Long ago, I did an open thread honoring some of my favorite high school mascots (inspired by own alma mater’s fear-inspiring sobriquet, the mighty Stickers), so tonight I’ll feature some more great mascots, college edition. The objectively best mascot in … Continue reading The Fightin’ Night Thread
I often see people – especially in the Open Threads and the Politics Thread – joke, “There are other threads?” It’s true! There are other threads, and too few of us properly explore them. So today’s challenge is to visit an … Continue reading Day Thread of the Other Threads Challenge
Hooray! Today is Squeep’s first birthday! Freaking finally! I swear she’s been a kitten since W. was in office. She’s seen things you wouldn’t believe. But today she is a certified full-grown kitty cat. Since my very first Open Thread … Continue reading Squeep’s First Birthday Thread!
In my family, the pastime of choice when we get together is bourré, a trick-taking card game similar to spades, in the sense that snorkeling is similar to deep-sea diving. In bourré (best played with three to eight players), first, … Continue reading Gambling on the Day Thread (4/3)
I’m going to take this opportunity to showcase Werewolf on the Avocado. Werewolf (also called Mafia) is a game wherein a group of Townsfolk try to suss out the Werewolves in their midst, an initiative often complicated by the existence … Continue reading Werewolf? THERE Wolf! Night Thread (3/22)
Today is Badger’s birthday! I’m making this his day thread because 1) I can, and 2) he’s been an Avocado cat almost his whole life. After all, you guys named him when he was just two weeks old, and he … Continue reading Badger’s Big Day Thread
The first Shin Megami Tensei (or MegaTen) game I ever played was SMT: Nocturne, the third in the series. I picked it up on a whim for the PS2 and was instantly hooked. Set in a Tokyo that goes post-apocalyptic … Continue reading The Demi-fiend’s Day Thread (3/4)
When I was growing up, the movie for slumber parties was The Watcher in the Woods (1980). I don’t know why it was a perennial favorite for pre-teen girls growing up in south Louisiana in the 1980s, but it was, … Continue reading The Watcher in the Night Thread (2/27/18)
A friend recently alerted me to the existence of Conservation Canines, an initiative out of the University of Washington that uses rescue dogs to detect various wildlife scat (poop) to monitor and track threatened and endangered species. The dogs selected … Continue reading The Day Thread Is a Good Thread, Yes It Is! (2/19/18)
I’ve taught English composition and literature for almost 18 years now, and despite many, many contenders for the title, nothing has yet beaten one student sentence for sheer amazingness (I wrote it down and took a picture at the time, because … Continue reading The Children Are Our Future Day Thread
I’ve recently become obsessed with The Great British Baking Show (yes, I was very late getting the memo). It’s a ridiculously charming show that somehow manages to be twee as hell without being annoying. The competition takes place in a … Continue reading The Great British Night Thread (1/31)
Everybody move! My favorite fact of all time is this: According to his The Princess Bride co-star Cary Elwes, while growing up in France, Andre the Giant, né Roussimoff, was driven to school on occasion by his neighbor, Samuel Beckett, … Continue reading Andre the Day Thread (1/22)
