Everybody has their limit, and I’ve just about hit mine with Twitter. It’s too empowering to the bad people, too unkind to the good people, and, overall, is exhausting. But I did make friends there, and I do want to leave something … Continue reading The Bargainest Books Day Thread
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Mission: Impossible – Fallout Disney’s Christopher Robin The Spy Who Dumped Me Mamma Mia 2 The Equalizer 2 Sorry there was no box office last week; I was busy. But I’m back … Continue reading Box Office: August 3 – 5, 2018
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): The Equalizer 2 Mamma Mia 2 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Ant-Man and the Wasp Incredibles 2 I’m busy (and running late) today, so I’ll piggyback on BOM’s remark that eight sequels … Continue reading Box Office: July 20 – 22, 2018
Hi there! We here at the English language have been working hard on new letters for you to enjoy. Here are the new letters for FY 2019: Þ – Þis one is an oldie-but-goodie. Originating as a rune, thorn (þorn) … Continue reading Exciting New Letters for English Night Thread
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation Ant-Man and the Wasp Skyscraper Incredibles 2 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom The unexpectedly good Hotel Transylvania 3 opened to $44M at 4,200 spooOOOooky theaters in the United … Continue reading Box Office: July 13 – 15, 2018
Or, It Could Happen To You! Just realizes H.P. Lovecraft's "Nemesis" has the same meter as Billy Joel's "Piano Man." pic.twitter.com/Oty5JxoHWW — Captain Video (@OurWorldcomic) January 14, 2018 Six months ago today, I was playing a game of … Continue reading True Tales of Brief Viral Fame Day Thread
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Ant-Man and the Wasp Incredibles 2 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom The First Purge Sicario: Day of the Soldado You guys like superheroes, right? Ant-Man and the Wasp became the third Marvel movie in … Continue reading Box Office: July 6 – 8, 2018
I had trouble writing this one. That happens sometimes. I’ll sit down with a subject and try to unpack it. Sometimes there’s more than I expected. Sometimes it’s not what I expected at all. In this case, I ran into … Continue reading Thriftstorm #10: The Long Estate Sale
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Incredibles 2 Sicario: Day of the Soldado Uncle Drew Ocean’s 8 Dinosaurs continue to rule the box office, albeit with an increasingly shaky claw-hand. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom … Continue reading Box Office – June 29 – July 1, 2018
The six remaining Searsonauts go back inside, shaken by the depths of their crime. “We can’t keep doing this,” says Mac. “There has to be a way out.” Howard stops, and turns on him. “Is there? We don’t even have … Continue reading Werewolves 64: Sears – Day 7
Mel, the Other Assistant Manager, was having a great time. It turns out retail is a fantastic place to constantly be low-key evil. But if she thought no one was watching, she was wrong. At the end of your shift, … Continue reading Werewolves 64: Sears – Day 6
Stephen Sebald and Bea Santello stand in the backyard of the shack, watching the setting sun play off the faded paint of the Sears truck. Around them, a circle of anoles has formed, waiting patiently. “Do you think it’ll hurt?” … Continue reading Werewolves 64: Sears – Day 5
Almost every gas that’s lighter than air in Earth’s atmosphere is either toxic, flammable, toxic and flammable, or useless unless heated. The exception is helium. Wikipedia’s page for lifting gas spells out the problem. All prospects for lighter-than-air flight stand … Continue reading The Helium Night Thread
You count your drawers at the end of the day, and again come up several hundred dollars short. “Guys,” says Rick, patiently, “Sears needs this money.” “Let’s just fire them all,” says Bridgette, frustrated. “We already did that once this month,” … Continue reading Werewolves 64: Sears – Day 4
YOUR BOX OFFICE NUMBERS (From Box Office Mojo): Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Incredibles 2 Ocean’s 8 Tag Deadpool 2 I’m back, sort of. The public once again turned out for the hope that a good Jurassic Park sequel was possible, although … Continue reading Box Office – June 22 – 24, 2018
Hydrogen is the ur-element, the element from which all others are eventually formed (directly or indirectly) through nuclear fusion. All rise for educational content: Hydrogen consists of one electron orbiting one proton. (A neutron is an optional accessory.) At the … Continue reading The Hydrogen Day Thread
Searching for the address in the newspaper, you drive through downtown Lunapool. It’s a weird town, home to a museum that used to be a library, a library that used to be a bank, a KFC, a Taco Bell, and … Continue reading Werewolves 64: Sears – Day 3
It turns out sleeping in a box truck at night in a Florida summer is terrible. You all toss and turn, hearing the anole lizards skitter across the thin metal of the outside. The air tastes like socks. Outside, you … Continue reading Werewolves 64: Sears – Day 2
Pleased to announce I’m back on my bullshit. Welcome to the Bismuth Day Thread, home of the fighting bismuth. Please stop by the gift shop on the way out. Bismuth is element #83, and occupies a weird place, as brought … Continue reading The Bismuth Day Thread
June 19, 2018. Morale is low in the SARPA facility beneath Rochester as you proceed directly from the PowerPoint presentation about time travel to the time machine. Before that was a PowerPoint presentation about life in Florida in 2009. It … Continue reading Werewolves 64: Sears – Day 1
The year is 2018. The recovery following the Great Recession has been uneven, and retail outlets are under constant threat from online sales. They’re fighting back as best they can – coupons, sales, BOPIS – but one store has gone … Continue reading Werewolves 64 Signups: Sears
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