Mid-Morning Art Thread

Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family
Eastman Johnson

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2024 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

2 Looks nicely detailed but dark on my phone

Posted by: Skip at December 24, 2024 09:31 AM (bFjRz)

3 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 09:32 AM (WXNFJ)

4 Somebody turn on a light.

Posted by: huerfano at December 24, 2024 09:32 AM (DKIGo)

5 Let's hope they get some candles for Christmas. That's awfully dark in there.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 24, 2024 09:32 AM (CHHv1)

6 The Hamptons Blodgetts?

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2024 09:32 AM (Yj6Os)

7 The MET

itle: Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family

Artist: Eastman Johnson (American, Lovell, Maine 1824–1906 New York)

Date: 1864

Culture: American

Medium: Oil on canvas

Dimensions: 30 x 25in. (76.2 x 63.5cm)

Civil War Time

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2024 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

8 Dark, very dark!

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 24, 2024 09:32 AM (hOUT3)

9 I wonder if one of those kids is Esther Victoria.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 24, 2024 09:32 AM (CHHv1)

10 The Blackout family.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 24, 2024 09:32 AM (BBZa4)

11 Dog - therefore, art!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 09:32 AM (WXNFJ)

12 lovely painting

as my husband says you don't need more lights on, your eyes will adjust!

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 24, 2024 09:32 AM (Pv3Rg)

13 Nice painting, CBD. Pleasant peaceful times.

Posted by: fly gal at December 24, 2024 09:33 AM (kDH3E)

14 The Blogger Family?

A bit dark there, buy some candles Scrooge!

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 09:33 AM (C2QKs)

15 I guess the family couldn't afford lamps to light up the room.

Posted by: dantesed at December 24, 2024 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)

16 The Grand-Rapids hospital Blodgetts?

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 09:33 AM (v6JzV)

17 Dad clearly was sick and tired of walking around the manse blowing out candles in rooms where no one was.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 09:34 AM (WXNFJ)

18 Who names their kid Eastman?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2024 09:34 AM (dg+HA)

19 Like the painting but whatever is hanging on the wall above the father looks like it's about to fall on their heads. Would hang, with very strong hooks however

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 24, 2024 09:34 AM (DopAq)

20 Who names their kid Eastman?

Kodak

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 09:34 AM (C2QKs)

21 What dog? Where?

Posted by: dantesed at December 24, 2024 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

22 I like this.
Great choice, CBD!

Posted by: redridinghood at December 24, 2024 09:34 AM (NpAcC)

23 Like today the spoils of war seem to pay richly for a person with the right contacts and contracts.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

24 The Grand-Rapids hospital Blodgetts?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 09:33 AM (v6JzV)
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You mean the Bloodclots?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 24, 2024 09:34 AM (BBZa4)

25 Those are very early Buster Brown shoes that young man is wearing. Very collectible today. Tiger was just a pup in those days.

Posted by: Buster Brown Lives In a Shoe at December 24, 2024 09:35 AM (G5+As)

26 18 Who names their kid Eastman?

Mr. and Mrs. Kodak, duh.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 09:35 AM (v6JzV)

27 From the MET:

This conversation piece—a group portrait with narrative elements—was the first commissioned work of a type that Johnson would often paint. It shows William Tilden Blodgett (1823–1875), a supporter of the Union cause and a founding trustee of the Metropolitan Museum, with his family in the Renaissance Revival parlor of their house at 27 West 25th Street. Depicted during the Civil War, at a time of urban upheaval, the serene interior decorated for Christmas, embodies "the best sentiment of home," as a critic observed in 1865. Only the toy of a caricatured black male dancer held by the young boy hints at pressing issues of racial strife and emancipation.

Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2024 09:35 AM (gbOdA)

28 What dog? Where?

Posted by: dantesed at December 24, 2024 09:34 AM (Oy/m2)

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There's gotta be a black lab in there somewhere.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 09:36 AM (z3WOQ)

29 Bulg, Horde mind!

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 09:36 AM (C2QKs)

30 Have to take people's word for it. Too dark for me to make out.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 24, 2024 09:36 AM (1bNHn)

31 23 Like today the spoils of war seem to pay richly for a person with the right contacts and contracts.
Posted by: rhennigantx at December 24, 2024 09:34 AM (gbOdA)

Sic Semper

Posted by: Commissar Hrothgar (hOUT3) ~ Next year in Corsicana - again! ~ at December 24, 2024 09:36 AM (hOUT3)

32 Somebody should have given the Blodgetts a clapper for Christmas!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at December 24, 2024 09:37 AM (Sgq8y)

33 Tige, autocorrect stinks!

Posted by: Buster Brown Lives In a Shoe at December 24, 2024 09:37 AM (G5+As)

34 “You can call me Ray, you can call me Ray J. or Ray J. Jr., but you don”t have to call me Mr. Johnson!

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 09:38 AM (WXNFJ)

35 I dedicate this house to the Blodgett Family Christmas.

Posted by: Clark W. Blodgett at December 24, 2024 09:38 AM (Aqu9a)

36 Could have been The Bludgeon Family -- and inspiration for The Shining.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 09:39 AM (z3WOQ)

37 Groucho lost almost all his money in 1929. Even in his old age, he would go around his house at night making sure all the lights were out.

Posted by: Dark Shadows at December 24, 2024 09:39 AM (G5+As)

38 Look at the outfit the boy is wearing.
Geez.
I have fond memories of my Sears Toughskins™ jeans.
Thanks patriarchy!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2024 09:39 AM (dg+HA)

39 Kids are obviously drugged. Normally they'd be wilding, climbing the walls, jacked up on sugar and endorphins.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 24, 2024 09:39 AM (Q4IgG)

40 you know, titanium white was expensive back then!

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 24, 2024 09:40 AM (Pv3Rg)

41 Consider the times.

Jacked up on sugar plums and figgy pudding.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 09:40 AM (C2QKs)

42 Too dark? Tilt the monitor screen. I'd hang that, it's a nice no drama pic of a man well pleased with his family and his current station in life. IOW, a pleasant change from so many recent depictions.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 24, 2024 09:40 AM (hKoQL)

43 Nice flood pants, NERD!!!!

Posted by: Whizzo Chocolates at December 24, 2024 09:40 AM (hovnC)

44 Too dark for me to make out.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 24, 2024 09:36 AM (1bNHn)

Gee, you don't want to do that where everyone can see, do you?

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 24, 2024 09:41 AM (0eaVi)

45 Later on, we'll perspire,
As we sit,
Too close to the fire....

Posted by: Old Flame at December 24, 2024 09:41 AM (G5+As)

46 Consider the times.

Jacked up on sugar plums and figgy pudding.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 09:40 AM (C2QKs)

And the original fruitcake.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2024 09:41 AM (Aqu9a)

47 Poor family, they can't afford candles for Xmas.

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2024 09:41 AM (QTCRF)

48 Good morning dear morons
Merry Christmas
Joyous Chanukah!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 09:42 AM (RIvkX)

49 EASTMAN JOHNSON IS RIGHT!

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2024 09:42 AM (Q0kLU)

50 And close that door! I'm not paying to heat the whole neighborhood!

Posted by: Old Man Blodgett at December 24, 2024 09:42 AM (dg+HA)

51 Later on, we'll perspire,
As we sit,
Too close to the fire....
Posted by: Old Flame

"Chet's nuts roasting on an open fire. . . . "

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 09:43 AM (WXNFJ)

52 I'm sorry. But we have to seize and destroy this piece of art -- despite the dog -- due to the fact that the puppet is clearly a 'dancing Sambo' one.

