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Robert Julian Onderdonk, "Bluebonnets in Texas" (1915)

Posted by: rdbrewer at 10:14 AM

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1 Bleautiful!
And First!

Posted by: Beijing Winter Olympic Hooker at August 03, 2015 10:13 AM (wtvvX)

2 Onderdonk! Love the blue.

Posted by: the littl shyning man at August 03, 2015 10:13 AM (U6f54)

3 Off, stale sock

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 03, 2015 10:13 AM (wtvvX)

4 Police work is a thankless job:

https://goo.gl/WO7Hhv

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 03, 2015 10:13 AM (iQIUe)

5 Under those flowers are armadillos waiting to menace you.

Posted by: Old Hob at August 03, 2015 10:14 AM (T1Jm0)

6 CNN: All TRUMP and KOCH this morning, after a short interlude of a story about cops being killed.

Posted by: Colin at August 03, 2015 10:15 AM (tlI5H)

7 The blues remind me of "Blue Horses" by Franz Marc (if the internet can be trusted on colors).

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 03, 2015 10:16 AM (wtvvX)

8 armadillos carry leprosy. kiss one and your nose will fall off.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 03, 2015 10:16 AM (iQIUe)

9 Hills like that in Texas? Where?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2015 10:16 AM (JO9+V)

10 Barack Obama is a SCOAMT.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 03, 2015 10:17 AM (kff5f)

11 Call me Bob.

Posted by: Robert Julian Onderdonk at August 03, 2015 10:17 AM (gwG9s)

12 I found Western Waldo!

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 03, 2015 10:17 AM (kff5f)

13 Hills like that in Texas? Where?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2015 10:16 AM

In the Hill Country.

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2015 10:18 AM (bynk/)

14 Very few things make me feel the way looking at a field full of bluebonnets does.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 03, 2015 10:18 AM (kff5f)

15 Religion of peace.

But a petition from the womens' group Equality Now reveals that immigration has put the United States on a list that will be much more difficult for progressive immigration enthusiasts to cheer. A massive influx of immigrants from Muslim-populated countries in Africa and the Middle East has led the group to conclude that more than half a million girls in the U.S. are in danger of having their exposed sexual organs skinned from their bodies.

http://tinyurl.com/pf9fztz

Posted by: wrg500 at August 03, 2015 10:18 AM (FEAjO)

16 >> after a short interlude of a story about cops being killed.

There was one in Memphis the other day. Sad.

Posted by: Lea at August 03, 2015 10:19 AM (lIU4e)

17 That picture is gorgeous, btw.

Posted by: Lea at August 03, 2015 10:19 AM (lIU4e)

18 Cecil the Friendly Lion lives in heaven now and it looks just like this, except that it has herds of really slow zebras.

Posted by: Mia Farrow at August 03, 2015 10:19 AM (oZr5y)

19 I guess I just don't imagine scenery like that in Texas.

Looks nice though.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 03, 2015 10:20 AM (VPLuQ)

20 I'll take on Ronda Rousey!

Posted by: Zombie Roddy Piper at August 03, 2015 10:20 AM (gwG9s)

21 So, anyone know anything about the Eisenhower State Park (TX) area? I know it's on Lake Texoma, but I'm wondering if anyone is more familiar with it? We're heading out there this weekend.

Most important question: will I be able to see stars? I'm f*cking sick to death of this light-polluted urban area in which I live.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 03, 2015 10:21 AM (kff5f)

22 A massive influx of immigrants from Muslim-populated countries in Africa and the Middle East has led the group to conclude that more than half a million girls in the U.S. are in danger of having their exposed sexual organs skinned from their bodies.

Who are we to judge the culture of others?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 03, 2015 10:21 AM (oZr5y)

23 Hills like that in Texas? Where?

Davis Mountians. Big Bend.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2015 10:21 AM (W+RZ5)

24 This is one of the reasons why people love TX.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at August 03, 2015 10:21 AM (iQIUe)

25 Only in California. A bill made it out of committee and is being debated to outlaw bosses at work.

http://tinyurl.com/p7adqnp

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 03, 2015 10:21 AM (39g3+)

26 Roddy Piper would have beat Ronda Rousey like a rented mule.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 03, 2015 10:22 AM (39g3+)

27 13
Hills like that in Texas? Where?

