The 2024 Washington Commanders: A Preview

The Commanders were…..not good last season.  They were coming off late-stage Snyderism with the ownership change only going through in July and were probably kind of lucky to get to 4 wins.  The great hope going into this season is Jayden Daniels.  Washington drafting a slender, dual-threat QB with the

Greenland, Land of Ice and Thursday Night Open Thread

Aluu!  That's welcome in Kalaallisut (aka West Greenlandic) Kalaallisut is the official language in Greenland, although most people also speak Danish and English since Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark and English is useful to know for all sorts of reasons.  Tourism is actually a fairly minor industry in Greenland

Test Post: Classics Rewritten in Metric

Most of the world uses the metric system nowadays, and even in the US metric is mostly used in science and engineering.  We also don't have as much use for such quaint measurements as fathoms, pecks, or cubits.  I can't remember the last time I was in an automobile where

Hatingly hating the hater hater’s hate: A Tuesday Open thread

Apologies for the lateness of this thread, some idiot decided to drive into some other people's cars on the highway.  While they did generate many negative feelings among the thousands of people stuck in the resulting traffic, which is totally on-brand for Hate Week, it did delay this post. While I