Posted by: Whizzo Chocolates at December 24, 2024 09:43 AM (hovnC)

53 Blodgett family needs to pay the light bill.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 24, 2024 09:43 AM (4780s)

54 Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family

Did they leave the light on for Santa?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 09:44 AM (a3Q+t)

55 They are listening to "Dames, Booze, Chains, And Boots" by the Cramps on their Victrola.

Posted by: RIP Lux Interior at December 24, 2024 09:44 AM (G5+As)

56 Internet weirdness, I have Tensor open on desktop without a problem. The laptop? When I try to connect, get a Cloudflare time out error.

https://tensor.art/u/727481333235843246

Anyway, have posted some Christmas themed stuff

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 09:44 AM (C2QKs)

57 In the meadow we can build snowpyrsin
and pretend he she it’s katingy-brawn….

Posted by: Eromero at December 24, 2024 09:44 AM (3Q4mi)

58 'dancing Sambo'

Posted by: Whizzo Chocolates at December 24, 2024 09:43 AM (hovnC)

I see that..

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2024 09:44 AM (Yj6Os)

59 *Only the toy of a caricatured black male dancer held by the young boy hints at pressing issues of racial strife and emancipation.*

Blazing Saddles. The early years.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2024 09:45 AM (dg+HA)

60 The younger daughter does seem very concerned by her brother's raycisssss doll. Looks as if she's trying to tap into some incendiary inner power.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 09:45 AM (ftFVW)

61 The skirt on that older girl.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 09:46 AM (ufFY8)

62 This was the year the Blodgett children received a ball from Santa.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 09:46 AM (dDmld)

63 She Hobbit

Carrie, the Early Years?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 09:46 AM (C2QKs)

64 Guest room @ the Biltmore House.

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2024 09:47 AM (Yj6Os)

65 BUT NO IRISH

Posted by: Johnson Johnson at December 24, 2024 09:47 AM (gbOdA)

66 54 Did they leave the light on for Santa?

It says “the Blodgett Family,” not “the Bodette Family.”

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 09:47 AM (v6JzV)

67 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 09:47 AM (Zz0t1)

68 61 The skirt on that older girl.

Does my butt make this hoop look small?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2024 09:47 AM (dg+HA)

69 Crap! Two bad socks because I made and ate breakfast before commenting again.

Posted by: andycanuck (hovnC) at December 24, 2024 09:47 AM (hovnC)

70 Facial expressions are nicely done by the artist.

Posted by: scampydog at December 24, 2024 09:47 AM (2bFN5)

71 The Grand-Rapids hospital Blodgetts?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 09:33 AM (v6JzV)

Blodgett v Bronson

West Michigan's hospital Hatfield-McCoys...

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 09:47 AM (ufFY8)

72 The Blodgett Family is BOOORRRIIINNNNGGGG.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 09:48 AM (Zz0t1)

73 There is a lot of symbolism in that painting. Too bad it is so dark it's hard to make out!

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2024 09:49 AM (QTCRF)

74 How nice that the kids got a collectible Kwanzaa figurine that performs s little dance.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 09:49 AM (dDmld)

75 I see a couple of good sniffable prospects there...

Posted by: Former President Joe Biden at December 24, 2024 09:49 AM (dg+HA)

76 Only the toy of a caricatured black male dancer held by the young boy hints at pressing issues of racial strife and emancipation.

The toy, manufactured in Kansas City, also foretells pressing issues of orientation, although these dare not speak for another 100 years.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 09:49 AM (a3Q+t)

77 C'mon people, hurry up and make it to 100, so we can talk about other stuff.

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2024 09:50 AM (QTCRF)

78 Carrie, the Early Years?
Posted by: Anna Puma

I was thinking more of Charlie ala Firestarter. But close enough.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 09:50 AM (ftFVW)

79 27 W 25th St would be about $5 million today?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 09:51 AM (RIvkX)

80 Either there's a gingerbread man hanging on the tree or they're into voodoo.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 24, 2024 09:51 AM (BBZa4)

81 The boy is doing his Ellis "I'm just gonna give 'em to ya" impression.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

82 The painting is displaying paucity of color blue. Which makes it rather brown.

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2024 09:51 AM (QTCRF)

83 You can't tell but they're all humming Swing Low Sweet Chariot.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 09:51 AM (dDmld)

84 So how much for the dancing Negro?

Posted by: Low hanging curve at December 24, 2024 09:52 AM (dg+HA)

85 They're appreciating their white privilege.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

86 "Oh my!!! They're hanging the gingerbread man!!!" - blue-haired Karen with enough metal piercings to make a Krupp gun.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 09:52 AM (C2QKs)

87 For dinner they probably had turkey stuffed with chestnuts, pudding and mince pie.

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2024 09:52 AM (QTCRF)

88 Good morning, errebuddy and merry Christmas eve!

I see teh dogge, ergo art. Kinda dark though and would not hang.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 24, 2024 09:52 AM (3Ope8)

89 How much for your girls?
The women, how much for your women?

Posted by: Jake Blues at December 24, 2024 09:53 AM (ufFY8)

90 I need coffee.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

91 The other day I was at a friend's house-we hunt waterfowl together-and in his den that features a world class fireplace we ate something I've not had the pleasure of since childhood, roast chestnuts. This fireplace has an apron you can sit on and actually cook at. Has the swinging spit and everybody. It is a working copy of a colonial fireplace that was there when they purchased the home. Anyway that experience took me right back to being a kid, used to roast them by the pound on weekends.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 24, 2024 09:53 AM (hKoQL)

92 Dad had two gallons of eggnog and feels manganous.

Posted by: runner at December 24, 2024 09:53 AM (QTCRF)

93 Note how the rich folks can enjoy family Christmas when women are burning on the subway right under their feet!

Posted by: Culture Warrior at December 24, 2024 09:54 AM (G5+As)

94 Sadly, when Father died the Blodgett Estate was sold snd quickly demolished. A car park now stands in its place.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 09:54 AM (dDmld)

95 Anyway that experience took me right back to being a kid, used to roast them by the pound on weekends.

Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 24, 2024 09:53 AM (hKoQL)

That's actually quite awesome.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 09:54 AM (Zz0t1)

96 - blue-haired Karen with enough metal piercings to make a Krupp gun.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 09:52 AM

Sorry, that metal is not nearly high enough quality for our products.

Posted by: Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp at December 24, 2024 09:54 AM (a3Q+t)

97 Sadly, when Father died the Blodgett Estate was sold snd quickly demolished. A car park now stands in its place.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 24, 2024 09:54 AM (dDmld)

So, the ending of Yellowstone?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

98 It says “the Blodgett Family,” not “the Bodette Family.”
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 09:47 AM

But they're related, right? They share a lot of the same letters.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 09:56 AM (a3Q+t)

99 We can't get to 100 if everyone bails.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)

100 *A car park now stands in its place.*

Gives me an idea for a song...