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2015 10:16 AM

In the Hill Country.

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2015 10:18 AM (bynk/)
Although I think Onderdonk took a few artistic liberties with his palette here; I don't think I ever saw a hill quite THAT blue in the Hill Country (or anywhere else, for that matter).

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 03, 2015 10:22 AM (wtvvX)

28 Heh heh, he said "Onderdonk."

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at August 03, 2015 10:22 AM (RD7QR)

29 Got any other stories to chastise us about how wrong we are?

http://tinyurl.com/nnn7bfr

Turns out we were right.

Posted by: brainpimp at August 03, 2015 10:23 AM (zosQc)

30 So blue! Working on a prayer quilts in those lovely colors.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2015 10:23 AM (NOIQH)

31 Who are we to judge the culture of others?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 03, 2015 10:21 AM (oZr5y)

Errr... the scions of the culture which virtually ended slavery, raised more people out of poverty than any other culture, severely curtailed childhood disease, and - while not ending war - turned war-seekers into pariahs?

Also the culture which invented the automobile, factories, the computer, the space-shuttle, and microwave pizzas?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 03, 2015 10:23 AM (kff5f)

32 Most important question: will I be able to see stars? I'm f*cking sick to death of this light-polluted urban area in which I live.

AllenG, you should. Inlaws live outside of Bohnam and you can see streaks of the Milky Way.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2015 10:23 AM (W+RZ5)

33 Unfortunately, Mrs. Chupacabras is watching that new Jenner reality show. The only good point is that they show other trannies basically treating him as a useful idiot between a fat dose of SJW'ing.

So, that was kind of fun. The money quote was one of them saying "we only need one big celebrity to come out that his girlfriend is trans , and so what?". Way to really double down on reality there.

Posted by: Chupacabras at August 03, 2015 10:23 AM (V40IZ)

34 Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 03, 2015 10:21 AM (39g3+)

Okay... who has the Triple Face-Palm pic?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 03, 2015 10:24 AM (kff5f)

35 Who are we to judge the culture of others?

All that goes out the window when it comes to white America. Then its judgment central.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 03, 2015 10:25 AM (39g3+)

36 That PJ O'Rourke column is great --- sad, but true. Needs to be said a lot more often.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2015 10:25 AM (NOIQH)

37 AllenG, the towns near LAke Texoma are all fairly small. I'd expect star-viewing to be pretty good if no cloudz.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 03, 2015 10:25 AM (wtvvX)

38 A massive influx of immigrants from Muslim-populated countries in Africa and the Middle East has led the group to conclude that more than half a million girls in the U.S. are in danger of having their exposed sexual organs skinned from their bodies.

Who are we to judge the culture of others?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at August 03, 2015 10:21 AM (oZr5y)

And when they start lobbing a certain group of people off of roof tops, we should applaud in the name of diversity?

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 03, 2015 10:25 AM (493sH)

39 My recollection of visits to the Hill Country are of rolling rounded hills, not ranges like in the pic. Do bluebonnets grow wild like that out in West Texas by the Davis Mountains / Big Bend? Don't know as haven't been out there yet.

Just curious and relying on faulty memories.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2015 10:25 AM (JO9+V)

40 Are the mods open to suggestions on artwork?

Posted by: Doomed, who don't know if it's art but likes it at August 03, 2015 10:26 AM (bGLSw)

41
Teen Titans Go

Weird Al has been cast in an upcoming, Justice-League-focused two-parter as the villain Darkseid.

http://tinyurl.com/qgkkpyl

*accordion solo*

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 03, 2015 10:26 AM (kdS6q)

42

Ahhhh, so calming.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 03, 2015 10:26 AM (qCMvj)

43 Okay... who has the Triple Face-Palm pic?

I prefer the Jesus face palm pic.
Because when Jesus face palms you........

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2015 10:26 AM (W+RZ5)

44 I see the MFM is in full sell of King Barry's new destroy the economy for the environment plan

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 03, 2015 10:26 AM (493sH)

45 Willowed from the previous thread. Fun video...

Click on the Paul Anka "after the show" video in the sidebar, then click on the "foul mouth of Anna Anka" video in the youtube sidebar.

She sounds like the perfect woman.

