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We’re at the mid-point y’all! Get your treats bought and bedsheets punctured! The Great Pumpkin is almost upon us! Continue reading A Half-Way Spooky Day Thread

Today would have been the 82nd birthday of Salvatore Alberto Lombini. Otherwise known as Evan Hunter, Ezra Hannon,  Richard Marsten…he used a lot of pen names but his main Nom De Plume  was Ed McBain. He wrote over 50 novels in … Continue reading The Day Thread Of Great Men

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The Tragic Treasury by the Gothic Archies (one of several pseudonymous bands that are actually just 99% Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields) was the first album I purchased and consumed on my own terms, in sixth grade in 2006. … Continue reading Day Thread of the Tragic Treasury

Recently reread Animal Farm with my friends at work and I’m taking a brief pause on the horror themed OTs to remember the Battle of the Cowshed. An excerpt from Animal Farm follows – “At last, in early October, a … Continue reading Remember the Battle of the Cowshed Day Thread

Here is something that I can say authoritatively as a person who has ridden every single attraction at Walt Disney World over the course of the last ten months: The Haunted Mansion is the best, you guys. The idea of … Continue reading The Haunted Mansion Day Thread

Today is Rose McIver’s birthday. She currently plays Olivia Moore on iZombie, a show I really enjoy. Rose is from New Zealand and started her acting career at only two years old which is when she started appearing in commercials. … Continue reading Rose McIver Day Thread (10/10)

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Henry Darger was a fascinating example of “outsider art” (a term I consider bougie and condescending, but that’s a debate for another time!) He also had a very sad life. Born in Chicago in 1892, he lost his mother at … Continue reading The Day Thread of Henry Darger and the Realms of the Unreal

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Sarah Millican is the funniest thing to come out of the North east of England since, well, Ross Noble is funny too so that’s not a huge time span. Anyway, she’s funny. She’s several other F-words, feisty, feminist and a … Continue reading The Be a Millican, Not a Millican’t Day Thread

I’ve decided to focus all of my OTs this month (except for my traditional last Night Thread of the month) on silent horror shorts. Today’s horror short is J. Searle Dawley’s 1910 adaptation of Frankenstein. You all know the story … Continue reading Scott OT #134: The Day Thread Salutes the 1910 Frankenstein (10/5)

From the Marvel Comics Wiki – “Marvel Zombies is a five-issue limited series published from December 2005 to April 2006 by Marvel Comics. The series was written by Robert Kirkman with art by Sean Phillips and covers by Arthur Suydam. It was the first series in the Marvel Zombies series of related … Continue reading Marvel Zombies Day Thread

Hello out there, we’re on the air, it’s Hockey Night tonight Tension grows, the whistle blows, and the puck goes down the ice The goalie jumps, and the players bump, and the fans all go insane Someone roars, “Bobby Scores!”, at the … Continue reading The Best Day Thread You Can Name

I was first introduced to Octavia Butler in grad school when my African-American Lit. professor assigned Kindred, a novel about a contemporary (at the time) African-American woman who uncontrollably travels back in time to key moments in the life of … Continue reading Parable of the Day Thread

This day thread is dedicated to the golden light, warm colors, and crisp, cool air of October, the most beautiful month of the year. My favorite autumnal painting celebrating the beauty of this month is October in the Catskills (1880) by the … Continue reading The Golden Light of October Day Thread

ZZZZZZZZZzzzzz! Continue reading The Jigglypuff Day Thread Wants to Sing to You

Though I’ve been at the Avocado a long time, I’ve never posted an Open Thread before. I wanted to take the opportunity today, though, because it would have been Madeline Kahn’s 76th birthday, and I don’t think I’ve ever admired … Continue reading The Day Thread Has Flames on the Side of Its Face (9/29)

Today is my birthday!! I love the Avocado! Thanks for being so great! Here are few of my favorite things. The Doctor!! Expanse! My favorite movies of 2018 Have a wonderful day! Continue reading RiverSong BirthDAY THREAD (9/28)

I’ll be working tonight and I’ll be missing The Good Place premiere when it airs, so please don’t spoil it for me. And if any of you do it spoil it for me, I’ll stab you with a rusty downvote. Hope … Continue reading Scott OT #130: The Day Thread Has an Important Message (9/27)