The Tale of The Texan

A few years ago, on Halloween night, a lovely young lady consented to accompany me on a date. HEY, COME BACK, THAT'S NOT THE SCARY PART! After a romantic dinner at Sizzler, we drove to Lovers’ Lane so I could work off that five slices of cheese toast. It was at a

An American Football Fan in Paris

As many DFOers/Kommentists/DFOoses/whatevers know, our own Old School Zero is currently training for a cheese eating/surrendering contest by exploring France from the tip of her Eiffel Tower to the taint of her Larzac Valley. 'Twasn't shortly after arriving in Paris that he intrepidly snapped this photo: Since he didn't get a

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 16

As of this week, the regular season is 2/3 complete.  That means the margin of error is getting smaller and every game becomes more and more important. Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! The round started off with the North Melbourne Kangaroos facing the Essendon Bomber in a Friday Night Footy (Friday

Balls of Steel’s AFL Beat – Round 10

Welcome To Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! So, remember how Fremantle were undefeated and were not scheduled to meet a threatening opponent for about a month?  Yeah, um, about that... Richmond pulled off the upset of the season on late Thursday/early Friday by beating Fremantle in Perth by 27.  The Tigers took a

Thank You For Calling Illegal Aid

Interviewer: Hello, thank you for calling Illegal Aid, how can I help you? Caller: Hi! I'm so glad I got through, I was on the line forever. Interviewer: Oh, well I'm sorry to hear that. We do have a lot of people looking for help, and sometimes it can take a while

On Trent Green

Man, just thinking about Trent Green at all makes me laugh. We've been making basically the same joke about him for so long that when I see a Trent Green joke, or make one, it's like I'm not just seeing or making that one Trent Green joke, I'm seeing or