A Thursday Evening Open Thread

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Another Thursday, another football-less night. May as well start getting accustomed.   Damn: What can you say about a guy that gave the world of entertainment Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks? I recall walking out of the movie theatre after seeing the former-my buddy and I retired to a patio and just didn't

Todd’s Surf Journal: Gillis Revisited

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Date: Monday 1/6/2025 Location: Dockweiler Beach - Gillis Breakwater Greetings, hodads.  As you might have heard I've been away from my beloved Southland for a while.  There's been a lot of gossip about my absence and how I went into witness protection, which is so much bullshit. Newsflash to anyone who got

Down, Down and Drowned: Tuesday Open Thread

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NOTE: Sorry for the abbreviated post. The Young Deacon Mayhem took sick. Playoff Football Fever: Catch It! Then Spend Several Days In Bed, Praying For The Sweet Release of Playoff Football Death! Out of respect for our Bronco fan contingent, I will refrain from excessive celebration of Sunday's comprehensive second-half throatstomping by

Subsequent GTD reflections

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Hello there fellow DFO'er.  Hope you're well today.  And thanks for coming back to see last weeks tl;dr of last week as decided by my brain.  There's no reason as to why some comments make it and others don't. Seriously. There isn't. This weeks cheesy motivational quote is:"Guilt is perhaps the

Round Six: Your Vikes/Rams Open Thread

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Welcome to Glendale, Arizona-home of the Arrowhead Town Center shopping mall! (seriously, that's the third sentence in their wiki bio) Guh... Fallout: -They're expected to fall to Detroit next week (as almost all have) but there's more good news for Washington-the amount of cap space they're expected to have this offseason? A

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Wild Card Weekend, 2024 Season

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YEEEHHHHHAAAAAWWWWW, Wild Card Weekend means SIX games now, not that they all lived up to any sort of billing. Very briefly recapping Saturday, the 500s started horribly, then flipped on a dime and ass-blasted Clippers du Merde, 32-12.  A Scorigami and everything!  Houston springing to life could have maybe inspired the Yinzers

Round Five: Commies/Bucs

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Was this my pick for most low-key entertaining game of the weekend? Why would I bring it up if it wasn't? Why am I typing this at all? (side-eyes the word counter) To The Game! Commies/Bucs: -Fireworks Alert: Right here we've got two top five scoring offenses (Tampa 4th, Washington 5th) vs two

Round Four: Your Packers/Eagles Open Thread

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Here we go again. To The Game! Packers/Eagles: -Love has been removed from the injury report. (an elbow ouchie, "It still hurts when I throw") Speaking of Hurts, (status: concussed) word has it that a 'specialist' was flown in from the Dolphins medical staff and voila, he's ready and raring to go! -So the bad

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