One of the most consistent undercurrents to The Simpsons is how well it captures the strange, limited worldview of children and how well it exaggerates that attitude into absurdity. Living on a deserted island is a common children’s fantasy, because … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Nine, Episode Fifteen, “Das Bus”
Not quite Adventure Time, but with a comment section not much less off-topic than the AV Club review ones. It’s Animation Time! What animated things have you been into lately? What’s a recent episode of something you saw that lacks a dedicated … Continue reading Animation Time
I was going to put a mashup that I made here in the header, because I wasn’t able to share it in the Weekly Music Discussion thread on Thursday. But after reading the State of the Channel thread, I didn’t … Continue reading This Day Thread Has Been Removed Due to a Copyright Claim (09/06/2020)
Another COVID holiday. We do have plans to visit with friends for afternoon drinks (unleaded in my case) on their new deck tomorrow. I do miss cooking for a crowd, we’ll probably bring some sort of treat of course, how … Continue reading Labor Day (U.S.) Sunday Food Thread 9/6
Books can break your heart in many ways. A tragedy within, a doomed romance, a death toward the end that just weighs on you. When you have that moment, that beautifully terrible moment, where you turn the last page and … Continue reading 30 Day Book Challenge Day 6: A Book That Broke Your Heart
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. Quiz Note: One point Scrabble letters: A, E, I, L, N, O, R, S, … Continue reading Triviacados: Sunday, September 6th
“Cosy Catastrophe” is a term coined by Brian Aldiss in his 1973 work ‘Billion Year Spree: The History of Science Fiction’, and is used to describe a certain type of apocalyptic sci-fi that was prevalent in the 1950’s; in particular … Continue reading The Cosy Catastrophe Night Thread (September 5, 2020)
Match Card: Jon Moxley (c) vs MJF—AEW World Championship Match (Paradigm Shift Banned) Kenny Omega and Adam “Hangman” Page (c) vs FTR—AEW Tag Team Championship Match Hikaru Shida (c) vs Thunder Rosa—AEW Women’s Championship Match Chris Jericho vs Orange Cassidy—Mimosa Mayhem … Continue reading AEW All Out 2020 Live Thread
Walla Walla Elks Lodge Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary! May 29th, 1978 The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks opened lodge #287 on Rose Street a decade ago this week. The Elks have since solidified themselves as a pillar of the … Continue reading Werewolf 131: Gods and Monsters Chapter Two, Sign-Ups
It’s that bar again. It’s that Game Master again. But after today, you’ll never have to do this again. “Welcome, Players! If you made it to Day 7, then you’re nearly there! If you can survive until the end of … Continue reading WW130: The Avocado Ends With You (Day 7)
How are all the pets today? Continue reading The Pet Thread Keeps It Clean
Hey folks. Been a while. On one hand, that means we didn’t have any huge fires to put out in the last few months. Good! On the other hand, it doesn’t mean there haven’t been issues to address. Not so … Continue reading State of the Channel: Rule Revamp
Welcome to Public Domain Theater, your home for the wonderful world of films that have (in the United States, at least) fallen into the public domain, and are free for everyone to see! This month, we’re leaving behind the lavish, … Continue reading Public Domain Theater: The Street Fighter (& “The Playful Polar Bears”)
Today’s Day Thread is dedicated to AEW Wrestler Orange Cassidy. Today is AEW’s All Out Pay Per View. Orange Cassidy will be fighting Chris Jericho in a Mimosa Mayhem match. Here is the rest of the card… AEW Championship: Jon … Continue reading Freshly Squeezed Day Thread
Oh, how I hate this particular entry. I’m not a fan of “classics” in a sense because growing up in school you get fed this selection of “classics” whose importance I understand but there was a lack of awareness in … Continue reading 30 Day Book Challenge Day 5: Your Favorite Classic Novel
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. Quiz Type: Forced Order Or visit the quiz here. Remember to post your results (as … Continue reading Triviacados: Saturday, September 5th
Oh Belarus, you complex motherfu- A month ago I will admit my geographical, geopolitical knowledge had a bit of a Belarus shaped hole in it. Since then, 2020 seems determined to make me (and apparently a majority of the world) … Continue reading The Weekend PT Revisits a Contentious Election
Jabroni has been added to Dictionary.com this week! Jabroni [juh-broh-nee] noun Slang. a stupid, foolish, or contemptible person, loser: “She always has a comeback to own the trolls and jabronis on Twitter.” “Shut your mouth, you dumb jabroni!” Also called … Continue reading The Jabroni Night Thread (September 4, 2020)
Hey everybody! There’s a new movie out today! Well, sort of. We’ve all basically seen it before, but isn’t it nice just to have something out there to talk about? Frankly anything new is exciting at this point. Come down … Continue reading Mulan (2020) Spoiler Space
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