Posted by: jwest at August 03, 2015 10:26 AM (P/xrJ)

46 Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2015 10:23 AM (W+RZ5)

Good.

We'll be staying in a cabin (it's the only way I could convince Tenthette to go "camping" in the summer), but I should be able to sit outside and star-gaze to my heart's content.

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 03, 2015 10:27 AM (kff5f)

47 Allen G, did you see your mention on the front page?

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 03, 2015 10:27 AM (Iyg03)

48

Democrats will save a lot of money not having debates.

That way they can funnel more money into vote buying straight up.

Whatever it takes.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 03, 2015 10:27 AM (qCMvj)

49 Only in California. A bill made it out of committee and is being debated to outlaw bosses at work.

http://tinyurl.com/p7adqnp

Some comments were that they thought this was an Onion story, sadly not.
The People For The American Way are delighted. no more oppression. The Communist way is to make everyone equal, all paid the same, all share in what everyone else has.

Posted by: Colin at August 03, 2015 10:27 AM (tlI5H)

50 Posted by: rdbrewer at August 03, 2015 10:27 AM (Iyg03)

O_o

I didn't.

*goes to check*

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 03, 2015 10:28 AM (kff5f)

51 Alternate title: "Still Life with Bluebonnets and Tsunami"

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 03, 2015 10:28 AM (2l5vw)

52 People who put equality before freedom get neither.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 03, 2015 10:28 AM (wtvvX)

53 Some comments were that they thought this was an Onion story, sadly not.
The People For The American Way are delighted. no more oppression. The Communist way is to make everyone equal, all paid the same, all share in what everyone else has.
Posted by: Colin at August 03, 2015 10:27 AM (tlI5H)

What they won't tell you is that eventually, everyone gets an equal slice of poverty and misery. Like Venezuela.

Posted by: model_1066 at August 03, 2015 10:29 AM (WEvvb)

54 Only in California. A bill made it out of committee and is being debated to outlaw bosses at work.

Thus began many the Utopian society, none of which ever worked.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 03, 2015 10:29 AM (oVJmc)

55 Although I think Onderdonk took a few artistic
liberties with his palette here; I don't think I ever saw a hill quite
THAT blue in the Hill Country (or anywhere else, for that matter).

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 03, 2015 10:22 AM

I think you are right. There was a collection of Texas impressionists at the Panhandle-Plains museum in Canyon, Tx a couple of years ago, including Onderdonk. He liked the saturated colors.

Posted by: huerfano at August 03, 2015 10:29 AM (bynk/)

56 THAT BLUEBONNET IS COMING RIGHT FOR US!

blam blam blam ka pow

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at August 03, 2015 10:30 AM (F+xWX)

57 Comedy Central was running the Paul Rudd Jennifer Aniston movie Wanderlust all weekend. Man did that movie have the fascistic tendencies of lefties down pat.

Posted by: Chupacabras at August 03, 2015 10:31 AM (V40IZ)

58 Everything's better with Blue Bonnet on it.

Posted by: Cicero Kaboom! Kid at August 03, 2015 10:32 AM (HZ31b)

59 Only in California. A bill made it out of committee and is being debated to outlaw bosses at work.

Some in the comments say it is a spoof.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 03, 2015 10:32 AM (oVJmc)

60 Willowed from previous thread:

254 251 The Democrat Presidential debates will look like a food fight at the nursing home.

Cranky old lady screeching away on one side.

Disheveled old man with a Brooklyn accent on the other.

Yeah.
Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 03, 2015 10:18 AM (KCQo0)

MODERATOR: Secretary Clinton, could you briefly articulate the differences in philosophy that you see between yourself and Senator Sanders?

SECRETARY CLINTON: He stole my pudding!

SENATOR SANDERS: Plodding? I stole your plodding?

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at August 03, 2015 10:21 AM (RD7QR)

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at August 03, 2015 10:32 AM (RD7QR)

61

We watched The Physician on Netflix last night.

I really think Ben Kingsley is overrated. No depth.

We also watched the first episode of

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

All I can say is, wth?

It's a laundry list of "stars" but wth? Why is it rating so high?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4341500/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_7

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 03, 2015 10:32 AM (qCMvj)

62 The Agents of S.C.R.E.E.C.H. are at it again.

Some babe went on a hunting expedition in Africa and purposefully baited these douchebags and of course they fell for it.

