# friday fun (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover friday fun. Page: Feed: --- ## [Episode 56: No Apologies](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/22/episode-56-no-apologies/) _2026-08-22 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ The Phillies are being lead into their playoff push by Alec Bohm and Aaron Nola. Some people out there said some pretty mean things about these two over the last 4 months…but we aren’t here to talk about the past! The important thing is that they are performing now and we should do absolutely nothing \[…\] ## [Friday Fun: Cities With Only 1 Pro Sports Team](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/21/friday-fun-cities-with-only-1-pro-sports-team/) _2026-08-21 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ Earlier this week, Philly Front Office debuted the 4 for 4 Standings. The aim is to find out what city does sports best, only cities with MLB, NFL, NBA, and NHL teams are in contention. There are only 12. This got me to thinking though, what cities only have a single team and what must \[…\] ## [There’s Only One Way to Feel Good About Scott Rolen](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/21/theres-only-one-way-to-feel-good-about-scott-rolen/) _2026-08-21 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ The Phillies are playing the Cardinals and this will forever make me think about Scott Rolen. On July 29, 2002, the Phillies traded Rolen and Doug Nickle to the Cardinals for Placido Polanco, Bud Smith and Mike Timlin. The Phillies had the best 3rd baseman of a generation, AGAIN, and got rid of him. There \[…\] ## [Friday Fun BIG APPLE COMIX "Man Without a City!"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/to-true-new-yorker-theres-no-fate-more.html) _2026-08-21 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ To a true New Yorker, there's no fate more frightening... ...than to be (gasp) forever exiled from the Big Apple! I speak from first-hand experience. Born and raised in Brooklyn, I went to high school in Manhattan and lived there after graduating college until 1999, when I began commuting between NYC and Chicago, eventually settling in Chi-town full-time. Only taking occasional trips back to the… ## [Again With James Harden?](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/20/again-with-james-harden/) _2026-08-20 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ James Harden re-signing with the Cleveland Cavaliers was inevitable. Still, when the news came out that he signed a 3/$97m contract, I couldn’t help but shake my head in perplexity. Why does this keep happening? Year after year, contenders keep fooling themselves into thinking that James Harden is something that he is not, a winner. \[…\] ## [Eagles Most Hated 2026](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/20/eagles-most-hated-2026/) _2026-08-20 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ Welcome to the 2nd annual NFL Hate List!!! An ESSENTIAL part of the Philadelphia Eagles experience is having all sorts of grudges across the NFL landscape. Sometimes it feels like there are too many to keep up with and then just when you think you’ve hit your limit with petty grudges, BAM, some player or \[…\] ## [AVENGERS BATTLE THE EARTH-WRECKER "Chapter Seventeen: Avenger vs Avenger"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/avengers-battle-earth-wrecker-chapter_01477950067.html) _2026-08-20 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ Art by John Buscema & Vince Colletta Read the Previous Chapter HERE Chapter Seventeen: Avenger vs Avenger It was not many hours later, after a Quinjet flight and a deep-sea dive, that the other Avengers approached the sea-hatch door of the dome, wary of blast-rays that did not blaze forth. “That’s funny,” said Cap uneasily. “If Karzz is back in control of the dome, having somehow taken Goliath… ## [Where Loose Ends Go](https://suzannegibbs.substack.com/p/where-loose-ends-go) _2026-08-19 · suzanne gibbs · SuzZeal_ The Hermitess Papers. Installment Twenty-Five. ## [The Next Biggest NFL Contract: Tight End](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/19/the-next-biggest-nfl-contract-tight-end/) _2026-08-19 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ As the NFL Salary cap consistently goes up, so will NFL contracts. Over the next two years you will see records fall at every position. It’s just the nature of the NFL. Since the offseason is agonizingly long, each week I will profile a different position to tell you who is the next man up \[…\] ## [Wednesday Worlds of Wonder JUDGE DREDD "He IS the Law" Part 