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Caturday Morning Open Thread

  Hello and welcome to another weekendish thing. 

Monday, May 30, 2022

Mendhi Evening Open Thread

Hello Backtalkians. Dishes are piling up and the garbage pickup was missed this week. Have you guys even looked at the chore board? Straighten up and fly right. You're making communal living look like a joke.

from 2018, waiting for the doctor...

All I ever wanted….

 



It’s Monday which means it’s time for another discussion post. It’s always interesting to learn what other people think about things.


Monday Memorialing Open Thread

 

Good morning, one and everyone. It's the last Monday of May and in the States, it's Memorial Day. Which is about people who died securing freedoms which we still don't all have, but often also apparently about slashing prices and trying to set the house on fire. 'Murrica is an odd place.

 

Sunday, May 29, 2022

Sunday Evening OT


 Enjoying the last hours of lovely weather before the first "heat event" of the season rolls into town tomorrow morning. The good news is we were supposed to start the provincial standardized test, which is online for the first time this year. However the site is glitchy and terrible, so it's closed tomorrow and Tuesday while they perform "further tests." Our government is completely incompetent, but on the upside, it's looking like we might not actually have to do the stupid tests at all, but for sure not tomorrow in a heat wave in classrooms with no a/c. It's a small win but I'll take it.

Anyone else celebrating small victories this evening*?

*EST

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. 

Lazy Sunday Morning Open Thread

 




Friday, May 27, 2022

Friday Evening Post

 Good evening.


"Moonlit River Scene with a Capriccio of Ruins" by Sebastian Pether for your Friday.

Fur Face Friday

 

Today is Nothing To Fear Day, where we commemorate Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inaugural address, in which he famously said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." The world is a scary place, perhaps more now than ever. It's easy to be paralyzed by dread and anxiety. Today, take the opportunity to consider how you can push back against panic and despair. You might draw some inspiration from last week's furry friends. Like Eva, who valiantly fought a mountain lion to save her human. And thankfully lived to cuddle another day.



Friday Morning Open Thread

Sometimes I love the internet.

Thursday, May 26, 2022

Thursday evening open thread

 I did fart laugh at the Husky. That is my highest compliment for humour.



Blaurgh!Talk

Awright, who's drownin' in the horrors of reality? Profess yer morbs here.

Thursday Morning Open Thread

 

It’s Thursday and for the USA Balkers we’re this close to a three day weekend with Memorial Day coming.  Let’s not waste all our time and energy at work.

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Winzdee Eevnin Oh Tee

'Allo, 'allo; eez ziss sing awwn? Repairt yuwar whereabots unt tell us how yew are doink!

It's Wednesday

Fucking horrific news yet again. Abort the NRA is about all I have to say. Anyone got anything? Uplifting or venting or anything to share? 



Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Tues Eve OT

Tuesday reaches its close! Chat away.

Tuesday Haiku

 

All evening the softest sound-

The cadence of white camellia petals

Falling to the ground.


-Ranko Takakuwa



Camellia by Nishimura Hodo


Toosdai Open Thread 🧵

 


Goooooooood morning.


Who’s awake? Who’s still sleeping? Who’s somewhere in between?


Monday, May 23, 2022

It's Monday, So Wipe that Smirk Off Your Face, Rebel Scum! OT

Howdy howdy. Howd it go today?

Star Wars premiered on May 25th, 1977. I didn't see it until sometime in late summer after I turned 7. I remember waiting in the loooong line for tickets and wanting to go home about 10 minutes after we got there. 

Nerf herder says "what?"

Back to Nature

 




Welcome to our weekly opinions thread! It’s time to talk over how each of us views the topic at hand.


Monday Morning Open Thread


 Morning, all. The week has started once again. Drop some juicy knowledge.

Sunday, May 22, 2022

Sunday evening OT

It's a long weekend here, yay! I'm celebrating with projects and getting sucked into Doctor Who. 

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 thingamawhatsis

 

Morning, all. Whenever you are up and about, spill yourself a howdy rightchere.

Wednesday, May 18, 2022

Wednesday Schmednesday OT of the Eve

The DJ In My Head has been playing Sonny & Cher's 'The Beat Goes On' for several days now. Cool song and all, but it can move along any time it wants. Anyone else have DJ In Their Head always playing music? What's your current earmworm affliction? Or does anyone get a moment of blesséd internal silence? Or talk about whatever, it's fine. BOOM boom boom-boom boom-boo-boo boom-boom ...

Good morning!

 Have a cute puppy. How’s the week shaping up so far?



Tuesday, May 17, 2022

Monday, May 16, 2022

Monday OT - Books and Stuff

Happy day! Read anything good lately? Hopeful you'll list books, but it's 2022, so feel free to post readings from whichever medium you want, be it physical books, audio, mags, ebooks, twitter, tea leaves, tarot, zodiac, etc.

Simone Simon, Cat People, 1942, Jacques Tourneur. Far superior to the '82 remake. Sorry, Paul, you terrible lay.


🎶 I’m strong to the finich, cause I eats me spinach 🎶

 




It’s time to have another group conversation. Our likes, our dislikes- it’s what makes us all unique.


Monday Morning Open Thread

 

 

Hello and welcome to another week in the world. Time to relinquish the bed to the professional nappers in our lives and go back to work.

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Sunday Lunar Eclipse OT


Tonight it's the first lunar eclipse visible in the Americas for 2022. I think it all kicks off around 10 pm EDT and should be visble in most places on the continent as long it's a clear night.

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 Yawning Open Thread

 

Hello, hello. Are we up? What's on your mind today?

Friday, May 13, 2022

Friday the 13th Evening Post

 Good evening.


"Faust in His Study" by Carl Gustav Carus. 1852.

Fur Face Friday

Hello and welcome to Fur Face Friday the Thirteenth, where all the scary things you’ve seen this week are soothed by the magic of cute. Last week all the critters gave good face, and the soulful gazes just kept comin’.

If Krispy’s sheltercat friend Panda wants to find home, all he has to do is look to Tigger.

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