You know, smart people would come up with a plan to turn these idiots against one another like the British used to do in their colonies. That's what you do to people that aren't that smart. If only there was a party that could do something like that here.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at August 03, 2015 10:32 AM (oFCZn)

63 Here's how one celebrity blog characterizes last night's "I Am Cait" episode:

In last night's episode, the word "privilege" was probably uttered about two dozen times and it was always directed at Caitlyn. Caitlyn has privilege. She doesn't deny it, probably because she really hadn't considered it before a few months ago. Caitlyn-as-Bruce had lived in a bubble of privilege as a wealthy white man, privilege as a celebrity, privilege as a Republican. Caitlyn has been living in a bubble, going through her transition privately and without the help, advice or friendship of other trans women.

I don't even know how to unpack all that. Apparently Jenner should be ashamed for being successful --- for working so damn hard to be an Olympic champion and then parlaying that into long-term wealth. And somehow being a white, male Republican factored into this?

We are nearing (are already there?) Harrison Bergeron times,just with imaginary chains, etc. masquerading as "privilege."

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2015 10:33 AM (NOIQH)

64 That meadow is an excellent place to build a start up company, and pay everyone a minimum wage of $70,000.00 a year.

Utopia rises!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 03, 2015 10:33 AM (VPLuQ)

65 1915 Texas? I shall rename this painting:

"Black Jack Pershing Chases Pancho Villa In The Early Morning Mist"

Posted by: Muldoon at August 03, 2015 10:33 AM (NeFrd)

66 That's tangled up, man.

Posted by: Robert Dylann at August 03, 2015 10:33 AM (E5UB0)

67 ...pay everyone a minimum wage of $70,000.00 a year.

****

Throw in a pony and you've got a deal.

Oh, and a good dental plan.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 03, 2015 10:34 AM (NeFrd)

68
For a brief soul-clutching moment, I feared that-

Obama had made good on his promise to turn Texas blue.

OT:

PJ O'Rourke has written his best article in years.

The old magic is back:

http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/they-hate-your-guts_1001602.html?nopager=1

Posted by: naturalfake at August 03, 2015 10:35 AM (KUa85)

69 Ben Kingsley was awesome in Sexy Beast, but he gets typecast into playing vaguely ethnic roles. I think he has range, but directors rarely hire him for it.

Posted by: Chupacabras at August 03, 2015 10:35 AM (V40IZ)

70 Do you see a face in the clouds? Does it look like Stewie from Family Guy? If so, now try not to see it.

Posted by: Rorschach Testing LLC at August 03, 2015 10:35 AM (gwG9s)

71 The Democrat Presidential debates will look like a food fight at the nursing home. Cranky old lady screeching away on one side. Disheveled old man with a Brooklyn accent on the other. Yeah. Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 03, 2015 10:18 AM (KCQo0) MODERATOR: Secretary Clinton, could you briefly articulate the differences in philosophy that you see between yourself and Senator Sanders? SECRETARY CLINTON: He stole my pudding! SENATOR SANDERS: Plodding? I stole your plodding? Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You
I will add gravytas.....I love gravy.

Posted by: Delaware's own Joe Biden at August 03, 2015 10:35 AM (Spluw)

72 Good news!

This painting is on display at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library Museum.

I will have to make a trip there soon....

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 03, 2015 10:36 AM (wtvvX)

73 I will gladly repay you Tuesday for a vote of confidence today...

Posted by: John "Wimpy" Boner in Assless Chaps at August 03, 2015 10:36 AM (9spsc)

74 "Oh, and a good dental plan."

Why you need a dental plan for your pony?

What??

Oh........
Never mind.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 03, 2015 10:36 AM (VPLuQ)

75 Wow- what a painting. Would love to have that one in my room to wake up to everyday.

Posted by: MTF at August 03, 2015 10:37 AM (TxJGV)

76 Caitlyn-as-Bruce had lived in a bubble of privilege as a wealthy white man, privilege as a celebrity, privilege as a Republican. Caitlyn has been living in a bubble, going through her transition privately and without the help, advice or friendship of other trans women.