1](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/wednesday-worlds-of-wonder-judge-dredd.html) _2026-08-19 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ What Happens When Americans Take a British Comic Series about Americans...and Reboot It? You're about to find out! We Pause the Narrative Until Next Wednesday Written by Andrew Helfer and illustrated by Michael Avon Oeming, this never-reprinted premiere issue of Judge Dredd (1994) was a continuation of a partnership between DC and England's Fleetway Press which began with a highly-successful… ## [Screen Share With Real Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/khNoGbVYF7W5) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control — open source, like Screenhero. ## [Philly vs Everybody, Ranking the 4 for 4s: Introduction](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/18/philly-vs-everybody-ranking-the-4-for-4s-introduction/) _2026-08-18 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ My whole life I took for granted that Philadelphia has all four major professional sports. Having a local team is just the way it’s supposed to be, right? Well, by my count, there are only eleven other cities that can make the same claim. These are the 4 for 4s. I say “by my count” \[…\] ## [AVENGERS BATTLE THE EARTH-WRECKER "Chapter Sixteen: Alien Hunt"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/avengers-battle-earth-wrecker-chapter_01301007779.html) _2026-08-18 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ Art by John Buscema Read the Previous Chapter HERE Chapter Sixteen: Alien Hunt “Keep turning the dial one notch at a time,” instructed Iron Man. It was the next day and they were back at headquarters, using equipment that came from one of Anthony Stark’s labs. There were four monitor screens attended by the four Avengers present. The monitors were connected to a huge computer, and also to four… ## [Intrigue on the Eagles 53 Man Roster](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/17/intrigue-on-the-eagles-53-man-roster/) _2026-08-17 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ I’ve always thought final roster predictions were silly. Experts would get themselves in a tizzy over guys who would likely not factor into the season in the least and the whole exercise seemed trite. The season though, things are pretty interesting namely because the Eagles have to balance the talent that they need now with \[…\] ## [Phillies Playoff Chase](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/17/phillies-playoff-chase/) _2026-08-17 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ Updated through Braves and Padres games of 8/19 There are 34 games left in the 2026 regular season. With a record of 70-58, the Phillies would be in the playoffs if that carnival started today. It’s close though, very close. Far closer than it has any business being, but here we are. Let’s take a \[…\] ## [Monday Mecha Madness SHOGUN WARRIORS "Moon Menace!" part 1](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/monday-mecha-madness-shogun-warriors.html) _2026-08-17 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ When Last We left Out Favorite Mecha... ...the Shogun Warriors apparently defeated three simultaneous menaces spawned by meteors! But what was the unifying element behind the trio of extremely-diifferent threats? To Be Continued Next Week..as the MasterMind behind the Threat is Revealed! Note: It's a Kaiju-Sized Surprise! Written by Doug Moench, penciled by Herb Trimpe and inked by Mike Esposito,… ## [As One Tale Ends, Another Begins During the RetroBlogs' Summer Blogathon...](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/as-one-tale-ends-another-begins-during.html) _2026-08-16 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ ...as we conclude our re-presentation of the historic, never-reprinted premiere Marvel Comics -based 1960s prose novel... ... Avengers Battle the Earth-Wrecker by noted sci-fi/fantasy/pulp/comics author Otto Binder! Continue the journey on Monday at Hero Histories as Avenger battles Avenger in a fight to the death! But, starting today, we begin re-presenting another never-reprinted, time-lost… ## [Space Hero Saturdays SPACE VOYAGERS "Hot Spot"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/space-hero-saturdays-space-voyagers-hot.html) _2026-08-15 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ Every few years in comics, there's a short-lived never-reprinted sci-fi space adventure series... In the 1960s it was Gold Key's Explorers in the Unknown . In the 1970s, it was DC's Space Voyagers , appearing in the back of Rima the Jungle Girl . Though this is the origin tale, it appeared