Posted by: Joni Mitchell at December 24, 2024 09:57 AM (dg+HA)

101 The Mom looks pretty fresh faced after popping out the three rugrats.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at December 24, 2024 09:57 AM (ufFY8)

102 I really like this picture. Dad is shown as a bit stuffy, but, on closer look, you see a faint smile as he watches. Meanwhile, mom looks on with a tired smile but obviously content.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at December 24, 2024 09:58 AM (tT6L1)

103 It's not Christmas till the prayers are said, the food is devoured and the wrapping paper is flying about.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 09:58 AM (Zz0t1)

104 We can't get to 100 if everyone bails.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 09:57 AM

I was going to suggest a "First!!!" post, but you've already done it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 09:58 AM (a3Q+t)

105 The Mom looks pretty fresh faced after popping out the three rugrats.
Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop

She's had a few years to recover.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 09:58 AM (ftFVW)

106 Two more minutes of this Mark and Kelly BS.
Woman is addicted to "Stump Mark".

Ugh.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 09:58 AM (ufFY8)

107 The tree look quite perky.

Posted by: pawn, RIP Vic at December 24, 2024 09:59 AM (QB+5g)

108
I was going to suggest a "First!!!" post, but you've already done it.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 09:58 AM (a3Q+t)

I wanted to sleep in, but the dog had other ideas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)

109 101 The Mom looks pretty fresh faced after popping out the three rugrats.
---
We can assume good birthing hips then.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2024 09:59 AM (dg+HA)

110 I like the tablecloth. The design and fringe are just so.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 10:00 AM (ftFVW)

111 Oh, wow. It's Christmas Eve. I'd better get to the drugstore and start shopping.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2024 10:01 AM (dg+HA)

112 Posted by: IRONGRAMPA at December 24, 2024 09:53 AM (hKoQL)

That's very cool. We only have a gas fireplace but I understand they can be grilled or even done in the instapot. Might have to try one of those later this week

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 24, 2024 10:01 AM (3Ope8)

113 Was there supposed to be someone sitting in the chair located in the front left corner?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 10:02 AM (C2QKs)

114 Ok, time to cue up Stake Land on Prime for my holiday vampire needs.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at December 24, 2024 10:02 AM (ufFY8)

115 William Tilden Blodgett (1824-1875) was a New York City art collector who co-founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was also active during the American Civil War and helped organize the NYC Union League Club and the Sanitary Fair to raise funds for the wounded. Blodgett made his fortune in the varnish business and real estate investments.

Varnish.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:02 AM (Q8Bj8)

116 A gorgeous, nostalgic scene. The relatively dark color scheme of the room makes the figures stand out, especially the children who are the focus of the painting. I like how each figure has their own expression and stance. The parents expressions, particularly the mothers, are especially effective, reflecting on the joy they find in their children. A very effective and appealing painting. It reminds me of Washington Irving's Christmas stories which is a good thing.

Check out some of Johnson's other works on his Wiki page. The charcoal and pen drawings are wonderful.

CBD, thanks for using such a lovely scene for the day's art. I hope everyone has a merry Christmas or Hanukkah.

Posted by: JTB at December 24, 2024 10:02 AM (yTvNw)

117 Charming painting.

Posted by: Tuna at December 24, 2024 10:03 AM (oaGWv)

118 I'm sorry. But we have to seize and destroy this piece of art -- despite the dog -- due to the fact that the puppet is clearly a 'dancing Sambo' one.

Posted by: Whizzo Chocolates at December 24, 2024 09:43 AM (hovnC)

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I thought the toy puppet looked like a marching Spanish Conquistador -- perhaps Don Juan de la Mancha?

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 10:03 AM (z3WOQ)

119 Oh, wow. It's Christmas Eve. I'd better get to the drugstore and start shopping.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2024 10:01 AM (dg+HA)

The "As Seen on TV" aisle awaits.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2024 10:03 AM (Aqu9a)

120 Re-examining the picture, a thought struck me.

How did they manage to illuminate the Holy Grail sign at Castle Anthrax, when electricity hadn't been invented yet?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 10:03 AM (a3Q+t)

121 111 Oh, wow. It's Christmas Eve. I'd better get to the drugstore and start shopping.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

I could use some Quaaludes, if you are taking requests.

Posted by: Lemmon 714 at December 24, 2024 10:03 AM (G5+As)

122 Blodgett made his fortune in the varnish business and real estate investments.

Varnish.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:02 AM (Q8Bj

I'm betting it wasn't the varnish that made the fortune. That was his side hustle.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

123 Was there supposed to be someone sitting in the chair located in the front left corner?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Grandma had to shuffle off to the out house. Her throw blanket should still be warm when she returns.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 10:04 AM (ftFVW)

124
How did they manage to illuminate the Holy Grail sign at Castle Anthrax, when electricity hadn't been invented yet?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 10:03 AM (a3Q+t)

Burning the bums on the subway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:04 AM (Zz0t1)

125 Varnish.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:02 AM (Q8Bj

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[A century later:] Plastics.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 10:04 AM (z3WOQ)

126 William Tilden Blodgett (1824-1875) was a New York City art collector who co-founded the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was also active during the American Civil War and helped organize the NYC Union League Club and the Sanitary Fair to raise funds for the wounded. Blodgett made his fortune in the varnish business and real estate investments.

Varnish.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:02 AM (Q8Bj

Ooh the Crunch Enhancer? Yeah, it's a non-nutritive cereal varnish. It's semi-permeable, it's not osmotic, what it does is it coats and seals the flake and prevents the milk from penetrating it.

Posted by: Clark W. Griswold at December 24, 2024 10:05 AM (Aqu9a)

127 Very nice painting of a family at home. Another in a series of interesting and enjoyable works.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at December 24, 2024 10:05 AM (Iy4wM)

128 I hit the drug store for my gifts yesterday.

Posted by: From about That Time at December 24, 2024 10:06 AM (4780s)

129 Dad, when are we gonna break out the whiskey and watch Die Hard together while Mom and the girls watch Hallmark movies?
-- the boy

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:06 AM (v6JzV)

130 I read this morning that Ozempic has been found to defeat the effects of chemo treatments in cancer patients, especially triple negative breast cancer, and causes turbo cancer.

The pharmaceutical industry doing what it can to help you out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:06 AM (Zz0t1)

131 Dad, when are we gonna break out the whiskey and watch Die Hard together while Mom and the girls watch Hallmark movies?
-- the boy
Posted by: Bulg

That kid knows.

Posted by: She Hobbit at December 24, 2024 10:07 AM (ftFVW)

132 The painter uses the same lighting effect of many modern action flicks. That effect being too dark to actually see anything going on.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2024 10:07 AM (Y6IkP)

133 I like this. The paintings jutting out from the wall seem strange but that was the style: hanging from a picture rail near the ceiling as to not damage plaster walls.

The only thing I can't figure put is whether the pull-string wheeled animal near Mama's chair is a dog or a lamb.

Posted by: NaughtyPine at December 24, 2024 10:07 AM (KdWM9)

134 So, is the darkness a nod to the varnish behind the family fortune?

Posted by: From about That Time at December 24, 2024 10:07 AM (4780s)

135 Varnish.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram

Guy was no slacquer, that's for sure.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:07 AM (v6JzV)

136 We watched Die Hard last night. I just drank beer as I'm out of whiskey. For some reason, that stuff doesn't last long around these parts.

There is shine, but I wanted to remember the evening.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)

137 It's ok, but the digital thermostat on the wall is incongruous.

Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 10:09 AM (vFG9F)

138 Can you huff varnish?

Posted by: Cooter Brown at December 24, 2024 10:09 AM (G5+As)

139 Sorry, night before last.

What day is it?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)

140 Can you huff varnish?
Posted by: Cooter Brown at December 24, 2024 10:09 AM (G5+As)

You can huff anything you want. I just can't tell you the effects of your decision.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:10 AM (Zz0t1)

141 My Christmas gift this was year was to have a couple of knuckleheads total my new car (4750 miles) I paid cash for last night while I was at a stop sign waiting to take a right turn. It is fair to say I am grumpy right now.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:10 AM (Q8Bj8)

142 Merry Christmas, morons

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 24, 2024 10:10 AM (RKJO3)

143 gruent

Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 10:11 AM (vFG9F)

144 How did they manage to illuminate the Holy Grail sign at Castle Anthrax, when electricity hadn't been invented yet?

A burning hunk of lime, perhaps. That's how spotlights were illuminated in Victorian times, hence the term "limelight."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2024 10:11 AM (Q0kLU)

145 If it keeps raining like this, it's going to make it challenging for me to cold smoke the 2 blocks of cheese for tomorrow's festivities.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:11 AM (Zz0t1)

146 Well crap, AP. Are you ok?

Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 10:11 AM (vFG9F)

147 Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:10 AM (Q8Bj

But you're ok, right?