Wait, I thought Bruce was the mostest bravest person in like forever. Now that he is still espouses what would be considered conservative principles on some things the mob is turning on him. If he says he didn't vote for Barry I fully expect ESPN to ask for its award back

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 03, 2015 10:37 AM (493sH)

77 Do you see a face in the clouds? Does it look like Stewie from Family Guy? If so, now try not to see it.

To the left? I see the face of a cartoon rat.

Posted by: Doomed, who don't know if it's art but likes it at August 03, 2015 10:38 AM (bGLSw)

78 And Wet Hot American Summer is nothing more than a gag-reel of clich�s for people who think they're too smart for Family Guy.

The movie was blah, as is the TV show. But it makes Mrs. Chupacabras happy, so we're probably going to watch the whole series.

Posted by: Chupacabras at August 03, 2015 10:38 AM (V40IZ)

79 A good assessment of ones presidency could be based purely on the number of people preparing for the SHTF due solely to the rhetoric, policy, and complete cluster-fuck that is your administration.

..and I'm not even talking about racial issues.

Posted by: TripleTwenty at August 03, 2015 10:38 AM (MV2jA)

80 We are nearing (are already there?) Harrison Bergeron times,just with imaginary chains, etc. masquerading as "privilege."
Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2015 10:33 AM (NOIQH)

As par for course, once a show is being cancelled, they pack in the left-tent.

In Sons of Anarchy, Tig's new lover is a trannie named Venus Van Dam, played by "Boyd" from Justified. He's got the full makeup treatment. Huge boobs and all.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 03, 2015 10:38 AM (qCMvj)

81 Sorry, but the painting should be titled "Big-Ass Tidal Wave About To Engulf Shore."

Those bluebonnets are gonna get creamed, and that's a fact, Jack.

Posted by: MrScribbler at August 03, 2015 10:38 AM (8PotD)

82 To the left? I see the face of a cartoon rat.

Posted by: Doomed, who don't know if it's art but likes it at August 03, 2015 10:38 AM (bGLSw)

Huh. I see boobs.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 03, 2015 10:38 AM (wtvvX)

83
Only in California. A bill made it out of committee and is being debated to outlaw bosses at work.

Some in the comments say it is a spoof.

Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel at August 03, 2015 10:32 AM (oVJmc)

Yeah, pretty sure it's satire. This session's bill AB69 is actually about wearable cameras for cops.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2015 10:39 AM (fKmBJ)

84 My recollection of visits to the Hill Country are of rolling rounded hills, not ranges like in the pic. Do bluebonnets grow wild like that out in West Texas by the Davis Mountains / Big Bend? Don't know as haven't been out there yet.

Just curious and relying on faulty memories.

Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2015 10:25 AM (JO9+V)

****

I remember it much like you. Those hills would have to be way out western Texas and I always thought the bluebonnets were more to the east of that San Antonio, Austin, Dallas (I-35) line.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 03, 2015 10:39 AM (NeFrd)

85 privilege as a Republican.

I want what they're toking.

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at August 03, 2015 10:39 AM (/kI1Q)

86 I got yer Onderdonk hangin' bitchez!!11!!

Posted by: Yogi Freakscene Alienhead at August 03, 2015 10:39 AM (LPHFE)

87 The Democrat Presidential debates will look like a food fight at the nursing home. Cranky old lady screeching away on one side. Disheveled old man with a Brooklyn accent on the other. Yeah. Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 03, 2015 10:18 AM (KCQo0)

Walkers and false teeth flying across the stage randomly.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at August 03, 2015 10:40 AM (qCMvj)

88 Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

I thought it was brilliant at capturing the genre of the 80's summer camp movie, but other than that, utterly forgettable and junk.

That meadow is an excellent place to build a start up company, and pay everyone a minimum wage of $70,000.00 a year.

With all workers equal in rank, and no bosses!

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 03, 2015 10:40 AM (39g3+)

89 I have a print of this awaiting framing. It matches my mood these days.

http://tinyurl.com/oqguc7e

Posted by: Doomed, who don't know if it's art but likes it at August 03, 2015 10:40 AM (bGLSw)

90 There was a point made during that Bruce Jenner show about his not understanding that many trans folks turn to prostitution to move forward with their "transition".

I posit that he knows that very, very well. What else would you call what he's doing now other than whoring himself out?

