Sheltie, subbing for Agnew, here! With the impending Thanksgiving holiday, let’s take a look back at the eating habits of one of the more obscure Roman emperors, Vitellius. Aulus Vitellius Germanicus Augustus (15-69 AD) was a proconsul turned commander of … Continue reading The November 12 History Thread Feasts Like Vitellius
Video edit by Vic Berger Continue reading The Bob Dylan Stares into the Infinite Day Thread
This is like the fourth Day Thread I’ve done about this show, so let’s keep it simple. It’s called Summer Camp Island. It’s about a bunch of animal kids going to a summer camp run by teenage witches. It’s super … Continue reading The Summer Camp Island Season 2 Day Thread
In 2017, a YouTuber uploaded a seven minute long remix of an obscure 1984 Japanese pop song entitled “Plastic Love” by Mariya Takeuchi. A funky little number, “Plastic Love” is an ode to trying to forget a former lover. Takeuchi … Continue reading Plastic Love Night Thread
As part of my ongoing quest to bring a little culture to this site, I’d like to talk about Hurray For The Riff Raff. Hurray for the Riff Raff is basically Alynda Segarra and whoever she happens to be playing … Continue reading Hurray For the January 3rd Night Thread
Same drill as last year, post links to your favorite Christmas songs that are actually pretty good. Last year I went with a classic, Mr. Tom Waits’ “Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis”. This time, I’m highlighting a more … Continue reading Second Annual Christmas Songs That Don’t Suck Thread
[Caveats: The Missing: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories does contain graphic violence (though highly stylized), and self-harm and suicide themes. It’s also a fairly short game, but one worth the price, I think.] Why should you play this … Continue reading The Night Thread: JJ Macfield and the Island of Memories
(Watch Summer Camp Island, guacs) Continue reading The Night Thread of the Camp Counselor Witch Putting on a Talent Show
This month I’ll be watching spooky movies I haven’t seen yet. Reviews to be posted whenever I happen to have time. Businessman Jeffery Desange goes a bit nuts after running a company into the ground. Killing several employees and his … Continue reading Sheltie Watches Scary Stuff: Bring Your Daughters to the Slaughter(s)- Mama (2013)
Magic is real here, far away from home Anything can happen when witches make the rules Monsters are cool, the moon is our friend I want to stay with you on Summer Camp Island Summer Camp Island is an cartoon … Continue reading Summer Camp Island Night Thread
Warning: This article contains huge spoilers for Steven Universe up to and including the most recent episode, “Reunited.” Previously I wrote on how the introduction of Yellow and Blue Diamond, two of Steven Universe’s main antagonists, cemented them as credible … Continue reading Conflicted Diamonds: How Steven Universe Made Its Villains Interesting (Part II)
Warning: This article contains huge spoilers for Steven Universe up to and including the most recent episode, “Reunited.” For me, villains are usually the best part of a story. At best, they’re an essential part of the story’s conflict; at … Continue reading Conflicted Diamonds: How Steven Universe Made Its Villains Interesting (Part I)
I’m not the biggest fan of the color blue (black is my favorite, as edge-lordy as it sounds), but I do have a soft spot for a certain shade that is commonly called “Maya Blue.” True to it’s name, the … Continue reading The History Thread is Feeling (Maya) Blue.
I really like this song. I’m the screen the blinding light I’m the screen, I work at night. I see today with a newsprint fray My night is colored headache gray Don’t wake me with so much. Daysleeper. Continue reading Daysleeper Night Thread
In part of my ongoing quest to hype up stuff I liked, this night thread is about Ingrid Goes West, a very dark 2017 indie comedy starring Aubrey Plaza as the eponymous Ingrid. Ingrid is a lonely young woman who … Continue reading The Night Thread Goes West
As a lot of Avocados may realize, I am a big fan of the anime series Nichijou (“My Ordinary Life”), and as part of my tireless evangelism the show, I decided to make my first open thread about it. Airing for … Continue reading The Night Thread Is Not A Robot
I love (Mad )Max Rockatansky’s jacket. After watching Road Warrior dozens of times as a kid, I gained a real appreciation for that piece of a leather, with it’s cool shoulder pad and missing sleeve. Some theorize that the missing … Continue reading Pop Culture Clothes You Want
In my continuing uh, journey, through TNG I’ve decided to skip to the season that everyone seems to agree is when the show really starts to come together . I heard that the first episode of season 3 isn’t that … Continue reading Star Trek: The Next Generation S3E01 “Evolution”
Space for discussing the new Steven Universe episodes “Lars of the Stars” and “Jungle Moon”. Continue reading Steven Universe: Season 05 Episode 11-12 “Lars of the Stars/ Jungle Moon”
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