Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Wednesday Evening Open Thread -- NYE Edition

Good evening.

Female worker at the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, photo by Bernard Hoffman (1943)
byu/Tony_Tanna78 inOldSchoolCool

Wednesday New Year's Eve Day

Anyone have any plans for tonight? I have a selection of junk foods to choose from; cool ranch doritos, sour cream & onion potato chips (crisps, for our U.K. friends), and Chicago mix popcorn. I will be staying in and keeping warm.

What about any New Year's resolutions?

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Tuesday Evening Post

“Don’t tell anyone, Mary. But these are actually pea shooters”

Share some hope for the new year or throw some shade at the past year.

Rise and shine

🥀 ✨

Monday Evening OT

The 2025 holiday season, with all its madness and chaos, is drawing to a close. But we still have a few days before we enter the bleak new year months.

Hello and welcome to another week. 2026 is creeping up on us fast.

Sunday evening open thread

I don't see a post scheduled, so here's a quickie.

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, all.

EOY - Rest, See Art, Make Art - Last Saturday Night of the Year OT

Hello and welcome to the very last weekend of 2025 🤯

Friday Evening Post

Good evening.

That time between Christmas and the New Year...

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— Noir Beach Shack ♬ 🎞 (@noirbeachshack.bsky.social) December 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM

Fur Face Friday

Yesterday was Christmas. And our gift to you is the precious pics of our furry friends. Welcome to Fur Face Friday. Last week, our pals were dreaming of sugar plums. Some of them still are.

Happy Boxing Day!

Thursday, December 25, 2025

Christmas Thursday evening open thread

Was Santa good to everybody? Are you all stuffing your faces?

Merry Christmas And/Or Happy Thursday Morning Open Thread!

It doesn't matter if you're planning on a big party day, a nice quite day, or somewhere in between. I hope you enjoy it the most you can.

Wednesday Evening Open Thread -- Christmas Eve Edition

Good evening.

Vincent Price and his daughter Victoria picking out a Charlie Brown Christmas tree in Los Angeles, 1970.

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— Noir Beach Shack ♬ 🎞 (@noirbeachshack.bsky.social) December 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM

Wednesday Christmas Eve day morning thread

Last call for shopping and baking! Everybody ready?

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Tuesday Evening Post

“Is that the only tree they had left, Pops?”

“No, but there were these two kids at the lot- a bald kid in a yellow and black sweater and another in a red striped sweater who was holding a blue blanket… And they said it would make a better Christmas tree than all the big flashy ones.”

“Oh no, Pops, we wanted a big shiny aluminum tree.”

Tuesday Haiku

Falling snow

Too brilliant a rainbow

In my dream

-Masajo Suzuki

(art and poem selection by @haikuandmore )

How you feeling today?

Monday Evening OT

Nothing says Christmas like the Hater's Guide to the Williams Sonoma Catalog.

Happy Holidays, Balkers!

Hello, all, and welcome to THREE SHOPPING DAZE and good luck with that.

Solstice Sunday evening ⛄T

A little throwback for the Solstice, the 8th night of Hanukkah, and the final Sunday in Advent.

How did you spend the shortest day?

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.

Happy winter solstice to you all.

Solstice Weekend 2025 - Saturday Night OT

44 did not forget us this year

he was also like "just in case y'all are still behind from my recommendations from this summer"

he always includes one thing I thought to exclude & then encourages me to reconsider

And I was about to raise particular hell because when the interview below with Jonathan Capehart and our Forever FLOTUS Michelle Obama was preempted the other evening with other sniping and bigotry surrounding the Brown University shooting

But I guess they heard us because here is the full interview

FULL INTERVIEW: Michelle Obama Gets Candid on Race, Beauty, & Politics I MS NOW EXCLUSIVE

from the man who feels like he's kind of our winter season patron "saint"

You knew I'd bring this one -- the real Kennedy Center Honors, with real honorees and a real POTUS and FLOTUS

Sting - The Rising - the Kennedy Center Honors Bruce Springsteen

this one's to show your work on

Caturday Morning Open Thread

Hello and welcome to FIVE DAYS 'TIL XMAS OMFG WTF??!!!!

Friday Evening Post

Good evening.

That's officially my favorite thing involving Jack Black.

Fur Face Friday

Hello and welcome to Fur Face Friday, where we take a holiday from everything going on that is just not cute. Last week’s critters were nestled all snug in their beds, and this week’s have dreams of fun and noms dancing in their heads. Like Best Coast’s Flora, who is taunted by the floor-moat that keeps her from a banquet of tree.

Little gray bun, so lively and quick.
Just give her a moment and she'll charm old St. Nick.

Happy Friday

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Thursday evening open thread

Did nothing today. At least the garbage pickup took my green bin stuff this week, unlike last week.

I haven't heard from the vet about Biscuit's new prescription, so I'll call first thing tomorrow; time is getting tight before Christmas and I only have enough of his pills to last until next Wednesday.

How's everybody else?