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 24, 2024 10:12 AM (3Ope8)

148 ok coffee time is over - back to cleaning and wrapping gifts!

Have a wonderful Hanukkah and a very merry Christmas, you guys!

Posted by: Black Orchid at December 24, 2024 10:12 AM (Pv3Rg)

149 Merry Christmas, morons

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at December 24, 2024 10:10 AM (RKJO3)

Right back at ya, sir. All the best to you and yours.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

150 Howard Blodgett is right!

Posted by: Dr. T at December 24, 2024 10:12 AM (jGGMD)

151 Is this one of those scratch and sniff paintings?

Posted by: Joe Biden at December 24, 2024 10:13 AM (wZ2Bf)

152 Altaria glad you are okay. Yikes.

Back in 2007, the new owner of a brand spanking new Ford Shelby GT500, a car costing $45,000 plus a dealer applied scarcity fee of up to $25,000, got totaled the night of purchase.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 10:13 AM (C2QKs)

153 The wife was reading about Wisconsin cheese curds earlier. They sound quite tasty. Now I want some.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:13 AM (v6JzV)

154 My Christmas gift this was year was to have a couple of knuckleheads total my new car (4750 miles) I paid cash for last night while I was at a stop sign waiting to take a right turn. It is fair to say I am grumpy right now.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:10 AM

You ok? They insured? Police get involved?

Or are you another victim of the Biden / Harris border policy?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:13 AM (Zz0t1)

155 "Is this one of those scratch and sniff paintings?
Posted by: Joe Biden"

Yep. Smells like dark orange.

Posted by: fd at December 24, 2024 10:14 AM (vFG9F)

156 So, they say Christmas and Hanukkah are both tomorrow. But Hanukkah is like a week long, right? So is tomorrow the beginning of Hanukkah, or the end (culmination)?

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:14 AM (v6JzV)

157 Back in 2007, the new owner of a brand spanking new Ford Shelby GT500, a car costing $45,000 plus a dealer applied scarcity fee of up to $25,000, got totaled the night of purchase.
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 10:13 AM (C2QKs)

This, too, is the story of many a Hellcat a mere hours after driving off the showroom floor.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

158 Jill, "Joey! Stop trying to sniff the image of the young girl! We're in public!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 10:14 AM (C2QKs)

159 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
I'm thinking Mrs Bridgett is about to surprise her hubby with news about #4.
And Dang. Merry Christmas Eve Hordemates!
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 10:15 AM (W/lyH)

160 The wife was reading about Wisconsin cheese curds earlier. They sound quite tasty. Now I want some.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:13 AM (v6JzV)

They are. Especially breaded and fried.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)

161 This link goes to a marble bust of William Tilden Blodgett, the varnish king of NY, depicted in today's painting. Be sure to behold the side burns. Each are about the size of cat.

Varnish.

https://is.gd/Gv5BVc

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:15 AM (Q8Bj8)

162 >>> Re-examining the picture, a thought struck me.

How did they manage to illuminate the Holy Grail sign at Castle Anthrax, when electricity hadn't been invented yet?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 10:03 AM (a3Q+t).

Zoot is very naughty, I think, is the requisite explanation.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2024 10:15 AM (Y6IkP)

163 Oh, and on another car note:

The Ford Mustang GTD is the first American made car to run a sub 7 minute lap on the Nürburgring.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)

164 >>> The wife was reading about Wisconsin cheese curds earlier. They sound quite tasty. Now I want some.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:13 AM (v6JzV)

They are. Especially breaded and fried.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)

If you have a Culver's near by they do that as a side.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2024 10:17 AM (Y6IkP)

165 I thought Curds lived in Syria, not Wisconsin.

Posted by: Geographically Challenged at December 24, 2024 10:17 AM (G5+As)

166 I am not comfortable with this art.

Posted by: Weasel at December 24, 2024 10:17 AM (1BE4H)

167 The wife was reading about Wisconsin cheese curds earlier. They sound quite tasty. Now I want some.
Posted by: Bulg

Do you have a Culver's in your area? Cheese curds are on their menu. Yummy.

Posted by: Tuna at December 24, 2024 10:17 AM (oaGWv)

168 They hadn't invented interior lighting yet.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:17 AM (wZ2Bf)

169
If you have a Culver's near by they do that as a side.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2024 10:17 AM (Y6IkP)

There are a couple of restaurants around here that do them quite well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:18 AM (Zz0t1)

170 I read this morning that Ozempic has been found to defeat the effects of chemo treatments in cancer patients, especially triple negative breast cancer, and causes turbo cancer.

The pharmaceutical industry doing what it can to help you out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:06 AM (Zz0t1)

--------------

There was a recent 6-year study by the American Heart Association of nearly 10,000 people apparently showing that cholesterol drugs (statins) increase one's risk of dementia by as much as 60%.

* behind a paywall at the Epoch Times, but found reference to it via ZeroHedge *

https://is.gd/7c8fyN

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 10:18 AM (z3WOQ)

171 165 I thought Curds lived in Syria, not Wisconsin.
Posted by: Geographically Challenged at December 24, 2024 10:17 AM (G5+As)

----------

Heh. Not for long.

Posted by: Turkey at December 24, 2024 10:18 AM (dDmld)

172 Here's a brighter copy of the painting at Wikimedia.

https://is.gd/EO6YGZ

Posted by: No Name Today at December 24, 2024 10:19 AM (vlXMQ)

173 Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes

Have you asked Santa to bring you some? You know he's gotta drink the triple high-octane stuff.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:19 AM (v6JzV)

174 Happy Christmas/Hanukkah, Horde!

Doggeh discovered where I'm keeping my roast in cold storage out on the porch. Had to beef up security in response.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 24, 2024 10:19 AM (LxER7)

175 There was a recent 6-year study by the American Heart Association of nearly 10,000 people apparently showing that cholesterol drugs (statins) increase one's risk of dementia by as much as 60%.

* behind a paywall at the Epoch Times, but found reference to it via ZeroHedge *

https://is.gd/7c8fyN
Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 10:18 AM (z3WOQ)

I've also read that they've determined that cholesterol is actually a vital part in artery repair.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

176 My Christmas gift this was year was to have a couple of knuckleheads total my new car (4750 miles) I paid cash for last night I was at a stop sign waiting to take a right turn. It is fair to say I am grumpy right now.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:10 AM

You ok? They insured? Police get involved?

Or are you another victim of the Biden / Harris border policy?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

I am ok except for my wallet I think. I am insured and
by some miracle a cop showed up within a minute of the accident. I am highly suspect one the knuckle heads was a proponent of being self-insured. I took a bunch of photos of the scene and drafted a statement last night. I have calls into an attorney and the insurance company right now. This is going to be a complete nightmare.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:19 AM (Q8Bj8)

177 banana Dream at December 24, 2024 10:17 AM (Y6I165 I thought Curds lived in Syria, not Wisconsin.
Posted by: Geographically Challenged at December 24, 2024 10:17 AM (G5+As)

They live with the Whey people.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2024 10:20 AM (7MHHr)

178 Here's a brighter copy of the painting at Wikimedia.

https://is.gd/EO6YGZ

Posted by: No Name Today at December 24, 2024 10:19 AM (vlXMQ)

Ah...there IS a doggeh, only he's stuffed, on a cart and led by a string.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:20 AM (Zz0t1)

179 Sorry to hear that, Altaria Pilgrim. Hope you have as merry a Christmas as you can under the circumstances.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:21 AM (v6JzV)

180 Ah...there IS a doggeh, only he's stuffed, on a cart and led by a string.

Gaylord puts his eating utensils away, hopes dashed.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 10:21 AM (C2QKs)

181 . I have calls into an attorney and the insurance company right now. This is going to be a complete nightmare.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:19 AM

I'm so sorry to hear that. Quite the Merry Christmas for you.

