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Dave McKenna

High School Sports

Be True To Your Shitty School

George Harrison and Eric Clapton, playing their guitars, in a black-and-white concert photo from the 1970s

Music

You Too Can Score Cheap On The Open Market For Dead People’s (Hammond) Organs

Luis Paez-Pumar

The Cyclone Roller Coaster at Coney Island

Life Lessons

Reflections From An Aging Roller Coaster Fanatic

David Roth

Elder Wisdom

My Dumb Little Book

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Charles P. Pierce

Jimmy Butler #22 of the Miami Heat looks on during Round 3 Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals 2023 NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics on May 17, 2023 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

Jimmy Butler Is A Good College Player In Reverse

The guitar as it appeared on Craigslist and the guitar as it's being repaired, split screen

Happiness Is Fixing A Guitar

<p>Columnist. Author of many <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Drew-Magary/e/B001JS8R52/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1">fine works of literature</a>, including <em>Point B</em>. Handsomest man in the world.</p>


Drew Magary

guy with heartburn at night (Photo by Tom Kelley/Getty Images)

I Am Now “Is This A Heart Attack?” Years Old

Ray Ratto

Getting Old Is Rude But It Beats The Alternative

Requiem For An Overweight

Albert Burneko

A pigeon selects from the culinary delights in an overflowing garbage can

Chefector

Uncleanliness Is Next To Godliness

Laura Wagner

What Can A Hoop Do?

1970s SENIOR COUPLE SITTING ON PORCH ROCKING CHAIRS MAN READING NEWSPAPER WOMAN SHOUTING AT HIM (Photo by D. Corson/ClassicStock/Getty Images)

A Lesson In Marital Free Association

Felix Kent

Shoppers Looking at Records at Tower Records on Sunset Boulevard (Photo by nik wheeler/Corbis via Getty Images)

The Lost Art Of Being Stuck With An Album

American alpine skier Madi Springer-Miller races against the clock on the slopes of Bald Mountain, Sun Valley, Idaho, 28th November 1951. Springer-Miller is training with other hopefuls for the United States Olympic ski team ahead of the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

There Is A Coach In Me

Blow Off The Stink

A view of RFK stadium during a football game

A Dead Fan’s Notes

A grizzled prospector sits in front of a hovel in an old black-and-white photo

This Is So Stupid

In My Day You Couldn’t Fake-Die For Two Years Without Real Commitment

An image of Colts owner Jim Irsay standing in front of the Washington Monument. On each side of him are two rockers with guitars. Irsay is leaning on the tree and singing, yup, Bob Dylan's "Blowin in the Wind." There's text confirming this in the lower left corner, like you used to see in music videos all the time.

Killin’ Dylan: The Fascinating Horrors Of Jim Irsay’s “Blowin’ In The Wind”

Tobias Ludvigsson of Sweden, Clement Davy of France, Lars Van Den Berg of Netherlands, Kevin Geniets of Luxembourg, Valentin Madouas of France and Team Groupama - FDJ - Yellow Leader Jersey and a general view of the peloton passing through the feed zone area during the 82nd Skoda Tour Luxembourg 2022, Stage 3 a 188,4km stage from Rosport to Diekirch on / #skodatour / September 15, 2022 in Diekirch, Luxembourg

Cycling

Bicycle! Bicycle! Bicycle! I Want To Ride My Bicycle!

(From L to R) Roger Riffard, Lise Granvel, Armand Babel, Jean-Pierre Dutour, Catherine Sotha, Romain Bouteille, Leo Campion, Jacques Prevert and Jacques Barbier look at the IBM computer which will find the title of the new play written by Romain Bouteille (4thR with glasses), on November 13, 1965 in Paris. (Photo by - / AFP) (

Here Is How The Defector Staff Uses Social Media

A tourist practices with a paddleboard during a sunset in Philippine's Boracay island on April 24, 2018, ahead of its closure. - Police with assault rifles patrolled entry points to Boracay island on April 24 just days before a six-month shutdown and clean-up of one of the Philippines' top tourist attractions. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP) (Photo credit should read NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images)

A Middle-Aged Person Takes Up A Hobby

Jack Crosbie

For Your Consideration: Diet Coke For Breakfast

After A Great Deal Of Serious Debate, We Have Figured Out What Makes A Great Sports Town

My Weird Australia Thing

TELFORD, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 20: A Japanese Bantam is seen at the National Poultry Show on November 20, 2016 in Telford, England. The annual event continues to grow with around 7000 entries this year from all around the world. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)