Goddess 3 : Eurotrip – Chapter 8 (Le Dénouement)

EXTERIOR, NORTH CAROLINA OUTER BANKS, EMERALD ISLE tWBS has caught a nice wave and is getting ready to move up the face to try a few maneuvers. It's his tenth wave of an epic day in which he has surfed to his heart's content with hardly anyone else in the

AFL Beat 2019 Round 22

This week, Vroom vroom!! Happy Tigers And someone hangs ten... Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 22 Recaps and Highlights This week, we had quite possibly the two best games of AFL in a long time. The matchups of #1 vs #2 and #3 vs #4 lived up to their billing. However, there

Goddess 3 : Eurotrip – Chapter 7

INTERIOR, A SHITTY RENTED AUDI HATCHBACK WITH FULL COLLISION COVERAGE, THE A-3, HEADING SOUTH PAST THE FRANKFURT AIRPORT Balls: So, where exactly are we going? tWBS:I don't care anymore. Hippo (looking sideways at Balls): Whaddayasay we hang out in Frankfurt? I've heard good things! Balls (exchanging glances with Hippo): Yeah!

Your “Middle Child Day” Monday Evening Open Thread

Seriously, I'm not joking.  August 12 is "Middle Child Day". It's official and everything!!!!!! HEY LOOK IT'S THE NEW JAN BRADY!!!!! marsha, Marsha, MARSHA!!!!! OK, enough of that stupidity.  I was delayed today and I'm running out of time so I gotta write this fast. As I mentioned last night, Antonio Brown wanted

Your 2019 Stillers Preview

I'm supposed to preview the 2019 Steelers. Let me start with this:   This entire division makes less sense than Drumpf's cabinet. People are talking about the Browns to be good? I trust (hashtag The Pauls) to be successful less than I trust Charlie Kelly can read.   Our dear friend Redshirt let us

AFL Beat 2019 Round 21

This week, SNOW GAME!!! Seriously, for the first time EVER there was snow at an AFL game! And yes, Scotchy and Yeah Right, that was the final score... Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 21 Recaps and Highlights This week, we had quite a few firsts. There was, as you

Your “Sunday Funday, Better Than A Monday” Sunday Evening Open Thread

Ha!!!!  See?  I didn't forget this time.  Even though I've been watching baseball all day.  And maybe drinking some.  Allegedly. Antonio Brown has threatened to quit football because the NFL has threatened to ban his helmet.  This sounds stupid on both sides to me, but we'll see. Justin Tucker is

Your “You Need A Good Scrubbing” Friday Evening Open Thread

I'm a horrible person.  I've known this for a while. For those of you who have met me, this is not news to you either. Among other things I've been trying to get taken care of this week, one is cleaning out my fathers old workshop.  I finished today.  But under a

tWBS On Relationships – VI The Final Chapter (at least for now)

There's a reason why we went backwards chronologically. At the end of this one, hopefully you'll understand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2taJLBGoMi8 This story is a bit convoluted in several ways.  And it might have been the biggest mistake of my life.  I'm going to try to tell it accurately, but it's been a while.  Please bear

Goddess 3 : Eurotrip – Chapter 6

INTERIOR, THE FASTEST CAR IN THE WORLD, A RENTED AUDI HATCHBACK WITH FULL COLLISION COVERAGE, THE A-3, JUST INSIDE GERMANY Hippo: YEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAWWWWWWW I AM FOOOOOOKKKINNN CRAAAAAAAZZZZZYYYYYY!!! Balls (in the backseat, crossing myself): ¡¡Jesús, María, José!! tWBS (riding shotgun because he called it a half a second before