Saturday Night Off-season Open Thread 17: The Copa Has Started!!

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We just finished the battle for who has the best yellow, blue, and red flag between Ecuador and Venezuela. Colombia looks down on both of them. This evening's game features a Soon-To-Be- Disappointing Mexican team against Jamaica. I say Soon-To-Be because Jamaica is not good enough to embarrass México. I

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Shrimp Fra Diavolo with Homemade Bread!

Good morning again everyone. Happy Father's Day to all of us dads here and in the audience and on all of the ships at sea.  We usually have some sort of to-do at the right house on Father's day weekend, because about half of my entire family was born in the middle

Saturday Night Off-season Open Thread 16: The Euro Has Started!!

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Germany scored 6 goals in their opening match against Scotland on Friday. Charitably, one counted for Scotland, so that was a 5-1 thrashing, giving Germany its biggest ever victory in the European Championships and Scotland its biggest loss Today's games were Hungary v Switzerland, Spain v Croatia, and Italy v

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Steak, Guinness and Mushroom Pie!

Good morning everyone! And a very happy early June Sunday to you all! May we all celebrate relatively sanely.  Fun recipe for you today. I'll be making a British classic of Steak, Guinness and Mushroom pie! Well shit, guess you knew that from the title up there. Yes, this was a first attempt at

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: The Smothering Will Continue Until Morale Improves!

Good morning folks! Happy long Memorial Day Weekend!  Hell, it's almost Summer and shit. We're really starting to push through this offseason thing. Down here on the harbor our asses are still sitting dead middle of our "May-gray" (usually followed by "June Gloom".) That deep marine layer overcast that feels like it never

Saturday Night Off-season Open Thread 13

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In these Off-season Open Threads, I'll sum up the week that was, provide you with TMI-style information, and throw some random spaghetti at the wall and see if it sticks. *** Today, I am continuing my quick hit previews of teams playing in the Summer of Soccer tournaments. Here we go... *** Zambia National

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Keema? Aloo. Aloo? Keema.

Good Sunday morning everyone! We've reached Mid-May, the NFL schedule release has happened and we have entered the doldrums of the offseason. Sure, the NBA and NHL playoffs have been moderately entertaining (including 2 NBA game 7s today with that match up between the Wolves and Denver having serious potential) and

Saturday Night Off-season Open Thread 12

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In these Off-season Open Threads, I'll sum up the week that was, provide you with TMI-style information, and throw some random spaghetti at the wall and see if it sticks. *** Today, I am doing quick hit previews of teams playing in the Summer of Soccer tournaments. Strap yourselves in... *** Brasil National Women's

Sunday Gravy with yeah right: Your New Favorite Condiment!

Good morning everyone! After last week I thought we could start messing around with food trends again. We  like to stay current on food type things around these parts and I enjoy bringing them to you as well.  We're going to approach this Sunday Gravy a little differently today. Rather than going