Backtalk : July 2024

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Last Day of July OT – Don't Let the Door Hitcha Where the Good Lord Splitcha

Good riddance. I thought July would never end. It's a month so long that it needs to be said twice to truly encompass the horror and misery of July.

Now it's time for August, August, usually the hottest month. Just great.

Morning of July XXXI Open Thread

I haven't seen any conclusive numbers, but supposedly the average US viewer watches 100 movies per year, according to one site. Another article suggests that since streaming services became the norm, many viewers now watch more than 20 a month. And a different article stated that some watch at least one movie a day. That's quite a lot. I only got to my tenth movie in mid-April. I watched #50 yesterday:

Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964). Godzilla, Rodan, and baby inchworm Mothra vs the three-headed menace from Venus.

Evening Post

Good evening. How was your day?

Tuesday Haiku

Once the lamp goes out,

Cool stars enter

The window frame.

-Natsume Soseki

Utagawa Hiroshige

Another day in paradise.

Monday Night Open Thread – July Dregs Require Something to Inspire and Aspire to

Just trying to survive the rest of the worst month and make it to August, which is even worse. Don't even get me started on September, the gum-stuck-on-the-bottom-of-the-shoe month. Followed by October. UGH. There's even a big "NO!" at the beginning of No!vember. Enough complaining. Let's just look at this iconic image of civil rights leader Gloria Richardson in Cambridge, MD from June 1963:

She seriously doesn't have time for your bullshit

Hello and welcome to another week in the world.

Sunday later 🌳🌱

Trees. They just stand there.

"Shubie" Tree. This tree has stood in a field near Highway 102 near Shubenacadie, N.S., for an estimated 300 years. It was blown down during post-tropical storm Fiona. (Len Wagg)

You'd think I'd be ready for a break from trees given the hedge-reduction project I've taken on at my parents' house. They're pretty neat though. So far I've spotted a hummingbird, a family of cardinals, several kinds of bees, and a blue jay in the hedge. Given the size of the hedge (10 to 12 feet high, several feet wide) there should still be plenty left for them when I'm done.

Currently reading Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard.

Anything fascinating you at the moment?

Photo Gallery (Slapdash Probably Blogger-image-load Headache Adjacent Edition)

Hullo, it’s kinda sorta 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.

Early Bird Special OT

The early bird gets the worm. But what of the worm? Did he not also get up early? Poor worm. RIP.

Anyway get it while it's hot. Unless it's a float or shake. Owl's treating.

Saturday, July 27, 2024

Chanteuses en Paris and Coastal Americans LOL - Olympian Saturday Night OT

Hello and welcome to another weekendish thingy.

Friday Evening Post

Good evening.

Frozen pizza production process
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It is Friday, July 26th, 2024.

Fur Face Friday!

Welcome to Fur Face Friday. Lately, it's been feast or famine around here. Last week facw faced a dearth of submissions. But his plea for pics set me up with a veritable banquet of tasty fur faces! All so cute I could gobble them up. But they are strictly for viewing of course. Keep your forks outta our fur faces.

Happy Friday!

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Thursday evening open thread

The demo of the collapsed building (from a year ago!) continues. They had to pour 2 feet of concrete in the pit to stabilise everything, and now they have to take it out to rebuild the house. What this means is non-stop concrete sawing, with all the attendant noise, dust and smell. Then they whack at it with picks. I guess a jackhammer would destabilise the two houses on either side. Apparently this will go on for about 7 months.

At the same time, the street that mine connects to, at the south end, is closed and being torn up, as well as the street parallel to mine, so people are looking to detour both north and southbound. My street is one way only, so I'm anticipating A) a collision and/or B) some road rage.

Blaurgh!Talk

Hello, peeps. What kind of unnecessary drama are you wrestling with lately?

Thursday Morning Open Thread

Ever seen a steam power air compressor. This restored one actually helped power air tools in a factory till the 60’s.

Wednesday Nite Babble Time

Building or destroying? What are you up to tonight? I noticed this place just popped up on Zillow. It's really distant, but as far as I can tell, that's the only downside.

Still from Metropolis, Lang, 1927. 1000+ four room suites, central air. Otis elevator. 4 1/2 bath.

Wednesday Morning Open Thread – Frame 14

"When the Coyote fell off, I knew he had to go exactly eighteen frames into the distance and then disappear for fourteen frames before he hit."