Deluded Optimism

Balls Magazine Year 2, Volume 7 (28 overall)

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This round happened a little before the "Casino" tournament in Palm Springs that my retired friend is putting on. Coincidentally, he was the one that set up the tee time and got the other two in the foursome for this round. This game was also on a work day because 1)

How Did We Do? Saturday Morning Footy Open Thread

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Teh Hippo is off on a well-deserved break as the EPL wrapped things up last week with Man City getting their fourth Premiership in a row. Anyone that doesn't think Pep Guardiola is the greatest coach of this generation is an idiot. Anyhow, before we get into how we did with

Balls Magazine Year 2, Volume 5 (26 overall) and Pinch Hit Open Thread!

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Unfortunately, your usual Warhammer Open Thread will be delayed until next week due to unavoidable circumstances. Call me Manny Mota as I'm pinch-hitting for ArmedandHammered. Today's story is about the May tournament at my home golf club. It was held on Mother's Day Weekend, which ended up reducing the field as

How Are We Doing? Saturday Morning Footy Open Thread

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Teh Hippo asked me to fill in this weekend as he is driving to the Great White North. Considering he's from North Carolina, that could just as well be Virginia. Anyhow, I've got some things on my mind after this week's Champions League Quarterfinals Second Legs: Real - Man City should

Balls Magazine Year 2, Volume 4 (25 overall)

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As you may remember, I let you know about my first tournament win of the year and my lowest score differential ever in Volume 2. Today, I'm going to tell you about the very next tourney I played with my club. This month's tournament was a two-person team Scramble. In this

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: 30 Questions for 30 Teams (or, sorry everyone, it’s an MLB preview!)

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Yeah, since the season starts tomorrow (non-Korean games edition), it's something to farm #content with. Teams will be in standings order from last season, division by division. So, without further ado, and dodging your rotten tomatoes and full alcohol containers, let's do this so we can get to complaining in

Balls Magazine Year 2, Volume 3 (24 overall)

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Last time, I let you know about my first tournament win of the year and my lowest score differential ever. Today, I'm going to tell you about the very next time I played golf which was roughly three days after the tourney. I took off a Tuesday from work to play

Balls Magazine Year 2, Volume 1 (22 overall)

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I just realized the last time I wrote about golf was back in September. A lot has happened since then. On that occasion, I wrote about the Senior Championship at my golf club which is open to anyone over 50. I ended up doing fairly well and scored some points

By Popular Demand: College Football Realignment

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Welcome to a new series in which I take your post ideas and run with them. Today's topic: College Football Realignment. I am nothing if not a people pleaser.  Due to popular demand (yes, Blax is popular!), I am presenting you with my HOT TAEK on college football realignment. As I was prepping