Female worker at the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, photo by Bernard Hoffman (1943)
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Backtalk: A Medium Place
Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Wednesday Evening Open Thread -- NYE Edition
Good evening.
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
Monday, December 29, 2025
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.
Sunday, December 28, 2025
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.
Saturday, December 27, 2025
Friday, December 26, 2025
Friday Evening Post
Good evening.
That time between Christmas and the New Year...
— Noir Beach Shack ♬ 🎞 (@noirbeachshack.bsky.social) December 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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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.
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!
Wednesday, December 24, 2025
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.
— Noir Beach Shack ♬ 🎞 (@noirbeachshack.bsky.social) December 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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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.”
Monday, December 22, 2025
Monday Evening OT
Nothing says Christmas like the Hater's Guide to the Williams Sonoma Catalog.
Happy Holidays, Balkers!
Sunday, December 21, 2025
Solstice Sunday evening ⛄T
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.
Saturday, December 20, 2025
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
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
Friday, December 19, 2025
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.
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Little gray bun, so lively and quick. |
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?
Blaurgh!Talk
Thursday Morning Open Thread
We got a week to go. Anyone else trying to get in the mood for the Holiday?
Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Wednesday morning open thread
I may actually head out to do all my errands today, since I got Biscuit's test results back.
How about everybody else?
That's a Blue Heeler (Aussie Cattle Dog in the gif, like Kia)
Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Tuesday Evening Post
“Grandpa, I can tell it’s you.”
“I’m not grandpa. I’m Santa Claus. You know? Ho? Ho? Ho? Deck them halls and all that stuff?”
“No. No. No.”
