Backtalk : December 2023

Sunday, December 31, 2023

New Year's 🥳T

Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a healthy, happy, and peaceful new year.

How are you and the fur faces marking the end of 2023?

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.

It’s the last morning of 2023. How are you spending the day? Any plans to ring in 2024 tonight?

The Dogs Will Take Us Out – Last 2023 Saturday Night Before the New Year – OT

yep, really

Hello and welcome to the VERY LAST WEEKEND OF 2023.

Friday Evening Post

Good evening.

It is Friday, December 29th, 2023. "Winter Wonderland" by Syd Mead.

Fur Face Friday

Hello and welcome to Fur Face Friday. Last week our fuzzy friends engaged in some holiday traditions. Let’s see what kind of season’s greetings we got.

Kristinbytes’ Bindi Maxed out her charms for her holiday card.

Friday Morning Open Thread

P is for Popcorn.

Feel free to share. Or not.

Happy Friday!

Thursday, December 28, 2023

It's rained buckets here all day, and all I've done NOTHING all day! I do have some turkey dinner leftovers from dinner at my brother's, so I'll be warming that up a bit later, and it occurred to me that if there enough, I might be able to have a turkey sandwich tomorrow, which I haven't had for years. That's if there is enough.

No sign of any mouse over the last day or so; eaten? Escaped? If the house gets smelly, I guess I'll know.

Blaurgh!Talk

Are we dead yet?

Thursday Morning Open Thread

Last Thursday of 2023. Maybe next year..... no scrap that it's a US election year, the weird is going to triple up on us.

Wedz. Later. Nuff Said.

Open Thread – Ultimate Wednesday Morning of 2023

Good morning.

Some songs for the end

of the year

or maybe just

Eve2s L8terAwn

ARE WE OVER? IS THIS YEAR DONE YET? Gawdnose how bad the next one will be, but cheeses crust, let's knock one off the calendar toward total doom, ammirite?

Tuesday Haiku

Snow and more snow

The evening is crowned

By the full December moon.

-Matsuo Basho

Shotei Takahashi

Good morning. How’s everyone doing today?

MONDAY NIGHT HO HO HO TEE

Blessed Merry Yule, &C...

Hope you've been nice this year, but if not, shiv that snitch in the back. And that's the true meaning of Christmas, boys and girls. Goodnight.

Happy Xmas and welcome to a week that's starting with whatever festivities are going on where you are.

Christmas Eve Later 🍬T

Or Christmas day depending on your time zone. Santa has already made his way through Australia and is on his way here!

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, and happy Christmas Eve to all of you.

Festivus For the Rest Of Us - Saturday Night OT

Caturday Morning Open Thread

Hello and welcome to the weekendish moment that is Christmas Eve Eve.

Friday Evening Post

Good evening.

It is Friday, December 22nd, 2023. And ok, the advent calendar shows the 21st, but the movie skips to the 24th for those scenes, so close enough will have to do.

Fur Face Friday

Hello and welcome to the coziest corner of the internet - Fur Face Friday! Our friends were getting into the year-end vibe in last week's comments, indulging in many of the activities we humans do as the calendar winds down.

teh ruh and lal getting a head start on the snoozing before the longest night of the year

Friday Morning Open Thread

O stands for...

Oh, fuck, I still have so much to do.

Twas the Thursday before Christmas ...

Everybody ready for Christmas? Got your shopping and prep done?

I have an unexpected invitation to my brother and sister-in-law's place on the 27th, when they will be doing their Christmas. This is the brother I haven't seen in about 10 years, so this should be interesting.

I will also be cat sitting for neighbours who are more than acquaintances, but a bit less than friends, and they had me over for a cheese and charcuterie board last night, and we went over some cat meds. They had a non-alcoholic drink (since I'm on an anti-anxiety drug, I can't have alcohol), that they got from Ikea, called vintersaga, a traditional Swedish Christmas drink, which is fruit juices and spices, and it was very, very good. Pretty sweet, but it went nicely with the salty food.

Blaurgh!Talk

Who's entering a state of denial, dissonance, or disassociation in prep for the ho-ho-holidays? Gripe about it all here.

Thursday Morning Open Thread

Two days till the Holiday weekend. Hopefully no one it too stressed out to enjoy it.

Neswednay OT (Later Version)

The big day approaches! Who's ready for Santa to slide down their chimney?

WINTER KILLS and so does Wednesday–Open Thread

Movies nobody cares about and nobody's watched but will gladly express an opinion on, part 5,328 in the series: In which first time feature director William Richert adapts the novel by Richard Condon (The Manchurian Candidate, Prizzi's Honor) and creates something strange and occasionally wonderful.

ToozEve (Or Somewhat So) OT

YEAHHHHHH, we get toast and dogbutts and wotnot for Jesus and Moses and Buddha and the like ... but ... KIMAWWWNM, the True Saviour takes a bit more cleverness to anounce himself. How's everyone's day been? Any good news in this joyous season of our sleighride into catastrophic hell?

Tuesday Haiku

O, bitter winter wind,

Why do you bellow so,

When there’s no leaves to fell?

-Natsume Soseki

Hiroshige

Welcome to Tuesday. Time to start wrapping those gifts soon. 🎁

NEW BOOKS, OLD BANANAS – A Monday Night OT

Sci-fi/Speculative/Weird – the books anyway, the bananas should just get et. Not enough to make banana bread.

I'll get to these soonish. Currently ~~rereading~~ The Fisherman by John Langan ~~and partway through~~ ~~Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Short Stories of Brian Aldiss~~* reading In Praise of Shadows by Jun'ichirõ Tanizaki; a long essay or short book, depending on your copy. (It's a few ~~weeks~~ days ago I'm typing this, fyi) Maybe I should read more books with "Man" in the title. Hannibal's recommended The Milkman by Anna Burns a couple of times so perhaps that's next. Then we can discuss it like so:

SQRL
Hey, The Milkman is so weird. Amazing.
[Chris Farley sunglasses wow gif]
Hannibal
It really is.

SQRL
Yeah.

SQRL
Thanks.

Hannibal
You're welcome!

Won't that be awesome.

What's everyone reading these days? Or whatever. Chat away.

* Finished. The Fisherman was pretty good. Will I remember it this time? Who knows. There were some standouts in the Aldiss collection. Let me know if you've read his stories or novels.

When Keith Richards Hangs With Willie Nelson for Mutual Birthday Celebration - Parlez Vous Monday

Hello and welcome to the Week Before Xmas!

Sunday Evening 🕊T

Show us your holiday baking, BT!

Any favourite holiday songs? ⛄

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.