Backtalk : March 2023

Friday, March 31, 2023

Friday Evening Post

Good evening.

It is Friday, March 31st, 2023. Photograph by Brett Beaudry.

Fur Face Friday

Hello and welcome to Fur Face Friday. Last week we looked for signs of spring. This week our critters are getting a little fresh.

Kristinbytes’ Bindi says there’s only room for one attitude on this couch, and it’s not yours.

Did you wipe your feet?

Thursday evening open thread

We had a late program at work this evening, so I'm doing this at 10:15 p.m. on Wednesday night, so all I'm giving you is an open thread; no song and dance, because I'm beat.

WesNEZdat OT

I swear, if I wasn't enslaved by anything done in b&w, I'd maybe re-join Netflix so as to be able to converse with y'all.

Wednesday Morning Open Thread--Gooooood morninngg!

Good morning and Happy Wednesday, everyone! I do believe I missed more than one Wednesday morning post in a row...AGAIN. I'm pretty sure this means the time has come for me to officially take a hiatus. I have been doing the Wednesday morning posts for nine years now and it seems with a super busy job, grad school, and single parenting teenagers, I just cannot keep up any longer :( I hope everyone is well and I hope someone can pick up the torch for now 🙏

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Tuesthread Eveopen

So, what's Anubis yew?

Tuesday Haiku

Despite the troubled times,

The cherry blossoms

Bloom all around.

-Kobayashi Issa

Avenue of Cherry Trees by Hiroshi Yoshida

Hello…how’s it going with you today?

Some guys have all the luck

Welcome to the weekly discussion thread.

Morning, all. Hope we all had a chance to cool out over the weekend, because here we are again.

bOaTs on Sunday

It was Oxbridge boat race day! If you listen to the commentary, you might recognize the voice.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-65068555

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. It’s Sunday.

Hopefully you get some time to relax today.

All Hail Librarians and Quiltmakers – Saturday Night OT and RIP Randall Robinson

It Caturday. Whatcha thinkin'? Stuff?

Friday Evening Post

Good evening.

It's Friday, March 24th, 2023. Time to pause your spellcasting, and relax with a beer and chips.

Artwork by David Mattingly.

Fur Face Friday

It's the start of a new season. Last week's fur faces were still braving the winter chill. But here are six signs that Spring is truly here in the Northern Hemisphere.

1 The sun is shining!

Thursday evening open thread

Blaurgh!Talk

So, what's bugged you this week? Or still haunts you from 1st grade? Post them lingering needles in the brane here.

Thursday Morning Open Thread!

Yesterday I didn’t proofread a comment, and then autocorrect turned what I thought I typed “birds chirping” into “Big Ed’”. So with an AI generated image, this is Big Ed Singing in the Morning.

Wed Night OT

Wednesday at last. ... umm, for some reason or other. I mean, there's still Thursday and Friday to go. So, now that I've metaphysically birdpooped on your dinner jacket, how'd the day go?

Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Hello. It's Wednesday again. Say hey.

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Twos Eve Opie Thread

Hopefully everyone's Tuesday hasn't induced brains-shredded-by-lobsterclaws-level headaches. How'd it go?

Tuesday Haiku

Fluttering

In the breeze

A solitary butterfly

-Masaoka Shiki

Tiger Lily and Butterfly by Jo

Rise and shine, Balkers! 🌸

You too?

It’s the weekly discussion thread!

Hello and welcome to another week, and hours away from springtime. Or autumn, if you're Bertolt. You know, technically.

Sunday evening open thread

I don't see an open thread posted, so I'm throwing one up quickly.

I heard something in the kitchen ceiling around 5:00 and I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DEAL WITH IT since between sick pets, sick me and other house emergencies (tree!), I can't really take more time off work.

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, BackTalk.

Spring is just around the corner.

DeSatan Doesn’t Want Us To Know Lead Belly Coined “Woke” in the 30s – Saturday Night OT & RIP

Caturday Open Thread

Hello and welcome to another weekend, or something near it. May you find a cozy spot where no one can vex you soon enough.

Friday Evening Post

Good evening.

It is Friday, March 17th, 2023. The artwork worth gazing at is by Francisco Ribeiro.

Fur Face Friday!

Greetings all! It's a little hard keeping track of the days, but I'm fairly convinced today is Friday, so let's have some Fur Faces!

Last week I was travelling to the exotic lands of Canada, but leahaven collected many fine pets, so let's look at best!

First up, we have Samantha helping KidSmacks3 test out his new phone:

Thursday evening open thread

I did try to do the thing to make the video full-sized, but obviously did something wrong, so this is going to appear as the itty-bitty little square video, but oh well!

You know that this exactly what was going through this dog's mind!

Blaurgh!Talk

Oh gawd, the horror when, two days ago at the chemists', the radio began playing that horrific 80s song 'Gloria' and it lodged in my skull like a dull knife for the rest of the day ... GLUH!REE!YUH! Has anyone else suffered nearly much as I have this week?

Thursday Morning Open Thread

Sounds like winter is back for most of BackTalk. Apparently it was a problem even in the final frontier.

It's OT'n Tiiiiime! Wed Eve

I always wanted The Thing to team up with the Addams Family's Thing and do battle with The Thing that landed in Antarctica from outer space. Anyone else have time today for such helpful, constructive thoughts?

Wednesday Morning Open Thread

Helllooooo??? It Wednesday. Say hey.

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Tuesday Evening! Kick Up Your Heels!

Hope I've got the shhheduling correct; we're that limbo between when the Northern Hemisphere begins DST and we have yet to cruelly end ours (early April; hello darkness my old friend etc etc). So! How's your day gone?