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Ralph Albert Blakelock, "Enchanted Pool" (c. 1870)

Bonus Blakelock

Ralph Albert Blakelock, "Lake by Moonlight" (n.d.)

Posted by: rdbrewer at 09:19 AM

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1 I found AllenG!

Posted by: Waldo at August 05, 2015 09:18 AM (WiU5D)

2 Blakelock was a night owl apparently.

Posted by: MTF at August 05, 2015 09:19 AM (LISuA)

3 Is that Count Dracula creeping through the shrubery?

Posted by: MTF at August 05, 2015 09:20 AM (LISuA)

4 Two moons in the same post. Blue, or?

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 05, 2015 09:21 AM (RzZOc)

5 Who knew vampires could paint.

Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:21 AM (MQEz6)

6 nice rd!!!

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 05, 2015 09:21 AM (0O7c5)

7 So didst MacBeth spy near the scrying pool the three witches?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 05, 2015 09:21 AM (i96Kk)

8 Velcome.

Posted by: Count Blakelock at August 05, 2015 09:22 AM (MQEz6)

9 It was a Dark and Grainy Night...

Posted by: Garrett at August 05, 2015 09:22 AM (o7R0H)

10 Gawker released Donald Trump's cell phone number.

Trump re-records his voicemail as a campaign spot.

The only thing he did not do is thank Gawker for their support.

Over at Breitbart

Posted by: Kindltot at August 05, 2015 09:23 AM (3pRHP)

11 Dark and early.

Posted by: Vic at August 05, 2015 09:23 AM (GpgJl)

12 Good morning Morons! Is Cecil still dead?

Posted by: maddogg at August 05, 2015 09:23 AM (xWW96)

13 "Still Life, with Batman"

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 05, 2015 09:23 AM (2l5vw)

14 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 05, 2015 09:24 AM (kff5f)

15 Huh. Reminds me of a sonogram.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 05, 2015 09:24 AM (kff5f)

16 Listen to the Children of the Night!

Posted by: Count Blakelock at August 05, 2015 09:25 AM (MQEz6)

17 Those paintings remind me of Gorey illustrations.
They just need a pair of legs sinking into the water to be perfect.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 05, 2015 09:25 AM (3pRHP)

18 Cecil is just Lion around, these days.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 05, 2015 09:25 AM (RzZOc)

19 Good morning Morons! Is Cecil still dead?

The way they're going on about it he should have arisen on the Third Day.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 05, 2015 09:25 AM (oVJmc)

20 Moo Moo = Hector with a larger vocabulary.

Posted by: maddogg at August 05, 2015 09:25 AM (xWW96)

21 Too damn early to start with lame-assed puns. Have a little consideration.

Posted by: maddogg at August 05, 2015 09:26 AM (xWW96)

22 Hmm. More content than the dump.

Does not bode well...

Posted by: anon a mouse at August 05, 2015 09:27 AM (C9pBZ)

23 One letter too many at the Enchanted Pool.

Posted by: Bear in Woods at August 05, 2015 09:27 AM (tBH1d)

24 Enchanted Pool is from Blakelock's Phlegmish period.

Posted by: Beret Wearing Artisits League at August 05, 2015 09:27 AM (gwG9s)

25 Blakelock was a night owl apparently.

Maybe he couldn't paint fast enough.

Posted by: t-bird at August 05, 2015 09:27 AM (FcR7P)

26 Unless the emails show Hillary dissing Cecil she''ll be cool.

Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:27 AM (MQEz6)

27 'No Running'

Posted by: Pool Signage at August 05, 2015 09:27 AM (o7R0H)

28 Listen to the Children of the Night!
Posted by: Count Blakelock at August 05, 2015 09:25 AM (MQEz6)

Children of the Night...Shut up!

Posted by: Lea at August 05, 2015 09:28 AM (lIU4e)

29 Donald Trump is Bill O'Reilly with a billion dollars.

Posted by: Cruzinator at August 05, 2015 09:28 AM (rfjjV)

30 22 Hmm. More content than the dump.

Does not bode well...
Posted by: anon a mouse at August 05, 2015 09:27 AM (C9pBZ)

Pray I don't alter it any further....

Posted by: Darth EPA at August 05, 2015 09:28 AM (43M2s)

31 10 Gawker released Donald Trump's cell phone number.

