Thursday evening open thread

 

I had some baseline tests for glaucoma and a couple of other age eye things related things today, and I'm exactly average for my age. There is currently no sign of glaucoma, but I do have some risk factors, aside from age, so I go back in about a year and a half to see where I'm at.

The cipralex seems to be kicking in pretty quickly with a slightly floaty, calm buzz. So that's good. I'm only on half a dose for the first couple of weeks, and if this keeps up, I'll ask the doc if I can just keep it here, rather than go on the full dose.

Blaurgh!Talk

Here we be angry. Aye, or despairing. Share what's been annoying or overwheling you this week.

Thursday Morning Oepn Thread

 

Hello, it is morning again. Say hello.

Wednesday Later Down The Line OT

Merry Wednesday, Mr. Lawrence OT

Something at Cannes tickled both Nagisa Ōshima and that weird pale guy next to him.  

© Ralph Gatti/ AFP
https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/medialibrary/david-bowie-nagisa-oshima-merry-christmas-mr-lawrence/

Movie's from 1983. Bowie would've been in his mid-thirties, Ōshima in his early fifties. Ryuichi Sakamoto (not pictured here but he debuted as both actor and film score composer in Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence) would have been around thirty.

So what's amusing you?

Later Tuesday OT

Tuesday Haiku

 The fields and the mountains

Hidden by the snow

Until nothing is left.

-Joso Naito

Kubota Beisen

Good morning

 

The holidays can be stressful, so be like Elsa and let it go.

Monday Night Ode To Mushroom People

Welcome to another week of mushrooming. I hope you're all enjoying yourselves.

Walking Mushrooms from Delicious in Dungeon (ダンジョン飯, Danjon Meshi, lit. "Dungeon Food"), a delightful manga by Ryoko Kui

Monday Morning Open Thread

Hello and welcome to another week in the world, and the very last one before the very last month of the year.

Sunday Evening 🥅T

In honour of the start of a new shinny season, here's a couple of  trailblazers in women's hockey. 

Back in 1956, little Abigail "Ab" Hoffman convinced her parents to let her go to tryouts for a hockey league, since the notice didn't specifically say it was for boys- it was assumed. No one noticed Ab was a girl until she was chosen for the all-star team and had to show her birth certificate to join. Needless to say she wasn't allowed to register for the next season. 

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 Open Thread

 

Last Sunday of November!

All of Us Are Learning About Something - #DoctorWhoDay, #DoctorWhoDay60, and Holidaze Saturday Night OT

 

Caturday Morning Open Thread

 

Hello and welcome to another (possibly holiday-)weekendish thing.

Friday Evening Post

 Good evening.

It is Friday, November 24th, 2023. Artwork by Alan Parry.

Fur Face Friday

 The Fur Faces spent last week relaxing. But it's Black Friday, the start of the holiday season, and there's so much to do.

CTSenVy's Critter says, "Bah, humbug!"

Friday Morning Open Thread

 K is for kangaroo.

Thursday evening open thread

 

For the U.Sians among us.

Nothing much going on here. I am pondering whether I should get a cat for Biscuit though. He might love a new cat friend, but I'm not sure I can take the chance that he might get too stressed out about it.

Blaurgh!Talk

It's that most wonderful time of the week, where we get to let loose on what's been really, really bugging us. So go ahead, de-bug.

Thursday Morning Open Thread!

 

Happy Thanksgiving to the US branch of BackTalk. Happy Thursday or almost Friday to the rest of you.  

OT Wednesday Eve

'Twas the Wednesday Before Thanksgiving and I Had To Spend Hours Listening to Xmas Music at the Dentist (on 11/14)

Thankful for insolent, bitter children, among other things...

The Dude in '79 yelling at ever distant daddy much like the kids yell at ever distant me in '23

Tuesday Evening Opies

Tuesday Haiku

 

Blow if you must, 

Autumn wind, but

The flowers have already faded.

-Gansan

Ito Sozan

Toosdai before Turkey Day Open Thread 🧵

 

Well hi there!