I'll say a prayer or two for you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)

182 The wife was reading about Wisconsin cheese curds earlier. They sound quite tasty. Now I want some.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:13 AM (v6JzV)

They are great. How far are you from Wisconsin?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 24, 2024 10:23 AM (d9fT1)

183 Getting hit while you are stopped is the worst nightmare - there is absolutely nothing you can do about it!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 24, 2024 10:23 AM (7MHHr)

184 Well, all, already my cutting back on the booze is showing results. I seem to have a lot more energy, and don't feel like such an old man anymore.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:23 AM (v6JzV)

185 b"h you're ok AP

Tomorrow night is first of 8 nights.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 10:23 AM (RIvkX)

186 Have you asked Santa to bring you some? You know he's gotta drink the triple high-octane stuff.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:19 AM (v6JzV)

Not Santa. But I did ask Trixie, his helper, for some. I think she misunderstood what I was asking for. She said it would be $20.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 24, 2024 10:23 AM (W/lyH)

187 Okay, mini crises here. I had a standing rib roast planned for Christmas dinner tomorrow. Unbeknownst to me, until a few minutes ago, dear wife has committed us to be guests of another couple tomorrow to which I am to bring bread and cookies.

The roast has been in the fridge for a few days. It should be okay for a few more days - right?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 10:24 AM (WXNFJ)

188 They are great. How far are you from Wisconsin?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

I'm in Northern Virginia. Don't know if I can find them here.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:24 AM (v6JzV)

189 Crap. I think the FiL is up........That means the Game Show Network will be blaring shortly........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:24 AM (Zz0t1)

190 Not Santa. But I did ask Trixie, his helper, for some. I think she misunderstood what I was asking for. She said it would be $20.
Posted by: Diogenes

Same as in town!

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:25 AM (v6JzV)

191 Uh oh, Sponge lost it all on Jeopardy

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 10:25 AM (C2QKs)

192 My Christmas gift this was year was to have a couple of knuckleheads total my new car (4750 miles) I paid cash for last night I was at a stop sign waiting to take a right turn. It is fair to say I am grumpy right now.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:10 AM

Glad you're ok. I got nailed sitting at a stop sign...newly licensed teen in mom's mini van....my insurance said "good luck"...their insurance tried to screw me.

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2024 10:25 AM (Yj6Os)

193 Uh oh, Sponge lost it all on Jeopardy
Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 10:25 AM (C2QKs)

You asked for it.........

https://youtu.be/BvUZijEuNDQ

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)

194 Back in 2007, the new owner of a brand spanking new Ford Shelby GT500, a car costing $45,000 plus a dealer applied scarcity fee of up to $25,000, got totaled the night of purchase.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 10:13 AM (C2QKs)

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Huh, had never heard of a "scarcity fee."

Had they stolen this past election, we would likely have had scarcity fees on food & energy purchases in our future ...

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 10:26 AM (z3WOQ)

195 I got a Yeti in the mail. A camp cup built to withstand the apocyalypse.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:27 AM (wZ2Bf)

196 I'm in Northern Virginia. Don't know if I can find them here.
Posted by: Bulg

Checked Culver's web site. No restaurants in VA. Sad.

Posted by: Tuna at December 24, 2024 10:27 AM (oaGWv)

197 Crap. I think the FiL is up........That means the Game Show Network will be blaring shortly........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

For the win! This comment paints such a complete picture. Any resemblance to Clark Griswold Sr?

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:27 AM (Q8Bj8)

198 Bulg, Food Lion and I think Giant carry cheese curds. Restaurant named Freddy's has them as well. Served like fries and onion rings.

Posted by: Mrs JTB at December 24, 2024 10:27 AM (yTvNw)

199 Great Christmas Story about Pizza

https://x.com/stoolpresidente/status/
1871329945487569018

Posted by: Johnson Johnson at December 24, 2024 10:28 AM (gbOdA)

200 Shain

The scarcity fee was because Ford was only supposed to produce 1,000 of the Shelby approved GT500s. So, the dealerships were charging a markup to find this 'rare' car.

And then Ford produced more than 1,000 of them. Even the 2008 GT500s had a scarcity fee, usually about $2,000, attached.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 10:29 AM (C2QKs)

201 The Amish make pretty good beef jerky.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:29 AM (wZ2Bf)

202 189 Crap. I think the FiL is up........That means the Game Show Network will be blaring shortly........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:24 AM (Zz0t1)

hey it could be PMSNBC

Posted by: Johnson Johnson at December 24, 2024 10:29 AM (gbOdA)

203 I got a Yeti in the mail.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Is he house-trained?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 24, 2024 10:29 AM (IG4Id)

204 their insurance tried to screw me.

Our fiduciary duty demands it.

Posted by: Insurance Accountants and Lawyers at December 24, 2024 10:29 AM (hnMW+)

205 189 Crap. I think the FiL is up........That means the Game Show Network will be blaring shortly........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:24 AM (Zz0t1)

Beats CNN or MSNBC

Posted by: It's me donna at December 24, 2024 10:30 AM (VE6XX)

206 What a f'n mess. Have to go to three different grocery stores to get everything, and suddenly out of nowhere. It turns into monsoon season.

Oh, pickup trucks like to hydroplane.

Merry Christmas horde.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:30 AM (t8fhO)

207 The Amish make pretty good beef jerky.
Posted by: Boss Moss

And sturdy women with good teeth which indirectly seems to explain the beef jerky.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:30 AM (Q8Bj8)

208 Merry Christmas Eve, my pretty Hordelings!

Charming painting. Parents need coffee STAT.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, Agent of Chaos at December 24, 2024 10:30 AM (kpS4V)

209 Yet another truly crazy Arab dictator before his fall, spending $45 billion on a new palace in a nation with the most squalid poverty.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8dpv7u

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 10:30 AM (RIvkX)

210 Be safe, Rick. We were having freezing rain and ice here earlier, but it seems to be ending now, and melting.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:31 AM (v6JzV)

211 For the win! This comment paints such a complete picture. Any resemblance to Clark Griswold Sr?
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:27 AM

Close, I would have to say. I've noticed that he's gone to mumbling and grumbling a lot now.

He had a phase where he would let out the random high pitched 'woot' on occasion. That has gone away. Now he just mumbles and grunts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

212 That brightened up version of the painting is much better. The darkness hides the artist's talent.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:32 AM (wZ2Bf)

213
I just filled Ace's stocking.

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 10:33 AM (azvCj)

214 Beats CNN or MSNBC
Posted by: It's me donna at December 24, 2024 10:30 AM (VE6XX)

He will occasionally watch Fox News, but it's mostly the RFD channel for the music show on Friday evening and game shows all the other waking moments of the day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:33 AM (Zz0t1)

215 I just filled Ace's stocking.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Reindeer antlers for his Vespa?

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:33 AM (v6JzV)

216 205 189 Crap. I think the FiL is up........That means the Game Show Network will be blaring shortly........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:24 AM (Zz0t1)

Buzzer Channel is running their Tenth Annual Betty White Christmas.

Posted by: Allen Ludden's Ghost at December 24, 2024 10:34 AM (G5+As)

217 213
I just filled Ace's stocking.
Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 10:33 AM (azvCj)

Oh I bet you did.

