Hey y’all. As you may or may not have known, I have a radio show on CHIRP Radio, a little indie station out of Chicago. We’ve been digital-only for nearly 10 years at chirpradio.org (and on our mobile app, which … Continue reading Jaye Tyler’s Radio Show – Request Thread: 9/10/2019
Greetings, Avocadoans! It’s time once again for The Avocado’s 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 … Continue reading Weekly LGBT+ Discussion
Last year, in the CW preview, a couple of you expressed trepidation about the direction the network was heading in. There was a lot of concern given that they were about to lose Jane the Virgin, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and iZombie … Continue reading 2019 Fall TV Preview – The CW (I Really Do Appreciate That They Renewed Roswell, New Mexico)
Please welcome today’s contestants: – Valerie, an office manager from New York, keeps her British accent for marketing purposes; – Sean, a chief technologist from North Carolina, mastered the “Elsa flourish”; and – Jason, a math teacher from New Mexico, … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Sept. 10
Get to it! (Subtitle means nothing, this is business as usual.) Continue reading Rank the Tracks: Hyperturboextreme edition
Welcome to the Weekly Movie Thread, where we discuss film. What have you watched recently? What movies are you excited for? Today’s bonus prompt: What movie effects would you describe as “magical”? This week celebrates the 90th anniversary of The … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (9/10)
Snert’s day at the Strip Club Snert: Hägar’s dog; Snert is supposed to be a bird/hunting dog, but the reader gets the impression that most of the time he just doesn’t feel like working. Snert understands everything Hägar tells … Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Tue 9/10/2019)
The fall train continues to chug along, with one major multi-platform release, and two big console exclusives. On top of that we’ve got two new sports titles, a handful of interesting looking small games, some decent ports, and a fun … Continue reading New Game Releases 09/10/19 – 09/16/19
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. We have long since finished the animated films so we have moved on to the live action films. The title comes from … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Live-action Edition. The Black Hole
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 The Creative Endeavors Thread Learns From the Best
Continuing with my non-Hallmark detour, today’s film was flagged to me by a family member. Amazon sent her a notification that this film was out. She does not watch these sorts of movies, so I don’t know what Amazon was … Continue reading Not Hallmark: Santa Girl Recap/Review
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! My apologies for missing last week, I have no good excuse other than being otherwise occupied. This week’s picture: on September 10, 1897 a miner’s strike at Lattimer, PA turned violent. After the usual … Continue reading The Striking Weekly History Thread
By a score of 66-12 Limp Bizkit’s cover of Behind Blue Eyes beat Disturbed’s The Sound of Silence to win the Worst Cover Song Tournament. It truly is a remarkable piece of shit deserving of this (dis)honor. For comparison here’s the Who’s Original and … Continue reading Worst Cover Song Winner
Look, I had a whole thing planned about this and then the meeting was canceled last night right after I went to bed, and it’s too early for me to think of anything else, and I don’t want to have … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Invites Over the Taliban Until We Don’t
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: Quiz updated January 2017 Quiz Note: Not all countries without … Continue reading Triviacados: Tuesday September 10, 2019
In 2009, the bad movie gods delivered onto us an amazing disaster by the name of Partners. It has a needlessly complex plot (the bad guy intentionally gets shot because he bought his own ambulance, I guess?), has abysmal sound … Continue reading Scott OT #197: The Night Thread of Partners (9/9)
Disqus is getting stronger, and better at destroying games. Not that you know why they’re destroying the games you head to, but you know that they’re doing it. The players here, though you don’t know them, are your allies. They’re … Continue reading Werewolf 100: The One Hundreding – Day 4 (TEAM 1)
Disqus is getting stronger, and better at destroying games. Not that you know why they’re destroying the games you head to, but you know that they’re doing it. The players here, though you don’t know them, are your allies. They’re … Continue reading Werewolf 100: The One Hundreding- Day 4 (Team 2)
It’s our first “expanded look” into the future, as we discuss how hard this clown is going to laugh at the box office. Continue reading Long Range Oracle — Joker
“When you’re analyzing lesbian films, you do need to re-arrange your standards.” ~ Pink News What was the first tragic lesbian film? Possibly 1931’s Maedchen in Uniform. What were Hollywood’s first happy lesbian romances? Possibly 1982’s Personal Best and 1984’s … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Lesbian Romcoms
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