Friends, ‘Cados, Countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Varro, not praise him. Jai Courtney has not gone on to a lot of terrible success. He’s had a string of high profile box office bombs, all of which … Continue reading Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Episode 10: Party Favors
So, a while ago I was watching Star Trek Deep Space 9. Specifically the episode The Die Is Cast. In the beginning of this episode Doctor Julian Bashir is having one of his regular lunches with his boyfriend the Cardassian … Continue reading Reading Recommendations For Fictional Characters
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April 27, XXXXX—7:00pm—The sunset casts everything into deep reds and blues. It feels like another world. All of you are sitting outside, having dinner by the lake. The manor is freeing and stifling in turn, and you find it refreshing … Continue reading WW121: The Haunting of Lupine Manor—Chapter 4
From 518 nominations, we’ve narrowed it down to the four Titans of the Cinema! Only you can decide who will be the final two to duke it out for the title of…THE AVOCADO’S FAVORITE FILM DIRECTOR! Continue reading The Avocado’s Favorite Film Director – ROUND 6!
Music and more. Name the Grammy winning composer who penned many Sesame Street classics such as “Sing”, “Bein’ Green”, and “C is for Cookie”. Sing Sing Correctional Facility is located in what US state? In a television episode from 2015, … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Sing
Introducing today’s contestants: Tim, an accountant from Massachusetts, ate a big cheeseburger; Molly, an engineering program manager from California, runs and eats donuts; Sharon, an administrative assistant from Alberta, whose apparently cat-related story I missed due to a technical problem. … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Thur., Apr. 23
This week’s suggested topic: New standards of presentation The world is still staying at home (or trying to, at least) and I want to talk about what standards of presentation we are and aren’t keeping up. What has changed, what … Continue reading The Women+ Thread
Gonna break “character” here. 651 songs qualified for the elimination rounds; this is more songs than were nominated, total, for the 16-bit tournament. As you might imagine, setting up this bracket is much harder to do compared to the 256 … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1996-2000: Playoffs, Round 1 (Part 1 of 9)
In Which This Will be Screened in Atom-o-Vision One of the most persistent questions in popular culture is, why are we attracted to scary stories? Why do we, as a public, subject ourselves to simulated terrors when the real world … Continue reading Weird, Overlooked, Wonderful 06: Matinee
I transferred to the University of Pittsburgh campus in Oakland back in 2001. After move – in was done, my Mom, sister, and I had lunch at the Original Hot Dog Shop aka The O. My mom had heard about … Continue reading The Original Hot Dog Shop Day Thread
Throwback Thirsty Thursday Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Thur 4 /23/2020)
Welcome to the weekly TV thread! As I’ve long said going back to the earliest days online doing this, one cannot live on anime alone. And compared to twenty years ago, there’s so much more content out there now and … Continue reading Couch Avocados: TV Discussion Thread
Touching and emotional scenes in comics certainly aren’t rare but there are still some of those really beautiful moments that work well. Some of the sensuality and intimacy in Watchmen resonates me, certain deaths over the years are important pieces in … Continue reading 30 Day Comic Book Challenge Day 9: Most Touching Scene
“Space, The final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It’s five-year mission: To explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!” The Naked … Continue reading Star Trek: TOS The Best Episodes
Happy Thursday! How are you doing, friends? What games are you playing and what do you think of them? As a bonus prompt, pitch a graphic novel version of a video game that you think would work well in that … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread #2 is a Graphic Novel, Not a Comic Book
All the votes have been tallied and the results are in! We started with 133 characters nominated from all eras of Star Trek on television, and over the last week or so, we’ve debated and discussed and agonized until we … Continue reading All Good Things…: The Best Non-Recurring Character in Star Trek–Results
Let’s discuss any and all music here. Got a new artist who’s rocking your boat that you want to talk about? Post a video! Found out about that unearthed Coltrane album that has the jazz freak in you losing your … Continue reading The Hidden Weekly Music Thread
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Or visit the quiz here. Remember to post your results (as a … Continue reading Triviacados: Thursday, April 23, 2020
Morning Politocadoes! The President is getting antsy. He hasn’t been golfing in weeks, he can’t go to his rallies, and he’s been cooped up in a house that we all know he hates. His daily press briefings on the … Continue reading The Thursday Politics Thread Rocks You Like A Hurricane
Hey it’s the 2020 NFL Draft already. And guess what? It’s all virtual. There’s no way this is gonna get screwed up at all and it will be 100% flawless. Get your picks in here. You want your team to … Continue reading 2020 NFL Draft: At Home Edition
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