Monday Overnight Open Thread (5/25/26)

["It's All Down Hill" - 12" x 12" acrylic - Mis. Hum.]

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The Quote of The Day

"In most industries, swords just don't make any damn sense. In this particular one, it actually does." James Jacobs

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It's Wisconsin humor, lighten up.

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The question is how was your Monday? Pretty darn good compared to this!

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As yours truly ages finely like a fine bottle of wine. I'm so happy to have The Fabulous at my side.

The warning signs have been there for decades. Back in 1983, American author Barbara Ehrenreich wrote a powerful book — The Hearts of Men: American Dreams and the Flight from Commitment — arguing that a male revolt was underway. Since the 1950s, she suggested, men had begun rebelling against the breadwinner ethic, inspired by Playboy culture, the counterculture and a desire for personal freedom. They were rejecting the cultural ideology that had shamed them into tying the knot and becoming a good provider, lest they be seen as immature, irresponsible and less than a real man.
Ehrenreich understood that marriage was the mechanism by which society harnessed male productivity. Remove the shame and the yoke comes off.
Forty years on, the yoke has disappeared. In April 2026, the American male labour force participation rate hit its lowest level since records began in the 1940s, according to the US Bureau of Labour Statistics. One in three American men — roughly 33% — were not working or actively looking for work. The overall male participation rate for men aged 16 and over stood at just 67%, down from 73.5% two decades ago and from 87% in the postwar years when Ehrenreich’s story begins.
The trend is not confined to America. Similar declines — though less dramatic than in the United States — have occurred in the UK, Australia and Canada.
The marriage collapse runs in lockstep with the workforce data. According to US Census Bureau data, married-couple households made up 71% of all US households in 1970; today it’s just 47%. As University of Virginia sociologist Brad Wilcox documents in his 2024 book Get Married, the marriage rate has fallen 65% in the last half century.

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Is it the ink that sets them off? Are my bionic knees the culprits? Is it the long hair and Duck Dynasty beard? Or is it the rotisserie chicken that grabs their attention?

TSA Says You Can Carry a Rotisserie Chicken in Your Carry-On: 'As Many as You Can Fit'
Exploring the TSA's quirky security rules that allow rotisserie chickens but restrict protein shakes.

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If you don't know anyone or have a relative with Parkinson's Disease you are quite fortunate. Tonight's Feel Good Story of The Day.

Breakthrough Parkinson’s Drug Targets Disease at Its Genetic Roots

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The ONT Musical Interlude & Flight Delay Emporium

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I wonder if the dog's name is Murphy? Genius Award Winner.

Shortly after noon on Saturday, officers with the Scottsbluff Police Department responded to Short Stop, located at 2002 Avenue I, after receiving a report that an individual had been shot by a BB gun. While officers were en route, updated information indicated that the incident involved a shotgun.
Upon arrival, officers located a truck with an attached camper. The passenger side door panel of the vehicle had sustained damage consistent with a shotgun blast.
Through the preliminary investigation, officers determined that the owner of the truck had pulled into the convenience store to purchase merchandise. While the passenger of the truck was standing near the front passenger side door, a dog in the back seat moved from one side of the vehicle to the other. During that movement, the dog triggered a shotgun that had a live shell in the chamber, causing the firearm to discharge.

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Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at 09:40 PM

Comments

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1 First?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 25, 2026 09:45 PM (w6EFb)

2 MisHum, did your curiosity get the better of you at the gas pump?

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2026 09:45 PM (kpS4V)

3
You know it's a slow night when I get first.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 25, 2026 09:45 PM (w6EFb)

4 It feels early but vey good!

Thanks for kicking off the ONT MisHum!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 25, 2026 09:49 PM (oyck1)

5 Good Evening Mis Hum.
Always great to see your paintings on the ONT.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at May 25, 2026 09:50 PM (+iIfu)

6 Mis Hum your painting feels like Middle Earth

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 25, 2026 09:50 PM (eZ5tL)

7
Good evening, all.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at May 25, 2026 09:50 PM (n7rxJ)

8 Top Five?
It's a holiday, I guess.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at May 25, 2026 09:51 PM (+iIfu)

9 That last one is aa Darwin warning for sure.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 25, 2026 09:53 PM (oyck1)

10 Evening Hordemates!

Posted by: Diogenes at May 25, 2026 09:53 PM (2WIwB)

11 Since it is Memorial Day I'll be sipping on a wee dram of Devil's Brigade whiskey.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at May 25, 2026 09:53 PM (+iIfu)

12 9 That last one is aa Darwin warning for sure.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at May 25, 2026 09:53 PM (oyck1)
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Or maybe Zoolander.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at May 25, 2026 09:55 PM (kpS4V)

13 married-couple households made up 71% of all US households in 1970; today it’s just 47%.
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I wonder if the divorce rate has changed?

