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Our weekly open thread goes up on Saturdays at 6am Sydney time. Please feel free to use these threads to natter about anything your heart desires.

A seven week old Otter explores an old boot at Paradise Park.

Otter Day! And Open Thread

By Mindy on April 6, 2013

Welcome to Otterday. First up we have an adorable baby otter in a gumboot. This river otter at Little Pend Oreille Wildlife Refuge looks like it is having a tough day. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to [...]

Posted in Life | Tagged fur and fluff, open thread, otterday, otters, vicious little weasels | 8 Responses

Easter Long Weekend Thread

By tigtog on March 28, 2013

So Hoyden Major is down again, but the fix required for the hack is not terrifically urgent (no malware etc inserted) so I’m not going to burn my candles even more down to stubs at both ends to fix it, because burnt-out is how I currently feel with everything going on with my frail (and [...]

Posted in Life | Tagged open thread | 16 Responses

Open Thread

Otterday! And Open Thread

By Lauredhel on March 23, 2013

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Books? News stories? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged fur & fluff, open thread, otterday, otters, vicious little weasels | 17 Responses

Otterday! And Open Thread

Otterday! And Open Thread

By Lauredhel on March 16, 2013

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Books? News stories? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Posted in Life | Tagged fur & fluff, open thread, otterday, otters, vicious little weasels | 16 Responses

Image Credit: The White House - Nov 17, 2012

*waves extravagantly at the internet* We’re back!

By tigtog on March 12, 2013

We seem to have lost the last few days of posts/comments, at least for the moment (thus the choice of ‘meh’ image to accompany this post). So if something you said recently is still moving you, by all means repeat it here.

Posted in Life, Meta, technology | Tagged open thread | 17 Responses

Otterday! And Open Thread (recovered)

Otterday! And Open Thread (recovered)

By Lauredhel on March 9, 2013

Welcome to Otterday! Today’s open thread is hosted by this little pink-tongued otter, shared by Christopher Lane Photography on flickr. Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires.

Posted in Life | Tagged fur & fluff, open thread, otterday, otters, vicious little weasels | 17 Responses

Otterday! And Open Thread

Otterday! And Open Thread

By Lauredhel on March 2, 2013

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Books? News stories? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Posted in Life | Tagged fur & fluff, open thread, otterday, otters, vicious little weasels | 14 Responses

Otterday! And Open Thread

Otterday! And Open Thread

By Lauredhel on February 23, 2013

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Books? News stories? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Posted in Life | Tagged fur & fluff, open thread, otterday, otters, vicious little weasels | 25 Responses

Otterday! And Open Thread

Otterday! And Open Thread

By Lauredhel on February 16, 2013

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Books? News stories? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Posted in Life | Tagged fur & fluff, open thread, otterday, otters, vicious little weasels | 8 Responses

Grumpy Cat does Valentines Day

Grumpy Cat does Valentines Day

By Mindy on February 14, 2013

I love Grumpy Cat. I love Grumpy Cat memes. So in defiance of the commercialisation of Valentines Day because I am a tight arse because I like Grumpy Cat here is an Open Thread to get it all off your chest. Admin magic may be applied if I can remember how, have time, or don’t [...]

Posted in fun & hobbies | Tagged fur & fluff, open thread | 8 Responses

Otterday! And Open Thread

Otterday! And Open Thread

By Lauredhel on February 9, 2013

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Books? News stories? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Posted in Life | Tagged fur & fluff, open thread, otterday, otters, vicious little weasels | 23 Responses

Otterday! And Open Thread

Otterday! And Open Thread

By Lauredhel on February 2, 2013

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Books? News stories? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Posted in Life | Tagged fur & fluff, open thread, otterday, otters, vicious little weasels | 25 Responses

Otterday! And Open Thread

Otterday! And Open Thread

By Lauredhel on January 26, 2013

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Books? News stories? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Posted in Life | Tagged fur & fluff, open thread, otterday, otters, vicious little weasels | 27 Responses

Otterday! And Open Thread

Otterday! And Open Thread

By Lauredhel on January 19, 2013

Please feel free to use this thread to natter about anything your heart desires. Anything great happening in your life? Anything you want to get off your chest? Books? News stories? What have you created lately? Commiserations, felicitations, temptations, contemplations, speculations?

Posted in Life | Tagged fur & fluff, open thread, otterday, otters, vicious little weasels | 25 Responses

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