The internet tells me today is … huh. There are no fun gif-able holidays today. It is Eat What You Want Day and also Hostess CupCake Day and National Public Gardens Day, if you’re really looking for a reason to … Continue reading Comment of the Week Friday Edition
Jeopardy! recap for Fri., May 11 – Although they didn’t know it, all three of these players could advance to the next round of the Teachers Tournament with scores of over $5,600: – Ranjani, 10th and 11th English from Friendswood, … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., May 11
We lost at trivia last night thanks to a question about the ten US states with an average elevation of greater than 3000 feet. As sort of a hair shirt for that failure, today’s questions are about some of those … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Elevated States
There have been many Indian movies about the country’s fraught relationship with Pakistan. It is only natural, given their history. This week’s movie, Lahore, addresses the relationship more directly, and hints at the possibility of reconciliation. It is also a story … Continue reading WTF ASIA 4: Lahore (2010)
Spin Magazine was founded in 1985 by Bob Guccione Jr., the son of the founder of Penthouse, and ran in print until 2012. The magazine was ostensibly created to keep up with the music scene, particularly the college rock, alternative, and … Continue reading Let’s Read Spin, May 1991!
Somehow, for yet another week in a row, you find yourself at the same spot. The same bar, the same stool, the same tinted light over your head bathing your entire visual spectrum in a chill blue tint. Why you’ve … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 5/11/2018
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: Drinks!
It’s time for another round of Muppet Casting, where we take a famous movie and ask, if Jim Henson’s Muppets made their own version of it (in the vein of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island), which Muppets … Continue reading Muppet Casting: Pinocchio
A noble shout-out to Wafflicious for the topic idea. I hate using the phrase “It’s that time of year,” especially when that could refer to any time of year – it’s a specific kind of phrase that has such vague … Continue reading Let’s Talk: Travel
Welcome to the Weekly Shuffle Thread, posted every Friday by yours truly at 12 noon EST. Today’s theme will make those with a sweet tooth happy, because we’re all about songs with the word HONEY in them! Channel your inner … Continue reading Honey, it’s The Weekly Shuffle Thread!
90.) In The Mood For Love directed by Wong Kar-wai, 2000 89.) The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly directed by Sergio Leone, 1966 88.) Pickpocket directed by Robert Bresson, 1959 87.) The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of … Continue reading Scott OT #73: The Day Thread goes through Scott’s top 100 (81-90) (5/11)
Happy Friday Avocadoans! Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy franchises from the last several decades of gaming history. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be dispelling the fog of war surrounding Warcraft. Noah … Continue reading Franchise Festival #11: Warcraft
1- Post a SFW gif 2- Pronounce gif with a hard G 3- Identify the source 4-??? 5- Profit Continue reading Identify This Gif
It’s Friday again! Time for some new music – which, look, I’m going to include a list of things that will be out today but there’s only one thing for me this week. Beach House – 7: there aren’t many bands I love … Continue reading Friday New Music 5/11
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! Considering how much dirt we as citizens already have on Trump, can you imagine how much Mueller has. I’m starting to think that investigating Trump is easier than winning a game of Clue. “It … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Gets Its Upvotes From Russia
Everybody have fun tonight! Everybody Wang Chung tonight. Nick Feldman and Jack Hues form the core of Wang Chung. Jack Hues, incidentally, is a pseudonym, and a French one at that. It’s pronounced “j’accuse”. The band was formerly called “Huang … Continue reading Everybody Wang Chung the Night Thread 5/10
Episode Grade: B This episode of the Expanse sees the Rocinante touch down on Io, but with a minimum of fanfare. Such a minimum, and with the cost-saving decision do do it off camera, that it took me a second to realize … Continue reading The Expanse: Season 3 Episode 5, “Triple Point”
“The Ties That Bind” Diaz targets Team Arrow and their loved ones. Oliver struggles with Felicity putting herself in danger when she gets the chance to stop Diaz for good. So we’ve reached a point in the story that … Continue reading 5/10/18 Arrow Live Chat
Hey, Miss Vanjies! Last week saw us bid farewell to Monique Heart, the heart of Season 10, whose endless supply of catchphrases and GIF-worthy moments unfortunately came to an end after a lacklustre performance in the Snatch Game and a very difficult-to-watch … Continue reading RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 10: Episode 8 Discussion Thread
The campers cross the lake that night, not sure what to expect on the other side. But there it is: Thorney Towers Home for the Disturbed. The old asylum, from when psitanium wrecked the town and drove out all but … Continue reading Werewolf 60 – Psychonauts – Day 3
Jeopardy! recap for Thur., May 10 – Game four of the Teachers Tournament featured these contestants: – Katherine, high school English and French from Alameda, CA, who incorprates farm visits in her teaching; – Indi, 8th grade science from Seattle, … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., May 10
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