The daily open thread which operates between 11 AM and 11 PM where you can talk about whatever besides politics and Minions
Today is Robyn Hitchcock’s birthday. Here’s one of my favorite songs of his. Oh heck, here’s a bonus excellent song from the same album. Have a great Day Thread everyone, and enjoy the transit of your dreaming and/or waking life! Continue reading I Often Dream of Trains in the March 3rd Day Thread
Hello yes friends, it is that most special of days… Sunday. I would post a list of my favourite things but most of them would be snakes, so instead I give you one of the fanciest cakes I have ever … Continue reading The Embertine Birthday Day Thread
Pizza for breakfast is not an unknown pleasure (or fate) but let us consider pizza that is made intentionally for breakfast, using the ingredients of the morning. After a few minutes of scrolling through lists, I have decided that the … Continue reading Breakfast Pizza Day Thread (03/01)
This day thread is NOT sponsored by the British confectionery company Swizzels, but I wish it could be, so my craven shilling for their sweets would gain me some freebies, in particular SQUASHIES! Squashies are vaguely rectangular squishy blocks of … Continue reading The Squashies Day Thread (February 28, 2025)
Someone here somewhere recently mentioned the grasshopper mouse, a desert rodent that howls at the moon, so of course I had to know more. Native to northwest Mexico and the American southwest, the grasshopper mouse is a scrappy — and … Continue reading The 2/27 Day Thread Is a Wolf in Mouse Clothing
Released between 2009’s Backspacer and 2020’s Gigaton, Pearl Jam’s sole studio album in the 2010s is 2013’s Lightning Bolt. Continue reading The 02/26 Day Puts All Its Faith In No Faith
Titus Kaphar is a Black American artist and filmmaker born in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1976. Much of his work’s a conceptual interrogation of American history and its relationship to Black people. My own first contact was with his 2019 painting … Continue reading The Titus Kaphar Day Thread
“Diane, 11:30 AM, February 24. Entering the town of Twin Peaks.“ That’s right. Today’s the day where the events of Twin Peaks have started. So have fun today, and get yourselves some black coffee and a nice piece of cherry … Continue reading February 24. Entering the Day Thread
What if we took the existing pop cultural fingerprint of the star athlete, a costumed person with in some cases seemingly near-superhuman abilities, widely regarded as a hero in their home city, and pushed all of that just a little … Continue reading Day Thread of Agent 23 (02/23)
We haven’t done the ’80s in a while, have we? Feels like it’s been a while. Let’s do some ’80s. Continue reading The 02/21 Day Thread Can’t Control Itself Any Longer
Trigger warning mentions of drug use/addiction. Like many things in the 60s, opinions were divided about drugs. On one hand, promising research began about the uses of LSD in mental health care. On the other, fearmongering about the dangers of … Continue reading The Go Ask Alice Fraud Day Thread
Hey! We made it to Backspacer! The “fun” one! Continue reading Turn It Up, Set It Off Before It’s The 2/19 Day Thread
I cannot remember the exact circumstances, but my friend and I found this short story collection at a book sale of some sort. It made its way from the Alameda Free Library in California to either Louisiana or Minnesota (depending … Continue reading The 2/16 Day Thread Thinks Like a Dinosaur
No skeleton of a Brontosaurus, thunder lizard" and one of the classic dinosaurs, has ever been found with a complete skull.1 Yet I would wager that most of us, of a certain age at least, have in mind a clear … Continue reading The Day Thread Asks If Brontosaurus Is Real (02/15)
Look, it was either this or a “Heart on Stick Must DIE!” header. Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day from Amy Rose Thread
Just an excuse for cats! Continue reading The Avocato Day Thread Celebrates February (2/13)
Last week I blabbered on about 2002’s Riot Act and this week I shall blabber on about 2006’s Pearl Jam. Continue reading The 02/12 Day Thread Can See It Coming
Man has forever waged war against nature, paving over every inch of land we use regularly, and after that, taking short cuts through the narrow strips of green space we leave ourselves, because I have to get over THERE by … Continue reading Desire Paths 4: Citizens On Patrol (February 11, 2025)
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