Ezo Momonga! Have a wonderful day! Continue reading Happy DAY THREAD! (2/8/18)

Bob: Welcome back everyone, to night three of the 1987 Winter Olympics, live from Gary, Indiana. I’m your host, Bob Costers, and this is Julie Aspartame. What a day it was for competition! Julie: That’s right, Bob. So much athleticism … Continue reading 1987 Winter Olympics Day Thread

Hal Foster is perhaps the most influential comic strip artist of all time.  Previous to his most enduring work, he’s had an interesting career that took him all over Canada.  He steered ships in the Atlantic and was a fur … Continue reading The Hal Foster Day Thread 2/6

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If advertisers are anything to go by, it sounds like big game is totally in again this week! I don’t know what lions and zebras need with all those big screen TVs and appliances, but they’re apparently on sale for … Continue reading The Big Game Day Thread 2/4

Welcome to the I’ve-already-forgotten-which-installment-this-is installment of the Elemental Open Threads series, my own personal journey into the heart of darkness that is committing to something with 118 entries. Today’s element is special, because it’s going to be our bridge into … Continue reading The Technetium Day Thread

We’re continuing on with my look at the career of David Lynch, this time looking at his TV series Twin Peaks and the resulting movie Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Twin Peaks revolves around the murder of Laura Palmer … Continue reading Scott OT #39: The Day Thread Looks at Twin Peaks (2/2)

I love February! Some of my favorite people were born this month, including my mother. February is recognized as Black History month in the U.S. Two notable events that happened on this day are: 1960- 1st U.S. civil rights sit-in, at … Continue reading The First DAY THREAD of February

Who’s that new college kid leaning across the wall just so?  So cool.  He doesn’t care what anyone thinks! Joe Cool breezed into the comic strip pages in 1971 with a James Dean devil-may-care attitude and a pair of cool … Continue reading The Joe Cool Day Thread 1/31

Happy Birthday Christian Bale, dragon fighter, lighting guy shouter at-er and best Batman. (Yes he is, don’t be silly) Here’s your debate starter. Which is the superior “Not very good but quite fun action movie”? Reign Of Fire Or Equilibrium? Continue reading The Day Thread is GOOD FOR YOOUUU!

It’s time to look back on the career of David Lynch, one of my favorite directors of all time. We’ll be looking at Dune, Blue Velvet, and Wild At Heart today. Dune is widely considered to be Lynch’s worst movie … Continue reading Scott OT #37: The Day Thread Looks at David Lynch’s Career (Again) (1/29)

Four Oscar Nominations! A Phenomenal Film! (Carey Mulligan, Mary J. Blige, and Director Dee Rees) Mighty River Enjoy your Saturday!   Continue reading The DAY THREAD is MUDBOUND (1/27)

I was going to do a whole header devoted to David Lynch but it got too big. So, I’ll just be focusing on his early works for now. He got his start making short films in the sixties and seventies. … Continue reading Scott OT #36: The Early Years of David Lynch Day Thread (1/26)

Now Oscar nominated! Continue reading GET OUT of the Day Thread (1/25)

On January 24, AD 41, Emperor Caligula of Rome was assassinated by a conspiracy involving the Praetorian Guard, senators, and equestrians (who would’ve been referred to by the far more stately term “knights” if this was the Middle Ages). Among … Continue reading The Caligula Day Thread 1/24

Here’s a question that, according to anecdotal stories on the internet, smart people get wrong all the time: Which is heavier, a pound of lead or a pound of feathers? The correct answer is that they weigh the same. The … Continue reading The Osmium Day Thread

Everybody move! My favorite fact of all time is this: According to his The Princess Bride co-star Cary Elwes, while growing up in France, Andre the Giant, né Roussimoff, was driven to school on occasion by his neighbor, Samuel Beckett, … Continue reading Andre the Day Thread (1/22)

(I’ll go back to doing actual headers soon, don’t worry.) Continue reading Scott OT #34: The Day Thread Is Ready To Rock (1/21)

Have a fabulous Saturday!   Continue reading Saturday Love Day Thread (1/20)

208 years ago, big headed writer Edgar Allan Poe was born in Baltimore, Maryland.  After a lifetime writing literature that would terrify Homer Simpson, Poe died of mysterious circumstances at age 40.  Many explanations have been offered, from suicide to … Continue reading The Poe Toaster Day Thread 1/19