A single large block nestled into Port Orange’s suburbia contains a site called the Dunlawton Sugar Mill Gardens. As its current name suggests, it is home to a historical sugar mill ruin (one of many scattered around Florida), as well … Continue reading The Bongoland Night Thread

All hail Austrian monster WALTER, a man infamous for his hard hitting CHOPS! I’ve seen him hit them live, and they are seriously LOUD! Enjoy your night, Avocados! Continue reading The July 17th Night Thread gets CHOPPED

Today marks the one year anniversary of me starting my job. I must admit that, at the start of last year, I genuinely couldn’t have seen this coming. I had given up on finding a job, much like I had … Continue reading Scott OT #192: The Night Thread Celebrates One Year of Working (7/16)

Tonight’s Night Thread is dedicated to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle’s Ace Duck.  Some information about Ace Duck – The Aero-dynamic Adventurer! Accessories: Service .45 Pistol, Weapons Belt w/ Egg Grenades, Plug in Wings, Removable Pilot’s Cap Height: 4′ 6″ Birthplace: Peking Least … Continue reading Ace Duck Night Thread

I recently read Marvel SuperHeroes Secret Wars.  Tonight’s Night Thread is dedicated to Titania and Volcana. Doctor Doom is working to even out the playing field in the battle between hero and villain. His experiment to create new super – … Continue reading Titania and Volcana Night Thread

The animated movie Quest For Camelot stars Jessalyn Gilsig as a teen girl named Kayley who wants to be a knight of the Round Table, Cary Elwes as a sexy blind hermit who looks like a gelfling, and Gary Oldman … Continue reading Night Thread, un mondo senza più violenza (7/13)

This thread is dedicated to me and my 31st birthday yes, but more importantly it’s dedicated to POSE! It’s a wonderful show dedicated to the Black and Latinx LGBTQIA+ ballroom culture of the late 80s. I do mean “dedicated”, it … Continue reading The Night Thread of POSE! (Also Bella’s Birthday)

Almost every film buff will tell you that Marion Davies was a hack actress who only got to where she was because she was William Randolph Hearst’s mistress. The evidence for this is the unflattering caricature of her played by … Continue reading Scott OT #191: The Night Thread Restores Marion Davies’ Reputation (and Debunks Some Citizen Kane Myths) (7/11)

Toni Morrison is the greatest living American writer. It’s not her birthday or anything, I just wanted to do a Night Thread header on her. Here she is dining with the king of Sweden at the 1993 Nobel Prize ceremony … Continue reading Toni Morrison Night Thread

Another film celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2019 is Weekend at Bernies! The synopsis for this film – “Fun-loving salesmen Richard (Jonathan Silverman) and Larry (Andrew McCarthy) are invited by their boss, Bernie (Terry Kiser), to stay the weekend at … Continue reading Weekend at Bernies Night Thread

July 8th is a seminal moment for me here at the Avocado. It was on July 8th a few years ago that I posted the Day Thread at the original AVCAD, not knowing that there was a schedule or a … Continue reading The Night Thread Recounts a Splendid Blunder

Today would have been Eiji Tsuburaya’s 118th official birthday and as my first ever post on the Avocado I’d like to make a little post about him. A Japanese filmmaker and master of special effects, he is most well known … Continue reading Eiji Tsuburaya Birthday Night Thread

I saw Toy Story 4 and absolutely loved Forky! Continue reading FORKY NIGHT THREAD (7/6)

Dario Cueto was the mercurial and capricious owner and proprietor of Lucha Underground, with his Temple dedicated to violence located in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. With his endless, and no doubt ill-gotten riches, Cueto brought the greatest fighters in the … Continue reading Dario Cueto welcomes the July 5th Night Thread to The Temple

July 4th, 1954, was a day for celebration in the United Kingdom as fourteen years of rationing ended. Before World War II, only 30% of the food Britain consumed was produced domestically. After the outbreak of war, the risk of … Continue reading The July 4th Night Thread Celebrates

One of my newest traditions on the Fourth of July is going to see Jaws on the big screen. I never saw the original classic from beginning to end, only bits and pieces of it on T.V. My local theater, … Continue reading You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Night Thread

Ah-ah, aah! Ah-ah, aah! We come from the land of the ice and snow From the midnight sun, where the hot springs flow The hammer of the gods We’ll drive our ships to new lands To fight the horde, and … Continue reading The 2nd of July Night Thread sings Immigrant Song

Most of you probably only know Scarborough, Ontario’s Barenaked Ladies as those jerks who sang that “One Week” song. Or worse, the guys who sang the Big Bang Theory theme song. Or… maybe … those guys who sang that song … Continue reading The Night Thread decided only cowards stay while traitors run (7/1)

It’s the end of the month, so it’s time for my list of the best movies I saw for the first time in June. Hope you all have fun posting here today and have a great night. Continue reading Scott OT #190: The Last Night Thread of June (6/30)

Rebecca Rossellini: wealthy Italian socialite and actress.  A member of a powerful family.  She was the target of Lupin III, a Master third who runs with a crew of ne’er-do-wells. His devious plan: to marry Rebecca in order to pilfer … Continue reading The Night Thread of Rebecca Rossellini, Mrs. Lupin (6/29)

Work wasn’t too bad today but I had to do a great many things after work and I have to get up super early tomorrow, so I can’t really create a more detailed thread. So, inspired by me maining it … Continue reading Scott OT #189: The Night Thread Is Busy (6/28)