Backtalk : July 2021

Saturday, July 31, 2021

Some Rest and Some Joy on a Saturday Night – OT

Ruben Santiago Hudson told Jonathan Capehart this morning in Tiffany Cross’s hour (because she is on vacay and has been covering for Joy Reid during the week all week) that

Lackawanna Blues is going into previews and then back on Broadway by mid-September (we’re going to be optimistic here)

We don’t forget what led up to needing it. We certainly remember the people who continue to LEAD THE WAY in making it permissible and to their critics we say *raspberry*

with (in comments) a nice little case of schadenfreude in both Piers Morgan’s and Novak’s case

Oh, Novak

Novak Djokovic pulling out of the mixed doubles actually costing his a medal after throwing a tantrum and losing in a singles match….let’s see how Piers Morgan, Megyn Kelly, Charlie Kirk feel about that since they have much to say about Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka
— 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐞 (@exavierpope) July 31, 2021

Goodbye July Saturday

It is Jump for Jelly Beans Day. Higher! You are going to have to do better than that. Mind you, I prefer Jelly Babies myself.

Friday, July 30, 2021

The I Don't Feel Like It Just Let Me Sleep Friday Open Thread

Good evening.

'1934 pic by Paramount Studios photographer A. L. “Whitey” Schafer, mocking the Hays Movie Censorship Code by violating as many of its rules as possible in a single image' pic.twitter.com/gAoXtZ5OSu
— Sardonicus (@RealSardonicus) July 28, 2021

Here's your Friday earworm.

Fur Face Friday

Welcome everyone! Once again, it's FINALLY Fur Face Friday. Patience is a virtue and in case you missed it, it was on full display last week.

Friday Morning Open Thread

To paraphrase, Give me the contentment of a bodega cat in a big box of Mexican pork rinds.

pic.twitter.com/8jGd8AeK1M
— Bodega Cats (@Bodegacats_) July 16, 2021

Thursday, July 29, 2021

Thursday evening open thread

It's baaaack!

I can't see a comments section, though, and the layout is, well it's something.

https://www.gawker.com/

Blaurgh!Talk

It's that time of the week to sing the song of our people, and take special time to really let loose with what's bothersome or brutal in out lives right now. G'head! I dare ya!

Thursday Morning Open Thread!

Good Morning and welcome to Thursday. Internet is still spotty here so keeping this quick.

How’s it going for you?

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

I Shall Not Try To Spell Wenzday. But Here's Your Evening OT

Hump day for some, what day is it? for others. I think we even have a change of month coming soon. I don't know; I have only left the house to take out the trash or feed the birds for like a month now. Hows yooz doon?

Slate Landscape is a World Treasure

It's official! We are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The landscape created by the Victorian slate mining boom is up there with the pyramids and Taj Mahal.

The Slate Landscape of Northwest Wales has become the UK’s newest UNESCO World Heritage Site, having been granted the accolade today, at the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee.

Happy Wednesday! Good Morning!

Someone remind to just schedule these posts for the next few weeks. I never know what day it is and won't until school starts, I fear! How is everyone??

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Tuesday Evening Chit-Chat

So ... 'sup?

Tuesday Haiku

Onyx, this gem-black night.

Downcast, I await your return,

Like the rising sun, unrivaled in splendor.

-Ō no Yasumaro

2️⃣sday ☀️ Open 🧵

Good morning BackTalk.

Time to drag your body out of bed and feed the cats (and/or dogs).

Monday, July 26, 2021

Monday Evening Thingywhatsit

Ohai. Here we are again.

I went out into the world today and walked a trail for way, WAY too long and now I am doing silly walks around the house so my legs don't pop out of their sockets when I try to get up tomorrow.

To plan or not to plan

Welcome to our weekly discussion thread. Come on in and we’ll weigh out different viewpoints on a new subject.

Uuuuugh Monday

Morning, folks.

O mighty Ceiling Cat, watch over us this day, and smite down any fonkiness that might cramp our style.

What's up with y'all?

Sunday, July 25, 2021

Sunday evening already?

I think a better title for this video would be "Adorable rabbit indifferent to seals."

I can't decide if the seal is just curious or thinking "lunch." Maybe a little of both?

I've been watching Sarah Millican videos on youtube. This one is almost SFW, aside from the swearing. I especially love it when she says rude things while she sounds like Mrs. Doubtfire, or gets the audience talking.

The highlights of my day was taking the post-vaccination blood sample for the Covid study, and making a nice guacamole. Might do some more sewing this evening.

What's up?

The Photo Gallery

It’s your weekly Photo Gallery! Come on in, take a look at what people have been up to over the past week and share some of your own photos.

They don’t need to be taken with a fancy camera or works of art. Share any SFW photos you’ve taken with even the poorest of potatoes. Of course we love to see that arty stuff too.

Sunday Morning Open Thread

It's already very sunny out this morning and supposed to get rather warm so I'll be staying in today.

The way this dog has been groomed is killing me pic.twitter.com/qBwQJcoOge
— Jess 💜 (@BritishAOC) July 21, 2021

Saturday, July 24, 2021

Sportsball and the Gaslighty Overuse & Misuse of the Illusion of Fair Play Mid First Oympic Weekend OT

I’m going to need someone who knows a little bit more about cannabis biochem to tell me what the difference is between THC and CBD, because right now all I’m seeing is hypocrisy (well, that and the standard /longstanding racism & classism in the place where our national & international “convincers” and “influencers” and “smoothers over”).

(I was going to put the barrelful of Tweets I’d seen about this in the post but I will put them in comments because the heat / humidity combo is making my computer slo-ow)

For sharp contrast, we have the way Brett Kavanaugh was treated in the "investigation" by the FBI during his confirmation hearing by the then (and still) head of the FBI his law school buddy Chris Wray (as Elie pointed out this morning - his comments will also be in chat) -- where of the 4000+ comments that came in about his prior conduct only 10 (!!!) were actually investigated ... and apparently the 83 ethics complaints he had against him as a member of the federal bench were dropped because someone (it's not quite clear to me yet who, honestly) decided it wouldn't be "fair" to hold those against someone who's now sitting on the SCOTUS bench.

So to me it seems the easy remedy to THAT would be to impeach him (as Elie again points out).

But in order for that to happen the whole country would have to be both playing by and subject to the same set of rules.

So I guess we'll have to see.

Howdy Cowboys (and Gals)! 🤠

Keep them dogies rollin'. It's the Day of the Cowboy. We called them Drovers round here and they also used to handle sheep, ducks and geese. And other stuff.

Friday, July 23, 2021