46 More Days Till 46 – But If Anyone Wants COVID-19 Relief We Have To Make Sure Warnock x Ossoff Take Those Two GA Senate Seats

 

Something Joyful

Ailey & Ellington Family Program  – part of Ailey’s First Virtual Winter Season

Want a safe job?

by Simon on the River

We're doing one. Still too early for the White Christmas cast list? Yesterday, pubs in Wales were barred from selling alcohol, which seems ironic given that today is National Repeal Day in the US. The beer is going down the drain. Have a drink for us. 

Friday Evening Open Thread

 Hi Everybody! What's crack a lackin'? I've been busy, haven't kept up with my Backtalkers.

Here is Penelope the Goose, frequent taco stealer and Dogspotting contributor. You can find her on Instagram too, she's a hoot! Has great collars too, good fashion sense.

I had 2 dogs earlier this week. My kitties don't always like being kept in the bedroom, but they like it better than those scary dogs. I played trivia for the first time in a long time, it was fun! It was all about John Hughes and his movies. We came in 12th, not great, but good for 4 people.

What's new with you?

White Cougar hanging out in Brazil: Big Cat Color Variations

 

Fur Face Friday!

 Hey everyone, it's Friday again! This is my first post here in the new Backtalk, so lets see if I can do this without screwing up too much.

In case you're new here, favorites are chosen by one of the Snout Selectors (facw, k2b, Hannibal, leahaven, and Iroqdemic), entirely on our own whimsy. WHIMSY! However, in the interest of solidarity, we try to select one dog picture and one cat picture (minimum!) each week. Other pets will also, of course, be considered. We love all your rats, bunnies, ferrets, and other furry, feathery, and finny pals. WE WILL NEVER DISCRIMINATE AGAINST CUTE.

In that sharing spirit, if you don't have a pet but want to participate, drop off your best Internet find of an animal .gif, meme, or tweet in the comments. Or any cuties looking for a home on Petfinder or a rescue/foster shelter in your area. The more animal lovers, the merrier :) Speaking of sharing, feel free to cross-post these anywhere because it's been scientifically documented that looking at cute pictures of animals reduces stress.

In any event, we had some good pets last week, so let's take a look!

Friday Morning Open Thread

 

It's Friday. It's winter (except in upside down land). COVID is on the loose and some of our countries (not upside down land) are encouraging its spread because freedom  of a bunch of selfish idiots.  

But we also have a bunch of smart, dedicated science people who are trying to save us before the selfish idiots kill us all. It's the beginning of the third act of a thriller and shit is getting real. So with that in mind I leave you with this:

Just when you thought you were out, they kinja you

 

 EDIT: Looks like we're back up and commenting.

Thursday evening open thread

 It's your Thursday evening open thread! 

For a change of pace, here's a new video from Dean and Nala, who are currently locked down in a beautiful town in Austria, so we're going to tour around the village with them.

Blaurgh!Talk

Life. Don't talk to me about life. ... no, wait. This is the place for it. All those irritants, complaints, other ... people (ugh) who make one's world that much more intolerable, in doses small or large. What's been irking you this week?