Trump re-records his voicemail as a campaign spot.

The only thing he did not do is thank Gawker for their support.

Over at Breitbart

This story gets even better...he DID thank Gawker.

You can't out-troll Trump, that's for sure.

Posted by: BlueStateRebel at August 05, 2015 09:29 AM (7ObY1)

32 I obviously need to go into public speaking. Not because I'm really good at it (I'm okay), but because it involves about 5 hours of effort a week for a salary that's easily 3 times mine...

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 05, 2015 09:29 AM (kff5f)

33 Posted by: BlueStateRebel at August 05, 2015 09:29 AM (7ObY1)

Said it yesterday: Trump is a 10th Dan blackbelt in Trolling.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 05, 2015 09:30 AM (kff5f)

34
29 Donald Trump is Bill O'Reilly with a billion dollars.
Posted by: Cruzinator at August 05, 2015 09:28 AM (rfjjV)

Cruz is his ally.

Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:30 AM (MQEz6)

35
It was a Dark and Grainy Night...

It was a really underexposed image so Blakelock had to push the processing with contrast filters and extra time in the developer bath.

Good on him to get anything at all out of that negative.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 05, 2015 09:30 AM (JtwS4)

36 Hmm. More content than the dump.

Does not bode well...

The Horde makes its own content...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 05, 2015 09:30 AM (2l5vw)

37 29 Donald Trump is Bill O'Reilly with a billion dollars.
Posted by: Cruzinator at August 05, 2015 09:28 AM (rfjjV)

10 Billion Dollars. Why do people keep forgetting that? Even after I remind them?

Donald Trump... 10 Billion dollars.
10 Billion dollars... Donald Trump?

See? It's not that hard!

Posted by: The Donald at August 05, 2015 09:30 AM (43M2s)

38 Back to the dark stuff...

Posted by: Lizzy at August 05, 2015 09:31 AM (NOIQH)

39 I have to give Trump credit. He's got slap-a-bitch down to a fine art.

Posted by: maddogg at August 05, 2015 09:31 AM (xWW96)

40 Said it yesterday: Trump is a 10th Dan blackbelt in Trolling."

Hmmm. Missed it then, so I'm stealing it today.

Posted by: anon a mouse at August 05, 2015 09:31 AM (C9pBZ)

41 I can't link to YouTube, but go there and look for The Enchanted Lake by the Russian composer Liadov for mood music to go with the pictures.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at August 05, 2015 09:31 AM (zF6Iw)

42 Okay... so I accidentally got sucked into the CW show iZombie last night...

I'm kind of ashamed of how much I like it. It's got just the right level of humor and drama for my tastes.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 05, 2015 09:32 AM (kff5f)

43 >>>Ralph Albert Blakelock, "Enchanted Pool" (c. 1870)
.
.
.Enchanted my ass. That's a pool of radioactive waste.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 05, 2015 09:32 AM (iONHu)

44 Enchanted my ass. That's a pool of radioactive waste.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 05, 2015 09:32 AM (iONHu)

Is this one of those "any science sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from magic" moments?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 05, 2015 09:33 AM (kff5f)

45 The last time I came upon an "enchanted pool" like that in the dark, it turned out to be a cesspool. Not so enchanting.

Posted by: maddogg at August 05, 2015 09:33 AM (xWW96)

46 Sometimes, late at night, you can see the lizard people sliding in and out of those pools. I saw one of those pools in the Savannah River Swamp. Spotted both Jimmuh Carter and James Carville the same night. I'll tell you right now that was a pivotal moment in my life. What was that sound?

Posted by: Eromero at August 05, 2015 09:33 AM (go5uR)

47 Werewolf!

There wolf!! - Igor

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 05, 2015 09:34 AM (JO9+V)

48 Those paintings remind me of Gorey illustrations.
They just need a pair of legs sinking into the water to be perfect.

Posted by: Kindltot at August 05, 2015 09:25 AM (3pRHP)
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So right!

