Your 2023 Women’s World Cup Preview Extravaganza! Part 1

ballsofsteelandfury - June 14, 2023June 13, 2023

If y'all are not excited about the Women's World Cup, this year, I don't know what's wrong with you. Perhaps you should try some of Hippo's pills. I would have loved to have been there, but real life gets in the way and it's just not possible. I've been to

Saturday Night Open Thread – The June Gloom Edition part deux

ballsofsteelandfury - June 10, 2023June 10, 2023

It just dawned on me that I was supposed to be writing tonight's Open Thread. WOOPS! I will do a real good Karen Carpenter job. Several things to discuss: I played in DAY ONE of my golf club championship today. I broke 100 and scored a 98. Day 2 is tomorrow. I'm in

Sexy Friday – 20230609

Mr. Ayo - June 9, 2023June 9, 2023

TGIF! Happy forest fire season to those on the east coast. Hope today was enough of a relief so your peepers work tonight. And also, the breathing thing. Survival - Personal Edition Now that the weather has warmed up, so too is your local lakes and rivers. That may give some of

It’s No Good to say Goodbye: Part 7

ballsofsteelandfury - June 6, 2023May 27, 2023

It's so nice when you are working with true professionals that are good at their job. The Franco bullet perfectly grazed the shoulder pad on his suit and landed square in the middle of the decorative pillow on the bed. The Sally bullet went through her hair in the gap between

Saturday Night Open Thread – The June Gloom Edition

ballsofsteelandfury - June 3, 2023June 3, 2023

It has been remarkably cold and wet in Southern California this year. We started with Atmospheric Rivers in January that bled into February and even into March. Then we stopped getting Rivers and just got good ole regular April Showers. Those eventually relented and we thought the sun would finally

Sexy Friday – 20230601

Mr. Ayo - June 2, 2023June 2, 2023

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TGIF! Welcome to the wonderful world of June. I'm getting my NASCAR on today, so let's get to it. Survival - Personal Edition Every lose your car keys? Of course you have! Here's how to hot wire a car. For newer cars, just buy a device that steals transmitter codes and enjoy

How did We Do? Morning Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - May 31, 2023May 30, 2023

I like to check back at the end of the EPL season to see how well we did at predicting stuff. Call it an accountability thing or call it a competitive thing. Either way, here is a handy dandy table showing the final results plus how we predicted them: ACTUALHippo LitreBallsMan

It’s No Good to say Goodbye: Part 6

ballsofsteelandfury - May 30, 2023May 16, 2023

We had been on the road for a couple of hours when I farted. "Really?" "Sorry. I guess I overdid it yesterday with the tapas." "Dude!" It was pretty bad, I had to admit. We had started off hesitantly, not sure if we could trust each other. After an hour of talking shop, we reached

Balls Magazine Volume 16 and Saturday Night Open Thread

ballsofsteelandfury - May 27, 2023May 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 playing really shitty golf. To wit, here are my results from my last three rounds: 107 at Santa Anita Golf

Sexy Friday – 20230526

Mr. Ayo - May 26, 2023May 26, 2023

TGIF! Long weekend ahead and it's Friday, so I'm going to make this short and sweet. Survival - Personal Edition Let's imagine future you next winter is stuck on a snowy mountain and need shelter. Let's build a trench! Plan the trench. Make sure the opening to at a right angle to

It’s No Good to say Goodbye: Part 5

ballsofsteelandfury - May 23, 2023May 16, 2023

"So much for moving on to Part 3", I told the empty room. I then proceeded to empty out my vocabulary of curse words in both English and Spanish. I might have thrown some French in there for good measure. Was the lawyer THAT connected that he instantly got someone to

Dear Diary: I Am Still Unemployed

The Brain Dump

Alex_Demote - May 22, 2023May 22, 2023

Refusing the urge to call myself "funemployed" took more energy than you might think. Truthfully I'm oscillating between feeling the most fulfilled I've ever felt in my life, to lying on the floor with no pants on, desperately wishing to fall asleep so I don't have to be conscious for