The Daily Sausage – Wednesday Edition

The Mittstorm Cometh IV: The Clusterfcuk Home, C-Plus Augustus gets downgraded to a D-Minus, Rush Limbaugh moves to Santa Prisca, Conservative media fail, the Tennessee Tea Party has lost their goddamn mind, Filibuster reform, the fiscal cliff, and the Boy Scouts are a hate group. Continue reading →

Radio Crass: Let’s Kick This Mother Off!

Welcome to the first edition of the Radio Crass podcast. Your hosts today will be myself and the lovely and talented Knight of the Burning River. Today we are talking a little politics, but we hope top expand the show and try some creative and fun things. Please give us your suggestions and ideas. Also, if you would like to join the Radio Crass Team or appear on an episode please shoot me an email to [email protected]. On with the show. Continue reading →

My Soccer Nemesis

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I grew up a small-town jock. This modest social role came with a number of comforting certainties. For instance, from about seventh grade onward, I played the same sports with basically the same teammates each season. My town was just barely large enough to field one team in most sports.

In our competitions, we faced mostly the same kids from each nearby town. And we all knew our assignments right away. For instance, on the soccer field, I was always the goalkeeper. I didn’t have any talent for the position, really — but I worked hard, obeyed coaching directives, and occasionally got lucky. Continue reading →

Way Too F’n Early NFL Preview: NFC North Edition

TrophyThere’s nothing quite like the smell of the infamous black and blue division in the morning, so christened because this is another division full of teams that are close to each other geographically, for the most part have rabid fan bases and love beating the hell out of each other. Last year the Bears suffered some injury woes at key positions and dropped out of playoff contention about halfway through the season. The Packers pretty much dominated the division with a stellar aerial attack but couldn’t win when it mattered. The Vikings were in a rebuilding mode and the Lions finally showed some promise, but it may just have been a bunch of smoke and mirrors. Continue reading →