ago. Just an awful freak thing. 

I did and he recommended the…

I did and he recommended the MRI. Hopefully it's nothing serious and I'm on the mend. 

Glad it turned out in your…

Glad it turned out in your favor. Pretty terrifying stuff. I'm reading this the day before I go have an MRI on my ankle, 8 weeks after spraining it. 

Vinegar chips are good when…

Vinegar chips are good when you need to cut the richness of something, like a grilled cheese. Dill pickle potato chips are also excellent. 

I don't know what his…

I don't know what his ceiling is but no one hits their ceiling with the Bears. 

Yep. 

Yep. 

A party-size bag of Cape Cod…

A party-size bag of Cape Cod's. 

I'm not a Justin Fields fan…

I'm not a Justin Fields fan but I honestly felt bad for the guy. The Bears are terrible. 

I was just driving down…

I was just driving down Milwaukee in Wicker Park and it's nuts. I forgot how stupid people get when they're wearing green. 

This is starting to get…

This is starting to get irrational. Not starting, is. Is irrational. Scruggs is a grown man. 

My husband went to a small…

My husband went to a small college in Wisconsin and he remembers driving up to visit and there were literally kegs flowing in the quad. That pretty much sums up his undergraduate years. 

Why is his performance such…

Why is his performance such a focus (the main focus for many) anyway? And it's not even just his performance. People attack him personally all the time here. It's as ugly and as low class as anything I've read on RCMB. 

So everyone wanted Howard…

So everyone wanted Howard fired, Warde does it at the appropriate time (the day after the season ends) but instead of acknowledging what he's done right, we should vilify him for every single thing he's ever done wrong? Makes sense. 

With the exception of Sports…

With the exception of Sports Illustrated. 

There’s something bigger…

There’s something bigger than the basketball culture and that’s Michigan’s culture. We’re not the kind of school that fires coaches mid-season for performance reasons. It’s unseemly in the Michigan sphere. Bo’s firing of Frieder wasn’t performance based; Frieder was at that point employed by someone else. So firing Howard mid-season would’ve appeased the rabid fans and probably no one else. Likely not the players, whose season wouldn’t have been salvaged. 

Based on what? Warde’s…

Based on what? Warde’s public comments? What’s he going to say publicly while the season is ongoing? “Juwan is terrible and make no mistake, he will be fired once the season ends.”? 

My take is that Warde waited…

My take is that Warde waited until the end of the season in deference to a well-loved former player who loves his alma mater and who had a serious heart procedure prior to the season that required months of recovery. I think there’s a certain amount of humanity that is required in that situation. If it meant a lost season, then so be it. If there was an opportunity to fire Juwan in season, it was last season, after the Wisconsin game. But he was given a second chance. If you want to debate a decision, it should be that one, not why he wasn’t let go in the middle of this season. 

Why assume that he didn’t?…

Why assume that he didn’t? You have zero evidence of that. 

I hope all the people who…

I hope all the people who claim Warde does nothing will take a seat now. The Warde bashing got really tiresome and now that he’s done the thing everyone wanted, it’s time to stop assuming you can do his job better than him and just let him do his job.  

Yeah, this is pretty much…

Yeah, this is pretty much standard business practice. The wide world of consultants. It also protects companies from legal action (not saying this is the case here, but people can be litigious when they get fired, so an impartial opinion can counter perceived bias). 

Apparently, in the UK in the…

Apparently, in the UK in the early 2010's, someone submitted a petition to the government to make the definition of pie as something that has "a pastry base, filling, and most importantly, a lid." They call the top crust a lid. The petition only got 6 signatures and needed 10,000 to be considered so obviously, not a top priority in the UK. 

I love key lime pie, with a…

I love key lime pie, with a graham cracker crust and whipped cream, not meringue. 

That’s a good question. I…

That’s a good question. I may do some research on that. Chicken pot pie sometimes doesn’t have a bottom crust but it’s still called a pie. But an apple pie without a bottom crust could be called a crumble. And then there are tarts, which have bottom crusts, sometimes top crusts, and a filling but it’s the tart mold or tin that defines it as a tart and not a pie. 

I’m an avid pie maker…

I’m an avid pie maker. Favorites are apple and peach. As for savory pies, it’s a toss up between chicken pot pie and shepherd’s pie. 

We're in Arizona and saw a…

We're in Arizona and saw a Tesla Cybertruck yesterday. Not nearly as successful as the SpaceX launch. 

I'm actually surprised he'd…

I'm actually surprised he'd want to come back. He has other options and this can't be enjoyable at all. 

