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Today is Free Comic Book Day, typically celebrated on the 1st Saturday in May. Learn more and see if your local shop is participating by checking the website: https://freecomicbookday.com/ Continue reading The Day Thread Celebrates FCBD
When I was a kid, I went through a phase of being obsessed with rocks — finding rocks, tumbling rocks, polishing rocks, ROCKS! Did every kid do this? Probably. Anyway, my parents bought me a rock tumbler that looked similar … Continue reading The Rock Tumbler Day Thread (5/2/25)
On this day in 1840, the UK licked a postal problem by issuing the Penny Black, the world’s first adhesive postage stamp. It featured a profile of Queen Victoria, who was only 21 at the time, but had been queen … Continue reading The First of May Day Thread Wishes Penny Black a Happy Birthday
The final boss faced hand-to-hand, as it were, by Dash Rendar in the Shadows of the Empire game is a Gladiator Droid in Prince Xizor’s palace on Coruscant. Unlike the Loader Droid from an earlier level, this one is designed … Continue reading Shadows of the Day Thread vs the Gladiator Droid (04/30)
Not a single anarchist did a single thing today. Anniversaries in Anarchism Continue reading Not A Single Thing To-Day Thread (April 29, 2025)
Due to other concerns I’ve not really been looking for for much in the way of street art recently, but here are a few of the slap-ups and signs I have noticed recently: Have an enjoyable Monday, everyone! Continue reading Another Street Art Day Thread (April 28, 2025)
Dash Rendar begins his infiltration of Black Sun leader Prince Xizor’s holdings in the Sewers of Coruscant. The boss waiting at the end of this level is a giant Dianoga — the same sort of tentacled creature from the trash … Continue reading Shadows of the Day Thread vs the Giant Dianoga (04/27)
Happy Alien Day everyone! As expected, the Noah Hawley written & directed Alien: Earth has had a couple of different teaser trailers newly released to celebrate: “When a mysterious space vessel crash-lands on Earth, a young woman and a ragtag … Continue reading The LV-426 Day Thread (April 26, 2025)
Next up in level bosses in the Shadows of the Empire game, Dash Rendar finds himself onboard the space freighter Suprosa, playing a part in retrieving information about the second Death Star for the Rebel Alliance, as part of the … Continue reading Shadows of the Day Thread vs the Loader Droid (04/25)
It’s my birthday today! And to celebrate, here are a couple of my favorite scenes from the Wicked movie. Go on and defy gravity everyone! Continue reading A Wicked Birthday Day Thread
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire player protagonist Dash Rendar continues his pursuit. After learning from IG-88 that Boba Fett is on the planet Gall, Rendar travels there and ultimately faces Fett, an intimidating foe. The famous bounty hunter not … Continue reading Shadows of the Day Thread vs Boba Fett (04/23)
Happy Earth Day, everyone! Please enjoy this Sparks song in honor of this special day! 🌍 Have a nice day/night! 💖 Continue reading The 4/22 Day Thread Loves the Earth
In the second phase of the Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire video game, player protagonist Dash Rendar, hired gun for the familiar movie characters, searches for bounty hunter Boba Fett, who has the frozen Han Solo in his possession. … Continue reading Shadows of the Day Thread vs IG-88 (04/21)
Insert Paul Rudd joke here. Continue reading The 420 Day Thread Makes a Phone Call
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire was a big multimedia experiment in 1996, telling the story of what happens in between the films The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi via “everything but a movie” — a novel, … Continue reading Shadows of the Empire Day Thread vs the AT-ST (04/19)
My ma went thrifting a couple weeks back and was delighted to find this objet d’art. It now occupies pride of place as her Easter centerpiece. However, I find it unsettling, as it appears to me that one bunny is … Continue reading The Murder Bunny Day Thread
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 4/17 Day Thread of Senn High Alum Cliff Aberson
Today’s K-Tel offering, 20 Dynamic Hits, was released in New Zealand in 1971. It’s pop focused featuring Elton John, Mungo Jerry, BJ Thomas, Olivia Newton-John, and more. Continue reading The 16 April 2025 Day Thread is Invaded By K-Tel Records!
On April 15th 1985 “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler met Thomas “The Hitman” Hearns in a middleweight boxing match at Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada. At the time, the bout was billed simply as “The Fight” it almost instantly afterwards became known … Continue reading Hagler And Hearns Go To War! 04/15 Day Thread
One of my the many ways I like to study Japanese is through music. I find that any time I can combine something I already love with studying I absorb the information much better. If I have a context for … Continue reading The 4/14 Day Thread Learns with Music
2300 light years away from Earth, at a Right Ascension of 06h 19m 58.21s and a Declination of -10° 38′ 14.7″ in the constellation of Monoceros, lies the dying star HD 44179. It’s more commonly known as the Red Rectangle … Continue reading The Red Rectangle Nebula Day Thread (April 13, 2025)
