A list of all the books that have been discussed in the Avocado Book Club. Updated regularly. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin This Census-Taker by China Miéville Radiance by Catherynne M. Valente Continue reading The ABC – Master List
Step 1 – Post a Safe-ish at least for work gif Step 2- Identify the source Step 3 – No Shirt, No Shoes Step 4 – Profit Continue reading Identify This Gif
What you need to do: Find comments that are funny or interesting or weird when stripped of context. Take a screenshot. Post the screenshot(s) here. Have fun! Continue reading The Weekly “No Context” Thread
Welcome back to the Weekly Pun Thread, where we give you a chance to flex those puns. In today’s news, a bank robbery suspect found an…interesting place to hide out and take a load off: Email A bank … Continue reading The Weekly Pun Thread Gives a Crap
The game is simple! Post a few lines of lyrics and let others try to guess who performed the song! Rules: NO CHEATING by using a search engine! This is only going to be fun if you use your own … Continue reading Name That Band! (By These Lyrics)
Hello, and welcome to the Weekly Shuffle Thread! Today we’re taking the Shuffle Thread on a trip around the world! Share any of your favorite songs with the word “WORLD” in the title of them, or if you’re a homebody, … Continue reading The Best Weekly Shuffle Thread in the WORLD!
Now that December is upon us, it’s time to break out the usual accoutrements of the holiday season. Reindeer. Snowmen. Gingerbread houses. Nativity scenes. And, of course, blistering prog-rock solos played on Gibson Flying V guitars while laser light shows … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: The Mystery of Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Arrowverse Review Index Supergirl 3×08, Arrow 6×08, The Flash 4×08, and Legends of Tomorrow 3×08: “Crisis on Earth-X” Now this? This is a superhero crossover. It’s been a long road coming. Ever since The Flash spun-off from Arrow three years … Continue reading This Week In The Arrowverse: 11/27/2017 – 12/3/2017: “Crisis on Earth-X”
Bet you didn’t think I’d do it! That’s right, I’m continuing my series of chemical element open threads. Number two in this possibly-118-part series is boron. Boron is the fifth element, and the first semiconductor. The semiconductors are weird: they … Continue reading The Boron Day Thread
In early November, toy company Funko — creator of top heavy dolls and other delights — went public to help pay off its $320 million in debt. It stumbled a bit at first; stock prices dropped 41% from their initial … Continue reading Funkos Don’t Deserve Your Hatred
Before I went to bed last night, I caught the last half of RoboCop 2 on El Rey. It’s a film of lesser quality compared to the first film, but younger me always thought it was pretty good because it had … Continue reading Remake A Movie In Your Vision
Back on the old site, I wrote a few articles following a rewatch of the Marvel Cinamatic Universe. Here are those articles again. Title: Ant-Man Director: Peyton Reed Writer(s): Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish and Adam McKay & Paul Rudd … Continue reading Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Two Rewatch: Ant-Man
Good morning everyone, and happy Friday! The big news this morning is that Michael Flynn has been charged for lying to the FBI. This is exciting, because it’s hard to believe that only Flynn has anything to do with Russia’s meddling. … Continue reading The Friday Politics Thread Is Charged With Being Too Cool For School
You see the title. The Shield: Mad Men: Continue reading Describe Your Favourite Show With A Simpsons GIF
Test patterns are a delightfully arcane thing, originally created to solve an extinct problem – analog video signal fidelity. In the primordial days of television, a set was adjusted through an elaborate set of small knobs – brightness, contrast, vertical … Continue reading Test Pattern Night Thread
I. Love. Gifs. Seeing things in motion really makes me happy. But we all have those gifs that we love but never seem to have the right time or place for. Now is the time. Here is place. Show … Continue reading Gifs You Don’t Get to Use Enough
Antarctica, nineteen-eightysomething The scientists of American research outpost #47 were feeling celebratory. A discovery in the ice of a large organic creature, frozen for potentially centuries was going to make them all famous and rich. Or so they thought. The … Continue reading Werewolf 47: The Thing Sign Ups
Do you have a question about anything in pop culture, whether real-world or in-universe? Is Google failing you? Ask here to see if your fellow Avocados can help clear things up for you. This is open to questions of any … Continue reading Pop Culture Reference Desk – It’s the 4th One! Why Am I Even Counting?
Like most people who have sat down to watch an episode of The Simpsons, I have enjoyed the character of Apu, the friendly owner of the Kwik-E-Mart who has been around on the series almost since its beginning. He’s lovable. He’s … Continue reading Should We Be Ashamed of Ourselves for Liking Apu?
Hello, welcome to this week’s edition of ASOIAF/GOT Talk. This week, we’ll be exploring a theory of mine that I believe has a lot of merit. I’ve seen other people bring this up, so it’s not just me that thinks. … Continue reading ASOIAF/GOT Talk: Did Littlefinger cause Robert’s Rebellion?
This is part two in an ongoing series of short fiction. Part one can be found here. A chill met my cheek as I awoke to the sensation of a dozen screws twisting in my skull. The contents inside my … Continue reading At the Mountains of Man-Ass, Part II Can Do, But Deader Is Better
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