Balls Magazine Volume 8

ballsofsteelandfury - February 15, 2023February 11, 2023

Given the feedback I received from you in Volume 7, I decided to go ahead and play 18 holes in order to establish a handicap ahead of my very first tourney. I am in a situation at work where I have excess vacation time and if I don't use it, I

Hate Week Lesser Footy Morning Thread

King Hippo - February 11, 2023February 9, 2023

I hate pretty much everything. Which means every day is Hate Week, if you's a Hippo. Which is pretty fortunate, since hate 100% makes the world go 'round. So every day should feel like Christmas, then! But then again, I HATE Christmas too. But nothing fuels Hippo's personal bile furnace like Satan's

BattleBots Beat: (Sorry, No Good Title This Week.)

Senor Weaselo - February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! Last week we saw the field finish their first fights and some start their seconds. And some of those bots are already in hot water—Emulsifier's had two good fights, but 0-2 isn't a good start for a rookie bot. And even not-rookie bots, like 2020's

Balls Magazine Volume 7

ballsofsteelandfury - February 8, 2023February 3, 2023

As you may remember from Volume 6, I tried the TopTracer setup at the Alhambra Golf Course and thoroughly enjoyed it. Unfortunately, I did not get enough shots on certain clubs to do a real good analysis for every club I use. So I went back. I am happy to report that

Total Recall – Revisiting Footy at the Half-ish-way Point

King Hippo - February 4, 2023February 3, 2023

Hippo is still too angry to see straight. But good news (if not an Evertonian) - footy is back this weekend. Bad news? The fixture slate sucks hobo asshole. At least until tomorrow's Spotlight Dance (Spurs v. City, 11:30, NBC). So, let us look back upon what has happened to date,

BattleBots Beat: In the Aaaarms of an Aaaaangel…

Senor Weaselo - February 2, 2023February 2, 2023

Okay, the title's really for this bit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlh1AKYk-5M This might be better than any of the comedy bits when the show was on Comedy Central. Welcome back to the Beat! Last week we learned we saw things we had never seen before, like Jackpot losing a Fight Night fight, things we've seen a

Balls Magazine Volume 6

ballsofsteelandfury - February 1, 2023January 30, 2023

As you may remember from Volume 5, I wanted to try the TopTracer setup at the Alhambra Golf Course. On a lazy Saturday, I decided to head back and try my luck. This time, the range was open and I was happy to see there were several bays available. When I

Guttersnipe

BC Dick - January 31, 2023January 31, 2023

The Fingers are slipping. Our grip now loose and floppy after once being sunk firmly and deeply into the grab-holes of first place. We are nearing the pure, un-scrubbed ass bottom of the league standings. I’m also being consistently shorted on purples when I get “rainbow” carrots. We entered last week

A Very Wrexham Wrevanchist Morning

King Hippo - January 29, 2023January 29, 2023

As y'all no doubt know, the mighty Wrexham (having made it a round deeper in the FA Cup than Piss Off You're Scaring the Children Everton) host Team Knifey today (11:00, ESPN+). They even were kind enough to schedule it in a West Coast-friendly way. I asked the Clubhouse's #1

Everton Football Club, Burned Down to the Ground

King Hippo - January 28, 2023January 27, 2023

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All good things must come to an end. Frank Lampard saved Everton from itself in 2021-22, but had no answers for this season. Still, he was an honest and decent professional, with modern management ideals. He knew Everton needed to get with the times, press more, control the ball, get

BattleBots Beat: Return of the Euro Bots!

Senor Weaselo - January 26, 2023January 26, 2023

Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out, we had our first stoppage of the season. And by stoppage, I mean "fight stopped due to unable to separate robots/something happened to something, let's go to the judges." And the Rule 34 part of the fandom probably rejoiced. But on the

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Just, Ugh

Senor Weaselo - January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

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I was going to do a whole thing that was basically the beginning portion of The Beatles's "A Day in the Life" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM and then decided "meh, not in the mood to talk about all the domestic violence that's going on." Seriously, what in the actual fuck people? Yes, I'm looking at