TMoney

Custom straw with her name on it!? COOL!

Nice. Looking forward to it. I have it saved to the DVR.

I watched the first two episodes of Better Call Saul today and they weren't bad. Has anyone else see the first season? Seems like it'll be worth a watch.

Re-read the Nutter exchange this morning, now I'm in tears laughing. That was funny while it lasted. Especially the "soz" part.

I regret not setting an over/under on number of posts Nutter would make before he self-immolated. It has been entertaining.

Kyrie out 3-4 months with a broken kneecap. Wow, what shitty luck. Cavs are going to have to play their hearts out in game 2 to have any chance at this.

That Shumpert shot at the end was a little too close for comfort! I was sure it was going in. Very happy to get the win in game 1. That was and A-/B+ game from the King and we survived. It is a catastrophe for the Cavs to come this close to stealing a game in Oakland only to fall short. I really hope Kyrie is okay. That was the best defensive game he has probably ever played. What a block on Curry right at the end. You never want to see anyone get injured, doubly so for a high character guy like Kyrie.

Didn't he pass 7 years ago? RIP, nevertheless. EDIT: Reminded me to re-watch one of my favorite commercials ever.

Psyched for game 1. Lets do this!

Interesting piece on NHL Finals TV ratings from Nate Silver: http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/memo-from-a-bitter-rangers-fan-the-nhl-just-missed-a-ratings-bonanza/

Who gives a shit about the stickers? I want to hear how she drives!

Great pick, sounds like something you'll be really happy with. What road do you plan on taking her to to break her in?

Ok... that last episode was fucking awesome.

Warriors over Cavs in 6 (though I'm hoping for 5).

As a WRX owner, I can attest that it is not a refined car. It is more on the "raw" side of the spectrum than it is "polished." That being said, the rawness of it, coupled with its 4-door practicality is what drew me to it.

Sounds to me like Jeff's best bet is to lease either a Golf R (or GTI) or S4. Both are going to be fast, have that nice german interior, and have great handling. Car-wise, they seem to hit all your buttons while being on budget. Golf R might be a bit small depending on what you are coming from, but without knowing your lifestyle situation (wife? kids? dogs?) its hard to say whether or not its compact size would be problematic.

Please send any and all unwanted rain over here to California. Thanks!

Carrera 4S is my dream car and, god willing, will be my next car after the WRX. It might be 6-7 years before I pick one up, but getting one eventually is the plan as long as life doesn't get in the way.

Yeah, if you are going to lease, then by all means go German! All my problems in German cars have happened after 60,000+ miles.

Also, I spent my Sunday test driving used cars with my youngest sister who just graduated from college and needs a car that will last her at least the next five years. She did all the driving, but it was kind of fun going along for test drives as a passenger. We test drove all of the following: Subaru Outback Subaru Imprezza Subaru XV Crosstrek Mazda 3 Ford Focus (with and without hatch) Honda Civic Toyota Corolla She ended up picking the Ford Focus hatchback off that list. I totally agree with the pick, as I found it the best driving of the bunch. The Focus' back seat is a little tight, but still totally useable. I wouldn't want to be back there for more than 2 or three hours though. The hatch model is pretty darn sexy. The Subaru XV Crosstrek would have been the other finalist, but it was at the very high end of her budget. We both really liked how spacious it was and how great the visibility out of it is. We both liked it more than the imprezza.

Just one man's opinion, but I won't ever touch a VW or Audi again. I've had two straight used VWs (2003 Golf and 2006 Passat) crap out on me short of 100,000 miles. I also had a BMW 328i 5+ years ago that turned in to a money pit as things continued to break. All three cars were nice to drive when they worked, but the reliability was hardly confidence inspiring. All three were bought used so you may want to take that with a grain of salt, but the high depreciation on a lot of the german cars tells me that I'm probably not alone in having reliability issues. Crap-shoot German reliability is part of what pushed me to Japanese cars. I wanted something both fun and dependable.

Goodbye, Atlanta Hawks. We hardly knew ye. Down 0-2 with Korver out and Damarre not at full strength? Yeah... Looks like LeBron will be ready and waiting for my Warriors should we get past Houston.

Happy Birthday, B-Man!

WCF games have been terrific. Curry and Harden are both as advertised and are straight ballin'. Crazy that the game last night came down to a single possession.