Pick any musical group, what song is their greate hit? Rolling Stones? Beatles? Pink Floyd? Michael Jackson? ZZ Top? Devo - Whip It The Knack? The Who - My Generation or Pnball Wizard or Baba O'Reilly (although not many people know it by that name)
Read more…On the old board, after DC had supposedly re-worked their fictional reality so that it contained 52 "universes", I created a list of the 52 f"universes" I would include if I were drawing up a list of 52 universes. Here, slightly modified, is that lis
Read more…Just transferring my checklist over from the old boards...
DC UNIVERSE CLASSICS
WAVE 1 – Rex Mason, the Element Man (Metamorpho – Collect & Connect)
Crimestopper Batman/ Classic Detective Batman
The Demon, Etrigan
Orion (sculpted-on helmet)
Read more…The Election Results Are In! The Democratic Party of Japan has won an impressive electoral victory over the Liberal Democratic Party, which, despite its name, is the more conservative of the two parties. The DPJ is promising new social programs and
Read more…I should've posted this on Saturday, which was the 64th anniversary, but I didn't get to it, so here it is, two days late, the Showa Emperor surrendering: To our good and loyal subjects After pondering deeply the general trends of the world and the
Read more…I'm going to St. Louis tomorrow and will be returning on Sunday. Anybody familiar with that area? I'm looking for suggestions of places to eat. I'll be in the downtown area. I know a few people from that area and they have proven to be worthless with
Read more…1)Thou shalt mock thy buddies mercilessly. 2)Thou shalt take it like a man when they mock thee in return. 3)Thou shalt be unfailingly polite to thy buddies' wives. 4)Thou shalt not go trying any preversions in there...if there's anyone watching.
Read more…I've saved the original thread, and I'll transfer the posts across as time permits. Painting of the Day (original series): Winter by Nicolas Poussin, a French painter of the 17th century who worked for most of his career in Rome. This is one of hi
Read more…I saw this story, and my first thought was, "Yeah, those greecefires can be hard to put out."
Read more…I was watching the Savage/Warrior "retirement" match on disk last night, and it came to the ending where Elizabeth threw Sherri out of the ring, and the thought came to me, "Both of these women are dead now, it's depressing."
Read more…Baby Bean started Kindergarten this morning. I am having hourly panic attacks.
Read more…Burnley Beats Manchester United I can't say as I know much about the sport - I couldn't even say that I had a favorite side that I supported (Celtic, maybe? Do they still exist?), but I love a good upset, so, roll on, Burnley!
Read more…Got the DVD for Doctor Who "The Next Doctor". The extra was "Doctor Who at the Proms", a sort of mini-concert of Doctor Who music hosted by Freema Agyeman. (Well worth a look, by the way.) Anyway, my first thought was, "I gues 'proms' means somethin
Read more…Not meaning to steal Luke's gimmick - and he is, of course, welcome to steal it back, but here's today's "Woodblock Print of the Day": Kabuki actors Nakamura Shichisaburō and Sanogawa Ichimatsu, by Ishikawa Toyonobu.
Read more…Going to see the Sox play the Yanks at the Stadium tomorrow. That oughta be interesting
Read more…Since we can't do polls, as such, I figured that instead of creating umpty-zillion threads for individual battles, I'd create one thread for all such - silly, serious, or otherwise. To start: If the Thing (James Arness from The Thing From Another Wo
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