Please welcome today’s contestants: – Ed, a retiree from New York, used Gorilla Monsoon’s kayfabe Manchurian heritage in his teaching; – Dmitriy, a medical student from Illinois, “ment” to do better in a spelling bee; and – Erin, a PhD … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Oct. 15
What do The Beatles and Daleks have in common (besides both popping up in the serial The Chase?) In the 60s they both had massive waves of popularity given the -mania suffix. The Daleks created by Terry Nation were originally … Continue reading Weekly Who #13 is suffering from Dalekmania
Hello and welcome to the weekly fitness thread. This week’s topic is: Squats! From weighted squats to pulse squats, there are many versions of this classic exercise. Do you use squats in your routine? What kind do you use? What … Continue reading Weekly Fitness Thread Squats
It’s your first day at Freddy Fazbear’s Fitness™! Night shift jobs are always rough, but hey, it’s a living. As you enter the gym the crowd is begining to disperse. With the exception of an older man ranting to the … Continue reading Werewolf 105: Five Nights at Fitness Day One
Now we get to the eliminations. We have 123 songs in this tournament; they have been broken up into 8 groups of either 15 or 16. For the group stage, vote for as many songs as you like! The top 4 … Continue reading Best Video Game Song Tournament, 1983-1989: Group 2
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the movie that introduced us to the man who would make his name on Twilight Zone-style twists: M. Night Shyamalan. Everyone had expected The Sixth Sense to be a fairly low key summer … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (10/15)
Things that are 42: P Sherman’s house on West Wallaby Way, Sydney. The rule in Alice in Wonderland that states all persons over a mile high must leave the court. The Doctor Who episode with the sun monster Oh, and … Continue reading Life, The Universe and The Day Thread
Shitter’s Full! Bears in the woods edition Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Tue 10/15/2019)
We’ve got another week with a bazillion small games that are likely outshined by the slew of high profile ports and re-releases. Honestly though, you can think of this week as the calm before the storm, because after that it’s … Continue reading New Game Releases 10/15/19 – 10/21/19
One of my favorite past times is haunting used bookstores, looking for out-of-print and forgotten classics. My taste in literature tends to run toward fantasy, science-fiction, and horror, and I find modern novels too often weighed down by bloat and … Continue reading Paperback Punk
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 Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Live-action edition. Hocus Pocus
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 Creative Endeavors Brings Out The Dead!
I didn’t see any huge bombshell news from yesterday to talk about, just the same usual collection of bullshit still going on. I guess Fiona Hill’s testimony gave us new insights into just how completely ridiculous our current transnational crime … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Spills The Beans
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: The largest cities and towns in the South East England … Continue reading Triviacados: Tuesday, October 15, 2019
I have always heard that Land of the Dead was the weakest of the George Romero zombie movies. It’s true that it’s not as much of a game changer as Night of the Living Dead or Dawn of the Dead. … Continue reading Review: Land of the Dead (2005)
This night thread is dedicated to the Electric Eliminators, my favourite of all the gangs shown briefly in the opening montage of The Warriors, just because, well, that logo is cool and I love cool logos. Also you’d have to … Continue reading The Electric Eliminators Night Thread (14 October 2019)
“Uh, hello? Hello, hello…?” Hello and welcome to your summer job at the new and improved Freddy Fazbear’s Fitness™! A place where ladies and gentlemen girls and boys and dudes of all teenages….as well as the uh, gals…can work out, … Continue reading Werewolf 105: Five Nights At Fitness SIGNUPS!
Tonight on Black Lightning: Black Lightning Season 3, Episode 2 With Freeland under occupation, the Pierce family gets pulled in different directions; Jefferson and Lynn are at odds with each other; Jennifer feels powerless despite having powers. Here’s the Live … Continue reading 10/14/19 Black Lightning Live Chat
It was a cold, wet December day in Virginia. The kind of cold that seeps through layers of clothes and settles as a deep ache within your bones. George Washington had spent most of the morning and afternoon riding on … Continue reading What killed George Washington?
A truly intense experience all horror nerds should seek out! What: the 11th Annual Shock Around the Clock Marathon Where: The Drexel Theatre, Columbus Ohio When Saturday October 12th 12pm- 12pmSunday October 13th Survival – a Matter of Planning Traveling out … Continue reading Month of Horror 2019 – Surviving a 24 Hour Horror Movie Marathon
In Hot Potato a factory worker rescues a gay man from a hate crime and takes him in as a roommate. Eventually he’s mistaken for gay by his co-workers. They’re proud communists, devoted to workers rights, but can’t handle the … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Hot Potato (1979)
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