Kevin Klein

@TPCarney Baseball: Purple Basketball: Yellow Football: Western Blue Hockey: New England Blue

This is the U.S. divided into 8 slices of equal population. Field an all-star team of residents (not counting college or professional athletes) from each of these regions. This would mostly be premier HS athletes. Then put them in a bracket. Who would win 1) Baseball 2) Basketball 3) Football 4) Hockey

@BFW It's 100% Boston. Multiple dogs in my neighborhood named after various Bruins. Celtics won a title a few years ago and people barely mentioned it.

Toronto obviously but that’s Canada. One guy tried to tell me Boston. The fuck?

I need examples of a US city with at least three pro sports teams where the NHL team is top two in fandom in the city. Boys here said Detroit, DC and Tampa. I think I’ll give them DC and Tampa, but contest Detroit. Some guys said Minnesota, I think Twins are bigger than Wild.

@MikeBales We who are about to die, salute you.

My wife just phoned me and the conversation went like this: Her: “You know that Gladiator movie that I got you for Christmas…?” Me: “Yeah.” Her: “Wind it forward one hour, 16 minutes and 28 seconds.” Me: “Right, I’ve done that.” Her: “Okay, you see the gladiator at the front fighting the lion…?” Me: “I can see that, yeah.” Her: “Just behind him, there are two gladiators having a sword fight with each other…?” Me: “Okay, I see them.” Her: “Well, behind those two, on the left-hand side of the screen, there’s a gladiator holding a spear…?” Me: “Yes…! I can see him.” Her: “Right…! Those are the sandals I want for my birthday.”

@RichardRubinDC Legend.

I’ve got a fun one this morning. If you saw what you thought was a surefire money-making opportunity to go all-in, would you? Here’s what @AlanMCole did:

@BarleyTheBurr @The_SpaceFerret There used to be a pizza place in Charleston that did this. It was just a couple doing everything, a guy who had previously run the pizza oven at another restaurant and his wife. It started off sublime and devolved to merely amazing. Lasted a couple of years.

I appreciate you bringing this point up! I was just discussing this w/ a friend and realized I didn’t account for small businesses w/ very few staff that can only prep a certain amount of food per day! What’s weird about that, though, is I usually don’t see those places advertising the “until we sell out” part of it. They just… sell out. I’m starting to wonder if it’s maybe about how a business advertises itself vs. how they actually operate it.

Sorry if this is a hot take, but as someone who loves trying new restaurants… Restaurants that do “open until we sell out” are never getting my business.

@wrdcsc @CoachFelecia Have you been hacked?

@zillowgonewild Isn't Pebble public?

Does this get you free club membership

@CaseyMattox_ 1

Need some advice. I had a flat tire in my truck. 1 1/4" screw right in the center tread a little more than half way in. I patched it myself - external - with a basic tire repair kit (push in style) and inflated it. It has held the pressure for 5 days now. Costco Tires won't do a "proper" tire repair because I had done this patch, voiding the warranty. The old tire was about 16 months old, maybe 10k miles on that tire. Should I: (1) Give it a run on the patched tire for a while but keep a spare ready to go? Maybe it just lasts for years? (2) Replace the 1 tire? $260ish (3) Replace 2 tires? $520ish

@colinsmo Come on, the kids should be skiing by 5.

9 months from now you could be holding your newborn daughter 9 years from now you could be teaching your son to ski 19 years from now you could be at your daughter’s graduation 29 years from now you could be meeting your first grandson or you could be at another concert.

@AlanMCole You have to get the parents out of the way for the kids to shine and have agency. Look at Shirley Temple movies, there was a formula to get her away from her parents in the first act.

It's a little bit odd how many classic children's stories (Disney, fairy tales, etc) involve children getting kidnapped or the parents dying or whatever. The past is really a foreign country in terms of values. Crazy.

@matthewwalther @CardinalDolan This is my thing for 2026, fish Fridays all year long....

I’m going to start something new the next couple of weeks: “Worth Recovering!” In other words, devotions, practices, and some of the essentials of Catholic life that we’ve lost track of over the last decades. Let’s start with one of the basics: the Sign of the Cross. @thegnewsroom

@FrankLuntz An EO can't block a state law. Realize this is the BBC but Americans should know that. What this EO does is direct feds to look for opportunities to sue under existing rules and review putting conditions on fed funding.

President Trump has signed an executive order blocking states from enforcing their own AI regulations. "We want to have one central source of approval." bbc.com/news/articles/…

@WillManidis You have how DC works exactly backwards.

the cultures of tech and washington are fundamentally incompatible. in tech the foundation of a good career are reckless sharing of favors, expecting nothing in return, endorsing young ideas and people, and public networks of influence in washington, any of these will end you

@Mr_Lincoln I enjoyed it!

Editor’s Note: This concludes my live tweeting of Lincoln in Gettysburg in Nov 1863. I think the effort fell flat this year and there seemed to be reduced interest as well. Thanks to those of you who followed along!

@danieldbunn I am sorry that happened to you.

A neighbor asked if I was dressed as Mr. Beast.

@LPDonovan Yeah, there is no way they are repealing the tariffs and taking that revenue hit - so they can't attack them now.

It's an interesting pickle because thermostatic opinion has moved against tariffs, but in their heart of hearts Dems (at least the ones who were Dems before 2016) are on board with protectionism, just not like this. Biden 301 experience is instructive.

@AlexParkerDC Fair.

@Ne_Ultra_ Well I didn't say for what job...

I'm sure ND will have him back. x.com/BruceFeldmanCF…

Since Brian Kelly started at LSU in 2022 and Marcus Freeman took over for him at Notre Dame: Freeman 38-11 overall 13-7 in ranked games 1 CFP appearance 3-1 in playoff games 2-0 in non-CFP bowl games Kelly 34-13 overall 5-9 in ranked games 0 CFP appearances 3-0 in bowl games

@Empty_America ...There are cheap motels and greasy spoons all over New England though.

One of my more interesting realizations is that I just don't *like* maximum order and development. If you go to the Colorado mountains, parts of Canada or New England, it's alarming. Everything is formalized, up-to-date and very expensive, just feels "tight." No cheap motels, no greasy spoons. Just B&Bs, expensive hotels, everything is reserved in advance, locked down, app-based, there is no spontaneity. I really don't even think this is an objectively desirable form of life, these places feel really dead and often have the lowest possible fertility, high secularism, etc. You need that motel on the edge of town that takes cash, you need some "flex" in the system.