Backtalk : December 2022

Saturday, December 31, 2022

How Did We Get Here? - NYE 2022 OT

Hello and welcome to the very last day of 2022 (hemispherical whatsis may apply). I suppose most of the standard buzz is to talk about hopes and resolutions and whatnot, but you can talk about whatever you want.

Friday Evening Post

Good evening.

It is Friday, December 30th, 2022.

Artwork by Stanislav Brusilov.

Friday Morning Open Thread

It's been a year.

I have no words and a bit of brain fog.

Post your words if you have any.

Thursday, December 29, 2022

Thursday evening open thread

I saw this and thought "YES! This is me!" I haaaaaaaate card games. And board games. All those movies where there are tense scenes of people playing poker? I go to the bathroom during those.

Blaurgh!Talk

Well, it certainly has been A Week since we last blaurghed together. I'm sure many of us have accumulated quite a few wintry icknesses to complain about, hopefully in the past tense of course.

Thursday Morning Open Thread!

Look, I’m going to need to see the tape or hear some evidence before I believe the no reason part. I’m sure somebody was asking for a smacking.

Evening OT of the Wednesday Type

Has everyone made it through Wednesday?

Welcome to Wednesday!

The final Wednesday of 2022. Hard to believe. I hope everyone is staying warm and dry. Plans for the remaining days of the year?

Tuesday, December 27, 2022

Tues Eve OT

So whatcha waitin' for? Talk awreddy.

Tuesday Haiku

Once the winter chrysanthemums leave, There is nothing to write about

But radishes.

-Matsuo Basho

Owari Daikon by Koen Niwayama

Howdy. It’s a Tuesday somewhere on the middle of that haze that is the time between Christmas and New Year’s.

Last Monday🌒OT of 2022

Good post-Noel evening. The kids got to pick the holiday film on Saturday and older kid picked this one - the first installment in The Adventures of Antoine Doinel: a Boy Escaped (1959)*.

René and Antoine at the cinema. It's one of my favorite holiday movies. Early on, a sign reads something about Joyeux Noël. About halfway through an unsteady Père Noël crosses the street. Near the end, the young delinquents pass a Christmas tree. But mostly it's about child abuse and neglect, playing hooky and watching movies, plagiarizing Balzac. You know, hijinks. Funny and sad, just like Christmas.

It’s the weekly opinion thread!

Hello and happy Boxing Day, or Official Xmas Off Monday, or whatever it is where you are.

Sunday/Christmas evening OT

I think I'm all talked out! How about you? More holiday socializing, cozy evening at home, or still snowed in?

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.

Good morning and happy Christmas!

Whether you celebrate or not, I hope you have a lovely and peaceful day today.

Comfort & Joy - Xmas Eve Saturday Night OT

Hullo and happy almost-Christmas, all. Lots of us are feeling that whole curl up in a blankie thing today. Hope everyone's at least mostly comfy and secure.

Friday Evening Post

Good evening.

It's Friday, December 23rd, 2022.

Lead image: Benjamin Williamson, Maine.

Fur Face Friday

Happy Pawlidays, from Periwinkle's Blanco and all your friends at Fur Face Friday!

Thursday evening open thread

I dare you not to say "Awwwwww". In a follow up video this week, he says that they've all been adopted. "Of course I'm keeping a couple".

Blaugh!Talk

Heyyyyyy! It's gripe time! File any complaints (especially holiday-themed) here!

Thursday Morning Open Thread

Cold and windy out there. Also looks like the snow will be here past the the 25. First white Christmas for awhile here locally.

Wednesday Evening And All Through The House ...

So how'd everyone's day go? All holiday decorations still intact despite pet investigations?

Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Morning, all. This is an open thread. Say hey.

Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Tuesday In The Evening

Hope everyone's holiday-of-choice season is going well, full of good food, cheer, and compliments on your butt. How's things going as the big day(s) approach?

Tuesday Haiku

Glittering snowflakes

The wind is shattering

The frozen moonlight.

-Horiuchi Toshimi

Drum Bridge at Meguro and Sunset Hill -Utagawa Hiroshige

Good morning! ☀️

Last Monday 🌘 OT Before Christmas - Big Damn Important Movie

Hope your Monday was good. At least better than last Monday anyway. I watched a Big Damn Important Movie last week. This one:

... and the Goblet of Fire

Welcome to our weekly discussion thread. You’ve got opinions. I want to hear them.

Hello, and welcome to the week before Xmas aaaarrrrggggghhhhhh what how???!!!

Sunday Evening OT

For Balkers with a lot of snow and time on their hands, here's something to do with it.

13 m Tall Snowman (CBC)

Some design ideas for BT village? Six Decades of Barbie Dream Homes (NYT, no paywall)

The NYT 2022 faces quiz is out. I hope the link works because it's a fun way to waste time. 2022 Quiz

I knew all the obvious ones, but didn't do so well with the final quarter of the list. Didn't watch enough Abbott Elementary or pay attention to who runs the US treasury, I guess.

Looking forward to the solstice and getting some of that sunlight back. Less than a week away!

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.

Morning, everyone.

Amber and John and Jon – Some of Our Favorite Hosts for This Saturday Night OT (and RIP Twitch)

Socks the Cat at the White House Press Podium, 1993

Hello and welcome to the weekend, or something approaching it. It's Saturnalia, which comes from a big old Roman sort of Opposite Day thingy. Make of that what you will.

Friday Evening Post

Good evening.

It's Friday, December 16th, 2022.

Artwork by Lauren Mercer-Smail, a Canadian artist.

Fur Face Friday

Hello and welcome to Fur Face Friday! Only nine more shopping days until Xmas and last week’s fur faces let us know what they wanted to see under the tree. (Or, you know, just in their mouths.)

Harpur looks like he’s gonna put something in Bertolt’s stocking…