A Commissioner For All Seasons

Insane Shit

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - May 4, 2016May 4, 2016

INT. AUDITORIUM THEATER, CHICAGO - DAY We open backstage. A harried production assistant - MELISSA - holding a clipboard stands at attention, trying to simultaneously listen through a discreet earpiece as well as pass on instructions to a broad-shouldered, ginger-haired man. MELISSA: Okay, we're coming out of commercial...[listens]...and three...two...one...GO. [she pushes the ginger-haired

Eastern Conference Team Previews: Smrt People Weigh In

Beerguyrob - April 12, 2016April 12, 2016

HAWT TAEK: People on the internet are going to have opinions, and opinions about your opinions. Now, if it's something simple like screwing up a 23 year-old Dale Hunter hit, you're going to get caught on that within 5 or 6 comments. But take someone's sports team in vain? So, in

Your “I’ve Seen That Look Before” Tuesday Open Thread

Beerguyrob - April 5, 2016April 5, 2016

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Here, let's relive it again, in video: and gif form: Oh, that's the pure stuff. JUST PUT IT INTO MY VEINS!!! Kris Jenkins is a stone cold killer - never mind the shot, the pose of him watching it go in is magnificent. It's a murderer watching a victim die and savouring their

Should I Watch Football This Year? (Part I)

montythisseemsstrangetome - March 1, 2016February 29, 2016

It's almost a perfect storm. My enjoyment of the NFL has been tempered in recent years by the conduct of its players, the hypocritical nature of its leadership, and the arbitrariness of its officiating. Add to that the sudden departure of the Rams and the likely retirement of Peyton Manning,

Start Or Sit (On Your Face): The DFO Fantasy/Sex Mailbag

The Maestro - January 22, 2016January 22, 2016

As excited as I am for this weekend's games, no matter how you slice and dice it, there's going to be a nuclear-level amount of hot takes to be floating around the web come Monday morning. I can see them now already, and I'm dreading it: If the Panthers lose: "CAM

DFO Meetup – Karl Strauss, Costa Mesa

Low Commander of the Super Soldiers - November 6, 2015November 6, 2015

Earlier this year, my good friend was hired by Karl Strauss as one of their Brewers. Many years ago he home-brewed, where he produced some pretty amazing creations (the Mojito Pale Ale, an Espresso Stout on par with a Yeti and too many Belgians to count all come to mind)

Nobody Cares About My Fantasy Team

Fantasy Football

montythisseemsstrangetome - October 1, 2015October 1, 2015

We don't care about Horatio's fantasy teams so much that we don't even care about not caring about them anymore. Even Horatio doesn't care. So this week we turn to not caring about MY fantasy team. And there's a lot to not care about here. We are not caring so

House MD DFW

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem - September 25, 2015September 25, 2015

[Interior- Princeton Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Scene opens on DOCTOR HOUSE sitting in his oddly-stylish and expensively furnished office, playing with his giant tennis ball thing. Enter DOCTOR WILSON] WILSON: Good morning, House. I hope you slept well. HOUSE: [Gruff, insulting but humorous reply]. WILSON: At least one of us is. I have a

A Selection Of Phrases From Recent Posts That Would Make Good Excerpts From Snooty Wine Tasting Notes

WhyEaglesWhy - September 11, 2015September 9, 2015

"...arbitrary and sanctimonius..." "...a long way down from the unrelenting quality of..." "...this two-year vet that's just aching to blossom..." "...its transient, opaque identity..." "...the juggernaut that was the 1994..." "...sometimes, geography was the science..." "...dark, foreboding, and imposing..." "...ranked really, really, high, and I can't quite figure out why..." "...scorched brussels sprouts..." "...outright olfactory torture..." "...the final round brought

DFO Request Line: Do Your Worst

DFO radio

montythisseemsstrangetome - September 4, 2015August 31, 2015

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I was in the car the other day and the 1990 pop classic "Hold On" by Wilson Phillips came on the radio. As I was nostalgically transported back to a more innocent time in my life, I became aware that this is probably the worst, most god-awful song of all

A Requiem for an Ape

NotKontent

Cuntler - August 31, 2015August 31, 2015

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h/t Etsy On the one month anniversary of the death of KSK, I leave this here as a tribute to our deposed former simian overlord. Wherever he is, I am happy he doesn't have to deal with this shit anymore: 10. I think these are my non-football thoughts of the week: a. I’m not