The worst part about the offseason is trying to come up with things to talk about. Even though there is still some NBA playoffs to come – given its TV-friendly scheduling, it might be on until August – we are in a holding pattern until training camps start at the end of the month.
It also doesn’t help that the Tv market is so fractured that I can’t even count on the services I pay for to cover the sports I want to watch.
For example, as I raged about earlier this week, the Gold Cup is only available in Canada if I pony up for the specialized digital soccer channel. Sure, it’s only $100/year, but that’s on top of the TV channels I already pay for – which includes all the major cable sports channels. I don’t want to have to pay extra for soccer, rugby, AFL, and cricket. Sure I survived the pandemic with my job, but I want to have money for beers after I retire.
This is just me yelling into the void.
Tonight’s sports:
- NBA:
- Bucks at Suns – 9:00pm | ABC / Sportsnet
- MLB: (COVID-tests pending)
- Astros at White Sox / Giants at Cardinals / Red Sox at Yankees – 7:00pm | FOX
- Red Sox at Yankees – 7:00pm | Sportsnet1
- Futbol:
- Gold Cup:
- Grenada vs. Qatar – 7:30pm
- Panama vs. Honduras – 9:30pm
- MLS:
- Toronto FC vs. Orlando – 7:30pm | TSN
- Whitecaps FC vs. LA Galaxy – 10:00pm | TSN
- Gold Cup:
- Fisticuffs:
- Showtime Boxing:
- Charlo vs. Castano – 9:00pm | TSN3
- UFC Fight Night: Makhachev vs. Moises
- Prelims – 8:00pm | TSN5
- Main card – 10:00pm | TSN5
- Showtime Boxing:
- AFL:
- Adelaide vs. West Coast – 2:30am | FS2
At least there’s stuff to watch tonight. I shudder to think what tomorrow will bring.
Toodles poodles!
Still love watching old Anthony Bourdain episodes, but tinged with a bit of grim sadness now.
Going to see the movie just out about him, but think I’ll wait till I can watch it at home though…
I really hope my neighbors run out of the bigger fireworks soon. Those fuckers are LOUD
‘Merica
All day since this morning until just after midnight. The dog is not amused.
Inspired by tonight’s beer selection:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16y1AkoZkmQ
Ooo. The North Coast? That’s some heavy weight right there…
That’s what she… shit, that’s not something I should brag about.
Yeah, not really seeing an in there, unless you’re rich and black…
Evening
HOWDY!
Welcome, fellow degenerate!
Greetings and salutaions!
Shhhh I’m already approaching hungover from today’s drinking/oxygen deprivation
Woo hoo. I’m drunk & wandering around downtown Vancouver. Half the places I want to visit are closed, which sucks because I could get free drinks there because I taught a bartender.
I’ve taught bartenders a lot, too. Mainly, “don’t serve that guy.”
Free drinks are extra tasty!
I lived on the 17th floor at Granville and Davie a few years back.
My bus was at Granville & Georgia.
https://youtu.be/WbzdCdSrdzA
Going to pick up those dirty films was how Telly first joined the “Players With Yourself Club.” Which, sadly, I cannot find on YouTube.
Found a photo but no video.
“Players don’t have time to fast forward!”
“Who loves yourself, Baby?”
Phil was so great… https://snltranscripts.jt.org/90/90gsavalas.phtml
Devin Booker: Selfish
or shellfish?
You noticed his mussels too?
Whoa, this goat brie is intense. Wasn’t going to drink tonight, but might have to pair a glass of wine with this.
Intensely goaty, intensely ammoniated, or both?
Barnyard
Oof, okay, this is too overripe even for me. Wussing out and switching to some Drunken goat cheese instead
Ach. Yeah. Love some runny brie, but when it tastes like you’re licking a goat, no thanks…
Made a nice little platter with some bread and apple slices. I’ve got this meyer lemon honey that goes really well with the much milder Drunken goat
Meyer lemon honey, I want some! There’s a place up here that sells local honey, I need to go there in a few days. The last stuff I bought was wildflower, verrry good.
