Beerguyrob - April 12, 2020April 12, 2020

I don't know about you, but the need for outside contact has finally hit a wall. We met a friend in the park for beverages yesterday. I brought a cooler of beers, some plastic cups, chips & salsa in separate containers for four people, cushions & chairs. We settled into

Your “The Devil You Know” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - April 1, 2020April 1, 2020

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NFL News: Shockingly, the owners approved the new playoff format. It's one extra wild-card game per conference. Using MATH, nfl.com worked out that the move to 14 playoff teams means 43.7 percent of all NFL teams would qualify for the postseason, compared to 33.3 percent in MLB (33.3), 51.6 in

Your “Thank Gawd The National Nightmare Is Ovah!” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

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NFL BRADY NOOZ!: It's the Bucs. Two years at $30 million per season. The Chargers lost out because Brady apparently wanted to stay on the east coast for Gisele family reasons. The Onion, of course, has it all in perspective. https://twitter.com/TheOnion/status/1240334174130704391 Just after he goes, his center has left for

Senor in the City, Episode 1: The Holiday Gauntlet

Senor Weaselo - February 26, 2020February 24, 2020

Senor Weaselo is a freelance musician living in New York City. As you would expect, this means he has had some stories and adventures in his time. These are not all of those stories, and definitely not the more specific ones, due to at least a veil of anonymity and

Meatless Monday, BC Dick Tuesday

BC Dick - February 11, 2020February 11, 2020

I bring to you today a question about the social contract in hopes of making a case of my own and perhaps to glean some insight from some of yous who deign to read and consider my thoughts on the matter. This is not about the grand, all-encompassing social contract

Uninformed Oscar Previews and Miscellaneous Tuesday Open Thread

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

Stay strong, friends. The yawning chasm of the Off-Season is upon us, but we're going to make it through this. Together. We have real Oscar coverage coming, but I figured I would kick things off with my traditional I Ain't Seen Shit preview. Like most of you, I have not seen

Meatless Monday, BC Dick Tuesday

BC Dick - February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

The season of NFL football is in the books. The games were good, the better teams won. The cheaters were not rewarded this time. The super bowl had me cleaning my dog hair-ridden hovel and making pulled pork for an expected group of 10-12, half of whom ended up not coming

Walk Unafraid: 2020 Hate Week Super Bowl Narrative Roundup and Open Thread

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - January 30, 2020January 30, 2020

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We’re rounding into the final straightaway before The Pepsi Hard Rock Casino Super Bowl LIV Presented by Odor-Eaters. It’s a tight one this year (somewhere Kobe Bryant just sat up and started paying attention) as the Chefs are a consensus 1.5 point favorite over Santa Clara. This is one of two sub-2-point

“C*ck Weasel” and Other Terms of Affection: Your Monday of Hate Week 2020 Open Thread

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - January 27, 2020January 27, 2020

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Brothers and sisters, I welcome you to DFO Hate Week 2020. Hate Week is our annual pre-Super Bowl spiritual enema, casting out the residual toxins of the Season That Was and preparing ourselves for the new and exciting toxins to come. Today, I present my List of Unpopular Opinions. Feel free to

Hate Week 2020 Retrospective: Revisiting My Disasterous 49ers Preview

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - January 27, 2020January 27, 2020

Welcome, everyone- it's Hate Week 2020 at DFO! It is my third-favorite time of the football year, trailing only Draftsmas Eve and P*triots Schadenfreude Day. Hate Will See Us Through. And there are so many, many things I loathe with a great and abiding passion. The P*triots. Alt-Nazis. People who don't pronounce

Meatless Monday, BC Dick Tuesday

BC Dick - January 14, 2020January 14, 2020

"Most of one's life is one prolonged effort to prevent oneself thinking" - Huxley This may well be the most accurate assessment of my life I have ever come across. It also sums up the divisional playoff game predictions I made last week. Sort of, I guess. I don't want to

Meatless Monday, BC Dick Tuesday

BC Dick - January 7, 2020January 7, 2020

"Victory is a fleeting thing in the gambling business. Today's winners are tomorrow's blinking toads, dumb beasts with no hope." - Hunter Thompson Titans and Vikings bettors came out big on the weekend, winning straight up as 5 and 8 point dogs (at least on the spreads at which I'm looking).