Request Line: Joy

I originally had a traditional Request Line planned for today.  It's going to be a delight, I promise you.  But you'll have to wait until next week, because I woke up this morning feeling inexplicably happy.  So I thought I dedicate this week's Request Line to the concept of "joy".

Why I Won’t Be Watching The NFL This Year: Your 2019 Homeless Raiders Season Preview

In Big Daddy Balls' 2016 edition of "Why Your Team Sucks" for the Chicago Bears, the fan responses were a pretty standard collection of laments about the team's ineptitude and fan culture.  Not exactly the place you'd look for a true revelation.  But I found one there, and it took

Request Line: Poolside

INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY The PRODUCER is pacing in the studio, running through a list of tasks. PRODUCER: ...and once you get the station directory updated, you need to start working through that backlog of DFO Radio podcasts. DJ 3000: [CONTROLLER NOT FOUND] PRODUCER: Knock it off, I know there's nothing wrong with

DFO Art Week: Masterpieces

Welcome to the fourth day of ART WEEK!  Today's theme is "masterpieces" so the images you see here are the absolute favorites of many of the writers from the site, including both photoshops and original photography.  I forgot to give credit to Low Commander of the Super Soldiers for his

DFO Art Week: Bad Photoshops

Welcome to hump day!  It's the third day of our celebration of the art history of doorfliesopen, and today we'll be taking a look at some of the most ham-fisted photoshop work that has ended up on here on the site.  Endearingly ham-fisted, we hope.  Enjoy! Note that we could do

Request Line: Title Tracks

INT. NEW YORK JETS TRAINING FACILITY - DAY A pair of men are standing outside an office, inspecting the name plate that is mounted on the wall. JANITOR: So...you want it changed again. ADAM GASE: That's right. JANITOR: But... GASE: Listen, the hierarchy here is...fluid. JANITOR: Okay. GASE: And it's important that my title here accurately reflects

Request Line: Names, Names, Names!

INT. RECORDING STUDIO - DAY A well-tanned PRODUCER and a cheerfully lit-up DJ 3000 stroll into the office. PRODUCER: Well that sure was a relaxing eight week stay in Puerto Vallarta, wouldn't you say, DJ 3000? DJ 3000: SI, SI, FUE MUY RELAJENTE. PRODUCER: We're back in the States, buddy.  Better switch back to English before

Request Line: Eli’s Slumber Party Mixtape – Volume 8 (The Morning After)

INT. KITCHEN - DAY It is morning in the Manning household.  A dozen martini glasses are drying on a rack next to the sink.  A young man sits at the table eating a bowl of Captain Crunch.  --- [kitchen door flies open] --- OLIVIA MANNING: [humming cheerfully, then notices Eli] Oh!  Good morning,