Attend the tale of Antonio Brown’s helmet. If nothing else, it’s certainly enlivened the pre-season. Even if I can’t say it makes much sense that a player wants to use worn-out equipment to protect his noggin. Or that anyone would … Continue reading Sports Corner – August 14, 2019
Welcome to the Book Nook! This is the weekly thread for Avocados to discuss books we’re currently reading, recommendations, genre, and serious literary criticism. This week’s recommended discussion: When I was young, there were a lot of prestige bestsellers about … Continue reading The Book Nook
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: EXAMPLE: If the clue were CPLAY, … Continue reading Triviacados: Wednesday, August 14, 2019
New York Times demotes editor who sparked fury Welcome to Wednesday!!! Continue reading This Wednesday Political Thread Owes Me An Enormous Apology
According to the interwebs, today is Left-Handers’ Day! My dad is left-handed. Here’s some famous lefties: Musician Paul McCartney Actress / Talk Show Host Oprah Winfrey Actor Keanu Reeves Lefties, here’s to you! Continue reading Left-Handed Night Thread
Justice League #29 Scott Snyder and James Tynion IV – Writers Bruno Redondo – Artist (A Year of the Villain – Dark Gifts Tie-In) The issue opens with a brief history lesson of the alien creature Starro as ‘Jarro’ infiltrates … Continue reading Comic Book Review- Justice League #29
Hello and welcome to the weekly fitness thread. This week’s topic is: Weather! From the hot sun to downpours, the weather can have a big effect on our day-to-day fitness. How do you deal with rain, snow, and heat? Do … Continue reading Weekly Fitness Thread Runs on Sunny Days
A place for “serious” discussions. Continue reading “In All Seriousness” Thread — 08/13/2019
I’m totally going to regret this one, but who are some crushes that don’t fit your type Now for some rules -One crush per a post. -All posts where you declare your crush must include at least 1 image or … Continue reading The Crush Thread- Taste Breakers
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
It’s a new fantasy year everybody. I’m your commissioner Harvey Dent, and I am here to provide another year of failure for myself/hopeful success for the rest of you. League Page URL: https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/367161 I’m slow as hell at getting … Continue reading Avocado Fantasy Football 2019
A round of questions inspired by a recent visit to Shoeless Brewing in Greenville, SC. What 2002 video game sees a vacationing Italian plumber forced to clean up graffiti created by a shadowy doppelganger on the tropical Isle Delfino? Current … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: So Meta
For those of you just joining us, you have discovered that the entire party fell through some kind of crystaline time warp (where fire is blood or something) and now you’re stuck in 2015. Some of you are taking it … Continue reading Werewolves 98: Return to Zone Z – Day 4
Something I think all humans do, and have perhaps done since we were living in caves, is that we remember an embarrassing incident we were involved in and wince in psychic pain as we relive it all over again. Sometimes … Continue reading When I Was Cool: An Illustrated Essay
“Huh, this thing is still going?” say the haters. Those of us who bear the solemn responsibility know otherwise. It’s not glamorous, it’s not profitable, and it’s probably not even fun. Yet we push on. End the torment of living … Continue reading Tournament of Billys Round 3
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 7 years at chirpradio.org (and on our mobile app, which you … Continue reading Jaye Tyler’s Radio Show – Request Thread: 8/13/2019
Klaus leaves the family after one too many harassments. 15 years later, they reconnect for his funeral. Has American Dad ever done a fast forward to the future episode? I think not, but it’s about time they did one. And … Continue reading “No Weddings and a Funeral” American Dad! S16E18
Today marks the 40th anniversary of the American theatrical release of the movie that’s in the Top Ten of a lot of Best Of movie lists, Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. Personally speaking… this movie is easily on my All … Continue reading Avocado Weekly Movie Thread (8/13)
August 13 is the birthday of Danish singer MØ, who many of you remember as being in that 2015 ear worm, “Lean On”, from Major Lazer. In the video, the crew (who are Major Lazer and maaaaybe DJ Snake?) seems … Continue reading Blah Blah, Fire A Gun, You’re Going to Need Someone to Day Thread (8/13)
Back to School time ! Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Tue 8/13/2019)
8-Bit’s almost gone… 8-Bit’s almost gone… Almost gone.. Yeah, it’s almost gone… Where will we be… When 8-Bit games are gone? 16-Bit found us calmly unaware… Sega pushed Lasorda into our hair… At night, we played some Altered Beast… When … Continue reading New Game Releases 08/13/19 – 08/19/19
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