Such a slap in the face. LOL

Such a slap in the face. LOL

If it's a Friday game, there…

If it's a Friday game, there's a good chance one of my son's best friends will be the starting pitcher for Maryland. So please give Kenny a shout out (and then proceed to root for Michigan to win)! 

Oh, Middle Kingdom, how I…

Oh, Middle Kingdom, how I mss thee. 

I don't think it matters in…

I don't think it matters in this context. Anyone who contributes to the game day experience is working towards that end. I'm not necessarily addressing the issue of getting paid or not, just that everyone from the people who prepare the meals at the stadium to the players to the ushers to the band members all contribute to the fan (consumer) experience. If there is payment, you'd pay some more and others less based on the estimated value of their contribution (like any other workplace). But they all contribute to the product that's being sold. 

I f

The band provides the same service as the football team, which is entertainment. 

They should get a cut. Their…

They should get a cut. Their work contributes to the unique experience of going to a Michigan football game. Take the band away, and it’s not the same Game Day experience.

It's a little unbelievable…

It's a little unbelievable that you don't understand why injecting your strong religious beliefs into conversations about football wouldn't draw the kinds of responses it regularly does. 

 I thought the people who…

 I thought the people who looted and ransacked the Capitol building using clubs and fire extinguishers to beat the Capitol police, threaten congresspeople, and destroy property was some pretty unAmerican anger but what do I know. 

Need I post a video of a…

Need I post a video of a former president's butchered gibberish? How soon people forget. 

Looks like you may have lost…

Looks like you may have lost a lot of money then. 

I'd love to be a fly on the…

I'd love to be a fly on the wall -- I'm sure it would be fascinating. 

What a great experience for…

What a great experience for him. I'd love to go to a SOTU just to people watch. 

Stephen King is one of my…

Stephen King is one of my faves. I mentioned in another comment that I'm reading The Stand right now and am enjoying it. In my younger years, I devoured his books. Before The Stand, I read The Outsider, which I also liked a lot. He's very entertaining and substantial enough that you don't feel brain dead and shameful after reading. 

Speaking of James Ellroy, I…

Speaking of James Ellroy, I read a memoir by Richard Schickel's daughter, Erika, who had a marriage-ending affair with Ellroy. She's a very entertaining writer but she's pretty self-destructive and it gets a little self-indulgent. 

I'm sure many of you have…

I'm sure many of you have already read this but I'm reading "The Stand" right now. It's almost 1200 pages so not a quick read but I'm finding that reading bits at a time works fine. Has some interesting parallels to what's going on today. If you like post-pandemic apocalyptic fiction, "Station Eleven" is good, too. HBO did a miniseries but it wasn't as good as the book, imo. 

Here's a good one: the…

Here's a good one: the Brooklyn Blackout donut. Chocolate cake donut, filled with dark chocolate pudding, glazed in dark chocolate, and then rolled in chocolate cake crumbs. It's really more of a dessert. 

I don't know if you can…

I don't know if you can compare Zingerman's to other delis. Zingerman's sort of reinvented the deli, giving each sandwich a personality of its own, rather than just doing a traditional pastrami or corned beef. If you like the more straightforward traditional sandwiches, I could see thinking that Zingerman's is overpriced and not all that. 

Next time I’m in AA, I’ll…

Next time I’m in AA, I’ll definitely try them. 

I'm a die hard donut person…

I'm a die hard donut person. The donuts I measure all others against are in NY at a place called The Doughnut Plant. My favorite is a sourdoughnut (made with sourdough starter) and they come in different flavors. The dark chocolate is my fave. It's less sweet than traditional donuts, with a little chew, and it's somehow vegan, which isn't a selling point for me, but it is kind of amazing that no butter or eggs are used. I've been going to this place for around 25 years and have tried most of their flavors. I'm sure Zingerman's has great donuts, too, just felt the need to plug my favorite place. There's also one in Brooklyn. 

https://www.doughnutplant.com/menu/current-menu/

Going to immediate care…

Going to immediate care tomorrow. Figure they'll do an x-ray and then give me a referral for an ortho. Faster than trying to get into my PCP. 

I wear a tight wrap every…

I wear a tight wrap every day, and I iced every day for the first three weeks. I was also in physical therapy for something else and the therapist looked at it and wasn't concerned at the time. But it feels a little more wonky now than before. The bruising is gone and the swelling is 95% gone. 

Didn't need him. 

Didn't need him. 

Right up there with golf as…

Right up there with golf as good napping TV.

While everyone was watching…

While everyone was watching Suits during the pandemic, I was watching The Last Kingdom. I loved it so much I watched it twice. Then I watched Vikings twice. Pretty much got me through.