Posted by: blaster at December 24, 2024 10:34 AM (QfvaV)

218 Yet another truly crazy Arab dictator before his fall, spending $45 billion on a new palace in a nation with the most squalid poverty.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8dpv7u
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 10:30 AM (RIvkX)

It will be moderately entertaining when whatever next muslhamic war breaks out and it's destroyed by missiles.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:34 AM (Zz0t1)

219 The roast has been in the fridge for a few days. It should be okay for a few more days - right?
Posted by: Tonypete at December 24, 2024 10:24 AM (WXNFJ)

You can call it "aged" beef. No reason you can't use it for New Year's dinner.

Posted by: Ghost of OrangeEnt Present at December 24, 2024 10:34 AM (0eaVi)

220 Phyllis Navitdad Everyone, Prospero Annyo in Feliciadad, too.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2024 10:35 AM (XV/Pl)

221 Buzzer Channel is running their Tenth Annual Betty White Christmas.
Posted by: Allen Ludden's Ghost at December 24, 2024 10:34 AM (G5+As)

I wish she would've written a tell all book about her 60+ years in the hollywood scene.......YOU KNOW that broad has seen some things. And likely done them as well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:36 AM (Zz0t1)

222 Is the best place to buy weird sized batteries still the cheapo tool warehouses?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:36 AM (wZ2Bf)

223 Happy Christmas/Hanukkah, Horde!

Doggeh discovered where I'm keeping my roast in cold storage out on the porch. Had to beef up security in response.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at December 24, 2024 10:19 AM (LxER7)

-------------

Will never forget when I was a kid: grandmother had a cooked roast sitting on the kitchen counter; doggeh (half lab, half beagle) jumped up and snagged it with its fangs; ran out the open back door.

Grandmother grabs a broom and is chasing it around the back yard swearing up a storm. rotflmao still to this day ...

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 10:36 AM (z3WOQ)

224 Is the best place to buy weird sized batteries still the cheapo tool warehouses?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Do you not have a Batteries and Bulbs near you? One of my favorite stores.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:37 AM (v6JzV)

225 Oh, pickup trucks like to hydroplane.

Merry Christmas horde.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:30 AM (t8fhO)

Just refer to it as 'drifting' and carry on.

Be safe out there and Merry Christmas, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:37 AM (Zz0t1)

226 Kitten Natividad, FTW!

Posted by: Nice Ornaments at December 24, 2024 10:37 AM (G5+As)

227 In The brightened up version of the picture it looks like dad and mom are smiling. Nice!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 10:37 AM (aH7gI)

228 Sponge, what's the temperature down there in Equatoria?

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:37 AM (v6JzV)

229 "Somebody turn on a light."

There was a fashion in American painting in the mid-19th century of using sepia-tinted varnish on paintings, in the belief that it made them look more like Rembrandt's work. The problem is that many of Rembrandt's paintings have that sepia tint because their varnish has darkened over the centuries, and they simply need to be cleaned to show naturalistic color. Likewise, this painting may merely need to be cleaned.

Posted by: Nemo at December 24, 2024 10:38 AM (S6ArX)

230 There were a couple summers in my youth when everything stopped for The Price is Right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 10:38 AM (RIvkX)

231 I live in a fairly small town. Walmart and Kroger.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:38 AM (wZ2Bf)

232 Sponge, what's the temperature down there in Equatoria?
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:37 AM (v6JzV)

Currently 63 with a high of 65 expected. Rain much of the day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:38 AM (Zz0t1)

233 There was a fashion in American painting in the mid-19th century of using sepia-tinted varnish on paintings, in the belief that it made them look more like Rembrandt's work. The problem is that many of Rembrandt's paintings have that sepia tint because their varnish has darkened over the centuries, and they simply need to be cleaned to show naturalistic color. Likewise, this painting may merely need to be cleaned.
Posted by: Nemo

Any who touch my varnish shall die!
-- Zombie Mr. Blodgett

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:39 AM (v6JzV)

234 Be safe, Rick. We were having freezing rain and ice here earlier, but it seems to be ending now, and melting.
Posted by: Bulg

Will do. We're safe on that front. It's 60° and I don't think it's going any lower.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:39 AM (t8fhO)

235 Kitten Natividad, FTW!
Posted by: Nice Ornaments at December 24, 2024 10:37 AM (G5+As)

"She's starting to shimmy!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:39 AM (Zz0t1)

236 Yet another truly crazy Arab dictator before his fall, spending $45 billion on a new palace in a nation with the most squalid poverty.

https://tinyurl.com/5n8dpv7u

That's crazy. That little man trying to be as opulent as the Pharoahs. But I'm sure he had overwhelming support from the administrators, ballot counters, and tax collectors since it's billed as the 'Administrative Capital' and Presidential Palace.

Posted by: t-bird at December 24, 2024 10:39 AM (pJkex)

237 172 ... "Here's a brighter copy of the painting at Wikimedia.

https://is.gd/EO6YGZ"

Your right. That version is much better. Thanks for the link.

Posted by: JTB at December 24, 2024 10:40 AM (yTvNw)

238 Just refer to it as 'drifting' and carry on.

Be safe out there and Merry Christmas, sir.
Posted by: Sponge

😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:40 AM (t8fhO)

239 In The brightened up version of the picture it looks like dad and mom are smiling. Nice!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 10:37 AM (aH7gI)

I had forgotten we share a birthday, but once reminded, wished you a happy one, but don't think you where there.

In any case, Happy Belated Birthday.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

240 Aldi sells cheese curds. Three varieties: white cheddar, garlic cheddar and Cajun. Just had some this morning in my omelet with a side of fried bologna.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2024 10:41 AM (dg+HA)

241
Your right. That version is much better. Thanks for the link.
Posted by: JTB at December 24, 2024 10:40 AM (yTvNw)

CBD hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)

242 Is the best place to buy weird sized batteries still the cheapo tool warehouses?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:36 AM (wZ2Bf)

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Surprisingly, in our rural area, we have two brick-and-mortar specialized battery stores ("Batteries, Batteries, Batteries" (used to be "Batteries, Bulbs, and More" and a "Batteries Plus").

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 10:41 AM (z3WOQ)

243 I wish she would've written a tell all book about her 60+ years in the hollywood scene.......YOU KNOW that broad has seen some things. And likely done them as well.
Posted by: Sponge

There are nude pics of her from her modeling days. She was one of the original TV stars. Life With Elizabeth and a couple other series from the 50s.

Posted by: She Was Cool at December 24, 2024 10:41 AM (G5+As)

244 I just filled Ace's stocking.
Posted by: Soothsayer

Pre-cut wood for his shelves?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2024 10:42 AM (Q0kLU)

245 Cairo is such a shithole that they built a new Capital.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:42 AM (wZ2Bf)

246 There are nude pics of her from her modeling days. She was one of the original TV stars. Life With Elizabeth and a couple other series from the 50s.
Posted by: She Was Cool at December 24, 2024 10:41 AM (G5+As)

She was always really cute and perky. And her nudes showed it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:42 AM (Zz0t1)

247 Kitten Natividad, FTW!

Posted by: Nice Ornaments at December 24, 2024 10:37 AM (G5+As)

Cameo in "Another 48 Hrs."?

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2024 10:42 AM (Yj6Os)

248 I just filled Ace's stocking.
Posted by: Soothsayer

This is the horde. That can be taken so many different ways it isn't funny.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:43 AM (t8fhO)

249 Cameo in "Another 48 Hrs."?
Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2024 10:42 AM (Yj6Os)

She was in a TON of things. She used those wailin' yabbos to their FULL potential.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:44 AM (Zz0t1)

250 I wish she would've written a tell all book about her 60+ years in the hollywood scene.......YOU KNOW that broad has seen some things. And likely done them as well.
Posted by: Sponge

Boy howdy, could I tell you some stories!
-- Zombie Allen Ludden

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:44 AM (v6JzV)

251 Be safe out there and Merry Christmas, sir.
Posted by: Sponge

Merry Christmas to you & yours good sir!

