The Avocado Night Thread (August 23, 2019)
Take care and have an awesome night, everyone! Continue reading The Avocado Night Thread (August 23, 2019)
Werewolf 99: The Suffering Game – Day 3
Wonderland, with all of its games and sacrifices, has become almost familiar by now. Your adventuring parties, while tired and scared, have forged a closer bond through the struggles you’ve endured here. How adorable. Your hosts, seeing you conversing within … Continue reading Werewolf 99: The Suffering Game – Day 3
Let’s Read an Old Menu, featuring Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Canada
Hello, everyone and welcome to Let’s Read An Old Menu! This is another in a weekly series looking at restaurant, hotel kitchen, and lunch counter menus from the 19th and 20th centuries. Sometimes things will be familiar, sometimes they’ll be … Continue reading Let’s Read an Old Menu, featuring Chateau Laurier, Ottawa, Canada
Disney+ Showcase Chat
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Box Office Oracle — 08/23/2019
Summer’s almost over as we see the last big release of the season. Also, we’ve got brides and prayers! Continue reading Box Office Oracle — 08/23/2019
Shoeless Trivia: Rhyme Time
Slightly different format this time, mostly because I’m recycling a round I used Thursday night. Every answer is a rhyming phrase. An amoral insect that destroys cotton What Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Derek Jeter all use to blow their … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Rhyme Time
Into The Weeds: Longform Political Discussion
Welcome to the second week of space on this site devoted to more detailed analysis and slower-paced discussion of the many events happening today in the world. Got any white papers you want people to mull over? How about a … Continue reading Into The Weeds: Longform Political Discussion
Avocado Fantasy Football Start Point
Okay so we have 12 teams in place at the moment and I would like to say sorry about the people I didn’t get in this time, I was busy at work all throughout this and didn’t get the chance … Continue reading Avocado Fantasy Football Start Point
Identify This Gif
In the summertime when the weather is hot You can stretch right up and touch the sky When the weather’s fine You got gifing, gifing on your mind… 1- Post a SFW (or spoilered) gif 2- Identify the source 3-??? … Continue reading Identify This Gif
This, That, or The Other
Post THREE things separated by commas and “or”. Chime in with replies and votes as to your choice. FIGHT!! Continue reading This, That, or The Other
Avocado Reference Desk – 24
Instructions! Ask questions about anything that might require a bit of thought or research. The OTs and PTs fly by so quick not many eyeballs might catch your query. Put them here and they last all week. Check back to … Continue reading Avocado Reference Desk – 24
Job Rants Thread – 8/23/2019 – Short Week Edition
Hey, all; Happy Friday – As the header might have clued you in on, I had a short week this…Week; thanks to both taking time off for my birthday, and vehicle repair issues.* As such, not a lot … Continue reading Job Rants Thread – 8/23/2019 – Short Week Edition
The Weekly Shuffle Thread NEEDs Your Shuffle!
Hello, and welcome to the Weekly Shuffle Thread, your favorite place to show off your shuffle! If you’ve got the need to shuffle, here’s your chance, because the word of the day is NEED! Share your favorite songs with the … Continue reading The Weekly Shuffle Thread NEEDs Your Shuffle!
The Fingermouse Day Thread (August 23, 2019)
“I am the mouse called Fingermouse, Fingermouse that’s me!” Fingerbobs was a 1970s children’s TV show featuring paper puppet animals, the most famous and beloved of whom was given his own TV show in 1985. Little more than a grey … Continue reading The Fingermouse Day Thread (August 23, 2019)
The Comic Strip Club (Fri 8/23/2019)
Sneaky Snake day at the Strip Club Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Fri 8/23/2019)
Classic Comic Book Canon. The Sandman, issues 29-31, Special
Welcome to a series that I am continuing. I am going to go through Neil Gaiman’s now-classic series The Sandman. Issue #29 Title: Thermidor [footnote] The name comes from the revolutionary name for a summer month that mostly coinsided with … Continue reading Classic Comic Book Canon. The Sandman, issues 29-31, Special
Triviacados: Friday, August 23, 2019
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: Friday, August 23, 2019
The Friday Politics Thread Burns to the Ground
Good morning everyone! It is not a Happy Friday. I can’t get over the Amazon rainforest being on fire. It’s hitting me harder than the usual endless stream of bad news. Anyone who has been around since the Avocado was … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Burns to the Ground
The Baseline Test Night Thread (August 22, 2019)
Let’s begin. Ready? Have you ever been in an institution? Cells. Do they keep you in a cell? Cells. When you’re not performing your duties do they keep you in a little box? Cells. What’s it like to hold the … Continue reading The Baseline Test Night Thread (August 22, 2019)
Poirot (Classic): S03E07 “The Double Clue”
Chief Inspector Japp is in a pickle: over the last three weeks there have been three jewel theft at high-society events, and the pressure is on to prevent another – so much so that our dear Japp of the Yard … Continue reading Poirot (Classic): S03E07 “The Double Clue”
Comic Book Review – Fantastic Four #13
Fantastic Four #13 Dan Slott- Writer Sean Izaakse – Artist Recap – “Ben scheduled his island honeymoon with Alicia to take place during his annual transmutation, when he becomes human for a short period of time. But before the honeymooners … Continue reading Comic Book Review – Fantastic Four #13
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