Elite Dangerous is a space-faring game by Frontier Developments on PC in 2014. Later on it was also released on OS X and Xbox One and then, later still, on the PlayStation 4. It is the fourth title in the … Continue reading Game Review: Elite Dangerous
Welcome to Public Domain Theater, your home for the wonderful world of films that have (in the United States, at least) fallen into the public domain, and are free for everyone to see! This week, we have a film directed … Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Stranger (& “A Date to Skate”)
Post ’em if you got ’em! Continue reading The Pet Thread Is the Friends We Made Along the Way
As steaming services play a bigger and bigger role in the film and television industry, a lot of attention is going to their original content–but mainly streaming television shows. What about streaming movies? What hidden gems or washed up flops … Continue reading Awash In The Stream – The Breaker Upperers (Netflix 2018)
HAPPY WORLD WHALE DAY! Today, February 16 2019, is World Whale Day! A tradition that began in Maui, but has spread around the world in order to raise awareness for the protection and preservation of the majestic creatures! Here’s a … Continue reading World Whale Day Thread!
Welcome to Wrestling Wrecap, a column focused on discussing and dissecting the week in pro wrestling. This has been something of a week for controversial decisions in wrestling thanks to both WWE and New Japan. Which means that I’m mostly going … Continue reading Wrestle Wrecap: #ShoehornCharlotte
It’s the weekend! Laugh it up! Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Sat 2/16 2019)
SCIENCE! It’s all over the news, in one form or another. A number of us right here on the Avocado work in science, and when I’m not ruthlessly suppressing dissent against my dictatorial rule of this thread, I might just … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Goes To Mars
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A group of bickering superhumans, too “strange” to be regular heroes, who live in a mansion in the woods, hiding from a world that hates and fears them and maybe being … Continue reading DOOM PATROL: S1E1 “Pilot”
In celebration of Black History Month, here’s a thread dedicated to playwright Lorraine Hansberry. Info via Wikipedia. Hansberry was the first black female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun, … Continue reading Lorraine Hansberry Night Thread
I am enjoying this season of television. More than anything, I’m enjoying the flexibility it has shown in exploring its space, in spending time with the characters, in developing its universe as opposed to merely advancing its plot. But having … Continue reading Legion, Chapter 15
Hey, kitty girls! Welcome to the grand finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4! Following the departure of Latrice Royale in last week’s episode, the final four queens are competing in a challenge that will put their performance abilities to the … Continue reading RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars 4: Finale Discussion Thread
Six months have passed since Superman died in battle against Doomsday. The movie opens with a montage of the four men claiming to be the Man of Steel protecting Metropolis and the world. A young Superman saves a couple from … Continue reading Movie Review – Reign Of The Supermen
Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Feb. 15 – Today’s contestants are: – Mark, an environmental scientist from Ohio, met his wife in a coal mine; – Amanda, a project manager from Michigan, is a bead weaver, not a bedwetter; and – … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Feb. 15
Hi, all! Regular programming for Travelogia is on hiatus while I complete my upcoming travelogue, An Armada of Cats: Travels in Israel. Thanks to all who donated and who have offered feedback. The book is a firsthand exploration of my newly adopted country, sometimes … Continue reading Travelogia Special: An Excerpt From My Upcoming Book!
The Advocate was founded in 1967 as a newsletter by the activist’s group PRIDE. Created in response to a police raid on a gay bar called the Black Cat Tavern, the newsletter was sold in gay bars around Los Angeles … Continue reading Let’s Read The Advocate, August 1995!
To all who come to this happy place, welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the the ideals, … Continue reading The Inaugural(?) Theme Park Thread Opens Its Doors Prematurely
WARNING: This is a Not Safe For Work (NSFW) discussion! If you are afraid of others seeing what’s on your screen, leave now and come back later! Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the second LGBTQQIA+ discussion of the week, this one … Continue reading The LGBT+ Sex & Relationships Discussion
Let’s accompany your half price Valentine’s chocolate with some GIFs 1 – Post a SFW (or spoilered) gif 2 – Identify the source 3 – ??? 4 – Profit! Continue reading Identify This Gif
Hey, all; Happy Friday, No real topic this week, so it’s all about you. Share your ups, your downs, your successes your failures; or hell, even if you just need a minute to rant about the one dick who keeps … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 2/15/2019
Hello everybody, and welcome to the Weekly Shuffle Thread. the Avocado’s favorite place to show off your shuffle! Last weeks theme was songs with the word Heaven, and as exexalien suggested, this week might as well be Hell themed! Delve … Continue reading Your Weekly Shuffle Thread Is Going To HELL!
