I love soccer. But absurd ticket prices and odious politics are keeping me away from the stadiums
Forgive me if I’m not excited for the World Cup. After a heartbreaking loss for my beloved Arsenal in …
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Dave Schilling
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18 days ago
The office lunch was once a luxury. Now it’s just a pain | Dave Schilling ⊖⊖
A Mad Men-style steakhouse break would be welcome. But I’ve had it with the Lunch Industrial Complex
It’s 12.30pm as I write this. My mind is preoccupied with moving my fingers from key to key on my a…
25 days ago
The hantavirus debacle raises a key question: why would anyone go on a cruise? | Dave Schilling ⊖
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I cannot think of one thing that a cruise offers that isn’t available in the safe bosom of dry land
I don’t swim. This is a fairly crucial element of my backstory, something that defines me even if I …
32 days ago
Air travel was already miserable. Now we get to pay more for it! | Dave Schilling ⊖⊖
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Spirit Airlines helped turn flying into a fee-based nightmare. Now it’s gone, and fuel prices are soaring
Forgive me for not mourning last week’s demise of Spirit Airlines, the company responsible for…
46 days ago
Will I ever retire? It doesn’t look like it | Dave Schilling ⊕⊕
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Being financially equipped to retire feels like a fantasy. And yet plenty of people who could do so are avoiding it
“Retirement.” A word I can hardly spell anymore, it seems so abstract and impossible…
53 days ago
War isn’t a ‘moral’ issue – at least not for the Trump administration | Dave Schilling ⊕
The US president’s grudge match with the pope underlines how religion really functions in American politics
I’m not a particularly religious person, even though everyone tells me how cool believing in…
55 days ago
I was one of Lena Dunham’s haters. I want to say I’m sorry | Dave Schilling ⊖
The truth is, we were all just jealous
To Lena Dunham, I need to say that I’m sorry. I’m sure she’ll never read this, since she doesn’t seem like the kind of person who Googles herself. If I was Lena,…
61 days ago
Bullying might work when you’re 12. Does it work when you’re president? | Dave Schilling ⊖⊖
Trump’s missile-rattling isn’t helping anyone. At least that makes it easier to explain the world to my kid
Were you bullied as a child? If so, congratulations. You are probably pretty interesting, or…
69 days ago
JD Vance thinks space aliens are ‘demons’. Who can blame him? | Dave Schilling ⊖
Of course the vice-president is obsessed with extraterrestrials – look how bad things have gotten on Earth
I can’t fault anyone for looking around at the state of things on the planet Earth and ponder…
75 days ago
The new Trump coin will have an eagle on the back. Here are some better options | Dave Schilling ⊕⊕
The real defining image of this presidency should be the bank statement of the average American citizen
Shockingly, inexplicably, Donald Trump keeps finding new places to put his face. Also, his name.…