Now it's time for August, August, usually the hottest month. Just great.
Backtalk: A Medium Place
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.
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:
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| Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964). Godzilla, Rodan, and baby inchworm Mothra vs the three-headed menace from Venus. |
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Tuesday Haiku
Once the lamp goes out,
Cool stars enter
The window frame.
-Natsume Soseki
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| Utagawa Hiroshige |
Monday, July 29, 2024
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:
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| She seriously doesn't have time for your bullshit |
Sunday, July 28, 2024
Sunday later 🌳🌱
Trees. They just stand there.
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| "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
Friday, July 26, 2024
Friday Evening Post
Good evening.
Frozen pizza production process
byu/vjenkinsgo inoddlysatisfying
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.
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.
Thursday Morning Open Thread
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
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.
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| 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."
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Tuesday Evening OT
Another day, another dollar. Thank heaven todays over and tomorrow is another day.
Tuesday Haiku
The rains of summer join together
How swift it is
The Mogami river
-Matsuo Basho
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| Kawase Hasui |
Tuesday Open Thread
🙃
Oh what a beautiful mornin’
Oh what a beautiful day
I got a beautiful feelin’
Ev’rythin’s goin’ my way
Monday, July 22, 2024
Sunday, July 21, 2024
Sunday Evening OT
After the events of the day we could all use a nice peaceful sit by the lake.
How's it going, BT?
Note: I'm on Atlantic time so I hope I'm timed the post right.
The 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, July 20, 2024
Friday, July 19, 2024
Friday Evening Post
Good evening.
What actors/actresses make you not want watch a movie if they're in it?
byu/Straightasf69 inmoviecritic
It is Friday, July 19th, 2024.
Me:
- Will Smith
- Mark Wahlberg
- Believe it or not, sometimes Tom Hanks.
- The Rock/Dwayne Johnson
- Angelina Jolie
Fur Face Friday
Hey all, it's Friday! So let's have some Fur Faces!
Let's look at last week's best!
First up is Ruh, looking fancy after a visit to the dentist:
Thursday, July 18, 2024
Thursday evening open thread
It's been a gorgeous day here; about 23 C or about 73.5 F, with a pleasant breeze through the house.
I've contacted my lawyer (and I told him that I could here his eyeroll over the phone), so he's going to do a title search of the property, and confirm (or not) about what I think, and I have an appointment with him next Friday to discuss options for clearing this up. Then, I might be going to my sister's on the weekend to see if she's amenable to settling this issue once and for all.
The lawyer said that he had the basement flood through a window, all over his desk, which they've just discovered today.
Thursday Morning Open Thread!
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
It's Still Wednesday – Old Mad Conrad- er, I mean All Mod Cons
Seen you before. I know your sort. You think the world awaits your every breath. You'll be my friend, or so you say. You'll help me out when the time comes.
Wednesday AM OT – This Is the Modern World
What kind of fool do you think I am? You think I know nothing of the modern world? Remember your first computer? Came with its own dynamo and a burly he-man to pull the levers and crank the wheels. Kids today have it too easy.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Monday, July 15, 2024
Monday Night OT – In The City
There's a thousand things I want to say to you. But I'll just say, "Good evening."
Sunday, July 14, 2024
Sunday evening OT
I refuse to read the news this weekend. Instead let's watch this dog play soccer.
Goodest pitch invader ever.The 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, July 13, 2024
Friday, July 12, 2024
Friday Evening Post
Good evening.
Dave Wakeling of The English Beat and General Public jams on a classic with Steve Jones:
It is Friday, July 12th, 2024.
Fur Face Friday
Hello and welcome to the home of the internet's friendliest companion animals and neighbourhood visitors, Fur Face Friday! There were so many sweeties in last week's comments that it was like seeing double!
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| It's Ginaaa's neighbourhood is full of cute! |
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Thursday evening open thread
I will have spent part of the day at the city committee meeting. I'm not speaking, but I'm the props manager; putting things on the overhead projector. As usual Nemesis is not using the overhead as a summary outline, but is putting the entire presentation on it; 7 pages. Both other neighbour and I have talked to her about this in the past (other neighbour is a teacher and knows about presentations), but this lesson has not been taken on board. I mentioned it in this case, but I'm not going to mention it again, in aid of being over dealing with Nemesis.
Blaurgh!Talk
What's got your eyes rolling this week?
Thursday Morning Open Thread
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Wednesday Evening Sunflowers
Is there anything more beautiful than flowers gone to seed? Kiefer reminds you that a bloom's "death" is a symbol of renewal too, that there's more than sadness in the image.
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| Anselm Kiefer, Sol Invictus (Unconquered Sun), 1995. Emulsion, acrylic, shellac and sunflower seeds on burlap, 473 × 280 cm. Photo: © Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio. |
Good Morning, Wednesday, There's an Abundance of Hulots
Brain is dead. Have some Tati gifs and a good morning too.
