[DFO] History Corner Presents: The Grand Canyon

February 26, 1919 - The Grand Canyon Becomes A National Park First afforded Federal protection in 1893 as a Forest Reserve and later as a National Monument in 1908, Grand Canyon did not achieve National Park status until 1919, three years after the creation of the National Park Service in 1916,

[DFO] History Corner Presents: A Prohibition Centenary Post

The positive reaction to my World War One Centenary posts has encouraged me to expound upon other topics. But rather than tie all of them in with the Open Threads - because the length of some made scrolling a chore for others - I will make them their own stand-alone

Your “[DFO] Hate Week” Wednesday Evening Open Thread

Hi everyone, Welcome to the third day of [DFO]'s annual Super Bowl tradition - Hate Week. This is the annual airing of grievances we have about life, football, society... really, anything is in-bounds outside of the usual hot buttons. Consider the comments section a safe space to let your feelings on a

Your “[DFO] Hate Week” Monday Evening Open Thread

Hi everyone, Welcome to [DFO]'s annual Super Bowl tradition - Hate Week. This is the annual airing of grievances we have about life, football, society... really, anything is in-bounds outside of the usual hot buttons. Consider the comments section a safe space to let your feelings on a topic be known. Now, for

[DFO] Book Club presents: A Tale Of Two Cities

Part 1: The End (of the season) January 9, 2022 - Glendale, Arizona It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the

Brackets and Madness and Watching TV While Working – The DFO NCAA Basketball Tourney Preview

We've reached The Ides of March, which can only mean one thing: Time to stab your local emperor! If you don't have an emperor, then I guess you can fill out an NCAA Basketball bracket instead. Every March, the top 64 or 68 or whatever teams meet in a single-elimination

Your “[DFO] Super Bowl Hate Week” Thursday Evening Open Thread

Like most of you, I got caught in the travel nightmare that was "CHRISTMAS SNOWSTORM 2022!". Vancouver got a foot of snow over three days, which absolutely buggered our airport, which is barely used to thick frost. My three-hour flight turned into a 24-hour ordeal when my original WestJet ticket

Your “[DFO] Super Bowl Hate Week” Tuesday Evening Open Thread

Welcome to Night Two of the festival of loathing we like to call "[DFO] Hate Week". Oh, I'm sorry. That's clearly not enough hate. Let's see what I can find... Oh yeah. That's the stuff. Anyways - I'm your host, Beerguyrob, and I'm touched so many people came by yesterday to give me

Crossing Streams – DFO’s Donks (Woo?) Homers Discuss Sean Payton

Good Saturday evening, all y'all.  Just because we are in the sportsball desert does not mean there ain't no sportsball NOOZ!  Facing a two strike (Ryans, Harbaugh) count, the Wal-Mart + Condi braintrust decided to go "all in" with the former Saints coach.  A discussion on our homer-ish feelings follows. KH: First

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