Best Chinese Food Tournament: Finals!
And here we are at the end! I’d like to thank you all for voting. Continue reading Best Chinese Food Tournament: Finals!
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Best Chinese Food Tournament Semifinals!
The King is Dead. Egg Rolls at last have been toppled by the indomitable power of Pork Fried Rice. With the #1 seed out, anything could happen from here on! Only four more matches remain to determine the final results! … Continue reading Best Chinese Food Tournament Semifinals!
Best Chinese Food Quarterfinals!
We’re very near the end now! Things will no doubt get even more heated as only a handful of dishes remain in play. At this point it seems extremely likely that a classic Cantonese-American dish will win out, but it’s … Continue reading Best Chinese Food Quarterfinals!
Best Chinese Food Tournament, Round 4
We’re getting into the homestretch of this competition now! These final matches will be truly grueling. The highest-scoring winner last time was the eminently deserving Potstickers, winning over its close cousin Wontons with an astonishing 44 votes. Peking Duck was … Continue reading Best Chinese Food Tournament, Round 4
Best Chinese Food tournament, Round 3!
We’re down to just the top 16 in each bracket! Things are getting intense at this point! The highest-scoring winner last round was Egg Rolls, with a whopping 58 votes! Rival appetizer Potstickers tags close behind with 57– it’ll be … Continue reading Best Chinese Food tournament, Round 3!
Best Chinese Food Tournament: Round 2!
Our first round of elimination is now complete! At this point, mostly because I’m salty (and spicy and mala and umami) about mapo tofu losing, we’ll switch to a double-elimination format, with the second-placers from round one going into the … Continue reading Best Chinese Food Tournament: Round 2!
Best Chinese Food Tournament: Three-way round!
We had enough nominations that for our first round we’ll be doing a three-way elimination! Only the winner from each match will advance to round 2. Voting will end at 8 PM EST on Monday, April 6th. Make sure and … Continue reading Best Chinese Food Tournament: Three-way round!
Best Chinese Food Tournament: Nominations
I guess tournaments are our thing now, so, yeah, here’s one for a subject near and dear to my heart: Chinese Food! This’ll be standard Avocado tournament rules. I’m expecting a 64-entry bracket, but if it’s bigger or smaller we’ll … Continue reading Best Chinese Food Tournament: Nominations
The Great Frinkiac Challenge Spills its Beans
Happy Saturday and welcome to the Frinkiac Challenge! This used to be a regular feature that I post way less often now because I’m directionless garbage, but it’s pretty simple to explain. Just use frinkiac.com, morbotron.com, masterofallscience.com, or any similar … Continue reading The Great Frinkiac Challenge Spills its Beans
The Day Thread is a Rey Thread
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, there was once a little girl named Rey. Her parents left her on her own… And for a long time, she was very lonely. But one day, she made a … Continue reading The Day Thread is a Rey Thread
Let’s Read an Old Menu, featuring Childs’, New York, New York
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is another in a I-really-can’t-honestly-call-it-weekly-anymore series looking at restaurant, hotel kitchen, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will be familiar, sometimes they’ll be … Continue reading Let’s Read an Old Menu, featuring Childs’, New York, New York
The Creeps: Day 3
Hot Dog Princess had made no secret of her croak dream. Everyone knew that she believed she would die smothered in ketchup. They were still a little surprised when a huge blob of it dripped from the ceiling onto her, … Continue reading The Creeps: Day 3
The Creeps: Day 1
Esteemed guests, I am your host. I am a ghost. By the time you finish reading this, I will posses four of you and use your bodies to murder everyone in the house. “Nope! Starchy doesn’t like this one bit! … Continue reading The Creeps: Day 1
The Comic Strip Club (Mon 10/28/2019)
It’e the Great Pumpkin Day Charlie Brown! The Great Pumpkin is a holiday figure in whom only Linus van Pelt believes. According to Linus, the Great Pumpkin flies around bringing toys to sincere and believing children on Halloween evening. Every … Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Mon 10/28/2019)
Werewolf 106: The Creeps
What time is it? Adventure Werewolf Time! You are humble citizens of Ooo that have received a spooky invite to a mysterious party at a castle on a mountain. As everyone arrives and states the mystery name on their invite, … Continue reading Werewolf 106: The Creeps
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Day Thread
It’s the first weekend of October, and in my hometown of Albuquerque New Mexico, that means one thing and one thing only. One of the two largest gatherings of hot-air balloons in the world, the Balloon Fiesta has been held … Continue reading The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Day Thread
Steven Universe: The Movie
It’s been two years for Steven, but for us it’s been 84 years about eight months. This movie on some level functions as a restatement of the show’s central arcs, something it actively comments on near the end when Steven … Continue reading Steven Universe: The Movie
Let’s Read an Old Menu, featuring Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Canada
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is another in a weekly series looking at restaurant, hotel kitchen, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will be familiar, sometimes they’ll be … Continue reading Let’s Read an Old Menu, featuring Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Canada
Let’s Read an Old Menu! Featuring: McDonald’s Through The Ages
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is another in a weekly series looking at restaurant, hotel kitchen, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will be familiar, sometimes they’ll be … Continue reading Let’s Read an Old Menu! Featuring: McDonald’s Through The Ages
Let’s Read an Old Menu! Featuring: The Pirates’ House, Savannah GA, 1966!
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is another in a weekly series looking at restaurant, hotel kitchen, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will be familiar, sometimes they’ll be … Continue reading Let’s Read an Old Menu! Featuring: The Pirates’ House, Savannah GA, 1966!
Let’s Read an Old Menu, Featuring: Smalls’ Paradise, Harlem, New York, date unknown c. 1930s
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is another in a weekly series looking at restaurant, hotel kitchen, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will be familiar, sometimes they’ll be … Continue reading Let’s Read an Old Menu, Featuring: Smalls’ Paradise, Harlem, New York, date unknown c. 1930s
