Thursday evening open thread.

 Tomorrow is a statutory holiday here and; 

Blaurgh!Talk

As we've entered a complete Era Of Blaurgh, I'm sure we all have something to bemoan, belittle, or just plain get off our chests. Blaurgh away!

Thursday Morning Open Thread

 

Happy Thursday!  For the USA Balkers, we’re that much closer to a 3 day weekend.

Wednight OT

This toad wishes you all a good evening.

It’s Wednesday. Again.

 How’s tings?

Tues Eve OTT OT

Firbank hopes you had as good a day as possible as civilisation crumbles to hell around us.

Tuesday Haiku

 

The summer moon. 

There are many paper lanterns

On the street.

-Masaoka Shiki

Evening at Shinagawa by Hiroaki Takahashi

Good morning

 

How’s it going with you today?

Monday Night OT Is All About Movies

Good evening BT. Somehow I've (re)watched enough movies this year to come up with 25* I would've paid money to watch in the theater. Let's blame garbage weather and COVID-19 as opposed to general idleness on this writer's part. I'll break them down by category cuz that's what I do.

Now with 20% more free

 

Welcome to the weekly opinion thread. We all have our own feelings and thoughts about things, why not share them?

Monday Morning Open Thread

 

Hello and welcome to Monday, everyone. Time to crawl out from our hidey holes into what the world has become.

Sunday sunset OT

 

I had a whole plan for this post, but the weekend derailed me, so enjoy this baby kiwi bird being cajoled not to fall asleep in its plate instead.

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. 

Bunday Morning Time For A New Fight Open Thread

Good morning, all you peeps, and welcome to the last week of June.  I got nothin', but here's a list of charitable orgs that are there to help with abortion legal defense, transport and access:

So Here We Are: Saturday Night OT

 

Is there light at the end of the tunnel?

This light is at the bottom of the tunnel. Nothing like loading a carriage with tons of slate and rolling it down a sharp incline.

21 grams is the average weight of a mouse and the human soul. Both are about half as heavy as a golf ball.

 

Friday Evening Post

 Good evening.

Writing this on Thursday evening, but I predict I'm tired this evening, too. What are the plans?

We made it all up. It's all bullshit.

The Sanctity of Life

Fur Face Friday

 It's National Take Your Dog to Work Day. But by the powers vested in me by the internet, I declare it to be International Take Your Animal Pal to Work Day!

 415s30's Sylvie, major league Dog Baller, on the job.

Friday Morning Open Thread

My niece is into some tiktok/roblox aesthetic called weirdcore. 

pic.twitter.com/5tqo4vLG8x

— the old web 💻💾 (@theoldweb_) May 29, 2022

So of course I had to do some research (aka watch a few youtube videos) on it.  

Thursday evening open thread

 

JUST BLAURGH. BLAURGH IT ALL TO HE🏒🏒!

 A forum to blaurgh for those blaurgh-challenged. Blaurgh away, Blaurghers of Blaurghtalk.

I'm biking to the library and you can't stop me.

Thursday Morning Open Thread!

 

Good Morning BackTalk!  Hope all is well for you today.  I’m short on things to say today, so have a favorite screenshot from Breath of The Wild.

Wednesday Nite OT Chatapalooza

OK, seriously working on that essay I gotta do and staring/listening at the laundry machines and clothes piles moving from 'dirty' to 'baskety-clean'. Maybe not so seriously; I'll be seeking distraction here a lot of the time. How'd Wednesday go for everyone?

Good morning.

 We’re having a heck of a time waking up on time around here these days. How is it going for you?

Tuesday OT

Whassup?

Tuesday Haiku

 

While I ate a persimmon

The bell rang out

Of the Horyuji Temple.

-Masaoka Shiki

Crow eating a persimmon, Ohara Kison

It’s Officially Summer AM Morning Thread

 

Good morning, BackTalk. 

