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Hopefully all of you get at least a 3 day weekend. I’m among the lucky ones that get a 4-day weekend as I’ve gotten today off. I’ve already worked out, showered, gone to Smart n Final for some groceries and am about to take a nice luxurious nap as soon as I finish writing this.
I’m not gonna lie to you, it’s been an interesting last few days on the real life front. Somehow, I thought yesterday was today and I hurriedly put together a rushed post only to realize what day it really was when I was scheduling it. It’s been that kind of week.
Luckily, everything has turned for the good and the four-day weekend couldn’t have come at a better time.
On to Balls’ Thoughts O’ Da Week!
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Balls’ AFL Finals Preview Part Deux
Early this morning, the Geelong Cats beat the Toby Greene-less GWS Giants to advance to the Preliminary Final against the Melbourne Demons. Poor Toby got a 3 week suspension for walking into an umpire and all of Australia was up in arms about it. The AFL is still going to appeal to make it 6 to make an example of him. That appeal will be heard after Finals are over.
Knowing that the Cats won, I’ll be watching the replay sometime this weekend. I still have to catch up on reading Europe At Midnight, the second book in the Fractured Europe series. This weekend is as good as any to read that book.
The other Semi Final is Brisbane v Western at the Gabba and that will be shown on TV late tonight starting at 2:30 AM Pacific. Any of you on the East Coast can wake up early for that one and watch it while eating your avocado toast and a flat white to get in the mood.
There was a little shop in DTLA that made Australian meat pies but they’ve disappeared and I wish I could find some. There’s a sizable Aussie population in Los Angeles, so I’m sure there’s gotta be another place that sells them. It may seem weird to eat them with some ketchup but that’s the Australian way and they are really damn tasty!
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Recommended Viewing
Archer has been really good this year, you guys. I know a bunch of you jumped off the bandwagon, but it’s worth checking out again.
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A Momentous Occasion
This is my 800th post writing for DFO. Honestly, when I first started writing, I did it for fun and to get better at writing. I never thought I’d actually have 800 posts published in this here website.
It’s been an awesome experience and I encourage everyone that has ever thought about giving creative writing a try to do it. This is the perfect place to start. It’s an encouraging community that behaves well and will be supportive.
There are many people writing here that do a much better job at some things than me. I love BeerGuyRob’s history posts as they are both informational and fun. RTD has nailed the Sleazy Hollywood Producers posts so well that I’m surprised he hasn’t been contacted for a spec script. I think Blax is one of the most talented writers we have and I’m glad he’s contributing to the site. I’m also glad that Joliet Jake Delhomme has given us his weekly Wrestling Wednesday Open Threads as his love of wrestling really shines through and is contagious. Most recently, Walkingthedog gave us a UEFA Conference League preview that was awesome and introduced me to teams I didn’t even know existed.
The key, I think, is to write about something you are passionate about. If there is something in your life that you love and you want to share that love with us, we would love to read it!
Those are the best types of posts and the fact that we get a lot of those around here is what makes this site special. If anyone is interested in writing for the site, please let us know in the comments and we’ll get in touch with you and figure out a way to make it work.
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For those of you prudes that don’t like cheesecake or beefcake, click HERE to skip to the music videos.
Here are your Top 9 pictures of the week.
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YOU’RE-A-PRUDE
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And now, for the music!
As I mentioned before, I’ve decided that I must take up the mantle that tWBS ran with and help to make this world a better place. I will do this in the one way he couldn’t: By introducing you to good music!
Today we are back to the puzzles! No one guessed last week’s puzzle, so I’m replaying it for the last time. Here was your first hint: Play the Just Feels Tight video! Your second hint is: Read my first Balls Thoughts O’ Da Week item.
As always, I will give up to three hints in the comments at your request. You try to determine the hidden theme or link between all the songs. Good luck!
Song Number One:
Canción Número Dos:
Chanson Numéro Trois:
Canzone numero quattro:
Canção número cinco
Seigarren zenbakia:
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That’s all for this week, folks! Be good to each other and fly low and avoid the radar.
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