Saturday Night Open Thread – Preseason Football Starts! Edition

ballsofsteelandfury - August 12, 2023August 12, 2023

Scotchy kills hobos for our amusement on the football open threads. What would you like for me to do and relate to you? Because preseason football has started and we need something! I have some stories to tell but I know Hippo will judge me very very WASPily. See, the funny thing

Saturday Night Open Thread – All Good Things Come To An End Edition

ballsofsteelandfury - August 5, 2023August 5, 2023

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As much as some of you liberals around here are glued to your phones reading about the latest indictment of Trump while masturbating furiously, I have been enthralled by the latest round of college football realignment. Many have decried it as a sign that greed ruins everything and tradition doesn't

Saturday Night Open Thread – okay seriously, this needs to stop Edition

ballsofsteelandfury - July 29, 2023July 29, 2023

It happened again. I'm sitting here enjoying a nice little Saturday, perusing Hippo's Morning Thread and I AGAIN think, "I wonder what our wonderful writers have cooked up for tonight's Open Thread." Then I realize AGAIN, "Oh fuck. I'M supposed to be writing it!" To my credit, I've been busy today. I

Saturday Night Open Thread – What Day Is It? Edition

ballsofsteelandfury - July 22, 2023July 22, 2023

Fuck Me, I need a calendar. Or an alarm or something. Lately, every Saturday, I get to DFO in the afternoons after reading Hippo's Morning Thread and think, "I wonder what our wonderful writers have cooked up for tonight's Open Thread." Then I realize, "Oh fuck. I'M supposed to be writing

The Definitive Burger Comparison: Five Guys v Shake Shack v In-N-Out

ballsofsteelandfury - July 18, 2023July 17, 2023

I am extremely lucky in that I live within 5 miles of locations for each of the big three "Best" Burger franchises. I speak, of course, of the most overhyped burger places in the United States: Five Guys, Shake Shack, and In-N-Out. People are forever debating which one is best. They

Sunday Night Open Thread – Gold Cup Final Edition

ballsofsteelandfury - July 16, 2023July 16, 2023

I know you are all anxiously awaiting the Grand Finale of the Gold Cup or, as Hippo calls it, the Golden Shower Tourno. The participants are a resurgent Mexican squad that seems to be rounding into shape after looking like shit in the last month going against a tough Panamá team

Saturday Night Open Thread – The Spain WWC Preview Edition

ballsofsteelandfury - July 15, 2023July 15, 2023

I am writing this only two hours before post time which I should be commended for. That's improvement, people! The reason I wanted to include the Spain preview in tonight's Open Thread is because: It helps with the word count. I don't know much about the Spanish Women's National Team. The Women's World Cup

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

Saturday Night Open Thread – The No More Fireworks Dammit Edition

ballsofsteelandfury - July 1, 2023July 1, 2023

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I love the 4th of July. I specially have loved spending the 4th outside the USA. I remember vividly spending one 4th in Rome while traveling and hearing about a fireworks display being put on by an ex-pat club in the city. We went (I was in a group with Americans

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