Posted by: Methos at May 25, 2026 09:57 PM (vSvIl)

14 Really thought the Mystery Click would be New Found Glory's "It's All Downhill From Here."

Posted by: pookysgirl only remembers the chorus at May 25, 2026 09:59 PM (Wt5PA)

15 Sorry I'm late, I ran out of tissues.

https://youtu.be/n0lEnp7Bef0

Posted by: tankdemon at May 25, 2026 10:00 PM (CvBUs)

16 Good evening Horde. Thanks MisHum!

Posted by: TRex - chicken transporter dino at May 25, 2026 10:01 PM (cCn4/)

17 Evening all. Remembering better men than I tonight. I miss them.

Posted by: RandomDave at May 25, 2026 10:01 PM (aJQbY)

18 @Eric_Schmitt

"On this Memorial Day please take 3 minutes out of your day and listen to this letter from Maj. Sullivan Ballou to his wife as the Civil War broke out.

It’s powerful.

You won’t regret it."

x.com/eric_schmitt/status/
2058910198434013586

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 25, 2026 10:02 PM (DoBxX)

19
Thank you MisHum.

Beautiful painting.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:02 PM (3ek7K)

20 Dolomites?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 25, 2026 10:02 PM (u/oMr)

21 Lots of greenery. Is Obama hiding back there somewhere?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)

22 Did someone here recommend the show Widow's Bay on appletv?
Thanks to whomever did - I am loving the quirky comedy horror mystery

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 25, 2026 10:04 PM (DoBxX)

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Well! At least the ONT is better run than the Café!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:04 PM (HdYcL)

24 Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by Case Examples.

Inserting in both places is okay, then?

Posted by: Paul, Sid, and/or Raimondo at May 25, 2026 10:06 PM (VHUov)

25

Ace was probably spending time with crows and didn't notice, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:06 PM (3ek7K)

26 Evenin'

First World Problems!!

I've been getting ready for my golf/fishing vacation to western PA tomorrow and I can't find my range finder I use for golf. It was an Amazon Chinese made cheapie range finder but I liked it. I'm a bit annoyed. I'll have to go back to guessing and hoping for the best. Oh well, I'll endeavor to percervere.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at May 25, 2026 10:07 PM (sAmhv)

27 When I eat the dessicant pack in a sack of beef jerky, I like to follow it up with a gas-pump-nozzle-up-my-ass chaser.

Now some "experts" are telling me that neither of these is a good idea?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 25, 2026 10:08 PM (u/oMr)

28 I noticed listening to old time radio programs, Divorce was sometimes part of the plot line.

Generally, your spouse had to give you permission to get a divorce. Or put another way, both parties had to agree. And apparently there was some sort of sketchy workaround, called a “Mexican divorce”, maybe they had a different take on it in Mexico.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (Boo5w)

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Ehrenreich understood that marriage was the mechanism by which society harnessed male productivity. Remove the shame and the yoke comes off.

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Benjamin Spock, the Playboy Philosophy, the Counterculture, the New Left, the Spirit of Vatican II. All catastrophic.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (HdYcL)

30 Room temperature rotisserie chicken in a carry on is not the healthiest thing to be eating during a long flight.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (y171U)

31 Geepers! Snipers all over the place.

Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (DuLyh)

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Experts or influencers. Which is worse?

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (3ek7K)

33 Once again...nicely done HUM!
It's always good to see you.
I hope you and your lovely lady are enjoying wonderful retirement.
We all miss you though❣💕
Thanks for being here!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 25, 2026 10:10 PM (uTEOj)

34 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 10:10 PM (77rzZ)

35 Well! At least the ONT is better run than the Café!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

I dunno, seems less centered.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 25, 2026 10:11 PM (ZVgZ4)

36 Love the acrylic - Mis. Hum.

Looks like some Western peaks there.

Posted by: KT at May 25, 2026 10:11 PM (rdeQO)

37
Sorry, left one out: The Pill.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:11 PM (HdYcL)

38
Experts or influencers. Which is worse?

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (3ek7K)

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Yes

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:11 PM (HdYcL)

39 Great painting up top - for some reason it reminds me of Mt. Index in Washington.

Posted by: 496 at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (Mf3Q1)

40 27 When I eat the dessicant pack in a sack of beef jerky, I like to follow it up with a gas-pump-nozzle-up-my-ass chaser.

Now some "experts" are telling me that neither of these is a good idea?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 25, 2026 10:08 PM (u/oMr)

No need to let the "experts" run your life. They just want to keep all the really fun stuff for themselves.

