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
25 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. It … 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[footnote]I would have shared it at The Escritoire if … Continue reading The Night Thread is a Gift from the Founder
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