Posted by: Chupacabras at August 03, 2015 10:40 AM (V40IZ)

91 Rich Little is the best impressionist from Texas.

Posted by: Garrett at August 03, 2015 10:41 AM (cvI9D)

92 Some babe went on a hunting expedition in Africa and purposefully baited these douchebags and of course they fell for it.

You know, smart people would come up with a plan to turn these idiots against one another like the British used to do in their colonies. That's what you do to people that aren't that smart.

Re-post the Spielberg-Triceratops pic. Photoshop a rile into the picture.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2015 10:41 AM (SdfnP)

93 >>In Sons of Anarchy, Tig's new lover is a trannie named Venus Van Dam, played by "Boyd" from Justified.

Yep, such respect for the tranny, never mind all the abuse of women throughout the show, such as the pornstars and prostitutes upon whose backs the bike club made a ton of money.

Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2015 10:41 AM (NOIQH)

94
Why you need a dental plan for your pony?

****

He refused to drink the fluoridated water.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 03, 2015 10:41 AM (NeFrd)

95 Right! Now my fine friends, no false moves please. I want you to hand over all the lupins you've got.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 03, 2015 10:41 AM (wtvvX)

96 Oh, it's MAUS I see up there. Now I can't not see it and I've ruined a very nice painting for myself.

Posted by: Doomed, who don't know if it's art but likes it at August 03, 2015 10:42 AM (bGLSw)

97 Lots of carbon in that pic.
Expect a bill from the government

Posted by: Barack the First at August 03, 2015 10:42 AM (LPHFE)

98 Yeah, pretty sure it's satire. This session's bill AB69 is actually about wearable cameras for cops.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 03, 2015 10:39 AM (fKmBJ)

That makes me feel better, I hoped we hadn't gone that far down the road.

Posted by: Colin at August 03, 2015 10:43 AM (tlI5H)

99 "I posit that he knows that very, very well. What else would you call what he's doing now other than whoring himself out?"

It has been suggested that he does not actually swallow.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 03, 2015 10:43 AM (VPLuQ)

100 That makes me feel better, I hoped we hadn't gone that far down the road.

Posted by: Colin at August 03, 2015 10:43 AM (tlI5H)

Yet, comrade, yet.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 03, 2015 10:44 AM (493sH)

101 Painting: If you see nothing but clouds of CO2, you are a warmest.

Posted by: Colin at August 03, 2015 10:44 AM (tlI5H)

102 I found this interesting.
http://is.gd/AU7Bdb

Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at August 03, 2015 10:44 AM (/kI1Q)

103 I prefer that you refer to me by my title. Have some respect. I was in 'Species'.

Posted by: SIR Ben Kingsley at August 03, 2015 10:45 AM (gwG9s)

104 It's pronounced Az-Weep-Ay.

Posted by: Mr Asswipe at August 03, 2015 10:45 AM (evdj2)

105 http://is.gd/AU7Bdb

I'm betting folks are really rethinking that Chunnel thing right about now.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, down with Eph 6:12-13 at August 03, 2015 10:45 AM (2l5vw)

106 Allen G, did you see your mention on the front page?

Still not seeing it... side bar or main post?

Posted by: AllenG (DedicatedTenther) - Derringer Bandit at August 03, 2015 10:46 AM (kff5f)

107 Yeah, pretty sure it's satire. This session's bill AB69 is actually about wearable cameras for cops.

Its getting harder and harder to identify satire.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 03, 2015 10:46 AM (39g3+)

108 You know, smart people would come up with a plan to turn these idiots against one another

You sir, are an ass-weasel.

Posted by: JohnnyBoy at August 03, 2015 10:46 AM (WjXce)

109 18 >> Cecil the Friendly Lion lives in heaven now and it looks just like this, except that it has ~~herds of really slow zebras.~~

his herd of seventy-two Vegans to graze among.

improved it for you, Mia, you doddering ditz.

Posted by: GnuBreed at August 03, 2015 10:47 AM (jPlFu)

110 It's pronounced Az-Weep-Ay.
Posted by: Mr Asswipe

Is your wife named Charmin?

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2015 10:47 AM (SdfnP)

111
Some in the comments say it is a spoof.
Posted by: Pappy O'Daniel

Ya think?

