Tuesday Evening OT

Wise old Firbank, benevolent Chieftain of The Tonk Patrol, is here to listen to your debriefings upon surviving Tuesday.

Tuesday Haiku

 

The frozen moon

The frozen lake

Two round mirrors reflecting the other.

-Hashimoto Takako

River and Pagoda under a Spring Moon by Niimi S

Good morning

 

Hey there- it’s Tuesday already.

It’s a Hard Knock Life

 

Welcome to the weekly opinions post. Share your views on the theme of the week and hear what others have to say.

Monday Morning Open Thread

 

Hello and welcome to another week. Pop up and say hello, will ya?

Sunday Eve Thread

 

Went for a skate this evening. It's nice that the days are longer (daylight until 6 pm!) but it was frosty!

This is the first time there will be 0 skating days on the Rideau Canal. ☹ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64766191 

There might be skating in LA? 

How's it going? Discuss below.

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 AM Open Thread

 

Good morning. 

It Was Nina Simone’s Birthday Long Before It Was Some Fascist Wet Dream Called National Hate Day – Saturday Night OT

 

Caturday Morning Open Thread

 

Hello and welcome to something weekendish. Time (or nearly) to draw some strength and take notes on where we are in the moment without all that annoying work stuff.

Friday Evening Post

 Good evening.

It's Friday, February 24th, 2023. 

Photo: Omi Kin, Kyoto.

Fur Face Friday

Hello and welcome to Fur Face Friday, where our beloved animal friends give us their all and then some. Last week’s cutie patooties showed us how to deal with whatever comes our way. This week they’re up for being just about all we can deal with. Like Kiltedpadre’s Cornbread, who brings us dat ass, if we can handle it.

 

'Cause my doggy's too bootylicious.

Friday Morning Open Thread

 

Thursday Evening Open Thread

 I laughed way too hard at this ("red. dit" "that's not actually how it's pronounced"). Middle aged superspy vs Gen Z villain. With an interpreter secretly telling him what to say and do. 

Blaurgh!Talk

So, what's grating on your mind? Hopefully everyone's various home care crises have receded a bit, but if not, feel free to really let loose here. It's blaurghin' time!

Thursday Morning Open Thread!

 

The days this week were Tuesday and Wednesday, but the point remains the same.

The W-Day O-Thread

Harpur is very hopeful your Wednesday went well, and sends slow eye blinks your way.

Wednesday Morning Open Thread

 

Morning! Feel free to drop in and say hoot - er, howdy.

Tuesday Evening Open (Sez Me) Thread

So, how'd it go? Are we all Tuesday'd out? Or in my case, steeled for starting up Wednesday?

Tuesday Haiku

 

Dreamy winter butterfly 

A wisp of white snow 

Wafting over the mountain.

-Kakio Tomizawa

Yushima Tenjin Shrine in the Snow by Takahashi Shotei 

Toosdai OT

 

Maru said there’d be days like this…

Game over

 

It’s the weekly discussion thread!

Monday Morning Open Thread

 

Hello and welcome to another week. It's Shrove Monday which I guess is becoming a kind of Fat Tuesday Eve. So I guess, gon' and laissez les bon temps rouler, or, erm... enjoy an extra roll. With something fat like butter or a hunk o' ham.

Sunday evening OT

Ending the weekend with a family dinner for my mother's birthday.

How's the wind down, or in kristinbyte's case, the Sunday partay?

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 OT

 

Hello. How is your weekend going?

Giving President Carter His Flowers While He Is Still Here - Saturday Night OT

 

Since we have so many film buffs, I also came across a Stephen King-recommended list of movies.  

Posting the link to the list in comments and, since while I was reading it I thought things like "Hmm, there are no filmmakers of color on this list and it's Black History Month" -- I'll finish compiling the list of films where I was like "Instead of this one, how about that one?"  I'll prep that list for next week.

Caturday Morning Open Thread

 

Hello and welcome to another weekend or precursor thereof. Time to kick up your heels, or just have yourself a sit and blow off some steam.

Friday Evening Post

Good evening. 

It is Friday, February 17th, 2023. It's a 3-day weekend for some, or maybe 4-day, if you're in Brazil.

