Backtalk: A Medium Place
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Tuesday Evening OT
Tuesday Haiku
The frozen moon
The frozen lake
Two round mirrors reflecting the other.
-Hashimoto Takako
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| River and Pagoda under a Spring Moon by Niimi S |
Monday, February 27, 2023
Monday 🌓 27, February - Jai Guru Deva O(m)pen Thread
I recently subjected the family to three straight days of The Beatles' studio albums (Feb. 19 -21). That's 200+ songs over the span of more than ten hours. I heard but didn't really listen, you know? Dinner prep and cleanup is easier with predictable sounds.
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| Laurie Lipton, On, 2013 (tho she was born a long long time ago) |
Even made it through Revolution 9 and Octopus's Garden.
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.
Sunday, February 26, 2023
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.
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Caturday Morning Open Thread
Friday, February 24, 2023
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.
Thursday, February 23, 2023
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
Thursday Morning Open Thread!
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
The W-Day O-Thread
Tuesday, February 21, 2023
Tuesday Evening Open (Sez Me) Thread
Tuesday Haiku
Dreamy winter butterfly
A wisp of white snow
Wafting over the mountain.
-Kakio Tomizawa
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| Yushima Tenjin Shrine in the Snow by Takahashi Shotei |
Monday, February 20, 2023
Monday 🌑 New Moon OT - Savage Slum Life
I have a dim memory of a BT conversation, I think after the migration but cannot be certain, about dingbat homes.
Pure guesswork here, but going on user patterns I think: spaced99(maybe) posted an image of a dingbat house with a couple columns for a carport beneath, with slight information, maybe of the "TIL" variety. I replied with something intelligent like "Yuck." Others liked dingbats. Someone from the Toronto area might have said they had some there. kristinbytes(maybe) commented that the movie The Slums of Beverly Hills abounded in mid-20th c. architecture and featured the dingbat. (Wu didn't comment IIRC, but I wish he would have posted an old Golden Horn post about dingbats, Googie architecture, and Eichler minimalism or something.)
Monday Morning Open Thread
Sunday, February 19, 2023
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.
Saturday, February 18, 2023
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
Friday, February 17, 2023
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.
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| Sassy has a bouncy ball, so now we party! |
Thursday, February 16, 2023
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.
Thursday Morning Open Thread
Wednesday, February 15, 2023
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, February 14, 2023
Tuesday Haiku
White blossoms on the pear tree
A young woman reads his letter
By moonlight.
-Yosa Buson
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| Ito Sozan |
Monday, February 13, 2023
There's a 🌗 in the Sky (Called the 🌗) - Openthreadin' Again
Hey, it's Monday and it's 50° F in February. Situation normal. Nothing to see, carry on, etc. Four high altitude spy balloons shot down over North America in the past few days, and everyone's making jokes. I am too. They're pretty big and higher up than most aircraft can reach. Let's take a look:
Food glorious food
Every Monday we discuss our views and feelings on a different topic to learn more about each other.
Sunday, February 12, 2023
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!
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.
Saturday, February 11, 2023
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, February 10, 2023
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:
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