TGIF! Have to make this a shorty today what with not having power since Tuesday and none expected until Saturday. But that's a me problem, not a you problem, so we roll on! Survival - Personal Edition Let's flash back to college and open some beer bottles (or near-beer or not-beer, whatever)
Scary Texan Stories
Sharkbait’s Cocktail of the Week: Hedging Bets
Last Stop at Hamlin
"Look, it's the question you're always going to ask. But that's your focus; not mine. I don't have fear. Fear stifles our thinking and actions. It creates indecisiveness that results in stagnation. I have known talented people who procrastinate indefinitely rather than risk failure. Lost opportunities cause erosion of confidence
Instant Hippo Thoughts – Week 14, 2023 Season
The (W)Omen (and Halloween Open Thread)
INTERIOR, REPUBLIC RECORDS LOBBY. A DESPONDENT RECORD EXECUTIVE SITS ON A BENCH, WITH A CATHOLIC PRIEST STANDING PRIEST: The relationship...is dead. RECORD EXECUTIVE: No. No, not again. Taylor's fans are rabid, but our research indicates another album of thinly-veiled spite songs will crash her brand. Swifties today want love. They want hope...not
Lover
The Man in the Arena
Sebastian Blax craned his neck in an attempt to catch a glance of the must-be approaching light rail between the crossing traffic. The train was already three minutes behind schedule and the arrival updates had ceased from the speakers mounted on the insufficient shade structure under which he stood. Seeing
The Prometheus of Tyranny
Billionaire Los Angeles Chargers owner, Dean Spanos, drives east from the coast on Interstate Highway Number 15 to scout out amenities for his squad's January trip to play the Las Vegas Raiders. The hardtop down on his AMG GT C Roadster, Spanos slows, accelerates, and weaves through the midday traffic
Dallas Deathride of Doom! A DFO Halloween Special!
VaLOWntine’s Day: A [DFO] Holiday Horror Story
As the evening Pacific winds flow over the downtown high rises and push south through his Balboa Park neighborhood, a young man sits alone on his front porch tiredly waiting for his Valentines Day miracle. "Before all this," as seemed to preclude nearly every first-date statement he'd made since last
Deshaun of the Dead: Sunday Night Game Open Thread
So I've been on the road all day and have relatively little firsthand knowledge of what the shit went on this afternoon. A brief (aka halfass) recap after this important message: WOOOOOO! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ok. I'm good. I'm cool. So the Bills (WOOOO!) handed the Iggles a golden opportunity to pull even
Time Enough at Last
Jameis Winston, professioanal quarterback and player for the National Football League's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, studies the defense presented before him as he approached his presenting center. He sees the mike backer, jerysey number 66, cheating up then taking one step out wide, a sign to Winston that this defender will