Here’s the first of a weekly (until I lose interest) series of poetry posts. Alliteration for the win. This is Calliope, the muse of epic poetry. This a calliope. This is a poem by Louis MacNeice. Morning Sun Shuttles of … Continue reading Calliope Corner
This is the Night Thread. It’s like a Day Thread, but at night. And that concludes our intensive three-week course. Continue reading Emergency Night Thread 2/15
That night, the arena was quiet, with nothing the but the sound of Mockingjays singing — although there were figures meeting in the dark. Tributes District 1: Narrowstrife & Admirax District 2: Dramus18 & Nate the Lesser District 3: Hoho & Lindsay District 4: Louie & Owen District 5: Forget_it_Jake & … Continue reading WW 144: Hunger Wolves – Day 6
Domestic Girlfriend is a 28-volume romantic drama manga from Kei Sasuga which ran from 2014-2020. Synopsis Natsuo Fuji is a 2nd year high school boy with a crush on his young teacher Hina. After some friends drag him to a … Continue reading Manga Worth Reading: Domestic Girlfriend
“I’ve always wondered what could be beyond the height, depth, width, and time.” “Nausea.” “Through the Looking Glass” is an interestingly vanilla episode, for Farscape. It’s a “ship in trouble” plot with a misunderstood creature at its center, and it … Continue reading The Wonders I’ve Seen: 1×17, “Through the Looking Glass”
Here are today’s contestants: Phil, a graduate student, dressed as a circus ringmaster; Karen, a chaplain, got lost on the NYC subway; and Lance, a Ph.D. student, made a Jack the Ripper website. Lance is a one-day champ with winnings … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Feb. 15
Women in Love follows two depressed sisters who fall for repressed men. Ken Russell’s film is beautiful but chilly. He sprinkles shocking moments between stretches of tedium. The characters in D.H. Lawrence’s novel rejected their conformist society. Larry Kramer’s screenplay … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Women in Love (1969)
Happy Monday and Happy post Valentine’s Day for everyone, all for whom it was a busy day and all for whom it was not. How are you doing? What games are you playing and what do you think of them? … Continue reading Weekly Games Thread Speaks the Language of Love
If you haven’t come to Captain Video’s Sunday evening Tutturu screenings, I highly recommend them. We watch a series of educational shorts and early 20th century public domain films, and they’re usually a mix of fun, boring, and fairly educational! … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 1: “The Singing Cowboy”
Hello and welcome to a bit of an experimental series. Starting today, every other installment of guy talk (about once a month) we’ll be going through Bell Hooks’ book “The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity and Love” as a way … Continue reading Guy Talk 2-15-21: The Will to Change 1 -Emotional Freedom
(Full, current standings can always be found here) Group 24 & 25 Results [spoiler] Group 24: 66.67% Super Smash Bros. Brawl Main Theme 50.00% Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) Wave Ocean (The Water’s Edge) 50.00% Super Smash Bros. Brawl Mona Pizza’s Song … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2005-2008: Group 26
Welcome back to this special retrospective music-posting feature. The gimmick is simple — each week, you post your favorite 25 (or whatever) albums of a given year. We are now moving backwards until we run out of either albums or … Continue reading Albums By The Year: 1976
You are now entering Ad Space, a realm of commercials, brought before us so we might examine how they work, and discuss why we both love and hate them so. The Product:Verizon Wireless and its then hot-new cell phones, the … Continue reading Ad Space: Verizon vs. Ponies
. . . Trigger Warning: This doesn’t end well, so feel free to skip to the comments . . . 60 years ago today on February 15th 1961 Sabena Flight 548 crashed while attempting to land at Zaventem Airport in … Continue reading A Tragedy In Belgium: The 1961 US Figure Skating Team Day Thread
Do you hate morning shows? Do you hate Hallmark? Then you should steer clear of this film. Otherwise, come right on in. This time we’re watching Good Morning Christmas! Synopsis: Two squabbling TV hosts are sent to a festive small … Continue reading Hallmark Countdown to Christmas: Good Morning Christmas! Recap/Review
Everyone is welcome, from seasoned shredders to beboppin’ beginners! Come on in and discuss making music with us. Continue reading The Avocado JAMS! (a thread for musicians)
Ah, for that brief time some of us thought Cool World was the place to live in, or Who’s Hunting Roger Rabbit. The real world and the animated world collide! Today’s question delves into the realm of all the worlds that you … Continue reading 30 Day Animation Challenge Day 15: The Animated World You’d Live In
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. Quiz Type: Forced Order Quiz Note: Only includes novel/novella works. Some may be books … Continue reading Triviacados: Monday, February 15, 2021
Tell us about your shenanigans. What did you do this weekend? Continue reading What Did You Do This Weekend?
Is the GOP’s extremist wing now too big to fail? Congressional Republicans have crystallized an ominous question by rejecting consequences for Donald Trump over the January 6 riot in his impeachment trial and welcoming conspiracy theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Not Participating in President’s Day Sales
