Your “Stupid Poindexters” Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - October 26, 2019October 26, 2019

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I can't remember where I read it yesterday, and I'm too lazy to look for it, but it seems to have held true through three games of the World Series: four-hour games are the result of analytics. Because everything can be broken down into statistics, managers are using numbers to

Your “Rippin’ Off The Band-Aids” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - October 23, 2019October 23, 2019

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NFL Noise: Today is mostly injury updates: Drew Brees is practicing like he expects to play on Sunday. It is a home game versus Arizona, so there's no real rush to get him out there like it's a must-win game. After this week, it's four in a row against divisional opponents

Your Saturday Evening “Broken Clocks” Open Thread

DFOing Good

Beerguyrob - October 19, 2019October 19, 2019

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Twitter only did two things correct yesterday. The first was to let the readers of [DFO] know that love is both dead and alive. https://twitter.com/Daily_Star/status/1185150782615609344 If this ugly, yet obviously well-hung troll can land her, then any of us have an equal shot now that she's wounded. The second was to let me know

Your Tuesday Evening “What Do I Want To Watch?” Open Thread

Beerguyrob - October 8, 2019October 8, 2019

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NFL Nuggets: Sam Darnold has been cleared to play this Sunday against the Cowboys. He was apparently all-but-ready to go against the Eagles, but an ultrasound showed an enlarged spleen, a side-effect of mono, apparently. GRONK ON FOX NOW! His first action will be this Thursday during the Thursday Night

Your Saturday Evening “Working Hard Or Hardly Working” Open Thread

Beerguyrob - October 5, 2019October 5, 2019

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It was a fairly long week at school. Cold & flu season has begun in earnest, combined with the calendar making Canadian Thanksgiving a week later than normal. The result was certain of my co-workers taking their sick days earlier than normal, and the site being shortstaffed to the point

Your “Obvious Point Is Obvious” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - October 2, 2019October 2, 2019

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Before I begin - a big shoutout to Horatio for helping work up ESPN blowhard Darren Rovell on the Twitter. https://twitter.com/HoratioCornblo3/status/1179243440820932609 https://twitter.com/HoratioCornblo3/status/1179247261181792257 That's good enmity. NFL News: Jon Gruden has opinions about the injustice of Vontaze Burfict's season-ending suspension: "I'm not happy about it -- at all. I don't want to say anything else,

Your Saturday Evening “One Week Until Hockey” Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 28, 2019September 28, 2019

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Sure, I know the regular season kicks off on Wednesday - get your paragraph previews in to me ASAP please - but for most Canadians the season officially begins the first Saturday of the season, when you hear those magical notes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6WE3z_--HU AW YEAH BABY! That's like an entire country making babies

Your “Looking Elsewhere For Inspiration” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - September 25, 2019September 25, 2019

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NFL Nuggets: The Seahawks traded Nick Vannett to the Steelers for a fifth-round pick in 2020. The Steelers were down a tight end after Vance McDonald hurt himself against the Niners. The trade gives the Seahawks an expected 10 picks in the 2020 draft. The Seahawks then signed Raiders castoff

Your Saturday Evening “Ruck Over!” Open Thread

DFOing Good

Beerguyrob - September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

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I hope you've enjoyed staying up late / waking up early to watch the Rugby World Cup LIVE! from Japan. Having attended the Rugby World Sevens last year in San Francisco, I can only imagine the bacchanalia. BeerBrother, who works for a Japanese company, said that all travel to head office

Your “We Should All Be So Lucky” Monday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - August 26, 2019August 26, 2019

NFL Nuggets: Andrew Luck updates: The Colts are letting him keep his bonus money from the last contract signing. It amounts to $16.8 million, since he had three years left on the five-year extension he signed in 2016. There are rumours that Jim Irsay has known for a (little) while

Your “But I Want To Keep It” Saturday Evening Open Thread

Beerguyrob - July 13, 2019July 13, 2019

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So last Saturday, I went to Paul McCartney. It was fantastic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beQnI983a7M As usual, there was the attraction of the merch table, as well as what to do with the ticket stub. Now, as a guy, I like to "hold onto" things until I "know where to put it". That can result

Your Barbecue Season Saturday Evening Post

Beerguyrob - June 1, 2019June 1, 2019

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Tonight, for the hockey game meal, it's pulled pork. I had to fight through the "honeydo" list earlier today, so I've earned me some quality meats. I started it in the slow cooker for about 4 hours, and then transfer that bad boy to the grill. Keeping the temperature about 250°