It’s round 2 of the playoffs! 512 songs remain, and will face off in groups of 32 per day. No more byes, so all the heaviest hitters are here! Since it’s the playoffs, groups will be active until 9:00 am … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1996-2000: Playoffs, Round 2 (Part 10 of 16)
A few weeks ago I devoted a History Thread to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970. Just eleven days later, on May 15th, another campus shooting shocked the nation. While Kent State remains widely known (enough to inspire … Continue reading The Jackson State History Thread
The Southern Air Temple Most of the first article of this series was dedicated to the delicate process of introducing an audience, especially a young audience, to the intricacies of a high fantasy tv show. And how the writing staff … Continue reading Re-Avatar State: “The Southern Air Temple” & “The Warriors of Kyoshi”
Today’s prompt: what is your favorite Part 2? Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (5/19)
Today is the 10th anniversary of Galacta: Daughter of Galactus #1. Galacta was created by Adam Warren and Hector Sevilla Lujan about a year previously. Continue reading Galacta: Daughter of Galactus Day Thread
It’s a Tumbleweeds Tuesday Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Tue 5/19/2020)
Another week and another re-release/remaster is the top new game (and unless something changes, it’ll be that way for next 3 weeks). That’s not to say there’s no value in picking a re-release/remaster as the top new game, particularly when … Continue reading New Game Releases 05/19/20 – 05/25/20
Watching my evolution as a comic book fan has definitely been an interesting one since I first got into it during the waning days of the 1970’s as a little type that discovered my first Star Wars comic. I grew up as … Continue reading 30 Day Comic Book Challenge Day 26: Favorite Publisher
“Space, The final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. It’s five-year mission: To explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!” All Our … Continue reading Star Trek: TOS The Best Episodes
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. Frozen II
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 The Creative Endeavors Thread Enjoys the Silence
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: Quiz draws from 2010 US Census figures and rankings. According … Continue reading Triviacados: Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Considering the way fears of each generation, or even each decade, can change, it’s sometimes hard to remember what it was like living under past ones. We’ll all certainly remember the COVID-19 pandemic for the remainder of our lives, but … Continue reading The Politics Thread Asks If You Want To Play A Game
Today is Tina Fey’s birthday. Fey starred in 30 Rock as Liz Lemon. Continue reading Liz Lemon Night Thread (5/18)
For 2 weeks, The Avocado has participated on voting which film is the best that ever won the Oscar for Best Picture. 93 films have been voted on by the members of The Avocado community, but only one film can … Continue reading Best “Best Picture” Winner Tournament Results
They just won’t stay dead! These are the 6 contenders still competing in the Avocado’s Favorite Zombie Tournament. 28 Days Later, the loser with the most votes in Round 3, returns from the dead to even out the contenders. Some facts about … Continue reading Favorite Zombie Movie Tournament (Round 4)
Hi All, This is the space to talk about your cleaning projects, ask for advice, brag about your successes, commiserate about all the work there is to do. How are y’all doing? Continue reading Avocado Cleaning Thread Stays the Same
Gunslinger Girl (ガンスリンガー・ガール) is a 15-volume manga series originally published in Japan from 2002-2012 by Yu Aida. Volumes 1-6 were released in the US by ADV manga from 2004-2007 shortly before they went defunct and then all 15 volumes were … Continue reading Manga Worth Reading: Gunslinger Girl
A spoiled teen musician (charmless Kevin Bishop) visits Barcelona with his mother (delightful Juliet Stevenson) and has a fling with an older man (relaxed Paul Rhys). When the boy returns to New York he loses his way. I’d hoped for … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Food of Love (2002)
Come show off your green thumb, Avocados! Garden vicariously through others! Or just start your week off right by looking at pretty growing things. For anyone joining us for the first time, this is a place for people to talk … Continue reading Weekly Gardening Thread (May 18)
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 started with the year 2000 and we’re moving forward through time, working … Continue reading Albums By The Year: 2009
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