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Backtalk: A Medium Place
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Blaurgh!Talk
Thursday Morning Open Thread
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Tuesday, June 28, 2022
Tues Eve OTT OT
Tuesday Haiku
The summer moon.
There are many paper lanterns
On the street.
-Masaoka Shiki
| Evening at Shinagawa by Hiroaki Takahashi |
Monday, June 27, 2022
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.
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Welcome to the weekly opinion thread. We all have our own feelings and thoughts about things, why not share them?
Monday Morning Open Thread
Sunday, June 26, 2022
Sunday sunset OT
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:
Saturday, June 25, 2022
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.
Friday, June 24, 2022
Friday Evening Post
Good evening.
Writing this on Thursday evening, but I predict I'm tired this evening, too. What are the plans?
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!
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| 415s30's Sylvie, major league Dog Baller, on the job. |
Friday Morning Open Thread
My niece is into some tiktok/roblox aesthetic called weirdcore.
— 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, June 23, 2022
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!
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Wednesday Nite OT Chatapalooza
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, June 21, 2022
Tuesday Haiku
While I ate a persimmon
The bell rang out
Of the Horyuji Temple.
-Masaoka Shiki
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| Crow eating a persimmon, Ohara Kison |
Monday, June 20, 2022
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?
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| 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
Sunday, June 19, 2022
Sunday evening OT
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| 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.
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
Saturday, June 18, 2022
Juneteenth and “Dads' Day” the Same Weekend is Emblematic of Too Much Going On At Once – Saturday Night OT
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY
*** SQRL ***
Friday, June 17, 2022
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, June 16, 2022
Thursday Morning Open Thread.
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Tuesday Haiku
A willow branch
Unable to reach the water
At the bottom of the vase.
-Shigenobu
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| 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, June 13, 2022
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.
Monday Morning Open Thread
