The daily open thread which operates between 11 AM and 11 PM where you can talk about whatever besides politics and Minions
Weird Al just began his summer tour last week, and there were some fun surprises in the set list – songs he’s never performed live before. One of those is a personal favorite, his They Might Be Giants pastiche “Everything … Continue reading The Day Thread Forgets The Words And Sings Along
Sally Forth is a comic strip by Francisco Marciuliano and Jim Keefe. Continue reading Buff Monopoly Minotaur Day Thread of June the 18th
This is Glinda, the Good Witch. She is powerful and beautiful and wise. At the end of The Wizard of Oz, all the other major magic workers in Oz have been eliminated, making Glinda the most powerful person in Oz. … Continue reading The June 17 Day Thread of Glinda the Good
It’s cereal…FOREVER! Continue reading Batman Forever Corn Flakes Day Thread
Batman loves the classics. Continue reading The Batman Begins Day Thread Loves Nickelback
Freeways are a Canadian band playing what accounts to NWOBHM cut with April Wine. My Pen! saw them in Dresden a few months ago and met the lead singer and songwriter, Jakob, an incredibly nice dude, before the show. I’d … Continue reading The Day Thread Has Been Living All Its Life in a Dark Sky Sanctuary
This Open Thread is dedicated to the late, great Brian Wilson (June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025) Continue reading The Day Thread Is a Pocket Symphony
I graduated from Senn High School in 1980. Located on Chicago’s North Side, Senn is a fairly typical inner-city public high school, except for the fact that a lot of famous and semi-famous people graduated from there. Today let’s meet … Continue reading The 6/12 Day Thread Salutes Senn High Alum Dixie Lee
Operation Acoustic Kitty was an attempt by the CIA in the 1960’s to use cats to spy for the United States of America. It went as badly as you’re thinking it would after you read the last sentence. At the height … Continue reading Operation Acoustic Kitty Day Thread 06/10
Smartphones seemed to converge into one near-uniform design around a decade ago. Sure there are some outliers from companies trying to do anything to separate themselves from the herd, but we all mostly have the same one: thin, black rectangles … Continue reading The Xperia PLAY Day Thread (June 9, 2025)
I am remarkably bad at chess. Like, I literally play a game called “Really Bad Chess” on Puzzmo and am somehow incredibly bad even at chess I’m supposed to be so bad I’m good at. I restarted a lot and … Continue reading The Day Thread Is Bad at Chess (6/8/25)
He’s not angry about the lack of a proper day thread. He’s just disappointed. Continue reading Disappointed William Day Thread
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NATRONE MEANS BUSINESS! His name is Natrone Means. He means business. Mostly, he is remembered as a San Diego Charger, but he was a fun part of those 90s Tom Coughlin Jags teams that took everyone by surprise. He has … Continue reading Day Thread of Random Jacksonville Jaguars #3
Ever since I discovered a few months ago that the Mystery Science Theater 3000 YouTube channel has multiple ongoing livestreams, I love to pop in every once in a while and try to catch episodes (or parts of episodes) that … Continue reading The 6/5 Day Thread Is a Guitar Solo That Goes Nowhere
This is a Day Thread devoted to sea turtles. They have shit figured out. They swim, and glide, and they do it so beautifully and effortlessly. They are a true wonder of the world. So give props and respect. Continue reading The 6/4 Day Thread Takes Time To Appreciate Sea Turtles
The Atom is a Golden Age superhero who made his debut in 1940 in the pages of All-American comics. His secret identity is college student Al Pratt. Unlike his later counterpart in the DC Universe, the character didn’t have any … Continue reading The 6/3 Day Thread of the Golden Age Atom
Novelist, short story writer and poet Thomas Hardy was born on this day in 1840, in the English village of Stinsford. He is one of my favorite writers; one of my daughters has the middle name of Tess. Hardy wrote … Continue reading The 6/2 Day Thread of Thomas Hardy
Happy birthday to the main character of Chihayafuru, Chihaya Ayase (綾瀬千早)! If you don’t know, Chihayafuru 「ちはやふる」 is a manga series by Yuki Suetsugu (末次由紀) originally published in the shoujo/josei magazine Be Love. The series has over 29 million copies … Continue reading The 6/1 Chihaya Birthday Thread
Happy 65th birthday to Chris Elliott!, writer and performer of often surreal humor. His dad was the comedian Bob Elliott, who was half of the comedy team Bob and Ray. Chris Elliott first came to attention for his appearances as … Continue reading The 5/31 Day Thread of Chris Elliott
For a chuckle, flip over your computer screen! Continue reading 5/30 Upside Down Face Day Thread
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