Posted by: MTF at August 05, 2015 09:35 AM (LISuA)

49 An Enchanted Pool of RAPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sabrina Ruben Erdely at August 05, 2015 09:35 AM (2XMpf)

50 37 29 Donald Trump is Bill O'Reilly with a billion dollars.
Posted by: Cruzinator at August 05, 2015 09:28 AM (rfjjV)

And why Bill O'Reilly? I mean Bill O'Reilly is nice guy. I've met him, opinionated, but very nice. Played golf at my course in New York. But really, are we the same? I don't think so. He's done very well over the years, but what has he done since getting on Fox? Some books.. I write books. Does he do real estate? I'd venture to say he doesn't do real estate like I do. The Apprentice - which was a great show by the way - probably got better ratings. Not that Bill is a bad guy, but - probably, it think, I probably did better than his show.

Posted by: The Donald at August 05, 2015 09:35 AM (43M2s)

51 That first one is a picture of the Presidents birthplace. Well, not "birth" exactly since he really just arose from the water when the witches completed their spells.

Posted by: MTF at August 05, 2015 09:37 AM (LISuA)

52
OK, I went and found the source article for you morons in the UK HuffPo, here:

http://huff.to/1IGOaOd

It's about how some British researcher thinks sex with robots will be normal in 50 years. I think. It doesn't have pictures, only words.

I went there because the Krautish tabloid story has good pictures of the sexbots.

http://bit.ly/1KQw00q

Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 05, 2015 09:38 AM (JtwS4)

53 I have nothing against Bill O'Reilly. I think his heart is in the right place and he has finally come around to seeing the Left for what they are. Ghouls.

Posted by: maddogg at August 05, 2015 09:38 AM (xWW96)

54
51 That first one is a picture of the Presidents birthplace. Well, not "birth" exactly since he really just arose from the water when the witches completed their spells.
Posted by: MTF at August 05, 2015 09:37 AM (LISuA)

Ass out first.

Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:38 AM (MQEz6)

55 Posted by: The Donald at August 05, 2015 09:35 AM (43M2s)
======================

Pitch perfect trolling right there.

Posted by: MTF at August 05, 2015 09:38 AM (LISuA)

56 I talk to the trees
But they never listen to me.

Posted by: Clint Eastwood at August 05, 2015 09:38 AM (KvWlw)

57 Rapey.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 05, 2015 09:38 AM (evdj2)

58 53 I have nothing against Bill O'Reilly. I think his heart is in the right place and he has finally come around to seeing the Left for what they are. Ghouls.
Posted by: maddogg at August 05, 2015 09:38 AM (xWW96)

Does that mean he'll stop talking down to the folks?

Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at August 05, 2015 09:39 AM (43M2s)

59 Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:30 AM (MQEz6

Because you do the right thing and not attack the message does not make you an ally. Cruz is smart enough and secure enough to know there is no upside to attack Trump.

Posted by: Cruzinator at August 05, 2015 09:39 AM (rfjjV)

60 I talk to the stars.
But they never hear me.

Posted by: Clint Eastwood at August 05, 2015 09:39 AM (KvWlw)

61 Pitch perfect trolling right there.

I had to scan the hashes to confirm it was a regular and not actually Trump slumming. Like he wouldn't have better things to do, but still...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 05, 2015 09:40 AM (2l5vw)

62 Alternate titles: The Targets Viewed with Night Vision Equipment, Parts 1 and 2.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at August 05, 2015 09:40 AM (RD7QR)

63
59 Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:30 AM (MQEz6

Because you do the right thing and not attack the message does not make you an ally. Cruz is smart enough and secure enough to know there is no upside to attack Trump.
Posted by: Cruzinator at August 05, 2015 09:39 AM (rfjjV)

If you say so.

Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:41 AM (MQEz6)

64 Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 05, 2015 09:40 AM (2l5vw)

Can you imagine just about any of the candidates slumming the the HQ comments?

I mean, Cruz would probably do okay, and I suspect Luap the Younger would as well. All the others would likely have to retire to their fainting couches.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 05, 2015 09:41 AM (kff5f)

65 We're not out of the woods yet?

Posted by: mindful webworker - lost in space at August 05, 2015 09:42 AM (3C84c)

66 Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:41 AM (MQEz6)

Glad you agree.

Posted by: Cruzinator at August 05, 2015 09:42 AM (rfjjV)

67 Pretty sure Jeb has posted here.

Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:43 AM (MQEz6)

68 Cruz is smart enough and secure enough to know there is no upside to attack Trump.
Posted by: Cruzinator at August 05, 2015 09:39 AM (rfjjV)

Bingo.

Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at August 05, 2015 09:44 AM (43M2s)

69 I went there because the Krautish tabloid story has good pictures of the sexbots.

http://bit.ly/1KQw00q
Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 05, 2015 09:38 AM (JtwS4)

You can always trust the Germans to have the pictures.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at August 05, 2015 09:44 AM (RD7QR)

70
66 Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:41 AM (MQEz6)

Glad you agree.
Posted by: Cruzinator at August 05, 2015 09:42 AM (rfjjV)

So, why do you attack Trump?

Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:44 AM (MQEz6)

71 67 Pretty sure Jeb has posted here.
Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:43 AM (MQEz6)

As Begonia, probably.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at August 05, 2015 09:44 AM (RD7QR)

72 Pretty sure Jeb has posted here.

Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:43 AM (MQEz6)

Nah. I'm pretty sure Begonia is a paid troll, and there are some DOPe apologists who are long-time members-in-"eh"-standing of the Horde.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 05, 2015 09:44 AM (kff5f)

73 Can you imagine just about any of the candidates slumming the the HQ comments?

Pfft, Jeb! would wind up with PTSD inside a half hour...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 05, 2015 09:44 AM (2l5vw)

74 A lot of people would be afraid to engage here. They see blogs like this as vicious. And so we are.....

Posted by: maddogg at August 05, 2015 09:45 AM (xWW96)

75 he really just arose from the ~~water~~ bucket of fetid slime, feces and cocaine when the witches completed their spells.

Posted by: MTF at August 05, 2015 09:37 AM (LISuA)

FIFY

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 05, 2015 09:45 AM (Zu3d9)

76 A lot of people would be afraid to engage here. They see blogs like this as vicious. And so we are.....

If you can't handle the Horde, you have no business saying you'll represent Conservatives in Congress. If you can't stand up to internet tough-guys and mean comments from anonymous people-in-the-box, why on earth should I believe you'd be able to stand up for your principles against people you actually have to face day-to-day?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 05, 2015 09:46 AM (kff5f)

77 >>>I talk to the trees

But they never listen to me.
.
.
.I once tried to reason with a snapping turtle. I do not recommend it.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 05, 2015 09:46 AM (iONHu)

78 A lot of people would be afraid to engage here. They see blogs like this as vicious. And so we are.....

Think of it as SEAL training for conservatives...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 05, 2015 09:47 AM (2l5vw)

79 If you say so.

Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:41 AM

IMO, Cruz, and the rest of the "Republican" wannabe Preezys, are scared shitless of Trump. The specter of a guy who says what he thinks -- and tells the truth while doing it -- is straight from their worst nightmares.

What if the public continues to respond positively to teh Donald? Will all the others have to follow his lead? Will people insist on bullshit-free honesty and the end of poll-driven platitudes from their "servants"? Will they expect the self-absorbed fatcats in D.C. to do instead of say?

Geeez, it would be unbearable for the Political Class.

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 05, 2015 09:47 AM (0atQl)

80 I'd like to see a debate of all the campaign managers and Chiefs of Staff for the various candidates.

Let's get those bastards out in the open when the lights come on. Then we can spray 'em for the cockroaches they are.

Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX

Posted by: Jim at August 05, 2015 09:47 AM (RzZOc)

81 We're not out of the woods yet?

No. At least you won't have to walk out alone.

Posted by: The Searchlight Strangler at August 05, 2015 09:48 AM (JO9+V)

82 73 Can you imagine just about any of the candidates slumming the the HQ comments?

Pfft, Jeb! would wind up with PTSD inside a half hour...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 05, 2015 09:44 AM (2l5vw)

Christie would hit the weekend food threads pretty hard.

Carly could be an 'ette.

Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:48 AM (MQEz6)

83 Although actually I now have a mental image of the GOP field getting put through the Horde's equivalent of Basic with the Empress as TI...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 05, 2015 09:48 AM (2l5vw)

84 Carly could be an 'ette.

Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:48 AM

And Miss Lindsey could be Begonia.

