There’s only one moment in A Christmas Story that steps outside of Ralphie Parker’s manic, heightened childhood perspective. It is the film’s penultimate scene, depicting the rarely-dramatized Christmas night. The gifts have been given, the eye shot out, the messes … Continue reading The Christmas Night Thread
Disqus recently rolled out a comprehensive style update to its commenting system, inspiring reactions ranging from befuddlement to dismay to indifference to a few “well I guess some parts of this are better, maybe”s. While the final version is not … Continue reading How to Make Disqus Look Mostly Like it Used To in 3 Easy Steps
With Al Roker out of commission this year we’re guaranteed not to have a moment as good as “Get outta here ya butter!” but let’s see what else might happen. Continue reading Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Thread 2022
When I entered this world in 1995, my father, a public school English teacher, was waging the sixth year of war against his mortal enemy. He never encountered his foe directly, except on bootleg t-shirts and bumper stickers, but he … Continue reading Late to the Party: The Simpsons of the 20th Century (1989-1999)
On this day in 2010, “Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design”, perhaps my favorite single episode of Community, aired on NBC. I was on a birthday trip to Downtown Disney and watched it at the hotel before attending a midnight screening … Continue reading The Trīdeksnis Night Thread (11/18)
Two years ago I did a birthday thread with 24 of my favorite images I’d ever captured with my cellphone camera. In that header I said I expected to take an ever-increasing number of pictures every year as the world … Continue reading The Day Thread Captures a Year on a Phone
At Halloween Horror Nights Orlando 2021, there is a standout original house. That house is called Wicked Growth: Realm of the Pumpkin. It concerns the intrusion of the Pumpkin Lord, a malevolent deity who spreads his corruption through the seemingly-innocent … Continue reading The Li’l’ Boo Night Thread (10/17)
In January 2021 Hermione, conjectured by some to have been the oldest Avocado cat, passed away. She was twenty-one years old, which according to online cat age converters means she was the equivalent of somewhere between 86 and 138 human … Continue reading The Hermione Memorial Night Thread
25 is, like all natural numbers, interesting. Let’s look at a few facts about it. It is a square, with prime factorization 5×5. It is also the smallest square equal to the sum of two smaller squares (3²+4²=5²), leading to … Continue reading The Night Thread Examines 25
Star Battle is a puzzle that has consumed more of my recent hours than I would like to admit. Each puzzle consists of a square grid N units to a side, divided into N regions. In each row, column, and … Continue reading The Day Thread Solves Star Battle
“Comparative Religion” originally aired on NBC Thursday night, December 10, 2009 PLARN: Dear Tereglith, In our essays about the first eleven episodes of Community, we’ve both written at length about the evolution of the show, often tying it in with … Continue reading A Community Notification For This: S1E12, “Comparative Religion”
Lego Santa Porg is the final gift in this year’s Lego Star Wars Advent calendar. Or at least I assume it’s the final one, because even though I haven’t gotten there yet, what could possibly top Lego Santa Porg? Look … Continue reading The Day Thread Has Been Visited By Lego Santa Porg
In 1987, A Muppet Family Christmas aired on ABC. The hour-long special concerns the entire Muppet Show cast visiting Fozzie’s mom for Christmas, whereupon they watch home movies of themselves as the Muppet Babies, are unexpectedly joined by the entire Sesame … Continue reading The Night Thread of A Muppet Family Christmas
Knives Out, a star-studded murder mystery written and directed by Rian Johnson, had special preview screenings in most markets the past two nights and will go wide on Wednesday 11/27. A film about a loathsome family gathering together against an … Continue reading Spoil Sports – Knives Out
“Debate 109” originally aired on NBC Thursday night, November 12, 2009. “Meta” became perhaps the most common descriptor of Community as its run went on; a google search for “Community NBC Meta” returns two and a half million results. But … Continue reading A Community Notification for This: S1E09 “Debate 109”
Earlier this year, I wrote a sci-fi short story called “A Gift from the Founder”, and since it’s my birthday and I’m feeling self-indulgent I’m taking the night thread to share it. I’d be flattered if anyone cared to read … Continue reading The Night Thread is a Gift from the Founder
As of today I’ve been alive for precisely 24 years. But it’s only the last couple that I have a vivid, daily record of. I took more pictures in 2019 than in entire rest of my life up to that … Continue reading The (Birth)Day Thread of Cell Phone Photography
It’s Life Day, folks: a day of peace, a day of harmony, a day of joy we all can share together joyously. As far as the Star Wars Holiday Special shows us, Life Day is mostly celebrated by watching kitschy … Continue reading R-3X DJs the Life Day Thread
“Introduction to Statistics” originally aired on NBC Thursday night, October 29, 2009. What makes someone fall in love with a show? What makes a television program not just something one enjoys, but a favorite thing, an object to be treasured? … Continue reading A Community Notification For This: S1E07 “Introduction to Statistics”
Five years ago today, at 4 AM in a block called “Infomercials”, [adult swim] plunged a nation of insomniacs and stoners into the nightmare world of Too Many Cooks. Much like the Avocado’s own Dad’s Casa, TMC is a TGIF sitcom … Continue reading The Day Thread of “Too Many Cooks”
“Football, Feminism, and You” originally aired on NBC Thursday night, October 22, 2009 “Football, Feminism, and You” aired as episode 6 of season one, but its production code is 103 – it got shuffled off later into the schedule, presumably … Continue reading A Community Notification For This: S1E06 “Football, Feminism, and You”
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