Happy Solstice. ☀️ 

Monday Evening Open Thread and Slammed Doors

I do enjoy a dramatic exit. In fiction anyway. Do you have any favorites from entertainment or history? How about ones you've personally witnessed or maybe even participated in?

We've all seen this one right? Here's a hint: 

Food for thought

 

Welcome to our weekly discussion thread. Every Monday we all weigh in on a different part of life and compare our feelings about it. 

Monday Morning Open Thread

 

Hello, folks. It's all Mondayish again. Come say hey when you manage to haul yourself up and into the world.

Sunday evening OT

Male beta fish building bubble nest.

As noted in the morning thread, it's a busy month for celebrations. Happy Fathers Day to SQURL and everyone celebrating. Happy Juneteenth! Happy upcoming National Indigenous Peoples Day to everyone in Canada who kicked it off at a powwow this weekend. The solstice is coming up too, so very happy sunshine and longest days of the year to those in the north, and happy soon-to-be-longer days to everyone in the south.

https://www.themarysue.com/9-best-movies-tv-shows-for-fathers-day/

Duke Leto from Dune should probably also be on this Mary Sue list. I started watching it last night, and enjoying it so far. I've never read the book or seen the 1984 film, so I'm coming into it with very little knowledge of the story. All I knew was there were giant sandworms.

Kind of going on a tangent here. How is/ was your weekend? 

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. 

Bunday just Can't and also Juneteenth and Dad's Thingy Open Thread

 

Looks like a whole lot of meh going on today. So, say hey when you get on a roll.

Juneteenth and “Dads' Day” the Same Weekend is Emblematic of Too Much Going On At Once – Saturday Night OT

and

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

*** SQRL ***

Saturday Stuff

 

What's up?

Friday Evening Post

 Good evening.

That photo is "Italy's countryside" via @viewaddictedxd. I don't know about you, but I'd like to step into it and take an evening stroll.

Fur Face Friday!

 Hi all, we've made it to Friday and the Fur Faces are here to get us to the weekend!

Let's check out the best from last week!

The weather's been nice here, and it was nice for Fanny and Lucy as well:

Friday Morning Open Thread

 Random Friday morning bird note:

Yellow Crested Cockatoo - Photo by Claire Witham

Thursday evening open thread

 

Blaurgh!Talk

All especially-annoying complaints about your week welcome here.

Thursday Morning Open Thread.

 

Happy Thursday!  No plans for me.  Maybe I’ll do something productive, or maybe I’ll convince myself working my way through the backlist of movies and shows is actually productive.

Wednesnight

Hoe goeth it, fellow peasants?

Hope You Have a Very Gay Wednesday!

 Good morning! How is June treating everyone?

 

Tuesday Eveninginginginging

So, how's y'all doin'? Careful with those ice creams.

Tuesday Haiku

 

A willow branch 

Unable to reach the water

At the bottom of the vase.

-Shigenobu

Emil Orlik

Good morning Open Thread

 

Hello, Balkers. What day is it? It’s Tuesday. Which is really second Monday, which is probably why Tuesdays often suck so much.

Monday the 13th OT at Night

Find a cool, shady spot in your home and survive the blistering heat this week, ok? Current book (Well, one of the five actually, each one at roughly 20 - 25% read. Yeah, it's one of those weeks) in hand is:

 

The author is smart and funny. The main character is fascinating and utterly unlikable. But relatable too. All the advantages of being young and white, pretty and fairly wealthy, the only thing she wants is to sleep and not think about anything. Unlike Holden Caulfield, who walks all over town bugging everybody, people keep bugging her. Especially her best friend Reva. Not at all a pleasant read but riveting in the horribleness of everything and everybody. I might have LOL'd a couple times. I highlighted some sections which I'll probably regret later.

Take me back to the future

 

Welcome to the weekly discussion thread.

Monday Morning Open Thread

 

 Good morning and welcome to another week, in which it is likely that not much will change at all.