Coping With Loss in La Jolla

Old School Zero - October 13, 2015

(somewhere on a sunny beach in La Jolla, Callifornia) Brad: Brah! Good waves out there today. Jackson: Totally, brah. And my gal K8 [ed. note--literally spelled that way] packed me a whole box of fresh fish tacos. Brad: Rad! With the guac? Jackson: Yup. And I made some of that mango salsa. Brad: Sweet. So, did you go to the game

NFL Quarterly Progress Report, Whose Season is Finished

DFOing Good

His Right Honorable Lord Lordship the Lordly - October 13, 2015October 13, 2015

We are five weeks into the NFL season and every team has played at least four games. While we have a good idea who may be the contenders, we still do not have a good grasp of who the pretenders might be. A 4-0 or 5-0 start does not necessarily

Your Very First Monday Afternoon Open Thread

Open Threads

scotchnaut - October 12, 2015

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What's on your mind? Me? Jackson Browne's "Running On Empty" has been on my brain for the last two weeks. I sure as hell am not going to tell you that it's the song of all songs-it's just there. Every day. It is god damn relentless. If someone could distract

Tom Brady’s PED Scandal Begins

blaxabbath - October 12, 2015October 12, 2015

In you case you missed it -- and you probably did because the story was published on a Friday before a government holiday three-day weekend and, in the four hours of NFL exposure I had this weekend, it wasn't even alluded to once -- Boston Magazine (which bills themselves as

Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week Five

Reflections

King Hippo - October 12, 2015October 12, 2015

I thank the good members of the Commentist Party for pointing out what my 2015 Donks are really like - the 2000 Balmer Ratbirds, who won a Super Bowl with a ferocious defense and a Trent Dilfer. Now, we just have to get teh PeyPey's performance up to baseline

Your Late Nighter “Game For The Ages” Open Thread

scotchnaut - October 11, 2015October 11, 2015

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It might be a game for the aged-'s' and 'd' are so close to each other. SF @ NYG: Staley and TE Davis are out for this one. I can't blame Kaep for perhaps thinking that the stars are aligning against him. The fan site Niners Nation recommends that you start

Your Late Game Open Thread

scotchnaut - October 11, 2015October 11, 2015

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Ari @ Det: The Cards have the 2nd most picks as of Wk. 5. Peterson, a CB that has only given up 85 yards so far, gets Calvin, who despite his overwhelming talent has only one score so far this year. The Spartans probably have a better O-Line than the

Sunday Morning Appetizers

DFOing Good

His Right Honorable Lord Lordship the Lordly - October 11, 2015

Morning all. Week Five is here. College football Saturday featured a couple of upsets. Texas and Tennessee won. Utah went to the wire with Cal. Harbaugh has Michigan on the warpath. Here's the updated broadcast maps. Week Five, NFL Broadcast Also Carl picks the Raiders-Donks game. Carl's Pick, Denver-Oakland Carl is 2-2.

Your Early Games Slate

scotchnaut - October 11, 2015October 11, 2015

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Excuse the mess around these parts. A hellacious, take-no-prisoners Canadian slap fight took place here yesterday. I see certain commenters in a whole new light now and as for me-I don't think I'll ever be quite the same again. I regard these upcoming games as a salve for the many

Sunday Gravy with Yeah Right. Bye Week Special. Grilled Korean Style Kalbi Ribs.

Recipes

laserguru - October 10, 2015October 11, 2015

Hey lookit everybody! It's a special Vikings bye week edition of Sunday Gravy. Bonus! I've been enjoying the Tailgate Time write-ups because it usually means I'm cooking something less labor intensive but I was kind of missing doing the Sunday Gravy features. Now that the Vikings have their bye week,

[DFOnline] Aaron Hernandez Simulator

MikeWallaceAndGromit - October 10, 2015October 10, 2015

The haggard prison warden raised his head as the guard approached his desk. "Sir? We managed to find this outside the perimeter fence. It seems to have fallen out of his pocket. We're...we're still working on how he got the cell phone inside and then managed to escape." Prison Architect is a management simulation

Kommenter Beer Barrel: A Flying F-ck At The Moon

OH WE GON DRANK

makeitsnowondem - October 10, 2015

It's funny, when you think about it: German brewing culture, in some form or other, has dominated the mainstream American beer landscape for, what, a century or so? German immigrants brought lager to America in the 1830s and 40s, and by 1857, lager beers were outselling the previously dominant English-derived