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:44 AM (t8fhO)

252 OT but I don’t like dark paintings . It’s like movies filmed in the shadows /low light which I dislike too.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:45 AM (D6PGr)

253 I'm sorry, but people who eat curds have lost their whey.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 10:45 AM (a3Q+t)

254 She was in a TON of things.
Posted by: Sponge

She never topped Sueann Niven, though. Her exchanges with Murray were hilarious.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:46 AM (v6JzV)

255 I'm sorry, but people who eat curds have lost their whey.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 10:45 AM (a3Q+t)

"What's in the bowl, b*tch?"

- - - Andrew Clay

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:46 AM (Zz0t1)

256 Grazie a Elon Musk, il Pd ha finalmente scoperto il sovranismo.

https://tinyurl.com/4f2rtbaa

Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 10:46 AM (7qi4l)

257 just filled Ace's stocking.
Posted by: Soothsayer

This is the horde. That can be taken so many different ways it isn't funny.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:43 AM (t8fhO)

Phrasing used to be a thing here.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:46 AM (D6PGr)

258 Allen Ludden was from Wisconsin, like cheese curds.

Posted by: Mineral Point at December 24, 2024 10:46 AM (G5+As)

259 Kitten Natividad, FTW!

Posted by: Nice Ornaments at December 24, 2024 10:37 AM (G5+As)

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* Dave in Texas' "Crap Tree" has entered the chat *

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 10:46 AM (z3WOQ)

260 Making Musk an offer he can't refuse.

Western Lensman@WesternLensman
NEW: Anthony Scaramucci warns Elon to “stick to business."
“He's just got to be very, very careful because he's making enemies that he doesn't realize."
"Lay off the gas on politics a little bit because these people could hurt you."
"It's no no need for you to get hurt. You're doing so well in your life."
WTF.
This clown sounds like a wannabe deep state mobster.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 10:47 AM (L/fGl)

261 Kitten Natividad

You Morons *WILL* fuck anything. Are y'all Mexicans?
Ugly, grotesque, ugh!

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 10:47 AM (YSM/8)

262 I'm sorry, but people who eat curds have lost their whey.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Butter whey can be recovered.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:47 AM (t8fhO)

263 Lay off the gas

GASSSSS?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 10:47 AM (YSM/8)

264 I hear kurds go really well salad-in.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:48 AM (v6JzV)

265 And now for the pork rinds.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:49 AM (wZ2Bf)

266 I'm looking at the painting now on my pc and it looks much better. It was only dark/fuzzy on my phone. On the pc monitor it is very nice.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 24, 2024 10:49 AM (Y6IkP)

267 Beef will be fine in the fridge

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 24, 2024 10:50 AM (NQtI0)

268 Our latest spark of humanity in NYC says he was drunk, and doesn't remember anything.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 10:50 AM (a3Q+t)

269
A few months ago, that weird little shit anthony scaramucci "warned" Republicans to not nominate President Trump because he would "lose."

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 10:50 AM (azvCj)

270 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 10:47 AM (L/fGl)

Musk is today’s Howard Hughes without the OCD ( that I know of).

He has no fucks to give. He’s the billionaire honey badger as was Hughes.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:50 AM (D6PGr)

271 Posted by: Braenyard - some absent friends are more equal than others _ at December 24, 2024 10:46 AM (7qi4l)

I have no idea what she's saying but I sure do enjoy listening to her.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at December 24, 2024 10:50 AM (3Ope8)

272 Our latest spark of humanity in NYC says he was drunk, and doesn't remember anything.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 10:50 AM (a3Q+t)

He's watched an episode or two of Law and Order, then. Good for him.

*eyeroll*

YOU BURNED A WOMAN ALIVE, you maggot.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:51 AM (Zz0t1)

273 I messed myself up something fierce measuring electricity.

It still hertz.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:51 AM (t8fhO)

274 I don't ever remember setting anyone on fire because I was drunk.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:51 AM (wZ2Bf)

275 I've lost my whey.

Posted by: Adolescent Miss Muffet at December 24, 2024 10:51 AM (dg+HA)

276 A few months ago, that weird little shit anthony scaramucci "warned" Republicans to not nominate President Trump because he would "lose."

Posted by: Soothsayer at December 24, 2024 10:50 AM (azvCj)

He's just pissed off that he was dismissed years ago. What a grifter douchebag.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:51 AM (Zz0t1)

277 I messed myself up something fierce measuring electricity.

It still hertz.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

Ohm my!

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:51 AM (v6JzV)

278 Kitten Natividad, FTW!

The poor man's Charo.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2024 10:52 AM (Q0kLU)

279 I messed myself up something fierce measuring electricity.

It still hertz.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:51 AM (t8fhO)

But I bet you were amped up for a spell......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)

280 I messed myself up something fierce measuring electricity.

It still hertz.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices

Are you OK currently?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2024 10:53 AM (Q0kLU)

281 Musk is today’s Howard Hughes without the OCD ( that I know of).

He has no fucks to give. He’s the billionaire honey badger as was Hughes.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Musk is THE billionaire honey badger.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:53 AM (t8fhO)

282 You Morons *WILL* fuck anything. Are y'all Mexicans?
Ugly, grotesque, ugh!
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 10:47 AM (YSM/8

To be fair, no one mentioned anything about banging her, only that she had massive tits that she loved to fling about for everyone to see.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:53 AM (Zz0t1)

283 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing

MP4, in case I forget later, I want to wish you a very merry Christmas.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:54 AM (v6JzV)

284 That version is much better.

Posted by: JTB at December 24, 2024 10:40 AM (yTvNw)

That version is enhanced with Photoshop (or some other software).

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 24, 2024 10:54 AM (d9fT1)

285 I messed myself up something fierce measuring electricity.

It still hertz.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:51 AM (t8fhO)

But I bet you were amped up for a spell......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Resist we much...

Posted by: Al Charlatan at December 24, 2024 10:54 AM (dg+HA)

286 Scaramuchi?

Will he do the fandango?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 24, 2024 10:54 AM (C2QKs)

287 Justin Castreau says Canada will be the "first post-national state."

https://is.gd/ZA3nma

-
Trumpsylvania?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 10:54 AM (L/fGl)

288 Justin Castreau is gay and his shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:55 AM (v6JzV)

289 MP4, in case I forget later, I want to wish you a very merry Christmas.
Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:54 AM (v6JzV)

And to you, as well.

I'm hoping to get out of work by 1, and then it's time to relax.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2024 10:55 AM (Q0kLU)

290 The poor man's Charo.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at December 24, 2024 10:52 AM (Q0kLU)

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I thought Charo was the poor-man's Charo.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 10:55 AM (z3WOQ)

291 I'm sorry, but people who eat curds have lost their whey.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 24, 2024 10:45 AM (a3Q+t)
====

*holds out hand*

Mr. Duncanthrax, your Agonizer, please.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 10:55 AM (RIvkX)

292 Why do they have a teen foot door? Are nephilim coming over?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:55 AM (wZ2Bf)

293 messed myself up something fierce measuring electricity.