Thanks for reminding me I’ve got some aged gouda.. I think it would go nicely with this helles I’m drinking.
British Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery
with his dogs “Hitler” and “Rommel”
France 1944
Well, he did (with a bit of help from the Yanks, of course) make them his bitches…
The USA and the USSR would beg to differ.
Sure they would. & Bernie, with an ego the size of a battleship, would have a nice sneer all ready for them…
Loki was pretty good.
Def a good one. I was upset I was on the season finale, but then they said season 2 is coming. Alright!
Cincinnati Reds are Cincinnatiing.
I’ve reached the point in the evening where I can stop drinking and have a normal night. Or… well, I think you see where this is going.
It’s too bad baseball got so boring for some reason over the last 10 years, cause this Shohei guy seems to be pretty good.
Things aren’t boring at the Nats game tonight.
Shit, just saw that
It’s never boring in person, but on tv it’s a snoozefest. Golf, on the other hand, is boring, period.
How people attend golf tournaments, I’ll never understand.
It’s in the hole!
That’s what she.. oh, I guess you were making that joke already.
I keep meaning to learn how to play golf. It must be pretty fun since so many people enjoy playing it despite it being so dull to watch. Plus it was invented by the Scottish, and they have an excellent track record on inventing stuff
Golf is awesome. There’s no better way to spend 4 hours day drinking outdoors.
-10000 walks spoiled
Just sit in a lawn chair on your deck. Drink away, without hitting a ball that won’t go where you want it to. Way less frustrating!
& brush up on your creative swearing…
I espect there’s plenty to watch up in Canada, what with today turning out to be the second trade deadline of the year. 2nd overall picks traded! Stanley Cup winners traded! Three-way trades! No-name prospects dealt for astronomically high (high as in low) round draft picks! It’s got everything!
And it’s all in the name of fucking over the new expansion franchise.
https://youtu.be/0X5xql1G4QY
Julianne Moore playing the absolutely clueless Sarah Palin is a Game Change.
Lisa Ann judges you silently…
I do not know whom that lady might be.
You betcha!
May I suggest that in order to pay for the sports on TV, you reduce the amount of alc…
/ gets tarred, feathered, and banned from DFO.
We can ban hammer an admin? Lol
For besmirching alcohol? No. For an unfortunate use of an ellipsis? Yes.
(Pours one out for Leelah Alcorn)
I must admit that I resemble that remark.
Never typed a comment that I didn’t want to put three dots after…
What the hell kind of suggestion is that?? You, sir, disgust me.
(Why can’t ya just watch a pirated stream, like God intended?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU73kzrhWig
😦🤣
Incidentally, a Killdozer is vodka and Benadryl neat.
Either way, Bill C. and Darren S. have joined the chat
Have you tried the Zzzzzquil?
That stuff makes me hallucinate, no shit.
Any of y’all ever play Retro Bowl? I’ve been playing it for several months. It’s an 8-bit football game for mobile similar to Tecmo Bowl and it’s a ton of fun. There’s a whole subreddit dedicated to the game.
Here’s the Android link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.newstargames.retrobowl
And the iOS link:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/retro-bowl/id1478902583
It’s free to play but you can pay a small amount and get some more features like customization and such.
Is this…..
Is there such a thing as a DFO Comment Forum Influencer?
Yes!
Except it only pays in well-wishes and racy pictures.
It’s the opposite. Instead of influencing, you are the influencee.
Joke’s on them. DFOers are already under the influence.
I recently had that. It was nice but I grew tired of the controls for throwing and having no control over the defense. I had a four star defense but I still had to get 30+ points to guarantee a win. At least in Tecmo Bowl I had control over the play calls and one player.
Lucky FOAR me, it’s GAMBLOR o’clock for a bit still