in DC's Rima the Jungle Girl #3 (1974), after a two-parter (set after the events of this tale) ran in #1 &… ## [Episode 55: Not Giving Up Hope, But It’s Understandable](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/14/episode-55-not-giving-up-hope-but-its-understandable/) _2026-08-14 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ Why can’t I quit the Phillies? I totally get why people are jumping off the bandwagon. They stink and are infuriating. Plus, giving up and getting mad that people who don’t is a great defense mechanism. Mine is to get mad while they play, get bitter afterwards, then wake up and think of how annoying \[…\] ## [Eagles at Ravens: The Resurrection of Football in Baltimore](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/14/eagles-at-ravens-the-resurrection-of-football-in-baltimore/) _2026-08-14 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ Baltimore Memorial Stadium was built in 1954 in order to entice not only to house the St. Louis Browns of Major League Baseball but also the Baltimore Colts who had ceased operations a few years earlier but were now ready to return. The Browns became the Orioles and the Colts remained the Colts, but sports \[…\] ## [Friday Fun: Ranking Movie QBs](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/14/friday-fun-ranking-movie-qbs/) _2026-08-14 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ What are you doing this Sunday? If you are not going to see Point Break in theaters for it’s 35th anniversary, then you are doing it wrong. It’s not only quite possibly the greatest movie of all time, but it is so good that it even has the greatest remake of all time as well, \[…\] ## [Make any domain metal (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/FPxBTQW8xstc) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Turn any domain into a blacked-out metal landing page with an email waitlist ## [Friday Fun BIG APPLE COMIX "My Word"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-legendary-wally-wood-contributed.html) _2026-08-14 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ The legendary Wally Wood contributed several pieces to this historic one-shot comic... ...but none was better than his New York City-themed re-do of one of his most famous tales... ...from EC's Weird Science #22 (1953) and written by Al Feldstein, not Wood. Unfortunately, due to nudity and naughty words, we can't run it here, but you can find it on our "brother" blog Not Safe for Work Comics !… ## [Phillies at Twins: Remember Contraction?](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/13/phillies-at-twins-remember-contraction/) _2026-08-13 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ The Twins are a fun franchise and Minneapolis is a great city (at least in the summer time). Baseball started there after moving from Washington in 1961 and was pretty successful, winning two World Series (1987 and 1991) and losing another (1965). There were stars like Rod Carew, Harmon Killebrew, Bert Blyleven, and Kirby Puckett. \[…\] ## [The Next Biggest NFL Contract: Linebacker](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/13/the-next-biggest-nfl-contract-linebacker/) _2026-08-13 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ As the NFL Salary cap consistently goes up, so will NFL contracts. Over the next two years you will see records fall at every position. It’s just the nature of the NFL. Since the offseason is agonizingly long, each week I will profile a different position to tell you who is the next man up \[…\] ## [AVENGERS BATTLE THE EARTH-WRECKER "Chapter Thirteen: The Avengers' Darkest Hour"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/avengers-battle-earthwreckers-chapter.html) _2026-08-13 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ Art by Don Heck & George Roussos Read the Previous Chapter HERE Chapter Thirteen: The Avengers’ Darkest Hour Cap fell back as a roar burst from the rear of the rocket and a glowing flame drove it upward out of its launch cradle. “Too late!” crowed Karzz. “My rocket is on its way to space orbit above Earth.” Cap clutched at him desperately but once again met the diamond-hard invisible shield of… ## [Owl Wisdom](https://suzannegibbs.substack.com/p/owl-wisdom) _2026-08-12 · suzanne gibbs · SuzZeal_ The Hermitess Papers. Twenty-Four. ## [Why Can’t the Phillies Be Run More Like the Eagles?](https://phillyfrontoffice.com/2026/08/12/why-cant-the-phillies-be-run-more-like-the-eagles/) _2026-08-12 · Ed · Philly Front Office_ Even before I started writing about the Eagles, it was a pleasure to follow the team. Sure, they win a lot, but for those of us who enjoy the