News you can use. Alexander Acosta is resigning from what cabinet post in response to criticism of a lenient plea deal for Jeffery Epstein that he approved of as the US Attorney for Southern Florida? What heroic World War II … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
enclave (n): A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another What is the only country to completely surround two separate independent states? The image below is a mathematical representation of the bridges of … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Enclaves
This started off as just a monkey round, but the first two questions I thought of were music related, so here we are. “Code Monkey” is a song about a lovelorn programmer written by what geek-friendly troubadour who also wrote … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Musical Monkeys
Inspired by a friend’s Facebook post about the answer to number one. Name the woman pictured below. She recently became the first actress who uses a wheelchair to win a Tony award, for the revival of Oklahoma! The hit musical … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Theater
A Wednesday tradition. Name either the California congressman who just exited the race for the Democratic presidential nomination or the impeachment-happy billionaire who just entered it. What outspoken member of the US women’s national soccer team won the Golden Ball … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
In honor of the USWNT. The United States has won the FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament four times. Germany has won twice. Name either of the other two countries that have won the tournament, each only once. The individual on … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Four-peats
Alright. I’ve been back for a week. Time to get into this again. Though often referred to by his Latinized name Carolus Linnæus, the man known as the “father of modern taxonomy” was actually a native of what country? Illustrating … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Biology
In honor of some upcoming travels. Which, incidentally, is why so shortly after its return this feature is going back on hiatus for another little while. I hope to post a couple of times while I’m gone, but it won’t … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Central Europe
Can’t let Pride Month pass without a round of LGBT+ trivia. Which US President is judged by some historians to have likely been gay based on his lifelong bachelorhood and long and intimate friendship with Alabama senator turned Vice President … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: LGBT+
This would be a good time to do a round on sesquicentennials (it’s my 150th one of these) but current events is a Wednesday tradition and there is one question I really want to ask today. Since it’s been a … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
Another deep dive into a category I’m pretty bad at. Everybody did fine with this yesterday, but just a friendly reminder to use spoiler tags if you play along in the comments. What is the English translation of the Russian … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Classical Music
And we’re back. With school out, I’m going to try to resume posting these semi-regularly, at least when I’m not traveling. These are hard. Sorry. I’m trying to dig deep into some of my weaker categories. What nine volume novel … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: World Literature
According to the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network, “An asexual person is a person who does not experience sexual attraction.” But it’s more complicated than that. Asexuality is a broad spectrum, and anyone who identities with or has experience on … Continue reading A+: Asexuality Thread
According to the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network, “An asexual person is a person who does not experience sexual attraction.” But it’s more complicated than that. Asexuality is a broad spectrum, and anyone who identities with or has experience on … Continue reading A+: Bonus Episode
According to the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network, “An asexual person is a person who does not experience sexual attraction.” But it’s more complicated than that. Asexuality is a broad spectrum, and anyone who identities with or has experience on … Continue reading A+: Aces Wild
Welcome to another asexuality thread. I’m going to keep the intro short and sweet this week: It’s Valentines Day tomorrow. How do you feel about it? Indifferent? Resentful? Nauseated? Relieved? Confused? And even if Vday isn’t really a blip on … Continue reading A+: Flying Solo
So I’m going to try something different with this feature for the new year. As I’ve noted several times before, I go back and forth between thinking of myself as someone with an asexual identity versus someone whose life experience … Continue reading A+: Aces Wild
According to the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network, “An asexual person is a person who does not experience sexual attraction.” But it’s more complicated than that. Asexuality is a broad spectrum, and anyone who identities with or has experience on … Continue reading Asexuality Thread
According to the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network, “An asexual person is a person who does not experience sexual attraction.” But it’s more complicated than that. Asexuality is a broad spectrum, and anyone who identities with or has experience on … Continue reading Asexuality Thread
While my tastes are not undiscriminating, there are a number of shows I watch that fall outside the penumbra of “peak TV” that typically sees online commentary. Some are hidden gems, some are guilty pleasures, and some are just average … Continue reading TV Reviews of the Damned: Pilot Episode
Welcome back to another asexuality thread. As some have pointed out, it’s been a minute. According to the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network, “An asexual person is a person who does not experience sexual attraction.” But it’s more complicated than … Continue reading Asexuality Thread
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