Welcome to a special mid-week edition of the AFL Beat. The Indigenous Round is always one of my favorite Rounds as each team comes up with designs that reflect the culture of the Indigenous people of Australia in an effort to recognize the contributions that Indigenous people have made to
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Fun with Graphs: A look at the competitiveness of various leagues
So everyone was shocked when the Celtics won a game against the mighty Cleveland Cavaliers ( Jesus, we really must be nearing the end times. I never thought I'd write that sentence!) and that got me to thinking. Everyone assumes the NBA is a two-team league and everyone is just waiting
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 9
25 Questions About….
Pooping in the middle of the night. As I write this, it is 2:45 AM and I'm sitting on the throne. I specifically woke up with the urge to go. I tried to fight it, but I couldn't go back to sleep. You may have... questions. 1- What kind of fucked up
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Rounds 7 and 8
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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
Sunday Gravy with Balls: Cooking with Alcohol
As Mr. Yeah Right noted last week, today you get a guest for your Sunday Gravy. And it's ME! Being an incredibly eligible bachelor (not confirmed. Yet!), I have managed to feed myself relatively well since I became an adult. Being part Basque, I dare to say that I have a
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babies. In the last two days, our good friends Litre_cola and Sunrisesunrise have been blessed with Deci-litre and lil sunrisesunrisesunrise. I wish them both and their wives the very best and I will raise a glass to their babies' health this weekend. In the meantime, such momentous events in our
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat 2017 Round 6
La Madre Patria
The title translates into English literally as "The Mother Country" or colloquially as "The Motherland". This name for Spain is commonly used in Latin America. The relationship between Latin American countries and Spain is....complicated. In Spanish, the phrase "Qué padre!" is roughly translated as "Cool!" or "Awesome!". In contrast, the phrase
Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – 2017 Round 5
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this thing. Today, as you know, is April 20. For the majority of the DFO audience, 4/20 means a celebration of the plant that is now legal to consume for personal recreational use in Colorado, Washington, Alaska, Maine, Massachussetts, Nevada, and Oregon. Recreational use will become legal in California on January