If you’re like me, you spend your weekends catching up on a lot of housework you didn’t do during the week. So, here is a place is a place to commiserate, ask for advice, or maybe brag about how clean … Continue reading Avocado Cleaning Thread Gets Ready for Company
We’ve talked about the increasingly sitcommy nature of the show this season, and much like Bob Dylan going full country on Nashville Skyline in 1969, this episode consciously brings that to the fore. It’s that old cliche of a popular … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Seven, Episode Thirteen, “Two Bad Neighbours”
With a long running time and early reviews that were positive but not quite as enthusiastic as the first installment, It: Chapter 2 landed this weekend with a $91 million win domestic. It also brought in $94 million internationally in 75 … Continue reading Box Office: September 6-8
For Caruso! Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo was inspired by Carlos Fitzgerald, a rubber baron operating in Peru who exploited Native populations. (He was called “Fitzcarraldo” because it was easier for locals to pronounce.) For the movie, Herzog changed his name to … Continue reading The Day Thread pulls a ship up a mountain (9/8)
If you want to talk about football — whether the college games from earlier in the week or the NFL games today and tomorrow — here’s your thread! I missed yesterday’s LSU/Texas game that was, based on the 27 texts … Continue reading Football! (American Style)
No sleep for Jeremy Sunday Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Sun 9/8/2019)
What’s your favorite cookie? Continue reading Cookies! Sunday Food Thread 9/8
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 / Wrong Answers Quiz note: Decide whether you … Continue reading Triviacados: Sunday, September 8, 2019
Not sure what this is about? Catch up over at this thread: Dark Universe: The Podcast I worked out a buncha stuff over the last week and this is what I’ve got so far. First, a rough timeline. Not set … Continue reading The Darkest Universe: Setting up Episode 1
The Night Thread wants to show the world it’s cool. Relaxed. With it. But not cool like in the sense of those damn youths with their slick minimalist ties they bought at Express Men. We want to be cool like … Continue reading The Night Thread wears a Jerry Garcia tie (9/7)
Welcome to the weekly Styling & Grooming Thread. This thread is for: giving and receiving feedback and recommendations; discussing skincare routines, product recommendations, hair cuts, clothing, etc. from our community; diving into fashion-related topics at a more more in-depth level; … Continue reading Weekly Styling & Grooming Thread
In October 2018 Tumblr (may she rest in peace) was swooning over the handsome 20-somethings playing sexy teenagers in the Netflix series Elite. I decided to check it out and ended up binging the 8 episodes over the course of … Continue reading Elite. Season 2. (Spoiler Space)
Welcome to Public Domain Theater, your home for the wonderful world of films that have (in the United States, at least) fallen into the public domain, and are free for everyone to see! This month, we have a movie that … Continue reading Public Domain Theater: Our Town (& “Bosko’s Soda Fountain”)
Wake up and give us those pet pics! Continue reading The Pet Thread Conks Out
Sleep in Saturday Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Sat 9/7/2019)
November 22, 1963 was a defining event for a generation of Americans. John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Texas became a national trauma, experienced collectively through media as a later generation endured 9/11. Nor did the event offer catharsis: Lee … Continue reading The Paranoid Style in Cinema: Executive Action (1973, David Miller)
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 No Skip / Minefield / Wrong Answers Or … Continue reading Triviacados: Saturday, September 7, 2019
As always, lots of stuff happening in the world – but this weekend, that stuff has musical accompaniment! Let’s start in Britain. Boris Johnson is undergoing his predestined humiliation as PM, but a hard Brexit still looms large over the … Continue reading The Weekend Politics Thread Rocks Out
Yoko Ono has always incited strong opinions. Put an album of hers on for friends, and most will turn white and flee the room before a minute has gone by. Many Beatles fans hate her with a gag reflex: she … Continue reading Album Spotlight: Yoko Ono—Plastic Ono Band
Today is the magnificent Idris Elba’s birthday! Have a great Friday night! Continue reading Idris Elba Night Thread (9/6)
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