Due to a sudden health decline of Guest Editor Iggy and an according shift in priorities (nearly all of them involving a new obsession with my cat’s junk), I have been forced to reschedule our previously scheduled magazine write-up. The … Continue reading Old Magazines Is Taking Sick Leave
GIFs – or Good Ittybitty Films* are always fun. Why not post some? 1- Post a SFW (or spoilered) gif 2- Identify the source 3- ??? 4- Profit! *So is clearly pronounced Gif not Jif Continue reading Identify This Gif
Introducing today’s contestants: – Laurel, a graduate student from Florida, will have her novel out in 5-10 years; – Steve, a psychology professor from Florida, raps about anything, including Canada; and – Gabe, a researcher from Washington, D.C., has hundreds … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Fri., Sept. 27
Oh, like I wasn’t going to use this. Hey, all; Happy Friday – In the annals of the JRT, it should come as a shock to no-one that one of the most popular subjects/causes of our collective wailings … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 9/27/2019 – No Bad News
Yo, let’s talk about this. Spider-Man Will Stay in the Marvel Cinematic Universe PLOT TWIST. 🕷#SpiderMan will stay in the MCU…for now. pic.twitter.com/tLSFuF8sYn — Complex (@Complex) September 27, 2019 Continue reading Spider-Man Will Stay in the MCU
Hello everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Shuffle Thread, your favorite place to show off your shuffles! Today the shuffle is twice as nice, because TWO is our word of the day! Take a look through your … Continue reading The Weekly Shuffle Thread TWO: Electric Boogaloo
War with the Newts is a science fiction novel written by Czech author Karel Čapek and first published in 1936. On a small island near Sumatra, an ageing, alcoholic ship’s captain discovers a colony of over-sized newts able to walk … Continue reading The War With The Newts Day Thread (27 September 2019)
Hello, ‘cados, and welcome to a new thread I’m trying: The Green Thread! Like probably a lot of us, I’ve been taking a look at ways I can reduce my own carbon footprint (while recognizing that what we really need … Continue reading The Green Thread
It’s Casual Friday at the Strip Club Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Fri 9/27/2019)
Never in a million years would I have believed that when I left Phoenix, AZ to relocate to Long Beach, CA my journey would end with me buying a house in Tucson, AZ a mere thirteen months later. When I … Continue reading My 13 Months in L.A. – An Illustrated Essay
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman. Issue # 44 Title: Brief Lives Part 4 Artist: Jill Thompson & Vince Locke Collected in: Brief Lives Plot: … Continue reading Comic Book Canon: The Sandman. Issues 44-46
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be scrupulously unspooling the second half of the Ultima story, covering roughly 1992 to … Continue reading Franchise Festival #69: Ultima (Part Two)
This is it, the definitive answer to what is the greatest video game of all time (as decided by an Avocado popularity contest). In this corner, we have Portal One of the most universally beloved games of all time The … Continue reading Best Video Game of All Time, Finals!
Hello! It’s Friday, and there’s new music. But you know that already, how nice of Firday to always have new music. Today has a new album by The New Pornographers worth getting excited about, a new Tegan & Sara album, and probably a ton … Continue reading Friday New Music 9/27
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 Quiz Note: *Alive as of the end of … Continue reading Triviacados: Friday, September 27, 2019
Good morning everyone, and Happy Friday! Excuse the really stupid title, please. It just seemed to work on a bunch of different levels for a fleeting moment. Night thread, etc. Anywho, we have the rusty gears of democracy turning, the … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Gets Removed From Orifice
Like National Pancake Day. The completion of the second single expedition circumnavigation of the planet by Sir Francis Drake in 1580. And some notable births, including folk hero orchardist Johnny Appleseed, physiologist Ivan Pavlov, poet T.S. Eliot, and some other … Continue reading The Sept 26th Night Thread Celebrates Some Stuff
Two burly robots carry a garishly-dressed man and the upholstered chair he’s sitting in to the stage. The robots set the chair down carefully, hand the man a guitar, then lower the microphone to his mouth. “Hey. I’m Hotblack … Continue reading Werewolf 103: Milliways, Day Five
We begin, like so many of these do, at a train station, where whistles are blowing, steam is fssssh-ing, brown-becoated men are walking about, suitcases are being loaded, and the ubiquitous ABC Railway Guide is prominently on display. A familiar … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S04E01 “The ABC Murders”
Welcome back to the discussion space for the premiere of The Good Place’s fourth and final season! Feel free to share speculation, memories, and to discuss tonight’s episode. Continue reading The Good Place – Season 4 Episode 1
Some consider later seasons of fictional late 90s TV series Dad’s Casa a bit of a letdown. The cast has aged by this point, and Tim Allen clearly has lost interest in what made Dad so special earlier on in … Continue reading Dad’s Casa – S6E13: Dad’s Casa-Nova
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