@RealAlexJones He's one of mankind's most accomplished chaos merchants so, yeah, he would know.
Isn't he the dude we traded back for Griner? We even made Whelan sit on his Russian bench for awhile longer.
Wtf, this damned world?? Certainly interesting.
@AndrewKolvet So this excludes kids and old people? WTF are we doing??? That's like half of those who could be working are not. More, likely, as some households can afford to leave one at home.
In Nashville I ordered hot chicken.
The woman at the counter was named Brenda. She did not ask if I wanted it spicy.
She asked how much of my afternoon I was willing to lose.
"Mild, medium, hot, XXX, or the one we do not put on the menu?"
A guest does not choose the lightest blade.
"XXX," I said.
Brenda looked at me the way a smith looks at a man who has asked for a sword sharper than his hands.
"You ever had this before?"
"No."
"You sure?"
"I am sure."
She wrote it down. No mercy.
It arrived. Red. Gleaming. Beautiful the way a warning is beautiful.
I took one bite.
For three seconds there was chicken.
Then there was only light.
A child at the next table whispered, "Mama, that man is glowing."
Brenda glanced once. "You good?"
I could not feel my tongue. I nodded anyway. A samurai does not negotiate with poultry.
She set down a glass of milk I had not ordered.
"On the house. Everybody gets one lie. Yours was XXX."
I finished it. The chicken won.
I returned the next day.
Brenda smiled, not unkind.
"Medium?"
"...Medium."
She nodded like a teacher watching a student finally read the room.
In Japan we test a blade by cutting, then leave the student alone with the lesson.
In Nashville they test a man by fire—
then set the milk down like a hand on his shoulder.
That is not cruelty.
That is belonging.
America does not ask if you can take the heat.
America brings the heat.
Then America brings the milk.
@TimBrando With many universities it's not that they are institutions of higher learning. They are now institutions of higher earning.
The SEC is of course no longer the Southeastern Conference. It's the Sports Entertainment Cartel.
Btw: Hotty Toddy.
One day we will long for backwaters.
How far back in the play does VAR go ? Back to kick off soon !! Hint of farce about that Egypt goal being ruled out. The goal would have stood for 150 years prior to VAR.
@mjzalewski It's a leap, sure. And he and his ream overthought whatever their intention might have been. I think their default position is likely believing in just how very clever they are.