John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together is a 1979 Christmas special that has never been released on home video, though it can be found in full on YouTube with a simple search for the title. While the special … Continue reading John Denver and the Muppets Day Thread

I just watched Gremlins 2: The New Batch for the first time since childhood, and man, it is a damn delight. As a few reviewers said, it’s basically a live-action cartoon with unrestrained lunacy and sharp social commentary. I could … Continue reading The Gremlins 2 Day Thread

Welcome back to the Element Open Threads, my ongoing struggle to write about elements faster than scientists can synthesize new ones. Today, by popular demand, we’ll discuss beryllium, element #4. Broadly speaking, the lower an element’s number is, the more … Continue reading The Beryllium Day Thread

It’s December so I’m doing some Open Threads on Doctor Who Christmas specials. The first one I’ve selected is Voyage of the Damned. It was the show’s third Christmas special since its revival and the third Christmas special starring Tennant as … Continue reading Voyage of the Damned Day Thread (12/11)

“The massive dog known as Lockjaw is the loyal pet of the Royal Family of the Inhumans, an offshoot of humanity that was genetically altered by the Kree centuries ago whose isolation in the hidden city of Attilan resulted in the development of a high technological society with … Continue reading Lockjaw the Inhuman Day Thread

Today’s day thread is brought to you by a criminally underrated member of the Muppet kingdom: the adorable snowman from the wonderful 1987 TV special A Muppet Family Christmas. His design is simple and classic, sort of looking like a … Continue reading Day Thread of the Muppet Snowman

Last week, General Motors discontinued a number of passenger car models. It joins Ford and Fiat Chrysler on the pickup truck/SUV gravy train. SUVs and trucks are hot right now, have bigger profit margins for manufacturers than cars, and prove … Continue reading The PT Cruiser Day Thread

Today is the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the party fighting game that gradually grew from a fun novelty to a hype-filled extravaganza of Nintendo (and video game) history. There’s a real article about the history of Smash Bros. coming out today, so I’m not going to cover any of that. Instead, I’m going to present my personal list of Top 10 Smash Characters after the cut!

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Part Two of “However Many of These I Can Come Up With”  The main terminal at Denver International Airport, Jeppesen Terminal, is getting a facelift. Is it a renovation project for a 23-year-old building that’ll take three years and cost … Continue reading Day Thread of Secrets at DIA

It’s A Wonderful Life is objectively one of the best Christmas movies*. And one of the best scenes in this best movie was the result of some accidental off-camera chaos. After a party at Harry Bailey’s house, the hapless Uncle … Continue reading The Day Thread is All Right! It’s Aaaalllll Right!

The Earth is a sphere[footnote]More or less – technically, an oblate spheroid[/footnote] and every point on its surface has a point on the surface on the exact opposite side. The name for two such points are antipodes. (Singular: antipode.) In American … Continue reading Antipodes Day Thread

Today is the 69th birthday (Nice!)  for  Ozzy Osbourne, Singer, songwriter, actor; member of the influential rock band Black Sabbath; an MTV reality show, The Osbournes, followed the lives of the singer and his family He made a great classic album … Continue reading The Prince of Darkness Day Thread

I’m a huge fan of “Luigi wins by doing absolutely nothing” videos, which involve Luigi winning a game of Mario Party/Super Smash Bros. by doing absolutely nothing. Hope you all have fun posting here today and have a great day … Continue reading Scott OT #151: The Day Thread Wins by Doing Absolutely Nothing (12/2)

On December 1, 1955, Parks boarded a bus, but sat at the frontmost row allotted for black people. A white man boarded the bus. The driver told all the Black riders to move one seat back to accommodate. (The law … Continue reading Rosa Parks Day Thread (12/1)

Today is the birth date Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery,  who was born in Prince Edward Island. She is the author of the Anne of Green Gables book series which is beloved around the world. The series has been adapted … Continue reading Lucy Maud Montgomery Day Thread (11/30)

Today is the one-hundredth anniversary of Madeleine L’Engle’s birth! She was one of my absolute favorite authors as a kid, by sheer virtue of one book: It won the Newbery Award in 1962! And it was still just as awesome … Continue reading Madeleine L’Engle Birth Day Thread

51 years ago today, the first Pulsar was discovered! Pulsars are massive, rotating, neutron stars from the earliest stages of the universe. They shoot out two massive beams of electromagnetic radiation which pass by the Earth like a lighthouse’s ray, … Continue reading The Pulsar Day Thread

I don’t much care for fan theories and any non-canonical stuff as far as my fiction goes, but the Tommy Westphall multiverse really floats my boat. So who is he and what am I talking about? SPOILER ALERT FOR ST. … Continue reading The Day Thread is in Tommy Westphall’s Imagination

It’s Cyber Monday online across the globe so today’s thread is dedicated to Doctor Who’s Cybermen. The clock is counting down to Giftmas! I’m just excited as all of you are! I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving holiday and if … Continue reading Cyber(men) Monday Day Thread

Welcome to the Lazy Sunday Day Thread!! After Thanksgiving, I definitely need a lazy Sunday!! I hope you find some time today to relax and enjoy yourself today. Have a wonderful day and have fun posting! Continue reading Lazy Sunday Day Thread (11/25)

Hackers is a movie that’s nominally about hacking, but really about crazy fashion that you wish was common in the 1990’s. It’s less an accurate reflection of the era and hacking and more a proof of concept for: “What if … Continue reading The Day Thread Hacks the Planet (11/24)