Author: Beerguyrob

Guest Post – Walkingthedog Fills You In On: the European Champions League

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[Earlier this summer, I reached out to the dormant Commentists to ask if they were Still around, and Interested in commenting or posting. This post is the result of those labours. If you want to join in, hit me up. Otherwise, enjoy.] Good morning? Afternoon? Whatever. Fucking time zones. I'm Commentist Walkingthedog. It's Thursday night.

“If Bland Were Whelming!” – An Atlanta Falcons Preview

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I know what you're thinking - "Wait - what the hell is he doing here?" Hold on, pretty deaf girl. I never said I was leaving, just abandoning my Open Thread responsibilities because of an anticipated bump in real-life workload. In fact, it's already started. Summer school finished last Friday, and people

“Between ‘Farewell’ and ‘Goodbye’ Is ‘Get Lost!'” – Beerguyrob’s Last Regular Open Thread

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NFL News: The big news is Aaron Rodgers putting it all out there at his first press conference yesterday. He turned ten minutes into 30 by talking about How if they were going to build a winning team around him, maybe ask him what his preferences would be, Guys who

Your “Okay – What Now?!” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Noise: Well, His Majesty showed up for the first day of Packers camp.  A number of concessions were made to have this happen. According to various Twitters, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero was at the Packers' shareholder meeting, where he says CEO Mark Murphy "expected more boos". Rapoport reports his

Your “Whaddya Mean I’m Sick?!” Monday Evening Open Thread

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NFL Nuggets: Ahead of the start of training camps, it's time for Monday Medicals: Ten teams have confirmed 90% of their players are vaccinated. That also includes over 83% of all players having had at least one dose. Not yet ready to get that shot - Leonard Fournette. He is,

Your “Going Out For Cigarettes” Sunday Evening Open Thread

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Today begins my countdown to the end of my full-time status here at [DFO]. General stupidity plus changes at work mean I cannot be counted on to do the minimum I was responsible for going forward. The union gig was always going to take up a significant amount of time, but

Your Sunday Evening Open Thread

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So, yesterday was Record Store Day, and I picked myself up a little vinyl treat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4DeaXf1FzE That's right - the Foo Fighters released a special album for the day - called "Hail Satin". It's five Gibb songs sung as disco covers & five live versions of songs from their "Medicine at Midnight" album.