Gimme Some A Dat Hot, Hot Hockey Action! A Thursday Open Thread

scotchnaut - February 20, 2025

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Playoff-intensity hockey in February? Yes please. I may have mentioned this before but I had a jaundiced view of this whole tourney as it approached and I'm now officially chagrined. Hell, the Finns/Swedes tilt was just fine in my book. The NHL-or rather, hockey itself-comes through yet again. Let's take

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: See your public land now before it gets strip-mined!

Senor Weaselo - February 19, 2025February 19, 2025

(Which is to say Senorita Weaselo dragged me upstate for the weekend, even if I drove.) First off, I would like an “I survived the Taconic State Parkway in the beginning of a snowstorm” pin. Mountain roads in the beginning of a snowstorm? I have a running bit with both Hermana

I Would Like To Have Seen Montana: Tuesday Open Thread

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - February 18, 2025February 18, 2025

For the third straight week, Tuesday finds your Supreme Spiritual Leader buried in a tomb of ice and frigid winter. For me personally, this is fine. Spending the first half of my life in Northern Climes and being swathed in a generous layer of blubber (seal-style) has me reasonably well set

It’s a Monday CANADA WINS! Evening Open Thread

scotchnaut - February 17, 2025February 17, 2025

[except for some football towards the end] -Sid Crosby did a few points, piling onto an overmatched Finn squadoo towards the end. Whatever. -the two best players on the American team are a Twinkhuck dude and a Sanderson fella-both are Senators, btw... -There's a rumor out there that Trevor Lawrence is for sale

Saturday Night Off-season Open Thread 2025-3

ballsofsteelandfury - February 15, 2025February 14, 2025

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It is a three day weekend for a lot of us in North America. Yesterday was St. Valentine's Day, which means that today you're either exhausted from all the effort you went through yesterday to make it special or you're scrambling to make up for the fact that you didn't

Sexy Friday – 20250214

Mr. Ayo - February 14, 2025February 14, 2025

TGIF! It's Valentines Day, what are you doing here? No matter, things get better after that because some of us have a 3 day weekend! Survival - Personal Edition This weekend would be a good time to do some grilling. So here's some grilling tips! Start those steaks by lightly coating them

Your Friday Eve Open Thread

scotchnaut - February 13, 2025

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We're almost there folks. Up here in The Canadia we have a Family Day holiday on the Monday. How will I be celebrating? I've no idea. During these sled dog days of winter I pass the time at work developing sales projects so that when the weather turns into something

Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: Nocturnes Magazine, Vol. 1, Issue 2: Divisional Foes and the Best Game in League History?

Senor Weaselo - February 12, 2025February 12, 2025

Welcome back to Nocturnes Magazine, an inside-Wumbo Wednesday inside look at my diceball team in an attempt to get the Hippo to write an unabridged history of the several hundred year reign of Bernard Gilkey at Pretend Man City. WE'D ALL READ IT. --- The Nocturnes started their inaugural campaign by taking

One Ping Only, Please: Tuesday Open Thread

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - February 11, 2025February 11, 2025

Hey there. I didn't know you were awake. Yeah, last season was great. We laughed. We cried. That thing you did with the new kickoff rule? Yeah, that was...no one has ever done that to me before. Where am I going? Oh, nowhere. I was just very quietly putting on my pants

Your Barren Monday Night Open Thread

scotchnaut - February 10, 2025

Well, that was that. Patty will be adding to his legacy going forward but I think it's safe to say that this will be his worst Super Bowl performance. Went out on a limb there, huh? It's Monday so I'll be doing the usual- Fallout: -Qaron has been tossed to the gutter

Saquon’s Birthday Bash! A Super Bowl Open Thread

scotchnaut - February 9, 2025February 9, 2025

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Let's not waste any time on an ill-thought-out preamble. To The Game! Eagles/Chiefs: -Spags Alert!: The Chiefs have allowed but one 100 yard rusher this year. The bad news for Saquon? It was a QB by the name of Lamar! and it was waaay back in week one. -Here's some more bad news for

Your Morning of the Super Bowl Open Thread

scotchnaut - February 9, 2025

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Welcome to the holiest of days, according to Vegas. With that in mind, I'll toss some lines at you (that meant something different in the 80's) and please note that Uncle Luigi's may differ somewhat. Let's Gambol With The Monies! Chiefs are -1.5 favorites The O/U is 48.5 Saquon to win MVP =250 SB