It is being reported pretty much everywhere that Neil Peart, drummer and lyricist for beloved Canadian rock band Rush, has passed away after a three-year battle with brain cancer. I’m more or less inconsolable about this and if anyone deserved … Continue reading R.I.P. Neil Peart
2020 tries to move forward like a boss while not drowning underwater thanks to January doldrums. Continue reading Box Office Oracle — 01/10/2020-01/12/2020
The rules are simple: the top-level comments should all be in the form “The World’s Worst _____.” I’ll create a few to give you the idea. Then you reply to other people’s top-level comments with your idea for the world’s … Continue reading World’s Worst (a Whose Line thread)
In the summer of 2012, I helped a close friend (who was also named Sam) move from Pasadena, California to Atlanta, Georgia. Instead of taking a normal route along Interstate 10, Sam, drawn in by the search for a rare … Continue reading Travelogia on the Road: Atlatvia
Last year, I went through the Razzie nominating ballot to show you all how it manages to be even worse than the actual nominees and this year didn’t disappoint. As always, all typos are left intact. WORST SCREEN COMBO Any … Continue reading The Razzie nominating ballot is awful again (shock of shocks)
You all know the drill! What do you mean, you don’t? 1: Post a SFW (or spoilered) gif 2: Identify the source 3: ??? 4: Profit!!! Continue reading Identify This Gif!
Today’s contestants are: – Jack, a travel consultant from Texas, whose sister was on the show 4 years ago; – Alek, an environmental consultant from California. watches “Friends” in the shower; and – Katie, a retail supervisor from New York, … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Jan. 10
Hey, all; Happy Friday – …Yeah, I got nothing. There’s this thing that’s been going around the office for over a week, and long-story short, I now understand why Sudafed is so heavily regulated. Oh, and they had … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 1/10/2020 – Quarantine
Hello everybody, and welcome to the Weekly Shuffle Thread, your favorite place to show off your shuffle! As you read this, I’ll be on a vacation, and I thought the Weekly Shuffle Thread needed one too! Today, our word of … Continue reading The Weekly Shuffle Thread is Taking A TRIP!
Hello Avocados, and welcome to another edition of The Road to the Oscars! Thanks to a shortened season this year – nominations are announced January 13, and the Oscars ceremony is February 9 – as well as your pal Mordor … Continue reading The Road to the 92nd Oscars, Part 2: Nominations Are Coming!
In Which The End is Something Like a Dream There is a feeling among those entrenched with art and media that is both rare and elusive; evocative and powerful. It is the moment where something thought long gone fully comes … Continue reading Millennial Malaise 48: Until the End of the World
Don’t be shy, let the music inside and dance, dance, dance! Continue reading The Day Thread Swims This Way (1-10)
The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) was founded in 1985. This week they announced the nominees for their 2019 Media Awards. “(The Awards) recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, … Continue reading GLAAD Media Awards – 2019 nominees
Hello! It’s Friday! Not the first Friday of the year, but, the first Friday I’m posting this! A new decade of music is upon us! There’s some stuff worth hearing – pop artist Georgia and Selena Gomez are back, one sounds very … Continue reading Friday New Music 1/10
We’re expecting articles of impeachment to reach the senate next week. Trump will be speaking to the nation in less than a month. What else could go on? Nothing can distract us from paying attention to polit… Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Will Not Be Distracted
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 … Continue reading Triviacados: Friday, January 10, 2020
Spider-man : Noir was a four- issue miniseries released back in 2009. This version of Peter Parker “was accidentally bitten by an illegally imported and highly-venomous spider, while secretly investigating a smuggling ring of ancient spider statues. Instead of killing … Continue reading Spider-Man Noir Night Thread (1/9)
Welcome back to our weekly discussion of The Good Place. With only four episodes left, we’re in the final stretch! Tonight… The group works to negotiate an afterlife plan with Shawn and the judge. Talk about it here! Continue reading The Good Place: Season 4 Episode 10
Instructions! Ask questions about anything that might require a bit of thought or research. The OTs and PTs fly by so quick not many eyeballs might catch your query. Put them here and they last all week. Check back to … Continue reading Avocado Reference Desk – 44
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