transactional part of the game, you can count on them to almost always making the right move, to be prepared, and to do the little things \[…\] ## [Wednesday Worlds of Wonder ALIEN WORLDS "Ride the Blue Bus"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/wednesday-worlds-of-wonder-alien-worlds.html) _2026-08-12 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ As Our Economy Collapses, We Ask "Is This the Future Don the Con has in mind for us?" Thanks to him, we are edging ever closer and closer to it! This never-reprinted post-apocalyptic tale by writer Bruce Jones and artist George Perez from Pacific's Alien Worlds #7 (1984) has an odd quirk. Both Toby's friend, Juke , and the unnamed bus driver are illustrated as Black. Yet neither is colored… ## [AVENGERS BATTLE THE EARTH-WRECKER "Chapter Twelve: Desert Danger"](http://atocom.blogspot.com/2026/08/avengers-battle-earth-wrecker-chapter_0702475026.html) _2026-08-11 · Britt Reid · Atomic Kommie Comics_ Art by Jack Kirby & Marie Severin Read the Previous Chapter HERE Chapter Twelve: Desert Danger For many wasted hours, Captain America had been searching the vast Sahara desert. “Three and a half million square miles,” rode the nagging thought with him; “or almost as big as the United States. It’s like searching from the East Coast. to the West Coast, and from Minnesota down to Texas, for the Storm… ## [Permission Slip](https://suzannegibbs.substack.com/p/permission-slip) _2026-08-06 · suzanne gibbs · SuzZeal_ The Hermitess Papers. Installment (I cannot remember). ## [Some Things Were Carefully Recorded](https://suzannegibbs.substack.com/p/some-things-were-carefully-recorded) _2026-07-29 · suzanne gibbs · SuzZeal_ The Hermitess Papers. Twenty-Two. ## [Prime Noise-Cancelling Picks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ccae1z1zKhYm) _2026-07-29 · **Sponsored**_ Browse Prime-eligible, 4-star-and-up noise-cancelling earbuds with fast shipping and deals ## [bring balloons](https://suzannegibbs.substack.com/p/bring-balloons) _2026-07-22 · suzanne gibbs · SuzZeal_ The Hermitess Papers. Twenty-one. ## [Magic & Mayhem](https://suzannegibbs.substack.com/p/magic-and-mayhem) _2026-07-15 · suzanne gibbs · SuzZeal_ The Hermitess Papers. Installment Twenty. ## [A Proper Place](https://suzannegibbs.substack.com/p/a-proper-place) _2026-07-08 · suzanne gibbs · SuzZeal_ The Hermitess Papers. Nineteen. ## [An Interruption](https://suzannegibbs.substack.com/p/an-interruption) _2026-07-01 · suzanne gibbs · SuzZeal_ The Hermitess Papers. Eighteen. ## [The Key Is](https://suzannegibbs.substack.com/p/the-key-is) _2026-06-24 · suzanne gibbs · SuzZeal_ The Hermitess Papers. Seventeen. ## [Extinguish](https://suzannegibbs.substack.com/p/extinguish) _2026-06-17 · suzanne gibbs · SuzZeal_ The Hermitess Papers. Sixteen. ## [Hands-On Review: LTT Screwdrivers From Full-Size to Precision — Power, Control and Clever Design For Every Maker Project](https://bigl.es/ltt-screwdrivers-review/) _2026-04-18 · Les Pounder · bigl.es_ LTT sent me all their screwdrivers for review, so I used them for a couple of months and wrote this review. ## [Tuesday Tooling: The Commodore Repair Toolkit](https://bigl.es/c64-toolkit/) _2026-03-03 · Les Pounder · bigl.es_ The Commodore Repair Toolkit stands ready to help you save another Commodore computer from silicon heaven! ## [OpenClaw AI fuels the Raspberry Pi rollercoaster share price — The 'Mac Mini Effect' comes for the maker's SBC](https://bigl.es/pi-stocks/) _2026-02-19 · Les Pounder · bigl.es_ The Raspberry Pi share price has enjoyed a recent surge, with many taking advantage of the OpenClaw AI upsurge that sees the popular single board computer be the next target for AI enthusiasts. ## [Classic Computer, Modern Twist: Web Browser Hosts Java-Powered Commodore VIC-20 Emulator](https://bigl.es/vic20-in-browser/) _2026-02-04 · Les Pounder · bigl.es_ Play 'The wonder computer of the 1980s' in your browser! ## [Raspberry Pi Pico Powered PicoIDE Destroys Crowdfunding Goal — Easily Emulate Old IDE / ATAPI Disk Drives Using Micro SD](https://bigl.es/pi-news-picoide-destroys-crowdfunding-goal/) _2026-01-31 · Les Pounder · bigl.es_ PicoIDE aims to be the one-stop-shop for all your vintage disk drive needs ## [Raspberry Pi Fuels PiStorm and Lazarustorm External Performance Boost for Amiga 500](https://bigl.es/pi-news-lazarustorm-raspberrypi-amiga500/) _2026-01-30 · Les Pounder · bigl.es_ Lazarustorm makes easy work of adding a PiStorm CPU upgrade to your Amiga 500. ## [Join me live(-ish) as I tinker with an ESP32!](https://bigl.es/im-tinkering-with-an-esp32/) _2025-09-13 · Les Pounder · bigl.es_ I "kneaded" a day tinkering so I grabbed a Baguette S3