Today was the 44th Birthday of Amy Adams, star of Enchanted, Arrival, and currently HBO’s Sharp Objects among others. She is the winner of multiple Academy Awards in our hearts, which is all that really matters. Continue reading The Amy Adams Deserves An Oscar Night Thread
So yeah. Long time no trivia. Lots of little reasons that amount to I have had other stuff going on, but with the Learned League season starting up again it seems like a good time to try and get back … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: The American Southwest
Hey! It’s that time of the year again. A new crop of shows are about to premiere. The CW is expanding into Sunday nights, meaning more new shows to join their superheroes, crazy ex-girlfriends and Archies. Never Forget. All-American When … Continue reading 2018 Fall TV Preview – The CW (In Which I Try To Be Seethingly Polite About The Charmed Backlash)
Follow along with the bracket at https://challonge.com/mapk3651. Remember, downvotes count as upvotes. Continue reading ELITE EIGHT: Best TV Opening Sequence/Theme Song Tournament. VOTING IS CLOSED
It’s my first day back from vacation, so I’m going to waste more time on the Internet. You know the drill, two titles portmanteaued to make a third. This time, we’ll leave it open to any genre. Continue reading Combine Two Titles to Make a Third
Our Round of 16 proved mostly lopsided- the exception being the battle of The Thing vs Thor. Overcoming the disadvantage of multiple terrible film adaptions, it was The Thing who 64-62 at the close of the polls, ending the God … Continue reading The Superhero Tournament- Quarterfinals
Hello and welcome to the weekly fitness thread. This week’s topic is: Body Positivity! A lot of us struggle to like how we look, or work hard to change how we look. This week, I’d like to take a minute … Continue reading The Weekly Fitness Thread Looks Good
What games are you playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: What are your favorite games and characters that clearly ripped off other properties from film/TV/books? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Resembles but Is Legally Distinct From Another Thread
I love Football. I can’t remember a time when I didn’t. I played as a youth, up through High School – played a little club ball in college. I get excited when training camp starts, I watch the stupid Hall … Continue reading The Contras: Forbidden Love
Could be an old friend, a past lover, a family member, a hated teacher… anyone! Post the song and tell us who it reminds you of, and why! Continue reading Songs That Remind You of Someone
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Crazy Rich Asians The Meg Mile 22 Mission: Impossible – Fallout Alpha Crazy Rich Asians became the latest minority-led film to ‘over-perform’ (at this point we should probably instead frame it as … Continue reading Box Office: August 17-19
Hi everybody, it is thread two for fantasy football. (Thread 1 located here: https://the-avocado.org/2018/08/08/avocado-fantasy-football-year-3/ ) At this point, I’ve confirmed 10 of 12 owners as returning, bluelightspecial has been voluntarily replaced and I just have Eltneg outstanding. I haven’t seen … Continue reading AVCAD Fantasy Football: Draft/Time
Eight remain. To emphasize the 70’s output for each of these artists, I’ve listed them below, along with the albums they released in that decade only. This round will end on Tuesday at 8am PST. David Bowie The Man Who … Continue reading Tournament: Best 70s Bands, Quarterfinals
On this day in 1890, at 9 AM, gifted author and terrible racist HP Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island. Mr. Lovecraft often affected the manner of a Georgian gentleman, and pretended to be a neurasthenic esthete, but he … Continue reading Howard Phillips Lovecraft Birth Day Thread
Part 1 – Enter the Wu-Tang We looked at the Wu-Tang Clan’s first solo album last time which came from the most obvious candidate in Method Man, but the big question was “Who would come next?”. If there was one … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Wu-Tang Clan (Part 2 – The First Batch of Solo Albums)
Jennifer waved goodbye to her friends as they she walked up her driveway to her house. The leaves were beginning to change and her junior year was getting off to a far better start than her sophomore year. She had … Continue reading Werewolves 69: A Nightmare on Werewolf Street – Day 1
I actually had a weekend where I forgot about politics for a bit, it was fantastic. But also why I forgot the politics thread last night. Sorry about that! Be best to your fellow avocados, flag for anything that … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Finally!
A place for all MLB and baseball related talk! Continue reading Avocado Fantasy Baseball Week 19/MLB Talk
Hot take: Dr. Jonas Venture was not a good person. He was an arrogant and self-absorbed father to Rusty. He treated his son like a novelty he quickly grew tired of. When Rusty started to doubt the myth of Jonas … Continue reading The Venture Bros. Review: “Arrears in Science” (Season 7, Episode 3)
