As the Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate their second Stanley Cup, our attention shifts to to the baseball playoffs, where the Tampa Bay Rays are the AL’s top seed. Even as Tom Brady settles in as the new QB of the … Continue reading Sports Corner Visits Tampa Bay
Welcome to the Avocado Music Club, each week a new album will be discussed based on a massive pile of suggestions made by ourselves. Listen to new music or revisit an old favorite and discuss anything you wish related to … Continue reading Avocado Music Club #74: the Field – From Here We Go Sublime
Welcome to the Book Nook! This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism. This week’s recommended discussion: treat yourself. How do you nurture your reading habit? What’s the last … Continue reading The Book Nook
I spent most of my life getting complimented in the white spaces I occupied for being so “well-spoken” and gentlemanly. I did not present like the Black men that white people cross the street to get away from. I never … Continue reading The Wednesday Politics Thread: We Can Be Prometheus
This video is nsfw Welcome, welcome, welcome to the newest Season of Love Island ! This summer, you’ll be staying in the famous Avocado Villa with other stunning singles from The Avocado. During this time you will have no contact … Continue reading WW133 – Love Island: Avocado (Day 1)
Happy birthday to Zachary Levi, the actor who played the technically still unnamed hero of the film Shazam! (Unless Captain Sparklefingers counts.) Technically he’s Captain Marvel, but DC has more or less given up on the name. If you google … Continue reading The Shazam! Night Thread (9/29)
Here’s a thread for those of us who will be following the first debate between President Trump and former Vice-President Joe Biden. It will run from 9:00 to 10:30 p.m. Eastern. Fox News Sunday anchor Chris Wallace is hosting. The … Continue reading The First Presidential Debate Live Thread
Welcome to another edition of Marble Rally! This is my first time covering one of these events. We’re taking over Merve’s wonderful series on orbular althetics as a team, so I hope you enjoy. -lutair ~~~ With the past 2 … Continue reading Marble Rally 2020 Race 3
A place for “serious” discussions. Continue reading “In All Seriousness” Thread — 09/29/2020
Please welcome today’s contestants: Mason, a songwriter, tried out for Jeopardy! on a date; Molly, a high school history teacher, wrote the epic poem “The Obamanid”; and Eric, a media researcher, has lots of vinyl as well as CDs. Eric … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Sept. 29
Greetings, Avocadoans! Welcome to the weekly discussion of LGBTQQIA+ issues! Rules for this discussion: All are welcome! However, please be respectful that this discussion is specifically about issues and topics related to lesbian, gay, bi- or pansexual, trans, queer, questioning, … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Hello! Welcome back to Weekly Who. It’s been a while a lot has happened including me discovering something absolutely delightful that I hope to share with you all today! So back in the 1980s Japanese publisher Hayakawa Bunko published five … Continue reading Weekly Who #24 Judges Books By Their Covers
After 34 groups and a runoff, we’ve got our top 256! It’s finally time for the playoffs! Each day we’ll go through 32 songs, which means the top 256 will be split into 8 parts. Since it’s the playoffs, groups … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2001-2004: Top 256 (Part 1 of 8)
Rebel Spirit Alas we have arrived at the moment I’ve been dreading since my commitment to writing about Korra, for as much as I deeply love the show there is no way to sidestep an important fact: the second season just isn’t … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “Rebel Spirit” & “The Southern Lights”
Skee-Lo was born Antoine Roundtree in Chicago 1975. He’s best known for his 1995 song “I Wish”, for which is was nominated for a Grammy, losing out to Gangsta’s Paradise. Continue reading Skee-Lo Day Thread
*Six weeks until the new consoles arrive* It’s the final month before the new consoles arrive, can you believe it?! Typically now is the time where you start to see the big holiday titles come out, but because of the … Continue reading New Game Releases 09/29/20 – 10/05/20
As we get down to the end of our 30 day book challenge and get ready for our next run, we’re going to go visual for this penultimate installment. Here, we want to know your favorite book covers out there, … Continue reading 30 Day Book Challenge Day 29: Your Favorite Book Cover
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business of … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The films of the Walt Disney Studio. The Castaway Cowboy
This is the space for our members to discuss and share their creative projects, ranging from written works to drawings, photography, and even craft projects such as knitting and woodworking. Self promotion is welcome (websites where we can view and/or … Continue reading Creative Endeavors Gets Hawkish
Due to work and a defective laptop, I didn’t have time to prepare my planned History Thread, Der Schranker must wait another week. Until then, enjoy this delightful caricature of Georgian nobility: A highlight of the exhibit was the pairing … Continue reading A Peep at the History Thread
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