Tonight on SNL, Ramy Youssef (of late Max McCandles in Poor Things) hosts, with Musical Guest Travis Scott who I only know from having a custom McDonald’s meal a couple years ago. Continue reading SNL Season 49 Episode 15: Ramy Youssef
Apologies to Lindsay but I noticed there was no thread scheduled yet for tonight’s The Social Network reunion episode. SNL was with my mother in the Amazon when she was studying spiders right before she died. Continue reading SNL Season 49 Episode 10: Dakota Johnson
She’s shouty, she’s a tortie. Continue reading Emergency Shouty Tortie Day Thread 1/15
The true meaning of Christmas is the idea that Christmas has meaning, and it can mean whatever we want! Thanks, LOST. Continue reading The 12/24 Day Thread Knows What Christmas is For
‘Twas the first night of Advent, and all through the swampsNot a creature was stirring, no slithers or chompsFor being cold-blooded during a cold snapThey’d just settled in for a long winter’s nap When out on the pond there arose … Continue reading 12/1 Gator Claus Night Thread
The most beloved part of the holiday decorations at Disney’s Hollywood Studios (at least now that the Osborne Family Lights are no more) is the festive spin put on the park’s most highly themed ice cream stand. An opening day … Continue reading 12/1 Santa Gertie Day Thread
Five months ago, a friend of a friend had some kittens to unload. I was originally only going to take the little gray one… But they said that he seemed especially fond of his sleepy sister. And having two would … Continue reading The Gracey & Leota Night Thread
28 is, like all natural numbers[footnote]Proof: Allow that 1 is interesting. Let n>1 be the smallest non-interesting natural number. This fact makes it interesting; thus, no uninteresting number can exist.[/footnote], interesting. Let’s look at a few facts about it. Continue reading The Day Thread Examines 28
On this day 45 years ago, the second feature-length Star Wars production aired for the first and only time on CBS affiliates across the nation. Children (including my father, age 11) who had been waiting an eternal year and a … Continue reading The 11/17 Life Day Thread
For a century, America has rebuilt itself around the needs of prowling, violent shapes. Our environments grow vast and empty to accommodate them, our social lives are atomized by them, our hearts are hardened to the more than 30,000 people … Continue reading Michael Myers is Cars – an Essay
“Sam, are you about ready?” “Yes, it’s a glorious three-hour finale!” “You’ve got a minute and a half!” [GASP] Continue reading The 4th of July Night Thread is a Salute to All Nations, but Mostly America
SeaWorld Orlando is not known for its place-making, but in recent years they’ve refocused away from Shamu (the breeding program is discontinued and the shows are winding down) and onto roller coasters and immersive environments like any other theme park. … Continue reading The Day Thread Can Show You How to Get to Sesame Street & Broadway
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[footnote]i.e. me[/footnote] 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 … Continue reading The Hermione Memorial Night Thread
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