Embrace The Anarchy – Monday Open Thread

Don T - March 28, 2022March 28, 2022

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[Note: this post WAS under construction. Thank you for your patience. /Turns to see if pandering worked Fuck alla youse] Last night, while aggressively ignoring the 2022 edition of the Annual Industry Self-Celebration, THAT happened and I got aware because DFO and Twitter exploded. I saw the videos, heard the audios, studied every

Not Stuck, Just Tightly Comfortable – Monday Open Thread

Don T - March 7, 2022March 7, 2022

I must have been in a morose daze these last coupla weeks because I failed to realize that the pandemic ended. The NFL dropped all Covid protocols, and mask mandates are on the outs seemingly everywhere (source: seemingly, K?). Here in Puerto Rico, where we’ve had strict measures since 03/20, it

Playoff Overtime Rules – Monday Open Thread

DFOing Good

Don T - January 24, 2022January 24, 2022

There is one line of “Waiting for Godot” that shakes me deeply: “Never make a decision hungry, angry, or tired”. Which is self-fulfilling for a lazy and contented middle class—but I digress. Sometimes decisions need to be made angry, in the heat of the moment. There is a great injustice being

Getting Antsy – Thursday Nite Open Thread

Don T - January 20, 2022January 20, 2022

Stupor Wild Card Weekend was a picnic for the winners, even for the Bengals if you discount their own jitters. Honestly: the Raiders merely hung on, threatening in theory, until the final drive. Now? Uf. The Big Boy Round beckons, and Imma get presumptuous and declare that none of the fans

Pointers for The Apocalypse – Monday Open Thread

Don T - August 30, 2021August 30, 2021

The NFL starts in ten days, while we’re still in the homestretch of hurricane season. I saw no NFL items of note, while Ida struck Louisiana as a Category 4 hurricane, destroying the electrical grid. Having once gone four months without electricity at home, and several weeks without water service,

Losing the Anxiety – Monday Open Thread

Don T - August 16, 2021August 16, 2021

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We’re halfway through the preseason. Not really; that’s a soothing miscalculation because there’s two more preseason games. But I can lie to myself like that noooo problem. And yet it’s true: the season will get here soon, and the games are fine as a nothing better to do. Not enough to

Covid on My Mind – Monday Open Thread

Don T - August 9, 2021August 9, 2021

Week 2 of the Preseason starts this Thursday, and there will be games all through Sunday. I am looking forward to those games as much as updates from incoming packages. Right now, we’re at the Sorting Facilities, where I’m sure each and every worker is masked, washes hands every ten

Your 🎶Football Football Foooooot-uh Baaaaaalllll🎶 Open Thread

Don T - August 2, 2021August 2, 2021

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You know, in this pandemic… NEWS By which I mean, NFL News dammit—it’s August already wooo!! O, unrelenting march of time: blessed be your proportional dispensation of both the terrible and tolerable. Indianapolis QB Carson Wentz will have foot surgery, will be out 5 to 12 weeks per head coach Frank Reich. Let’s turn

“Is the World Off?” Saturday Open Thread

Don T - January 30, 2021January 30, 2021

We end a week dominated by Gamestop and stonks, and my guess is there’s no trading on Saturdays because NOTHING is happening. I dunno, ??Personal Musings Alert?? when it comes to money, I’m neither a gambler nor speculator. Working for a living is fine enough for me, and there is nothing sweeter

Your “No Disrespect Dammit!” Thursday Open Thread

Don T - January 21, 2021April 12, 2021

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[Banner via Mar-a-Lago live feed] Next Sunday is Championship Sunday, the best sports day of the year, I think. But with its high highs comes the Wile E. Coyote plummet. Come next Monday, it’s the Superb Owl and then The Emptiness of Life* until August, interrupted by signings and the Draft.