Götterdammerung: Your Wednesday Night Postmortem Thread

Yeah, no Wumbo tonight. Barely a thread tonight. Who knows how long we have before we're shut down for *checks notes* Sexy Friday? Fortunately I got out of my gig early enough to avoid the news from last night's event, but tonight might not be fun. Just three of us, keep

Your “Dave Roberts is a Baby and Ken Rosenthal is a Toad” Wednesday Open Thread

If you haven't been paying attention the San Diego Padres for nearly all of their existence, I don't blame you. It has been a deep, dark place to venture into, and unless you live here, why the hell would you? But since signing Manny Machado in 2019, this team has been

Nobody’s Chargers 2024 Season Preview: Payin’ for it

INTERIOR – CHARGERS PRACTICE FACILITY BOARD ROOM, COSTA MESA, CA – MORNING, SEVEN MONTHS AGO DEAN SPANOS: [On the phone] Look, John, it's just like my Daddy used to say, "if the city won't pay, fuck 'em and move!" [Laughs too hard] [Garbled phone response] DEAN: Right?! That place is an absolute dump anyway.

Last off season Monday Night Open Thread

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Featured image from: South Okanagan Events Centre (please don't rat me out BC Dick) For your listening pleasure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMK4cfXj5c0 Tonight is the first and only entry in my new RATE MY BONG series.  Probably because the PoPo will break down my door and take me away.  So, like many people my age, my

Sunday Footy Finals Open Thread

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We have TWO scintillating Championship games on tap for your viewing pleasure today. First up: Euro 2024 Spain v England All the English are banging on about Bringing It Home and all that shit but the Scots, Welsh, Irish, and pretty much every country that was conquered or harassed by the English

Summer of Soccer Previews: Slovenia in Euro 2024

Back in the olden times, pre-COVID, I took advantage of BMW's European Delivery program and flew to Munich to pick up my M car and drive it through Central Europe. I went south to Austria and then southeast through Slovenia, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia again, and then back to Germany to

Memorial Day Evening Open Thread – Warhammer Style

Normal disclaimer:  if it has to do with Warhammer in any way, Games Workshop owns it.  So do not give your kid a name from any of the lore or books.  Unless you are really annoyed at the kid. Today is Memorial Day when we give thanks and honor our fine

25 Questions About….

This: Just so you know, this was being passed around in the Clubhouse and several DFOers had ... questions. I volunteered to write this up as a post and since multiple people were involved in the discussion, I'm going to include the person responsible for each question. Strap yourselves in. Phrasing. DFO has

Monday Open Thread – Warhammer 40k Book Review – Night Lords Omnibus

*Remember Games Workshop owns everything Warhammer including the Black Library which is named after an in-game location and is their publishing arm. Many of the stories of the battles, wars, campaigns and daily life of the galaxy are told from the side of the Imperium (the good guys - if the

Friday Morning Brain Farts/Carpenter Jorb

In lieu of actual prose, here's some randomness to waste time while waiting for DJ 3000 to reload munitions from last night's operations the playlist. I semi-successfully managed to get through my first week as a 9-1-1 operator without causing any serious harm. So, that's a plus. Somehow I've managed to