It’s only a few weeks until the start of Autumn, the time of year that means mushrooms! In a small strip of grass outside my home that encloses some trees, a fairy ring is doing it’s best to form, although … Continue reading The Fairy Ring Night Thread (September 7, 2020)
Cut in its prime, 17 years too soon. Commiserate here, fellow fans. Share your warmest memories. Talk about your dreams of where this show would have gone. Would Hank have gotten a new hat? More villains with references to obscure … Continue reading Venture Brothers cancelled
1991 was different than other year in Rock Hall history. Unlike most of the induction years the class of 1991 inductees mostly consisted of R&B and Blues artists, the genres that help make Rock and Roll possibly. Even in the … Continue reading Breaking Down the Walls of the Rock Hall: Class of 1991
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱) is a 14-episode supernatural slice of life comedy from 2006 by Kyoto Animation based on a series of novels by Nagaru Tanigawa. Synopsis Kyon (not his real name) is a high school boy who gets … Continue reading Anime Worth Watching: Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Hi all, welcome back! In part two, I built the lantern’s LED light source. Now that it’s finished, I’m ready to build and program the microcontroller device that manages it. This article is going to be pretty theory-heavy, concentrating more … Continue reading Let’s Build An LED Lantern! Part 3: Controlling It Part 1: Too Many Colons
Welcome back to this special retrospective music-posting feature. The gimmick is simple — each week, you post your favorite 25 (or whatever) albums of a given year. We are now moving backwards until we run out of either albums or … Continue reading Albums By The Year: 1997
Guy Talk has been a feature on the Avocado for almost two years now, so I thought it was a good time to explain what Guy Talk is, for any newbies on the site. 1) Guy Talk is posted on … Continue reading Guy Talk Re-introduces Itself…
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: What gaming moment(s) do you wish you could experience for the first time again? Continue reading Weekly Games Thread feels like the first time
It’s time for the Recipe Exchange thread’s first foray under the sea! Fish and seafood is too vast a topic to handle within a single post, so for today, we’re going to focus on how you prepare that weeknight staple: … Continue reading Recipe Exchange: Fish (Filets and Steaks)
(Full, current standings of all completed groups can always be found here) Group 19 and 20 Results [spoiler] Group 19: 68.18% Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Petal Meadows 63.64% The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Title 59.09% Katamari Damacy … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 2001-2004: Group 21
Introducing today’s contestants: Tonya, a travel planner from Louisiana, saw the sunrise over Angkor Wat; Lindsey, a privacy consultant from Virginia, was underprepared for a hike in Ireland; and Morgan, a physician from Wisconsin, wants to own a small brewery. … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Sept. 7 – encore from Jun. 8, 2020
On a deep, deep level. Continue reading The 9/7 Day Thread Appreciates the Talking Houses
The latest challenge in our 30-day book challenge turns our focus toward audiobooks! I have to admit completely and upfront that audiobooks are not my thing. I’ve never listened to any as there hasn’t been much in the way of … Continue reading 30 Day Book Challenge Day 7: Your Favorite Audiobook
If you’re American, your weekend is probably still going. Holiday posts tend to get a lot less comments than normal but I post them anyway because it says I have to in my Avocado billion-year contract. (Y’all signed one of … Continue reading What Did You Do This Weekend?
Can the first person here each day create a Results thread so it’s always first when sorted by Oldest? That will make it much easier to track results. Or visit the quiz here. Remember to post your results (as a %) in … Continue reading Triviacados: Monday, September 7, 2020
What is Labor Day in the US? “Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Labor Day Sales Weekend
Welcome back to your monthly report of game news compiled into one convenient place, so you don’t have to worry about those pesky cracks that some info tends to fall through at more major publications! Thanks and credit for the … Continue reading Game News Roundup: August 2020
Kirsten Dunst continues to break records, as not one but two of her TV work move on to the Sweet 16. Sorry Star Trek, but you still did better with 1 episode than E/R did with 6 episodes. I tweeted … Continue reading Kirsten: The Sweet 16
The Baseball Furies hailed from the Riverside Park area of Manhattan, and looked pretty formidable with their KISS-style make-up and their sporting uniforms. Ultimately, however, they proved to be a bunch of wimps when the Warriors – Ajax, Swan, and … Continue reading The Baseball Furies Night Thread (September 6, 2020)
I estimate that I have written close to 480,000 words on Faith No More in various comment sections of this site alone. What’s 12,000 more? Part 4 of 7 Part 1 here. Part 2 here. Part 3 here. Angel Dust … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Faith No More (or; I Won’t Forget You When I’m In Hell) [Part 4 of 7]
