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Yes, I was on a certain nationally televised gameshow being broadcast for the first time today. For the record, I was (and still am) pretty nervous about the whole thing. By making this info public, y’all get to know my … Continue reading ImpromptuJ’s Jeopardy! Appearance Thread
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For the lucky seventh year in a row, the Avocado is hosting a live online seder. Seder is the traditional service for the Jewish holiday of Passover But as always, everyone, Jewish or gentile, is invited! Passover is the eight-day-long … Continue reading Avocado Seder VII Remake Intergrade
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You may have seen me referring to “my show” or the big project I’ve been working on for five years. Well — here it is! Stranded in the year 2000 after a botched experiment, depressed and dysfunctional physicist Sarah has … Continue reading DISPLACED: a comedy web series by me
– It wasn’t a great GIF, but how often do you see a great GIF?
– Oh, I saw a great GIF last night, it was, uh… Continue reading Identify This GIF!
Here are today’s contestants: – Tanya Iyer, a student originally from Lisle, Illinois; – Brent Wilson, a manager research analyst from Toronto, Ontario; and – Jamie Ding, a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Jamie is a 10-day … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Mar. 27
“I’ll tell him I need the money for charity. To provide good homes for bad stenographers.” Continue reading The Avocado Movie Club #45: Love Me Tonight (1932)
Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Shuffle Thread, your favorite place to show off your shuffles! Most musicians and rockstars tend to have lots of body art, so why not make our special theme of the … Continue reading The Weekly Shuffle Thread Gets A TATTOO!
We have 279 songs this time, broken into 12 group of 24 For this round, you may vote for as many songs as you like! Songs will be ranked based on how many upvotes they got out of everyone who … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Group 5
Friday! New! Music! here’s the list from Consequence of Sound: — The Academy Is… – Almost There — ADULT. – Kissing Luck Goodbye — Artemas – getting up to no good — Big Harp – Runs to Blue — Black … Continue reading Friday New Music 3/27
The swamp at two in the morning is not quiet; it is one of the loudest places I have ever been,” [photographer Frank] Relle says. “But a photograph of it is silent. And in that silence, there is an opening. … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Takes a Quiet Moment
Hey, all; Happy And Healthy Friday – Well, normally, this column would have some manner of joke pertaining to my being at PAX East; the biggest gaming convention on the East Coast. Normally. Therefore. it is sad to tell, that, … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 3/27/2026 – Just Another Weekend
Taemin is a genius. With a beautiful voice. And I need everyone here to know that. So here’s a video of him singing! Every time I watch this (which is a lot) I find new moments to fall in love … Continue reading The 3/26 Night Thread is in Love
We move on the Sweet 16 of the March Madness Tournament, starting with the first set of Men’s Games today. Please live chat about the games here. You may also check our Bracket Groups below Men’s Bracket Group Women’s Bracket … Continue reading March Madness – Sweet 16 Thread
…The Treasurer? Wait a minute, what did The Treasurer do? Continue reading Werewolfs 245: The Wolf Crystal – Day 2
I’m This is a safe space: a space for women+ to come together as we are. All of our wants, needs, thoughts, feelings, experiences, losses, successes etc. are welcome. We are here to support each other during trying times and … Continue reading Weekly Women’s+ Thread
Here are today’s contestants: – Jeff Bienstock, a musical theater writer from Brooklyn, New York (Jeff’s personal account of his appearance on the episode can be found here: https://the-avocado.org/2026/03/26/impromptujs-jeopardy-thread/); – Donna Vaughan Singer, a radio news anchor from Long Island, … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Mar. 26
Don’t forget…Some things mustn’t be forgotten. Continue reading Afraid and Alone #13: Amnesia: The Dark Descent (2010)
We have 279 songs this time, broken into 12 group of 24 For this round, you may vote for as many songs as you like! Songs will be ranked based on how many upvotes they got out of everyone who … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2025: Group 4
Happy Thursday, friends! What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, let’s talk about our favorite deserts in video games. Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is Deserted
Purple Day is an international grassroots effort dedicated to increasing awareness about epilepsy worldwide. Continue reading March 26th Day Thread is Purple!
Last fall, we did a little series of monsters in comics and now I’d like to do a little series on fantasy creatures whether they’re in a fantasy setting or not. So we’ll get started with dragons. What are your … Continue reading Comic Book Conversations: Dragons