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 05, 2015 09:49 AM (0atQl)

85 And Miss Lindsey could be Begonia.

What does it say I keep forgetting Graham's running?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 05, 2015 09:49 AM (2l5vw)

86 .I once tried to reason with a snapping turtle. I do not recommend it.

Posted by: The Great White Scotsman at August 05, 2015 09:46 AM (iONHu)

So you met my wife I see.

Posted by: wrg500 at August 05, 2015 09:49 AM (sgrzZ)

87 Although actually I now have a mental image of the GOP field getting put through the Horde's equivalent of Basic with the Empress as TI...

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 05, 2015 09:48 AM (2l5vw)

That would be epic. I almost wish we could convince one of the ones with polices we mostly support (so Walker or Cruz, from the comments the last several days) to come here and fight things out with us.

Because if they *can* survive the Horde, then we can be pretty sure they'll be able to handle the MFM (delenda est) as well.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 05, 2015 09:50 AM (kff5f)

88 What does it say I keep forgetting Graham's running?

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 05, 2015 09:49 AM

That you're an optimist?

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 05, 2015 09:50 AM (0atQl)

89 83 Although actually I now have a mental image of the GOP field getting put through the Horde's equivalent of Basic with the Empress as TI...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 05, 2015 09:48 AM (2l5vw)

They have never faced an emu on their doorstep.

Posted by: eman at August 05, 2015 09:50 AM (MQEz6)

90 I'm reading an article about how that guy who went around saying 'irish need not apply' stuff was made up.

"The Internet has been buzzing about how discrimination against the Irish was a myth. All it took was a high schooler to prove them wrong."

So.

Posted by: Lea at August 05, 2015 09:50 AM (lIU4e)

91 I once tried to reason with a snapping turtle.

Offer funding for some dams in his state.

Posted by: Grump928(c) at August 05, 2015 09:51 AM (evdj2)

92 nood

Posted by: Vic at August 05, 2015 09:51 AM (GpgJl)

93 Nood Jebsplaining.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 05, 2015 09:51 AM (2l5vw)

94 After drinking at the bar last night,

I left a similarly colored Enchanted Pool (c2015)

in the alley next to the dumpster.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 05, 2015 09:52 AM (KUa85)

95 mean comments from anonymous people"

Hey now. I can be a bit brisk, but "mean"? C'mon man, it's all in good spirits.

Heh.

Posted by: anon a mouse at August 05, 2015 09:53 AM (C9pBZ)

96 The other side of the murdered baby parts market are the universities buying the 'biological waste' from Planned Parenthood to do medical research funded by Federal Grant money.

keywords, medical research fetal tissue

You remember the argument about using fetal stem cells in research? That would be 'Bush!'.

Posted by: Chris Alemacher at August 05, 2015 09:54 AM (gz0Gk)

97 Vicious? Here? Nah. I've only been told to FO once, and that was because I apparently made a hamburger out of (redacted)'s favorite cow.

Posted by: Agent J at August 05, 2015 09:56 AM (tHzqt)

98
Carly could be an 'ette

That was my first thought as well. I think she'd hold her own here and we'd like her.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 05, 2015 09:56 AM (JtwS4)

99 Lynn Stewart was granted compassionate release 19 1/2 months ago. Compassionate release is for inmates that have 18 months or less to live. I wont quibble but why is she out giving speeches for muslims? That I object to.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 05, 2015 09:58 AM (iQIUe)

100 So I come for the art + bonus art post and now find out Graham is running for President. Damn this place is a font, nay a veritable treasure trove of knowledge.

Posted by: Penfold at August 05, 2015 09:59 AM (Fbt5B)

101 On one of the later tapes, they admitted it wasnt for research but just to build up a collection.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 05, 2015 10:00 AM (iQIUe)

102 Have to admit to really enjoying the Donald Trump s/n.
Can we keep it?

Posted by: willow at August 05, 2015 10:04 AM (nqBYe)

103
*points at willow*

they went that away ----->

Posted by: Bandersnatch at August 05, 2015 10:06 AM (JtwS4)

104 Night scenes in oils are goth.

Posted by: bour3 at August 05, 2015 11:53 PM (5x3+2)

105 Half the reason I drop in is for brewer's great art picks. Also because of the wit and wisdom.

Posted by: bruce at August 06, 2015 07:53 AM (vRHFY)

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