Gary Lucchesi, Co-President of the PGA "stated the California legislature thinks it can buy us off by providing us $330 million of tax credits for our productions and stealing from us our historical rights to our designations. I earned my title of producer. All I ever wanna be is a producer. This bill will steal that from me and my fellow guild members."

However, since the internet is off and fw:fw with it this morning as being real, that should be the last thing Bruce Bialosky writes, if Townhall had any sort of editorial judgement. Fake direct quotes in an article? That could be actionable.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at August 03, 2015 10:47 AM (kdS6q)

112 If you just stare at the painting and let your eyes lose focus, almost as if you are focusing beyond the plane of the painting you will gradually be able to make out the appearance of an out of focus field of bluebonnets.

Posted by: Muldoon at August 03, 2015 10:48 AM (NeFrd)

113 The artist did take some liberties, but Texas is beautiful during bluebonnet season.

https://goo.gl/VpGltF

http://goo.gl/QyvbjL

Posted by: Michael the Hobbit at August 03, 2015 10:49 AM (dPpmC)

114 75 Wow- what a painting. Would love to have that one in my room to wake up to everyday.

Posted by: MTF at August 03, 2015 10:37 AM (TxJGV)

You want Blue Bonnets.

You would accept Multiflora Rose.

You get Jimson Weed.

Posted by: Amerikkka at August 03, 2015 10:49 AM (HZ31b)

115 Cecil has gone away, he's drifting out to sea...

Posted by: Muldoon at August 03, 2015 10:50 AM (NeFrd)

116 "you will gradually be able to make out the appearance of an out of focus field of bluebonnets."

Not seeing it.

Is it behind the flowers?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 03, 2015 10:50 AM (VPLuQ)

117 Le Nood Nood

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at August 03, 2015 10:50 AM (VPLuQ)

118 39 My recollection of visits to the Hill Country are of rolling rounded hills, not ranges like in the pic. Do bluebonnets grow wild like that out in West Texas by the Davis Mountains / Big Bend? Don't know as haven't been out there yet.

Just curious and relying on faulty memories.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 03, 2015 10:25 AM (JO9+V)

Yes, there are ranges of hills like that in the Hill Country.

Far west Texas has the mountains. There is a Big Bend bluebonnet that grows out there but usually not is the huge masses seen elsewhere. Big Bend lupine is a bigger plant than the other bluebonnets too.

This spring in the Big Bend area there was an unusual amount of rain and I have a photo like this painting but it's of verbena, not bluebonnets, covering a valley.

Posted by: stace: SMOD/Cascadia Subduction Zone 2016 at August 03, 2015 10:51 AM (CoX6k)

119 Hillary Clinton: That Barney Sanders is an old fool. Aren't you Barney?

Bernie Sanders: Who's Barney? You mean Barney Frank?

Hillary Clinton: Bonnie Franklin? What does she have to do with this? She played Ann Romano. . .

Bernie Sanders: Ray Romano. What the hell are you talking about. Your whole argument fell apart.

Hillary: A fart? If anyone made a fart, it was you old fool.

Joe Biden: Someone mention my name?

Posted by: Adirondack Patriot at August 03, 2015 10:51 AM (KCQo0)

120 You want Blue Bonnets.
You would accept Multiflora Rose.
You get Jimson Weed.

Johnson Grass.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2015 10:51 AM (SdfnP)

121 Johnson Grass.

***

Harrumph!

Posted by: Muldoon at August 03, 2015 10:52 AM (NeFrd)

122 Kraft recalling their individual slices of "cheese" because of a choking hazard.

http://tinyurl.com/opdjat9

Apparently the plastic isn't peeling off completely so bits are left behind and halfwits don't see it, eat the cheese, and can't tell the difference between cellophane and the actual product.

Which, given the quality of the "cheese food substance" isn't that big a stretch.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at August 03, 2015 10:52 AM (39g3+)

123 But a petition from the womens' group Equality Now reveals that immigration has put the United States on a list that will be much more difficult for progressive immigration enthusiasts to cheer. A massive influx of immigrants from Muslim-populated countries in Africa and the Middle East has led the group to conclude that more than half a million girls in the U.S. are in danger of having their exposed sexual organs skinned from their bodies.
______________________________

But diversity! is great because . . . we say it is!

