On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers broke the baseball color line. For 80 years, African American players were not allowed to play Major League Baseball. For his actions, he was cruelly threatened by spectators, rival players, … Continue reading The Jackie Robinson Day Thread (4/15)
We bake bread fairly frequently but it’s always an occasion when those loaves first come out of the oven and you can hear the crust cracking as it cools and the moisture escapes. We have a tried and true recipe … Continue reading Sunday Food Thread 4/15 We’re Baking Bread!
With their third album, A Hard Day’s Night, the Beatles met the challenge of providing a film soundtrack for the first time, and despite the time they were putting in making the movie, the result is one of their finest. … Continue reading Album Spotlight: The Beatles—A Hard Day’s Night
Tonight’s episode of SNL is hosted by John Mulaney, with musical guest Jack White. Mulaney previously worked in the writer’s room and will be returning to host for the first time! Continue reading Saturday Night Live Season 43 Episode 18
Doctor Who has been around for over fifty years, give or take a few years where they weren’t actually on the air, and when they did that TV movie, and when they were only radio plays and comic books and … Continue reading The Night Thread of the Doctor (Who?)
You all chuck Emily Gilmore’s body out of the window, completely sure that you satisfied her last request and have not disrespected her in any way. Those bodies are really starting to pile up out there. Gavin Newsom, CEO of … Continue reading Werewolf 58: The Room- Day 7
It’s the weekend again! Time to dump all your pet pics in this here thread. Don’t be stingy. Continue reading Pet Thread: Is Experiencing Some Major Déjà Vu (4/14)
Happy Saturday!! Enjoy your day!! Have fun posting!! Continue reading Happy Saturday DAY THREAD (4/14)
Note: This week’s planned article, a follow-up on last week’s article about Vladimir Putin, has been postponed. I didn’t have time to write an original piece from scratch, so I’m revising something from my personal archive again. On February 2, … Continue reading How We Got Here: The American Protective League, the Wobblies and the “War on Slackers”
♬ The misdeeds of the Turks have been “spouted” thro’ all lands, But how about the Russians, can they show spotless hands? They slaughtered well at Khiva, in Siberia icy cold, How many subjects done to death will never perhaps … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Threads Marches as to War
Episode Grade: B Life’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon. It may be a cliche but it also is a pretty apt way to sum up this episode. It’s wonderful to have goals (or so I hear) to work towards, … Continue reading Jane the Virgin: S04E16, “Chapter 80”
A venue of discussion for fans of metal, punk, hardcore and all the countless related sub-genres. Continue reading Heavy Side Up Weekly Discussion
Kevin Bacon just wants to know where he is. He just wants to know what is going on, what’s his motivation. Maybe it all ends well for our hero, confused Kevin Bacon. Continue reading Friday the 13th Night Thread: Kevin Bacon Cameo
Hello educators and education – adjacent workers! It’s time for another round of the very occasional Dark Sarcasm in the Classroom thread where we get to complain and bitch and brag and stuff! If you are not an educator, or … Continue reading Dark Sarcasm in the Classroom: The Occasional Education Thread. Topic: Parents!
Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Apr. 13 – Here are the contestants for day five of the College Championship: – Eric, a senior at Dartmouth, who watches Jeopardy! with his five roommates “before bed” (exactly what time do they go to … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Apr. 13
The shadowy figure from yesterday hands their gun to a different shadowy figure. This one has a nice hat. The shadowy figure approaches the confused Englishman. There’s no way someone could be this confused without hiding something, they think. The … Continue reading Werewolf 58: The Room- Day 6
Popular Science began life as The Popular Science Monthly in 1872, by a blind science writer and lecturer who employed his wife, brother, and sister as editors and contributors with the help of their friends like Charles Darwin and Walt Whitman. … Continue reading Let’s Read Popular Science, April 1953!
Welcome to Recipe Exchange, posted on Fridays around lunchtime with a theme. Share recipes around that theme, or if you’ve just made something amazing, feel free to veer off topic. (Note: my WordPress account was created long before I became … Continue reading Recipe Exchange: Bacon!
1- Post a SFW Gif 2- Identify the source 3- ??? 4- Profit Continue reading Identify This Gif
The game is simple! Post a few lines of lyrics and let others try to guess who performed the song! Rules: NO CHEATING by using a search engine! This is only going to be fun if you use your own … Continue reading Name That Band! (By These Lyrics)
All about Central Asia, except the parts that aren’t. Unless the trivia muse grabs me by the neck and shakes me like a Polaroid of a crying baby, I don’t expect to post over the weekend. Liechtenstein is one of … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: The Stans
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