Your “We Were The Dudes And The Dudes Were We” Saturday Evening Open Thread

    NHL Eastern Conference Preview: You've got one team Gary Bettman desperately wanted to have in this round, and the Ottawa Senators. Both teams have made it this far on the moxie of their goaltending. Craig Anderson played out of his mind in the series against the Rangers, stopping upwards of 50 shots

TGISF…aka Your “There’s Sand In My Crack, But That’s OK” Sexy Friday Open Thread

Perhaps the most timely/most accurate TGISF title I've ever penned. This week's TGISF is going to be a little bare bones maybe, depending on the Venice Beach weather the next few days.  Right now, it's cloudy and rainy outside.  Which is the only reason I'm inside right now, typing this.  When

Your “All This Talk About Black Balls Is Going To Summon Either Nat Turner or Buddy Cole” Thursday Evening Open Thread

NFL News: Josh Gordon has been denied in an attempt to be reinstated. No reason has been given. Gordon last played for the Browns in 2014. He can reapply in the fall. FYI: his CFL rights are owned by the Calgary Stampeders. In reinstated player news, Daryl Washington was cut by the

25 Questions About…..

shaving your genitals. Let me back up for a second. On last week's AFL Beat, I may or may not have mentioned that I would shave my balls early if the Geelong Cats lost to the Gold Coast Suns. As you may have surmised,  even though I didn't do an AFL Beat

Historical Badasses: Saparmurat Niyazov

Modern-day politics doesn't feature many cults of personality anymore (though Lord knows that Supreme Leader Trump is trying his damnedest to make it happen in America...); outside of North Korea, which is probably the best-known example today, there's few countries left that are specifically designed to solely worship their leader

Your “Seventh Heaven – Game Seven!” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

But not in the bad-touchy Dad-from-7th-Heaven kind of way. NFL News: The NFL has named Alberto Riveron the new Head of Officiating. Technically the senior vice president of officiating, he fills the role vacated by former officiating head Dean Blandino. Riveron, the NFL's first Hispanic referee, was elevated to referee in 2008. In

I Accidentally Had Vodka For Breakfast

The culprit: I opened the fridge and grabbed a half-empty water bottle of a greenish, Crystal Like substance. I gulped some during my commute and... ? ? ? ? Sure enough, had a smell and it was pungent. Not punchy like tequila or rum, nor aromatic like gin. Just the nondescript and soothing alcohol smell of