What Kind of Circus Features Kickers? Your 2019 Chicago Bears Preview

BrettFavresColonoscopy - August 27, 2019August 27, 2019

Awesome Photoshop courtesy of Low Commander of the Super Soldiers Ah, the NFL offseason, always filled with optimism, Dan Snyderschadenfraude, and this year, a veritable Who's That? of placekickers taking a ride on the Chicago Bears carousel. Do you remember how last season ended? I wonder if anyone in Chicago has? Let's take a

Boots On The Ground – The Jeopardy! Edition

SonOfSpam - May 16, 2019May 16, 2019

There's this guy named James Holzhauer who has recently dominated one of the most beloved shows ever to appear on America's airwaves. (To clarify, for once I am not referring to Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.) He's won over a million dollars in just a few weeks and now holds

Infinite Nets Week 21: Brain Melt

Ian Scott McCormick - March 12, 2019March 11, 2019

If you can't stand the heat, shut the fuck up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTKJ8RT2Qkw When I was 23 years old, I'd moved to Florida with vague ambitions. The 2004 vote was coming up, and I'd doubtlessly join the cause to help the Democrats take back the election. But mostly, I was just going to blow

Boots On The Ground: A Christmas In New York

Beerguyrob - January 30, 2019May 26, 2020

I went away on vacation this Christmas, and abandoned the site for a couple of weeks. In exchange for that kindness, I promised I would write up a post about said experience. I've been saving it for a day bereft of content. Save for Low Commander's excellent post on his

Commentist Beer Barrel: Boots On The Ground – Horus HOOTennany

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers - January 30, 2019January 30, 2019

It has been about 6 months since the last time I attended a Beer Festival of some kind. That's probably a good thing, since I really don't need to shouldn't put my body through that very often. Back in December, this Festival was brought to my attention, and based on the

Boots On The Ground: The AVN Awards Show

ballsofsteelandfury - January 25, 2019January 24, 2019

I've mentioned this before and this is probably not surprising to many of you, but yes, I, BallsofSteelAndFury, have attended the AVN Awards Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. For someone NOT in the industry, it is as surreal as you may think. I've wanted to tell this story for a long time,

Boots on the Ground – Sharkbait’s New York Adventures

Sharkbait - November 21, 2018November 20, 2018

Part 1: A Friends Affair I try to make it down to New York every year for a hockey game. Mrs. Sharkbait and I started discussing the idea of packaging a Giants game in the same weekend. We decided it wasn’t right that I’ve been to a Giants game and she

Boots on the ground – Let’s get wild(ish)

BallsofLacrosseAndMapleSyrup - October 16, 2018October 11, 2018

A couple of weeks ago I'm grinding away at work and get an email. It's from my work's social committee and we're invited to go to the Toronto zoo for the day with your family. And lunch is provided. Sweet. The following is my attempt to document my day. Early forecasts for

Boots on the Ground! Things to do in Denver When You’re Drunk Pt 2: Red Rocks!

yeah right - October 2, 2018October 1, 2018

Welcome back to another edition of Boots On The Ground! In part 1 of this 2-part series I shared my experiences in and around the Denver area, focusing mainly on Coors Field, beer, food and beer. Today I wanted to show you the primary reason I visited the Denver area

Boots on the Ground! Things to do in Denver When you’re Drunk. Part 1 – The Full Mile High

yeah right - September 26, 2018

A couple of weeks ago I took my annual, "Well shit I have to use up some vacation time" vacation. I'm a big baseball fan and I took the opportunity to add another MLB stadium to my "visited" list. I've been to 16 current MLB stadiums along with 5 or