The daily open thread which operates between 11 AM and 11 PM where you can talk about whatever besides politics and Minions
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)
Just an excuse for cats! Continue reading The Avocato Day Thread Celebrates April (4/12)
On April 11th 1975 in the second game of their first round World Hockey Association (WHA) AVCO Cup playoff series, the New England Whalers and the Minnesota Fighting Saints stopped playing hockey and decided to just try and kill each other. … Continue reading The Brawl At The Mall Day Thread 04/11
Also released in 1971, was 25 Polka Greats Volume 1. I don’t have any real insight except to say that it make me want to be at an outside festival eating sausages. Continue reading The 10 April 2025 Day Thread is Invaded By K-Tel Records!
Picture it: Japan. 1971. K-Tel Records releases Superstars of the 70s. They had less than two years to gather superstars of this brand-new decade, which is why I’m sure that 55% of the songs are from the 60s, going back … Continue reading The 09 April 2025 Day Thread is Invaded By K-Tel Records!
K-Tel Records released the compilation 26 Non Stop Sing Along Honky Tonk (Vol. 1) in 1971. It’s weird to me to 1.) sell a compilation of ragtime music in 1971, and 2.) refer to it as “Honky Tonk”. Yes, the … Continue reading The 08 April 2025 Day Thread is Invaded By K-Tel Records!
In 1970, K-Tel Records released the compilation Pin-Ball Rock. What exactly is Pin-Ball Rock? Hell if I know, but the compilation features tracks from Mary Wells, Roy Orbison, The Angels, The Platters, and many, many more. Fun Fact: Duane Eddy … Continue reading The 07 April 2025 Day Thread is Invaded By K-Tel Records!
Yes friends, it is once again time to celebrate ME! I’m 43 this year, if you must know. Here are some of the interesting things that have happened / are happening on April 6, besides yrs truly being born: So … Continue reading Sonneta’s Birth Day Thread
Groceries in car, ran upstairs, here you go. Continue reading The Lynn’s Rushed Day Thread
Have a Great Day Thread, Avocado! Continue reading Cross Bones Day Thread
Doris Day would have been 103 years old today. Have a great Day Thread, folks! Continue reading Doris Day Thread (April 3, 2025)
Today is the second day of the retirement of my life. This isn’t an April Fool’s Day joke. My last day of full-time employment ended on March 31st. After working in the health care sector for almost forty years, I … Continue reading The 4/2 Day Thread Celebrates My Second Day of Retirement
It’s Ripley’s birthday! She is eight years old today (more or less). Though named for Ellen Ripley, the badass Alien(s) franchise heroine, my Ripley is a sensitive soul, . but she’s still a very brave and, needless to say, very … Continue reading Ripley’s Day Thread, Believe It or Not! (4/1/25)
If you’ve spent any time in the Japanese Pop Culture Thread then you know that I love to make bento (弁当), and sometimes I take pictures of my bento and post them on the site. But maybe you don’t hang … Continue reading The 3/31 Day Thread is Making a Bento
Nongshim Shin Black is my favorite instant ramen. I probably eat too much of it, but it’s just so delicious! The beef bone broth is rich and a little creamy, and it has the perfect level of spice. This means … Continue reading The 3/30 Day Thread Recommends this Ramen
Dan Snaith was born in Dundas, Ontario on March 29, 1978 – just one of two or maybe more Dans born in Canada on that exact same day. Snaith started recording and releasing electronic music under the name Manitoba, but … Continue reading Caribou Day Thread
The 8-track tape was a physical audio format that was popular from the mid 1960s to the early 1980s. The technology dates back to the 1950s and is based on an circular loop of magnetic tape packed into a plastic … Continue reading The 8-track day thread invites you to…KERCHUNK.
We got the Goo to cure what’s ailing you. Continue reading Put Some Goo On That
John II was born on this day in 1584 in Bergzabern. His parents were John I and Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg. Following his father’s death in 1604, John II became Duke of Zweibrücken, a title he held for over thirty years. … Continue reading The 3/26 Day Thread of John II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
The beatings John Rzeznik will continue until more people sign up for headers. I stumbled on this video because I was trying to match beinggreen’s night thread, but it’s actually kind of cool. It’s from a now-obscure early 2000s DirecTV … Continue reading The Day Thread Feasts On Goo Goo Dolls