It still hertz.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:51 AM (t8fhO)

But I bet you were amped up for a spell......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Resist we much...
Posted by: Al Charlatan at December 24, 2024 10:54 AM (dg+HA)

You need an outlet for your aggravation.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:56 AM (D6PGr)

294 Anthony Scaramucci is the Michael Cohen of Michael Avenatti's.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:56 AM (Zz0t1)

295 I thought Charo was the poor-man's Charo.
Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 10:55 AM (z3WOQ)

Charo could legitimately play the 12 string with the best of them.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:57 AM (D6PGr)

296 Justin Castreau says Canada will be the "first post-national state."

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Non-sequitur. State == Nation.

Idiot.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 10:57 AM (z3WOQ)

297 Charo could legitimately play the 12 string with the best of them.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Sometimes even with her hands.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 10:57 AM (v6JzV)

298 I thought Charo was the poor-man's Charo.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 10:55 AM (z3WOQ)

Coochie coochie

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2024 10:58 AM (Yj6Os)

299 Annex the hatlands.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 24, 2024 10:58 AM (wZ2Bf)

300 Much like Trump, Musk's only kink is wanting to bang hot adult women and shoot rockets into space.

Not much for The Deep State to sink their teeth into, so they may have to go to alternative means of to subdue and control.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 24, 2024 10:58 AM (XV/Pl)

301 Lacquer?

Recently I was in a restaurant and I had "Lacquered Salmon."
They said it was oil based Valspar. '88 or '89. Regardless, they were both a good vintage.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 24, 2024 10:58 AM (dg+HA)

302 But I bet you were amped up for a spell......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Shockingly, it didn't last as long as I expected it to.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 10:58 AM (t8fhO)

303 Waiting for Santa Claus to conquer the Martians.

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2024 10:59 AM (Aqu9a)

304 only that she had massive tits

I'm going to breed GMO sows with massive tits. Make a fortune.

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle at December 24, 2024 10:59 AM (YSM/8)

305 Scaramucci was on Carolla recently and he sounded like the apparatchik he is.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 10:59 AM (RIvkX)

306 The Palestinians were there first!

Dr. Maalouf ‏@realMaalouf
Muslim woman at a pro-Palestinian rally in Canada:
“Canada is a white supremacist, racist, colonial project, just like Israel. I will never consider myself Canadian, because this is occupied land.”
Why are they so ungrateful to the countries they move to?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Peppermint Mocha! at December 24, 2024 11:00 AM (L/fGl)

307 Lacquer?

I don't even know her.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 11:00 AM (t8fhO)

308 I think Musk is one of those rare people that if you took away all his money he would be a billionaire again in a few years.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 11:00 AM (D6PGr)

309 Charo could legitimately play the 12 string with the best of them.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 10:57 AM (D6PGr)

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Thanks for reminding me; I'd forgotten that.

Some years ago I think someone here posted a link to a video of her playing -- very impressive! And of course she was married to Xavier Cugat ...

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 11:00 AM (z3WOQ)

310 What's best w/nog?...bourbon? spiced rum? brandy? amaretto?

Posted by: BignJames at December 24, 2024 11:00 AM (Yj6Os)

311 I'm going to breed GMO sows with massive tits. Make a fortune.
Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism

You'd be better off raising rabbits with a round American woman in Montana.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 11:00 AM (v6JzV)

312 Scaramucci was on Carolla recently and he sounded like the apparatchik he is.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 24, 2024 10:59 AM (RIvkX)

How did Adam handle him?

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 11:01 AM (D6PGr)

313 I am ok except for my wallet I think. I am insured and
by some miracle a cop showed up within a minute of the accident. I am highly suspect one the knuckle heads was a proponent of being self-insured. I took a bunch of photos of the scene and drafted a statement last night. I have calls into an attorney and the insurance company right now. This is going to be a complete nightmare.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:19 AM (Q8Bj

Another reason to have a dashcam installed and running in the event something like this occurs. Proving that you were the innocent victim of two asshoes.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 24, 2024 11:01 AM (iODuv)

314 And of course she was married to Xavier Cugat ...
Posted by: ShainS

"No self-respecting person begins their name with an 'X'."
-- Archie Bunker

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 11:02 AM (v6JzV)

315 303 Waiting for Santa Claus to conquer the Martians.
Posted by: Count de Monet at December 24, 2024 10:59 AM (Aqu9a)

It was the middle of Septober...

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at December 24, 2024 11:02 AM (PiwSw)

316 Shit fire & save matches, Marty.

Sam's is already packed. And they've only been open two minutes.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 11:02 AM (t8fhO)

317 I think Musk is one of those rare people that if you took away all his money he would be a billionaire again in a few years.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 11:00 AM (D6PGr)

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Exactly. A modern-day Randian capitalist/industrialist hero.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 11:02 AM (z3WOQ)

318 U nas yest' NOOD. Shimpanze.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 11:02 AM (v6JzV)

319 Shit fire & save matches, Marty.

Sam's is already packed. And they've only been open two minutes.

Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 11:02 AM (t8fhO)

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This is the story of our local Costco most days, but especially pre-holidays, pre-snow days, and weekends.

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 11:03 AM (z3WOQ)

320 Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 11:03 AM (z3WOQ)

I’ve got to go to the store to get coffee. I’m dreading it.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at December 24, 2024 11:04 AM (D6PGr)

321 "No self-respecting person begins their name with an 'X'."
-- Archie Bunker

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 11:02 AM (v6JzV)

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lol

Posted by: ShainS -- President-Elect Musk will appoint Vivek to Speaker Of The House! at December 24, 2024 11:04 AM (z3WOQ)

322 Sam's is already packed. And they've only been open two minutes.
Posted by: rickb223 Gold & Silver Spot Prices at December 24, 2024 11:02 AM (t8fhO)

That's why we went yesterday. Still extremely busy about 30 minutes after opening. Today would be a nightmare.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at December 24, 2024 11:04 AM (lFFaq)

323 I’ve got to go to the store to get coffee. I’m dreading it.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Send Diogenes. He needs to pick up some for himself anyway.

Posted by: Bulg at December 24, 2024 11:05 AM (v6JzV)

324 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at December 24, 2024 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

No; I didn't see that, Sponge and happy belated birthday to you and Merry Christmas!. Am praying for the "First" Lady and you everyday!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 11:05 AM (Qz2FB)

325 Posted by: Altaria Pilgram at December 24, 2024 10:19 AM (Q8Bj8

Sorry to hear about the accident! How upsetting! Hope the insurance comes through in. Timely manner.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 24, 2024 11:08 AM (Qz2FB)

326 The dark tones let the artist show off his skills in highlights and shading. Also, the young man is using a pointy thing to make a figure walk the plank. I do believe the shading in that region illustrates the understanding of shading prevalent at the time.

Posted by: Hobo Jenkins at December 24, 2024 11:57 AM (HbCW+)

327 National Academy of Design, Perspectives

Perspective on Eastman Johnson, Toys and Interpretive Play in Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family
Published on May 10, 2022
Words by Rika Burnham

It begins, "In a far gallery of the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, past the cinematic stars of Madame X, Washington Crossing the Delaware, and Heart of the Andes, hangs Christmas-Time, The Blodgett Family [Hills 31.7.3 The Blodgett Family], a small, quiet picture by Eastman Johnson, one of many domestic interior pictures in this gallery devoted to scenes of nineteenth-century American life. We peer in, my students and I, as if standing unnoticed in the shadows of the Blodgett family’s parlor, in their home on West 25th Street in New York City. We marvel at the room’s opulent Renaissance-revival splendor as we are charmed by figures far too absorbed in their own spectacle to pay attention to time-traveling interlopers."

And there are 5 perspectives in a column to the left side that add context.

Very nice, CBD. thx.

Posted by: L - Rooster one day, feather duster the next at December 24, 2024 12:18 PM (NFX2v)

328 Did your cat ever climb the Christmas Tree?

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 24, 2024 04:37 PM (FLiOE)

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