Monday Night Standoff Before Thanksgiving

Everyone's favorite day is today. Hope you survived work and an enjoy some time to yourselves this week, USians. It's just another week for those in another part of the world, but I hope you enjoy yourselves too.

Chow Yun-Fat, City on Fire, 1987, Ringo Lam. I think it's about Thanksgiving dinner with family.

If you have family to see this week, you have my sympathies. The holidays are all about regrets.

CY-F, A Better Tomorrow 2, 1987, John Woo

Cheers. 

Same Song, Different Instrument - Cellos on Parlez Vous Monday

 

Monday Morning Open Thread

Hello and welcome to another week in the world.

Sunday Evening 🍂T

Happy Cricket World Cup final for all who celebrate! The game's over, but there's no spoilers below just in case BT has a closet cricket fan who hasn't watched it yet. 

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 Open Thread

 

Good morning.

Oncoming Crazy Fast Approaching; We Have to Pick Which Kind We Want - Saturday Night OT

 

Caturday Morning Open Thread

 

Hello and welcome to the weekend (as applicable, ymmv)

Friday Evening Post

 Good evening.

It is Friday, November 17th, 2023. "Last Look"

Fur Face Friday!

 Hi all, we've reached another Friday (I think, this week has flown by), so let's get to the Fur Faces! Last week brought a bunch of cuteness so let's pick some of the best!

First up is Reggie who found a chair that was barely soft enough to rest in:

Friday Morning Open Thread

 J is for Jasper Johns.

Alexander Liberman (American, born Kiev, Russia [now Ukraine], 1912-1999). Jasper Johns, New York, 1963. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 13 3/4 x 9 5/8 inches (34.92 x 24.45 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York. Gift of Seymour H. Knox, Jr., 1976 (K1976:4.23). © Alexander Liberman Trust

Thursday evening open thread

 

Gradually feeling better; drugs are good! 

Still hitting "refresh" on all the dog rescue sites, but there are only puppies and very large dogs being added, if any, except for the one sweet girl who is only 2 but requires a raw diet, supplements and glucosamine "for her back leg". No explanation as to what is wrong with her back leg. She needs someone who can afford her.

Blaurgh!Talk

Thursday Morning Open Thread

 

I say we go with it. May all your purchases be at least 2 chiweenie’s worth.

OTWedsEve

It's a Wednesdayful Life

Happy H Day. I've already had my fill of Christmas and it's only the 15th of November. Enjoy this Academy Award winning short film by Peter Capaldi, starring Richard E. Grant as Franz K. I assume you've all seen this before, but in case you have not:

That's right, the 12th Doctor has an Oscar. I don't know what a Scottish shaggy dog tale is like, but I imagine it's similar to this. Have a wonderful Wednes day. 

Tues Eve OT

Tuesday Haiku

 I wish I could borrow

The scarecrow’s clothes

Midnight frost.

-Matsuo Basho

Hiroaki Takahashi

Toosdai OT

 

 Diving headfirst into this week like-

Lundi OT – Bon Anniversaire

Good evening, citizens, and welcome to Monday the 13th. The 11th was our 19th wedding anniversary (spouse and mine, not backtalk's) so we exchanged gifts. For her: the LoA edition of Hainish Novels & Stories, Vol. 1*; Menewood by Nicola Griffith, sequel to Hild (2013); and Emily Wilson's new translation of The Iliad. 

Scholar and ink enthusiast Emily Wilson

A yearlong subscription to the Criterion Channel for me. I think I got the better of the deal. Which has always been true in regard to our relationship anyway.

Single and Double Reed Lovers Unite, ‘Cos The News Is Too Stupid For Anything Else – Parlez Vous Monday

 

Monday Morning Open Thread

 Hello and welcome to another week.

Sunday Evening 🌺T

 

For Armistice weekend, here's an article about a cyclist paratrooper unit from WWII.

 Popular Mechanics- British Paratroopers with Folding Bicycles 

American GI giving British kids a lift, 1944. Safety first!