Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jan. 17 – Please welcome today’s contestants: – Lee, a teacher from Raleigh, NC, whose band plays in the “disco country fatback” style; – Amanda, a librarian from Iron Mountain, Mich., who collects shot glasses; and … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Wed., Jan. 17
It’s hard to think of many movies that are more all-around charming than Enchanted, Disney’s gentle satire of their own animated musicals which also served as a salute to them. Shortly after the film became a critical darling, the Mouse House … Continue reading That Enchanted Sequel You Read About Years Ago is Still Happening
In celebration of my new-found freedom as Oscar season draws to a close, I chose to see a movie just for me. Then, looking at selection of movies was faced with the choice of a bunch of mediocre to poor looking … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Insidious: The Last Key (2018)
Welcome to another edition of the Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread! This week, we’re spotlighting A Place Further Than The Universe, the story of a teenage girl who recruits three friends to go with her on a journey to Antarctica … Continue reading Weekly Japanese Pop Culture Thread (January 17th, 2018)
American Dad! Season 14 Episode 17 Family Plan Grade: C- None of this worked very well. I chuckled over the expectations game about which gag they’d go with or at the stupidity of the gags, but that’s about it. Oh, … Continue reading “Family Plan” American Dad! S14 E17
Hello, and welcome to the weekly women+’s issues/health thread! Each Wednesday, someone will post a discussion with a few relevant news items from the last week, as well as a topic for further conversation. The prompt will serve as a … Continue reading Women+’s Weekly Thread – WITH (SOME) POWER COMES (X=?) RESPONSIBILITY
Have at it, folks! Continue reading Tolerable Discussions 1.17.18
Dälek make the harshest, most unforgiving rap music in existence. Hailing straight outta Newark, New Jersey, they construct explosive tracks filled with feedback squalls, distorted vocals, waves of sheer white noise, walls of impenetrable static, and the odd sample of … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Dälek
MMmmmm I dun’know lad. It’s like no thread I’ve ever tasted. Continue reading Is it a Wensleydale Day Thread? Or a Stilton Day Thread?
Someone in the Night Thread posted 15 minutes of Jean-Luc Picard speechifying and essentially laying out my own ideal set of ethics by which to govern my life. I realized (like others) that watching The Next Generation as a kid … Continue reading Pop Culture and Personal Morality
You guys are on your own for discussion of the week’s sports as I will be doing Work Stuff when this goes live. But thankfully, all I need to do is say “Case Keenum to Stefon Diggs” and that should … Continue reading Sports Corner – January 17
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: Do you have any books that are a struggle to conquer? Books … Continue reading The Book Nook
Everything you need to know about Donald Trump, you can tell from his administration. Not Fox or CNN or Trump supporters in some ramshackle mining town but the people who see and work with him daily. Whatever else he is, … Continue reading This Wednesday Political Post Believes Good Leaders Inspire Loyalty
Hanny’s Voorwerp is a thing out in space and has the distinction of having probably the silliest name in all of astronomy. It all began back in 2007 when a school teacher named Hanny van Arkel (another silly-sounding name, not … Continue reading Other: Big Voorwerp!
Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Jan. 16 – Here are today’s contestants: -David, a lawyer from Syosset, NY who composed a limerick about Trebek; -Olivia, an arts administrator from Seattle, WA who saw a lot of plays in London; and -Gilbert, … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Tue., Jan. 16
(Thanks to Trance for making this for me.) Hope you all have fun posting here tonight and have a great night. Also, make sure to vote in my movie poll if you haven’t yet!! Avocado Sight & Sound: The Best … Continue reading Scott OT #33: The Night Thread Gets its Ass to Mahs!! (1/16)
This week’s Savage Love column is here. Continue reading Savage Love
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: 1/16/2018
Of the leading Best Picture contenders, I can now safely say I’ve seen all the films likely to get nominations unless Phantom Thread or something else pulls a surprise and sneaks in. It also means that Oscar watching season is finally … Continue reading Movie Reviews: Call Me by Your Name (2017)
It’s been one year since I did the Avocado Sight & Sound and it’s time to do it again. People have left us since then, people have joined us since then, and opinions change. Here’s the rules for the new … Continue reading Avocado Sight & Sound: The Best Movies According to Us
You like The X-Files and Stranger Things and the not-racist parts of H.P. Lovecraft’s writings. You’ve heard good things about Mike Mignola’s Hellboy, and you’re willing to give it a shot, but looking it up online you discover there are … Continue reading Getting into the Mignolaverse
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