Almost as good as the action figures within the box were the bios of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters. Obviously lusting after the toys you didn’t have was great, but I’ll be damned if I didn’t cut out those character … Continue reading Night Thread of Vital Statistics: 15 April 2026
In 1991, Marvel published its second series of Marvel Universe trading cards. You could learn the bios and vital statistics of your favorite heroes, and also Darkhawk. But what I really want to point out is that Aunt May can’t … Continue reading Power Ratings Day Thread: 15 April 2026
Jennifer Allora and Guillermo Calzadilla are a duo of Puerto Rican artists. Ted Chiang is an author. He wrote “Story of Your Life,” which was adapted into the film Arrival. Chiang’s story “The Great Silence” was used as the text … Continue reading The 24 November 2025 Emergency Day Thread of The Great Silence
And the Pulitzer Prize in Drama goes to… Cigarephemera: A day thread about obscure stuff Cigarette likes! Act II of ♾️: The Skriker. While reading all of the plays that have won the Puiltzer Prize, I mistakenly picked up Caryl … Continue reading The Skriker Day Thread (7/28/25)
The makers of Johnson’s Wax welcome you to Cigarephemera: A night thread about obscure stuff Cigarette likes! Part of 1 of ♾️. Tonight’s episode: Fibber McGee & Molly. With over 1600 episodes to their name over a quarter century, the … Continue reading Fibber McGee & Molly Night Thread (7/24/25)
Hello, Cigarette here, subbing in for TPCG. I know, I know, an anthropomorphic carcinogen is probably the worst possible choice to post this thread, but here we are. Here again is a space for people to talk about how you’re … Continue reading Health and Fitness Thread: 15 July 2025
Two weeks ago I turned forty [indistinct] years old so upvote every post I make or you’ll have bad luck for the next century. Check out this commercial I did back in the 1990s, though my voice was dubbed by … Continue reading Cigarette Birthday Thread Redux (12/01)
Tonight I turn forty [indistinct] years old so upvote every post I make or you’ll have bad luck for the next century. Check out this commercial I did back in the 1990s, though my voice was dubbed by Billy West. … Continue reading Cigarette Birthnight Thread (11/19)
Today was the birthday of Israeli singer-songwriter Yael Naim. She’s best known for her Eminem collaboration “No Pause”. She was also on the Simpsons once. She beat up Bart. “No groin, no Krav Maga!” So in honor of Yael, go … Continue reading Yael Naim Birthnight Thread
Journeyman playwright Steven Dietz’s musical play Ten November remembers the wreck of SS Edmund Fitzgerald and the deaths of its entire crew of 29 not as sailors’ noble struggle against nature but as a clash of class, “a blistering rejoinder … Continue reading Ten November Day Thread
Tomorrow I turn thirty [indistinct] years old and I’ve been thinking about a lot of stuff. Last week a young woman whom I knew slightly was killed in Cleveland. She was an arts and culture journalist who had recently been … Continue reading Carl Van Vechten Night Thread (11/18)
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