DimeBag / Aug 17, 2011 / 12:00 pm

DimeBag: The Weekly Dime Mailbag

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DimeBag (design. Ryan Hurst)

My mind wanders – flutters, even. Nothing is too insignificant or marginal to warrant a moment’s pondering. It’s not an inability to focus, but more a constantly careful analysis of the minutiae of every day life. Who’s on the other end of my Xbox Live game? Did Dexter actually inspire someone to become a vigilante that uses a kill room and creepy pictures? Who wins a fight between Kendrick Perkins and Ron Artest? Does anyone actually watch SNL anymore? How did humanity discover fire? That seems like a pretty tough thing to do. What’s the cutoff age for “you’re too old to be single and enjoying the NBA party life?” Why is it socially frowned upon to bite into tomatoes whole? On a scale of 1-10, how obnoxious was it for Google to create Google+ and try to ruin Facebook?

There’s a quick glimpse into the endless abyss that is my tortured curiosity. I’m sure many of you have wondered similar things. That’s why I’m proud to present you with DimeBag, the weekly Dime mailbag.

Each Wednesday at 12 p.m., I will be posting a response to your questions, thoughts, stories, ideas, etc. Only the cream of the crop will make it, so only submit if you think you’ve got something clever, interesting or funny to say. Oh, and another thing – spelling counts. I can sort of deal with bad grammar, but if I get one of those “thx dood c u l8r I b excited to read dis,” e-mails, I will print it out, stomp on it, set it on fire and be upset for the rest of the day.

If it’s related to basketball, that’s definitely a plus. But it doesn’t have to be. If you notice an awkward social trend or something completely in need of commentary, feel free to shoot me an e-mail. If you can somehow tie it back to basketball, A+ for you. Remember, there’s a lockout. So we need basketball-related things to argue over and ultimately come to no definitive conclusion about.

Think of this as somewhere between the Bill Simmons Mailbag and the Deadspin Funbag. Less pop culture references, not rated NC-17. If you don’t know what either of those are, use the Google machine.

HOW TO SUBMIT: E-mail dimebag@dimemag.com with your question/story/idea and include your name and hometown. If you really insist on being a sketchy anonymous Internet weirdo, I guess I can’t stop you. So at least provide some sort of name and location. But if you do give me a real name, you can say to your friends, “Hey look! My question about urination got answered on DimeMag.com!” Pretty amazing, right?

Alright, enough from me. You’ll get plenty of that next week. The DimeBag is officially here, so start e-mailing. I’m pretty excited to see how sick/twisted/smart all of you are.

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  • http://Dimemag.com/author/scott Scott Horlbeck

    I still watch SNL. Dylan.

  • http://www.dimemag.com Aron Phillips

    I’ve very excited for this.

  • Ryan I.

    Awesome idea. The name choice is great haha

  • s.bucketz

    lol…any1 see that excerpt from shaqs new book…lool obama called out rondo on his broke ass J in front of every1 lol…its on either balldontlie or tbj

  • @

    “Dimebag”??? Seriously? Way to be classy Dime.

  • http://Dimemag.com/author/kevin Kevin Z

    Dylan, who is a better shooter right now? Chauncey Billups or Ray Felton?

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7Er5TsQrGg alf (from melmak)

    I know there is a lockout and you guys need to keep traffic here. Not to rain on the parade, how about coming out with a fresh idea instead of mimicking Bill Simmons. I know you said it, just want to reiterate it.

    Look, there are original basketball gears and there are knockoffs from China. There is David Letterman and there is the inferior Jay Leno. Get the point?

    I know I sound like a grouchy neighbor and not coming out with answers just yet. Give me a day and I will get back to you.

  • 12thman

    I know this is a recycled idea but I’m all in support of it because the content will always be new, surprised this hasn’t been on the site before and I can’t wait to read the first one!

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