The other day I happened a “Top 18 Animated Shows of 2018” list, and it was a pretty good looking list with some newer series I’ve really enjoyed like She-Ra and Craig of the Creek… and yet, the best new animated … Continue reading Hilda’s Day Thread

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The Möbius strip is a great little impossibility, something that refuses to vanish no matter how long you stare at it. Perhaps you thought there couldn’t be an object with one surface and one edge? Guess again. If you’re traveling … Continue reading The Möbius Strip Day Thread

In 2015, their final year of operation, I wrote for the Community Board Advent Calendar an elegy for the Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights. I present it now to you. “What?” my sister laughs. “Did he just say ‘that’s … Continue reading The Osborne Family Spectacle of Dancing Lights Day Thread

Today is Jason Mantzoukas’s 46th birthday! You may know him from co-hosting the podcast How Did This Get Made?, his numerous appearances on Comedy Bang! Bang!, or his characters on shows like The League, Brooklyn 99, and The Good Place. … Continue reading Jason Mantzoukas Day Thread

It’s Monday and we are 8 days away from Christmas. This is just one of those Open Threads where its simple and to the point. Today’s thread is dedicated to New Order and their hit single Blue Monday. This is … Continue reading Blue Monday Day Thread

Happy Birthday to Jane Austen, born on this day in 1775! To quote Wikipedia, Austen’s works ” interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen’s plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage … Continue reading Jane Austen Day Thread

Hey it’s the 15th! That means we’re ’bout half-way there! Half-way there! Half-way there! Half-way there! Continue reading It’s Snow! Woo-Hoo Day Thread!

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)