The Impeachment of the 45th President, Donald J. Trump, is underway. The rules of the impeachment include that once the articles are submitted that the Senate drop all other business in favor of this until it comes to a conclusion. … Continue reading Trump Impeachment: Day 8
BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense. is a comedic light novel series by Yuumikan about a teenage girl who plays a VR MMO and prioritizes defensive stats to a ridiculous degree. An anime … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 29th, 2020)
This Sunday, Katie Sowers makes history as the first woman assistant coach and the first openly gay coach to participate in the Super Bowl. This certainly doesn’t fix the decades of sexism and homophobia in the NFL and in sports … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 29, 2020
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: short stories and novellas. (hat tip to Thomas the Fifth) Because we’re … Continue reading The Book Nook
Election Update: Sanders Is On The Upswing Up until this point, we’ve been pretty hesitant to read too much into any one of the post-debate polls — largely because for each poll that showed Sen. Bernie Sanders on the upswing, there was another … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Sanders Surges
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: Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Sorry, I was busy yesterday and forgot to post. How about that NZ v IND super over! BBL09 is now into the only playoff with 5 names: Eliminator, Qualifier, Challenger, Knockout, Final. U19 CWC is heating up. Afghanistan still leads … Continue reading All Things Cricket: January 28th (almost)
Actor Jon Cryer played Lex Luthor’s nephew/sidekick/henchman in the 1987 movie Superman IV: The Quest For Peace. Lenny helped his Uncle Lex escape from prison and the men worked together to steal a strand of Superman’s hair. This piece of … Continue reading Lenny Luthor Night Thread
“Yet we have the strength to scale the walls between us… To reach out our hands in friendship so we can open our true hearts to one another! That’s how we win!” -Claude von Riegan, essentially summing up the main … Continue reading Werewolf 115 – Werewolf Emblem Awakening – Signups
Sometimes when I take a deep dive into the dollar bin, I’ll find newer releases, most likely because the store ordered way more copies of a comic than they could sell. I like to rescue these comics just to see … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Batman and Robin Annual #3 (April 2015)
“Fadeout” So this is the end of Arrow. Quite a journey across 8 seasons. A lot of ups a lot of downs but damn I am glad it existed. Before the show there’s going to be some sort of retrospective. … Continue reading 1/28/2020Arrow Live Chat
A place for “serious” discussions. Continue reading “In All Seriousness” Thread — 01/28/2020
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
Let’s meet today’s contestants: – Greg, an acoustical consultant from Virginia, is an Eagle Scout; – Adella, an English professor from Florida, had hyperlexia, which is a good thing; and – Sarah, a graduate student from California, wants to visit … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Jan. 28
Group 13 and 14 Results: [spoiler] Group 13 Champions: 16 Final Fantasy VI The Decisive Battle 16 Super Metroid Brinstar Jungle Floor 15 Sonic The Hedgehog Starlight Zone 15 Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Aquatic Ruin Zone 14 Clock Tower (Super … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1990-1995: Group 16
It’s the Weekly Movie Thread! Let’s talk movies! Or “talkies” as they were once known. Today we’re going to look at something from the “pre-talkie” era, but go ahead and chat about movies you’ve seen, enjoyed, or maybe not enjoyed … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (1/28)
Today a year ago, I went to pick up Leia (the cat) from the airport, and she has been chilling with me ever since. “What a coincidence,” you might say, “Leia’s birthday is the same date as when you picked … Continue reading Leia’s Birth-Day Thread (1/28)
Spooky Spider Tuesday with Garfield Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Tue 1/28/2020
January continues to be a slow month for major new releases, and we are continuing to see a high volume of remakes, ports, and re-releases. This is probably welcoming news to those of us who have massive back catalogs of … Continue reading New Game Releases 01/28/20 – 02/03/20
The Impeachment of the 45th President, Donald J. Trump, is underway. The rules of the impeachment include that once the articles are submitted that the Senate drop all other business in favor of this until it comes to a conclusion. … Continue reading Trump Impeachment: Day 7
Kothar of the Magic Sword by Gardner Fox Gather ‘round, children; an old man is speaking. Back in the early 1980s, there was only one edition of Dungeons & Dragons and we called it Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. There were … Continue reading Paperback Punk
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