The Big Snit is a short animated film, directed by Richard Condie and released by the National Film Board of Canada in 1985. The ten-minute short is is about a married couple, who begin fighting over a game of Scrabble … Continue reading The Big Snit Night Thread
The North American House Hippo is a small, mostly nocturnal creature found throughout Canada and the Eastern United States. House hippos have adapted very well to urban landscapes, and are frequently found inhabiting people’s homes, surviving on foraged food and … Continue reading The North American House Hippo Day Thread
The southeastern part of Hudson Bay is an incredibly remote place that also happens to be filled with some fascinating little geographic oddities. First is the featured image, the Nastapoka Arc, a nearly perfect circular arc, covering a little over … Continue reading The Day Thread visits northern Quebec
May 25th is Towel Day, the annual tribute to Douglas Adams and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Celebrating is simple, just be sure you know where your towel is as you go about your day. To quote the first … Continue reading The Towel Day Thread
It’s winner-take-all time. What’s it going to be, nachos or buffalo wings? Continue reading The Avocado’s Favourite Appetizer – Finals
Apologies for the slight delay in getting this up, I had a few things going on yesterday that kept me from getting this up. Regardless, we’re now on to the semi-finals! Who will get to go for the gold next … Continue reading The Avocado’s Favourite Appetizer – Semifinals
After a long break for Easter, the tournament resumes at a critical phase. We’re down to the heavyweights now. Continue reading The Avocado’s Favourite Appetizer – Quarterfinals
Things are tightening up in the battle for the best appetizer, and some strong contenders are starting to get sent home. Which entrants will make it on to the quarterfinals? Continue reading The Avocado’s Favourite Appetizer – Savoury 16
Half the field is gone, and we’re on to the round of 32. Time to vote! Continue reading The Avocado’s Favourite Appetizer – Round of 32
Hello everyone, and welcome to the first round of the Avocado’s favourite appetizer tournament. Just a couple of quick programming notes: first of all, I’ve tried to seed things as fairly as I can, to keep the most popular nominees … Continue reading The Avocado’s Favourite Appetizer – Round of 64
We’ve had some dessert-themed food tournaments, but following a recent (ish) discussion in the OT, it seemed like a tournament for anti-dessert (known to some as appetizers or starters) would also be fun. I’ll run the nominations themselves this week, … Continue reading The Avocado’s Favourite Appetizer: Nominations
The finals are here, and it’s time for… Marge vs. the Volcano! Continue reading The XKCD Versus Tournament, Finals
It’s getting down to the wire now. Only four heavy hitters remain, who will end up taking it? Continue reading The XKCD Versus Tournament, Semifinals
It’s on to the quarterfinals, now, and this tournament is teaching me many things about this site. For one thing, turns out we don’t like comic books all that much, unless they’re French. And we’re also big fans of geology … Continue reading The XKCD Versus Tournament, Quarterfinals
It’s time for Round 2, but first the results from Round 1: One behind the scenes note, in that the Kramer versus Kramer bracket was tied, so I was ultimately forced to make a tie-breaking vote for Kramer. Apologies to … Continue reading The XKCD Versus Bracket Tournament, Round 2
I’ve always wanted to run a tournament, but have also always been too lazy to gather nominations and set up brackets. Thankfully, Randall Munroe pregenerated a perfect tournament with Monday’s XKCD comic. Let the supremely lazy games begin! Continue reading The XKCD Versus Bracket Tournament, Round 1
February 2nd, 1989 marked the release of one of PC gaming’s most storied franchises: SimCity. Designed by Will Wright at Maxis, the studio he had recently co-founded with producer Jeff Braun, the game was initially released on Amiga and Macintosh, … Continue reading The Day Thread Celebrates SimCity
I had planned on doing a longer header for the day thread today, but I was sick yesterday and didn’t have the energy to write anything. So instead, I thought I’d share a bit of one of my favourite cities … Continue reading The Day Thread Visits Porto
The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse sits on the southernmost part of the Toronto Islands. It was built in 1808, and is the oldest lighthouse on the Great Lakes, and one of the oldest buildings in the City of Toronto. It is … Continue reading The Haunted Lighthouse Day Thread
Hello out there, we’re on the air, it’s Hockey Night tonight Tension grows, the whistle blows, and the puck goes down the ice The goalie jumps, and the players bump, and the fans all go insane Someone roars, “Bobby Scores!”, at the … Continue reading The Best Day Thread You Can Name
An interstate highway — sixty-five — running from Alabama up to just shy of Chicago. It ought to be quitting time in this part of Kentucky, but the daylight just won’t shake. The sun just won’t go away. There are … Continue reading The Kentucky Route Zero Night Thread
