Straight White Male Super Bowl 2016: The Oscar Nominees for White Male Acting, and Open Thread

The Oscars are almost upon us, with all their unpredictability. You don’t need an oracle to tell you what will happen. You don’t even need a film critic. You need someone who sees into the very souls of the Academy voters. You need a Straight White Man. Monday's bullshit. You've undoubtedly

Have Your Say: Results From Our Inaugural Commentist Survey!

After almost two weeks, we've got enough input in from all you all in our first Commentist Survey! Below are some super-magical interactive charts put together based on everyone's responses. Note: these are interactive pie charts! If you're reading this on a desktop browser, then you can hover your mouse

DFO Radio: February Almost Done

This blues playlist from last Friday features John Lee Hooker, B.B. King, Son House, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Freddie King, Stevie Ray Vaughan; a boatload of Mississippi Fred McDowell and Billie Holiday. Lest this group be accused of being too Smithsonian-y, some Thunder, JJ Cale & Leon Russell,

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Baked Ziti or Blessed are the Cheesemakers.

Hey everybody! Welcome back to Sunday Gravy. I'm going to try and make this a semi-regular feature again now that the NFL season is over. Results may vary but I will try. Today I'm going to bring you something both delicious and absolutely clinically insane to make, baked ziti but this

Straight White Male Super Bowl 2016: Original Song and Original Score

The Oscars are almost upon us, with all their unpredictability. You don’t need an oracle to tell you what will happen. You don’t even need a film critic. You need someone who sees into the very souls of the Academy voters. You need a Straight White Man. I didn't commit to

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Offseason Report #3

  Last week, we caught up on where the AFL stands after the long North American winter / Australian summer.  I'm happy to announce that we've picked up some new AFL team supporters!  The updated list: Team - Commentist Carlton Blues - King Hippo Collingwood Magpies - Moose Geelong Cats - Balls of Steel, theeWeeBabySeamus North Melbourne Kangaroos

Your Daytona 500 Open Thread

As you may or may not have heard, it's DAYTONA DAY! Of course, this is stupid Fox marketing to try to hype up something that shouldn't have to be hyped up.  It's like saying Happy Super Bowl Day! Completely stupid. Anyway, they do call it NASCAR's Super Bowl even though it's the first

Your Lazy-Assed Saturday Afternoon Open Thread

There's so much tube happening today! Screw your obligations/friends/chores/duties/work. If that's too much fornicating for you, just check in here as you feel and tell us what's going on during your day. I for one, promise I won't laugh unless I feel like it. OK, I'll start-I'm taking in some

Dick-Joke Blogger Discovers Key To Everything

Doop-dee-doo, having a pretty good day so far, got a couple calls out of the way, having Ben & Jerry’s Strawberry Shortcake Greek frozen yogurt for lunch, not too shabby. Doop-dee-doo, let’s check the Internets! Nothing on the Internets could possibly ruin a good mood ever!Hello, what’s this?What?http://news.yahoo.com/is-this-ancient-greek-laptop-proof-that-time-083225287.html?nf=1This has to be

Straight White Male Super Bowl 2016: The Oscar Nominees for Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Visual Effects

The Oscars are almost upon us, with all their unpredictability. You don’t need an oracle to tell you what will happen. You don’t even need a film critic. You need someone who sees into the very souls of the Academy voters. You need a Straight White Man. Welcome back. This is