CFL Beat: Week 6

The Maestro - July 13, 2023July 12, 2023

Boy, we sure seem to have a lot of crappy teams at this point in the season. In a nine-team league, it feels like it shouldn't be a huge ask to see a bit more parity, but this year it feels like the league is more divided into haves and

Balls Magazine Volume 18

ballsofsteelandfury - July 11, 2023July 9, 2023

As you may remember, I was scheduled to play a tournament using only four clubs. I sought advice from the DFO Commentists and settled on the following four clubs: 5 Wood 7 Iron Pitching Wedge Putter I ended up shooting an even 100! This was a satisfyingly good result! As you know, my goal has been

Art Talk, Gimme a Break It’s Still July – Offseason Sunday Open Thread

Don T - July 9, 2023July 10, 2023

I have dedicated much of my life to useless pursuits and I have the liberal arts degree to prove it. Let’s set aside the liberal and focus on the aggrandizing, classist, hazy, subjective, undefinable and worthless “art”. It’s not Science nor Technology nor Engineering nor Mathematics. Nor Accounting nor Business

CFL Beat: Week 5

The Maestro - July 6, 2023July 5, 2023

It's been a stinking hot week thus far in eastern Canada, and I, for one, am lucky that I'm not the one who has to be practising in this intense heat and humidity. For a lot of Americans, particularly those who grew up in the South, a high of 34

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: The Looming Nadir

Senor Weaselo - July 5, 2023July 5, 2023

I was gonna do something like rate the Sousa marches, but there are a lot of Sousa marches. So I'm gonna not do that, considering it would have ended in some sort of joke about the piccolo solo in the last time of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" after the

CFL Beat: Week 4

The Maestro - June 29, 2023June 28, 2023

School is finally out for me, and we're heading into a long weekend with a short ticket of CFL action this week. Just three games coming up on this weekend's calendar, but no shortage of drama to recap from a few days prior. Let's go! In league news this week: Calgary

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Subtitle Goes Here

Senor Weaselo - June 28, 2023June 28, 2023

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(Wow, nicely done, me.) Well, I didn't finish any gigs after midnight this past week, so I'll take it. That took me almost a week to fully recover, even while I had other gigs that week. Or actually that's part of why. So, let's scramble here! -There's one race left in this

Balls Magazine Volume 17

ballsofsteelandfury - June 28, 2023June 28, 2023

As you may have noticed, I have been lax in publishing new episodes of Balls Magazine. That's not to say that I haven't been playing golf. I have. I've just been really damn busy with a lot of work and real life stuff. To wit, here is the latest: I played

CFL Beat: Week 3

The Maestro - June 22, 2023June 21, 2023

As we sit here and discuss the beautiful game of Canadian football, I am so looking forward to the end of the school year. Just a few more days until these report cards are done and dusted once more, and I can enjoy my summer precisely how it was meant

A Selection of Phrases from Aussie Footy Broadcasts That Are Confusing, Bizarre, Hilarious, or Just Plain Dirty

BrettFavresColonoscopy - June 21, 2023June 21, 2023

Banner Photo Credit: Perth News A Selection of Phrases from (recent-ish) Aussie Footy Broadcasts That Are Confusing, Bizarre, Hilarious, or Just Plain Dirty*: Sell a little candy Bit of a Meal of It Sidebottom with the banana Out of Tickets Here Comes The Fist Suddenly it's end to end Fishtowning beautifully Had a bit of a fresh airy That makes