Fur Face Friday

Hello and welcome to the weekly dose of joy we know as Fur Face Friday! As the northern hemisphere slogs through the doldrums of winter, we've got the cure for seasonal blahs in the comments of last week's post.

Sassy has a bouncy ball, so now we party!

Friday Morning Open Thread

Thursday evening open thread

 

This is wild; Goffin's cockatoos will carry a toolkit to solve problems and get a treat. From Treehugger;

https://www.treehugger.com/cockatoos-use-transport-toolsets-7108170

What I found really amazing was this;

Some cockatoos learned to carry the two tools together—by inserting the short punching stick into the groove of the halved straw—when they were presented with a box that required both.

Blaurgh!Talk

What's been bugging you this week? Blaurgh it here.

Thursday Morning Open Thread

 

Happy Thursday to those that celebrate it.  Other than the old college tradition of thirsty Thursday I’m not sure how you would celebrate it.

Wednesday - the OTher Side

Hope everyone has a restful evening planned.

Happy Wednesday!

I guess technically Valentine's Day will be over before this posts but I had already found this cute image before I did the math. How is everyone's week going???

Tuesday Evening OT

So, meow's life?

Tuesday Haiku

 

White blossoms on the pear tree

A young woman reads his letter

By moonlight.

-Yosa Buson 

Ito Sozan

Good morning

 

Hiya Balkers. It’s a lovey dovey chocolately holiday out there. Proceed with caution.

Food glorious food

 

Every Monday we discuss our views and feelings on a different topic to learn more about each other.

Monday Morning Open Thread

 

 

Hello all, time to leap into another week. Yay?

Superb Owl Sunday Sunset OT

 

It's that time of year to consider the many contributions of owls to our local ecosystems!

The Owl Research Institute- 33 years of owl conservation! Source of this evening's cover photo.

Maritime Owl gets a Helping Hand

13 Fun Facts About Owls!  Scroll to the bottom for an owl quiz!

My current favourite owl is the barn owl but burrowing owls are cool too. Discuss owl-related and non-owl- related topics below.

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.

It’s Sunday and this is the OT

 

Good morning, all. Pretty sure today is some kind of national eat food and watch tv holiday.

A Vote for Missy on the RRHoF Is Historic & Other Erasure-Blasting Celebrations: Saturday Night OT

 

Caturday Morning Open Thread

 

 

Hello and welcome to the (approximate) weekend. Time to get closer to the things that make you happy, and chill for a while.

Friday Evening Post

 Good evening.

It's Friday, February 10th, 2023. Artwork is by Mark Grantham.

Fur Face Friday!

 Hi all, it's Friday, and time for Fur Faces! Sorry for the late post, it's been a week, hope yours is going better than mine!

In any event, let's get to it with the best of last week!

First up we have Reggie enjoying a good rest at Maya24's:

Friday Morning Open Thread

 

Another day. 

Thursday Evening Open Thread

 

I went out for dinner last night with my retired colleague A, to a restaurant/pub we've been to before, and I ordered their penne with sun dried tomatoes, feta cheese and black olives in tomato sauce, which I've had before. My plate arrived and I started digging in, and thought: "This is way hotter than I remember", but kept going. I was about halfway through, and thought "There are no olives". I was on the subway going home, when I realized "There was no feta cheese either". It was in a tomato sauce, so it was hard to tell if there were sun dried tomatoes or not. My friend said that it sounded like an arrabiata sauce, which is spicy.

Now, it was very noisy in the restaurant, so our server had some trouble hearing our orders, but I pointed it out on the menu, so there would be no errors.

When I got home, I looked up the menu online; no penne with arrabiata sauce. The only other thing with a tomato sauce was a spaghetti bolognese. 

I think I was served something that was not on the menu! Which is a wrong thing. Maybe it was what the staff were having for dinner, but if they were out of the penne with sun dried tomatoes, feta cheese and black olives in tomato sauce, they should have told me, not made a substitution without asking. What about people with food allergies? If it was the bolognese sauce over the penne, then it had meat in it, and I ordered a vegetarian dish (not vegan, not with the cheese)

Anyway, I'm off tomorrow, and will be going to the dentist to see about this new night guard that they think I need.