Month: June 2020

Your “Different Belly Rubs Brings Different Scrutiny” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Nuggets: Apparently they are still looking into the Robert Kraft case, as the Florida Appeals Court had a hearing today about the constitutionality of the search warrants.  Deputy Solicitor General Jeffrey DeSousa pleaded his case today that the lower court rulings should be thrown out and the recording

AFL Beat 2020 Season Round 4

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This week... We had 10,000 fans in attendance in Queensland   We have an early Mark of the Year candidate   and there is only one unbeaten team left in the competition   Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! This was an interesting week.  Off the field, the positive test that forced the postponement of the Essendon-Melbourne

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My quest to spend all weekend intoxicated continues apace. Time out was taken to doing the gardening chores today, but that just meant "hard work" beers, which were "Trash Panda IPAs". A tad heavy, but since I was done for the day I didn't much care. They were cold, in my

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Chef’s Series. Julia Child’s Coq Au Vin

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Good morning everyone! Welcome back to Sunday Gravy. This week we are going to resume the Chef's Series. Last season you may remember when we did James Beard's classic Chicken and 40 Cloves. Which was fucking delicious by the way and one of my favorite efforts from last season. This time I figured we

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As is tradition, a version of this must be played to announce the official beginning of summer vacation. This year, I've chosen Switzerland's finest 80s metal band. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubHUQEBnnwU Marc Storace gave Kevin Cronin of REO Speedwagon a real run for his money in the permed mullet department.   Which all begs the self-loathing

27 June Lesser Madness Thread

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Tis a strange schedule.  You get one Premiership fixture each day, at bizarre times.  Saturday has ONLY the early bird special, which features Euro-curious Wolves away to "just happy to be here" Villa (7:30, NBCSN).  I feel like a lunatic setting me alarms for this.  But I will.  Saints at

Sexy Friday, last one in June 2020 edition

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Do you guys read our author bios? They're at the bottom of each post and they're meant to tell you a little bit about the writers and how they get their inspiration. My favourite is Beastmode Ate My Baby's bio. It reads as follows: A frequent guest-star on the award-winning

Request Line: This and That

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INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY The PRODUCER is puttering around the studio, assembling a Rude Goldberg-looking construction out of various office materials.  He is humming the tune from the Jimmy Buffet song "Coconut Telegraph" to himself.  DJ 3000 sits silently, updating his operating system. DJ 3000: [Configuring update - 35% complete] The PRODUCER