Today, March 8, 2019, it was International Women’s Day. It is also known as the United Nations (UN) Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace. It is a focal point in the movement for women’s rights. After the Socialist Party of America … Continue reading International Women’s NIGHT THREAD (3/8/18)
Hi folks. As you know, I live in the UK and if there’s one thing we have a lot of here, it’s castles. Perhaps too many! Whether you’re new to the castle viewing business or a veteran of admiring hardened … Continue reading Doctuar’s UK Castle Review
I love travelogues. Not only can travel enable you to see the world, but the act of traveling itself can open your eyes to the world at its best. Done well, a travel documentary can take you on that same … Continue reading Michael Palin’s New Europe
Episode title: Dragonstone Director: Directed by Jeremy Podeswa Written by: David Benioff & D. B. Weiss Summary: Disguised as Walder Frey, Arya Stark kills all the House Frey men with poisoned wine. While traveling south, Arya makes camp with friendly Lannister soldiers. The Brotherhood and Sandor Clegane take shelter in the farm Sandor once robbed. Thoros of Myr shows Sandor a flame vision of White Walkers at a point where the Wall meets the sea. The White Walkers and wights march south. Bran Stark and Meera Reed arrive at the Wall. Edd lets them in. Jon Snow forgives children Alys … Continue reading Game of Thrones Rewatch. Season Seven. Episode one “Dragonstone” & Episode two “Stormborn”
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 do some gifs, on this, the anniversary of the Russian February revolution. In Soviet Russia March February’s you or something. 1- Post a SFW (or spoilered) gif. 2- Identify the source 3- ??? 4 – Profit! Continue reading Identify This Gif
Lt. Trout leads you to the tunnel she’s dug. It leads out the back of the late Clothide Renou’s dressing room dugout, forward and down under no-man’s land. “Everyone pick a buddy,” says Lt. Trout, lighting kerosene lanterns and candles. … Continue reading Werewolves 85: 191X – Day 9
Bring up an album you love, and make an argument as to why a certain line/quotation is the key to understanding the album as a whole. Continue reading Most Important Line on an Album
Hey, all; Happy Friday – Last Wednesday, around the time Michael Cohen was being called by those on-high to answer for his many, many misdeeds against man, country, and God, I found myself experiencing what best could be … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 3/8/2019 – Waiting
Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Mar. 8 – Here are today’s contestants: – Conor, a graduate student from New Jersey, did his thesis on old-timey baseball; – Josh, a journalist from California, visited China ten times but has avoided the Great Wall; and – Dana, an educator from California, recently was a mature flower girl. Dana is a three-day champ with winnings of $64,002. Dana passed on the opportunity to take the lead on DD3, but still finished very strongly in DJ to show the way into FJ with $17,600 vs. $13,200 for Josh and $9,200 for Conor. DD1, $400 – … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Mar. 8
Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Shuffle Thread! I have a lot of fun making these every Friday at 12 noon EST, and I while I always try to make a good shuffle thread, today is … Continue reading Let’s MAKE A Weekly Shuffle Thread!
“There isn’t much good portrait painting being done today, and I think it is because with all this war, commercialism and fascism, human beings have been steadily marked down in value, despised, rejected and degraded.” –Alice Neel, 1950 Alice Neel … Continue reading The Alice Neel Day Thread
Tell me what you’re excited for or interested in this week – I’ve got nothing really (except probably Foals). Also Hospice‘s Antlers is apparently old enough to have a ten year anniversary re-release which is… wild. Ok! Enjoy the Friday, we’ve only got thousands of them in our life time. List taken from Consequence of Sound (and edited and supplemented for relevancy): — Adam French – The Back Foot and The Rapture — Alan Vega – You Pay / Too Many Teardrops 12-Inch — Alice Phoebe Lou – Paper Castles — Amanda Palmer – There Will Be No Intermission — ANNAVR – II: Vibration EP — The Antlers – Hospice (10th Anniversary Reissue) — Astralingua – Safe Passage — Bencoolen – Daydream — Berkowitz – World Gone … Continue reading Friday New Music 3/8
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! I really don’t have much to say. Reality speaks for itself. I have nothing left to complain about or rail against. It’s all just so…so dumb. One of these days I’ll actually put some effort into sharing some news here, but right now I can’t even think of anything. My affliction of Trump Dumbening Syndrome is too much to bear! Be respectful of each other, and do not… Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Celebrates the End of a Very Dumb Week
This is the quarterfinals for the Millennial Years generation of video games, covering games roughly between 2000-05 including the PS2, GameCube, Xbox, Dreamcast and GBA. Please vote for one game in each pairing. The top voted game in each pair will … Continue reading Best Video Game Tournament – Millennial Years – Quarterfinals
I haven’t even seen this episode yet, but when I do, I’ll probably want to talk about it here! Hopefully this will do as a space for both Episode 7 “Light and Shadows” and Episode 8 “If Memory Serves.” Since … Continue reading Star Trek: Discovery S2E8: If Memory Serves
Heya Guacs! In this episode of the GamesCast, I discuss video game exploration with Andy Tuttle, Mr. Glitch, and podcast newcomer Lovely Bones. We also talk about Disney parks, the February Nintendo Direct, Reggie Fils-Aime’s retirement, and disappointing games with interesting settings. As always, thanks to The Kappa for a bang-up editing job. You can listen to the podcast with the embedded player above, or you can subscribe on iTunes, on Google Play, or directly to our podcast feed. You can also download a copy directly from the Internet Archive. Please check out the linkdump on the podcast’s website, and … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #45: Hillys & Hengsha
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