Ever notice how the lefties never explain why diversity is so desirable? It's just a given. Diversity is good because they say it's good. You're never supposed to question the premise. And they never, ever mention the very real costs of diversity, one of which is the increased hostility and social unrest that inevitably occur when different cultures conflict.

"Diversity is our greatest strength . . . and it's also our greatest weakness (but we never mention that last part)."

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 03, 2015 10:52 AM (kGrdk)

124 102 I found this interesting.
http://is.gd/AU7Bdb
Posted by: HR braucht ein Bier at August 03, 2015 10:44 AM (/kI1Q)

When even the Brits are tougher on illegals than we are something is very, very wrong.

Posted by: joncelli, Boned like You at August 03, 2015 10:53 AM (RD7QR)

125 "But first, you will bleu me."

Posted by: Mel Gibson Visits the Art Thread at August 03, 2015 10:53 AM (72D6h)

126 Everything's better with Blue Bonnet on it.

=====

and everything is better when it sits on a Ritz.

but oddly Ritz with Bluebonnet sucks ass.

Posted by: Bigby's Knuckle Sandwich at August 03, 2015 10:54 AM (F+xWX)

127 Posted by: Lizzy at August 03, 2015 10:23 AM (NOIQH)

What is a prayer quilt? I am familiar with prayer shawls and prayer rugs (whose only similarity is that they are both textiles) but not prayer *quilts*.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at August 03, 2015 10:55 AM (GDulk)

128 Blue is the Colour of Social Justice!

Posted by: Typical Leftist at August 03, 2015 10:56 AM (AkIVs)

129 privilege as a Republican.

I want what they're toking.
_____________

Is being discriminated against now considered a privilege?

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 03, 2015 10:57 AM (kGrdk)

130 AllenG, main post. Search your name.

I found Waldo's day job.

Posted by: rdbrewer at August 03, 2015 10:58 AM (Iyg03)

131 @105

Interesting. Cameron wants the landlords to police the status of their renters?

That's horse shit. Anyone with the cash can rent my place, I am not the police.

Posted by: Nip Sip at August 03, 2015 10:58 AM (0FSuD)

132 128
Blue is the Colour of Social Justice!

Posted by: Typical Leftist at August 03, 2015 10:56 AM (AkIVs)
Soo true! It's always blue in Chapel Hill. Sadly it's NOT Duke blue. It's blue because our school sucks and is going to get thrown out of the NCAA for cheating.

Posted by: Lefty UNC-CH grads at August 03, 2015 11:00 AM (0FSuD)

133 http://tinyurl.com/nltnjom

What a waste of a good Lamborghini.

Posted by: Planned Parenthood at August 03, 2015 11:02 AM (bGLSw)

134 privilege as a Republican.

I want what they're toking.
_____________

If Bruce Jenner had not been a famous, gold-medal-winning Olympic athlete, he would not have been able to get a job in Hollywood, or the media, or academia, or many other fields

. . . .

because Republican.

But I'm not sure how that's a "privilege." Unless unemployment is now a privilege.

Posted by: TrivialPursuer at August 03, 2015 11:03 AM (kGrdk)

135
Johnson Grass.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 03, 2015 10:51 AM (SdfnP)

I agree with what Johnson Grass said.

Posted by: Johnson Moss at August 03, 2015 11:28 AM (ETL1K)

136 One of the most beautiful paintings you've ever posted. Anonymous-9

Posted by: Anonymous-9 at August 03, 2015 11:35 AM (vmHHv)

137 this is so beautiful......thank you, thank you, thank you

Posted by: phoenixgirl, i was born a rebel at August 03, 2015 11:41 AM (0O7c5)

138
RD,
I like this painting even more than Onderonk's _Bluebonnets at Twilight near San Antonio_ (1920). - Which you posted some time back.

However, my favorite Onderdonk is his _Moonlight in South Texas_ (1912).

Posted by: _Dave_ at August 03, 2015 01:23 PM (l2dSQ)

139 http://pointsandfigures.com/2015/08/03/outrageous-hunting/ #cecilthelion thoughts......

Posted by: Jeffrey Carter (@pointsnfigures) at August 03, 2015 04:36 PM (7hz0r)

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