Welcome to this week’s History Thread. This week’s topic: What subject do you want to learn more about? We all have gaps in our historical knowledge. Use this space to ask for information or reading/documentary/podcast recommendations on historical subjects you’d … Continue reading The History Thread Crosses the 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. Or visit the quiz here. Remember to post your results here in … Continue reading Triviacados: Tuesday, May 28, 2019
Look man, it’s the day after a holiday weekend here in the US, and I’ll be honest, I’m not even close to up to speed. I didn’t follow a lick of politics for the last 3 days so I have … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread Is Recovering
Today is the birth date of the great Christopher Lee. The man had an acting career spanning 70 years, where he bedeviled Van Helsing, burned people in a Wicker Man, and distracted James Bond with his superfluous third nipple. He … Continue reading The Count Dooku Night Thread (5/27)
Week 8 Avocado Fantasy League Results MLB TALK • Know the name Carter Stewart yet? You might be hearing it a lot coming soon. He’s a 19 year old that was looked at as probably an early second round pick … Continue reading The Avocado Fantasy League Week 8/MLB Talk
A flyer outside the Snack Falcon flutters to the ground. “MISSING: Carl Cholipski, Age 17…” The parking lot is littered with the things, and oddly enough, there appear to be multiple people on them. A gas station attendant you went … Continue reading Werewolf 93: Night in the Woods – Day 1
What games have you been playing and what do you think of them? Bonus topic: Has a game ever converted you to a fan of a genre? Continue reading Weekly Video Games Thread Makes a Breakthrough
Jeopardy! recap for Mon., May 27 – Here are today’s contestants: – Scott, a medical student from California, collected butterflies; – Monica, a financial planner from Florida, danced on past Memorial Days; and – James, a professional sports gambler from … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., May 27
Despite its ultimate shortcomings as a series, one of my favorite aspects of Game of Thrones remains the massive cast of characters it featured over its eight years on air. And now that the show has wrapped up, it seems like … Continue reading Game of Thrones Character Tournament – Nominations
The nominations are in and there have been some early heartbreaks. Bands just outside the top 32: The Pet Shop Boys, Duran Duran, and Artic Monkeys. The Top 5 presented some surprises. Led Zeppelin, an early frontrunner, failed to make … Continue reading Best British Band (That Isn’t the Beatles or Rolling Stones) Tournament Round 1
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 Weekly Cleaning Thread is Delayed For The Holiday
Happy Memorial Day! I have been re-reading Crisis on Infinite Earths as primer for the Arrowverse crossover later in the year. Earth X is the home to Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters. On Earth X, World War II has … Continue reading Freedom Fighters Day Thread
Vacation Day at the Strip Club Continue reading The Comic Strip Club (Mon 5/27/2019)
Volume 2 of X-Men Red picks up where V1 left off, and moves the story forward in short order. There is some mystery here, but our heroes and our antagonist need interaction. Frankly, there is too much at stake for … Continue reading X-Men Red V2: Waging Peace
It’s Memorial Day in the US, which is basically our Remembrance Day, except with more shopping. So. Much. Shopping. In other news, as we all know, Theresa May finally gave up, gave everyone in the UK the metaphorical finger, dropped … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Has Off for Memorial Day
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. Or visit the quiz here. Remember to post your results here in … Continue reading Triviacados: Monday, May 27, 2019
(This game will contain light spoilers for the 2017 game.) Werewolf is important, but so is life. This is an ad-hoc game meant to fill in for Lutair’s anime-inspired outing. I’ll do an official intro for Day 1 when it … Continue reading Werewolf 93: Night in the Woods
Soooo… this podcast went places. Mr. Glitch, Wolfman Jew, Ben, The Kappa, and I intended to talk about Pokémon Detective Pikachu and magic in video games, and we succeeded on both those fronts. However, we also ended up talking about … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast #48: Welcome to Our Anime Podcast
Today is the birthday of Grammy-award winning singer and songwriter Lenny Kravitz. He one had a record breaking run from 1999 to 2002 where he won Grammys in 4 consecutive years. He also comes from a strong acting family. His … Continue reading The Milky Way Night Thread (5/26)
Of all of George Harrison’s solo albums, I think this eponymous one from 1979 is perhaps his best. His first solo record, All Things Must Pass, is broader in scope but is encumbered by Phil Spector’s everything-and-the-kitchen-sink production and a … Continue reading Album Spotlight: George Harrison—George Harrison
It’s been a long time since we’ve had a ‘first’ anything on this show. I stand by my belief that the Golden Era is seasons four to eight, with the first three seasons being the show’s Experimental Era, where it … Continue reading The Simpsons, Season Six, Episode Twenty-Three, “The Springfield Connection”
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