2023 PREDICTION: None. Which is probably good since I would have fallen short of the 2023 REALITY: 12-5; lost the Super Bowl in a thrilling overtime display to Taylor Swift The 2023 season was about as good as it gets for the Niners, sans the ring. In games where they were trying,
Author: The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem
Not As Think As You Drunk I Am: Tuesday Open Thread
Why yes, my elder child (aka The Deacon, aka MonkeyButt) went off to kindergarten for the first time this morning. And yes, I am having the Parental Feels regarding this development. And my favorite dog in the world passed away this afternoon. Hence Weeknight Drinking! Drink 1: Darkest Manhattan. I'm not usually a Cocktail
Like Tears In Rain: 2024 Buffalo Bills Preview
The One-Eyed Man is King: 2024 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Season Preview (and Open Thread)
2023 PREDICTION: 4-13 2023 REALITY: 9-8; not good, but good enough for the NFC South title The 2023 season was a good one for the Bucs, mediocre record in a trash division notwithstanding. They exceeded expectations. This was down to two (and only two) factors: Baker Mayfield emerged from his cocoon as
Meet The New Boss, Same As The Old Boss: 2024 Carolina Panthers Season Preview
2023 PREDICTION: Bad (6-11) 2023 REALITY: Worse (2-15) Truly a testament to the power of the human will, these Panthers. "Parity" has been the battle cry of the league since the salary cap was introduced in 1994. "Offense Über Alles" has been the official NFL religion almost as long. And yet the Panthers
Poles: Tuesday Open Thread
That's right, today we celebrate poles of all persuasions: beanpoles, foulpoles, magnetic poles, fishing poles, Warsaw Poles and even (shockingly) Ryan Poles. But not William de la Pole, you dumb late-medieval bastard. -First, the most surprising one: Ryan Poles. Rating a team's off-season during training camp is only slightly stupider than
No Matter Where You Go…There You Are: Tuesday Open Thread
Achieving Transcendent Grace Through Mindless Violence: A Larry King Not Live Tuesday Open Thread
Are You Here For “Coping With Senility”?…Tuesday Open Thread
Pour Encourager les Autres: Tuesday Open Thread
It's mid-Summer, which can only mean one thing: revisiting the Age of Sail! That's right, bitches-- in the absence of serious hockey, basketball and Tuesday football, oceans are now battlefields! Currently I am listening to a biography of Commodore Stephen Decatur and reading a delightful account of the Seven Years War
Nonsense and Such: Tuesday Open Thread
I got nothing. Sometimes it seems like the Universe is against you, everything is running off the track, and the only thing left is to look to a Higher Power for aid, comfort and guidance. That's right: astrology! Accordingly, please enjoy the first installment of Miss Cleo's Football Fandom Horoscopes (Week of July
Signs AND Portents? In This Economy?!?: Tuesday Open Thread
Congratulations to the Florida Panthers. You have placed another nail in the coffin that is The Natural Order. We've covered many times how the Modern Captialist Corporatocracy is not satisfied by mere excellence, but demands infinite growth. Unchecked growth is also one of the definitional characteristics of cancer. Extending the metaphor,