Posted by: tankdemon at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (CvBUs)

41 That's the first time I've heard Berens perform without his affected accent. He's still funny.

Posted by: lurk at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (h0JFh)

42 Generally, your spouse had to give you permission to get a divorce. Or put another way, both parties had to agree. And apparently there was some sort of sketchy workaround, called a “Mexican divorce”, maybe they had a different take on it in Mexico.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (Boo5w)

For years Reno NV was famous for no fault divorces. You could hock your ring right down the block from the courthouse too.

Posted by: Reforger at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (gbGyB)

43 Experts or influencers. Which is worse?

Posted by: four seasons

Yes?

Posted by: RandomDave at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (aJQbY)

44 How did Dr. Spock (as opposed to Mr. Spock) do damage?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (ZVgZ4)

45 Evenin’, Hadrian. How art thou?

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

46 Yeah, the Pill did more damage than all the rest!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at May 25, 2026 10:14 PM (ZVgZ4)

47 The ONT Musical Interlude & Flight Delay Emporium

Bonus track.

https://youtu.be/6MN0V4Te94k

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

48
How art thou?

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

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Puttered around today. Did some dusting and cleaning. Gave Dutchess a bath. Scrubbed down her pen. And you?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:15 PM (HdYcL)

49 Wait. Is the war back on? We attacked one of Iran's islands by Hormuz?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

50
Hadrian is great. He had a bath today.

Oh that was one of his dogs.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:15 PM (3ek7K)

51 Marriage was decidedly not some sort of patriarchal enslavement plot. It serves a function in society in the hopes of a stable community, among other things. It both intends to prevent females of the species from being left alone and unaided to raise children, and males from being forced to provide for children that aren’t theirs. Notice that both are a huge problem now, and “the state” is now Daddy Provider, meaning the taxpayer is on the hook for all the dysfunction that results.

The family of course is the basic building block of civilization, so it should he no surprise that it has been targeted for destruction by the usual suspects.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:15 PM (Boo5w)

52 The sexual revolution, in both of its manifestations (the pill, and the requirement that chicks work) was a complete disaster.

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 10:16 PM (77rzZ)

53 Room temperature rotisserie chicken in a carry on is not the healthiest thing to be eating during a long flight.

Posted by: Joemarine at May 25, 2026 10:09 PM (y171U)

It's roasted (sterilized), and animal protein is fairly safe for a few hours. I don't think it is awful...nothing like bringing a package of gas station sushi.

Or a sliced lamb sandwich with homemade mayo. (Ask me how I know).

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 25, 2026 10:17 PM (iERP6)

54
Hadrian is great. He had a bath today.

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*sniffs armpit*

I'm good for another week.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:18 PM (HdYcL)

55 So, on the principle of reciprocity, Nevada decided how Divorce works in the 49 other states? That doesn’t seem right, somehow. Maybe, if you got married in Nevada. I guess.

Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:18 PM (Boo5w)

56 I have joked about bringing a rotisserie chicken on a plane to eat - plastic clam shell container and all. God bless you for having done it!

Posted by: 496 at May 25, 2026 10:19 PM (clfdg)

57 48 Hadrian, I am scheduled to have my first student tomorrow evening, from 6-7. I’m nervous as all get out about it.

Posted by: Bulg at May 25, 2026 10:19 PM (77rzZ)

58
Hadrian,

We have strict water restrictions here. Appreciate if you'll take a shower for us.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:19 PM (3ek7K)

59
I have a magnet that says "the most affectionate creature on earth is a wet dog"

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (3ek7K)

60 "I'll take Swords for $400."

Not really Sean Connery.

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (Jr+re)

61 6 Mis Hum your painting feels like Middle Earth

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at May 25, 2026 09:50 PM (eZ5tL)

The Dimholt.

Posted by: davidt at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (Q+gd/)

62 55 So, on the principle of reciprocity, Nevada decided how Divorce works in the 49 other states? That doesn’t seem right, somehow. Maybe, if you got married in Nevada. I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:18 PM (Boo5w)

Pretty much.

Posted by: Reforger at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (gbGyB)

63 Evening, MisHum, and ONT Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (8zz6B)

64 So, on the principle of reciprocity, Nevada decided how Divorce works in the 49 other states? That doesn’t seem right, somehow. Maybe, if you got married in Nevada. I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:18 PM (Boo5w)

Once you become a resident of a state, that state has the right to determine their own rules and regs for things like that. Whether other states recognized it, I never looked into it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)

65 I post this, as I do every Memorial Day, because it is all that I can do. I do not forget, and I will not forget. It will require a few posts.

Other people probably have longer lists, but this is mine. Friends, comrades-in-arms. Requiescat in pace guys, I think about you often.
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ROBERT NELSON MORDEN
PFC - E2 - Marine Corps - Regular

Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Dec 19, 1967
Casualty was on Feb 8, 1968
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 10:21 PM (XeU6L)

66 LLOYD WHITFIELD MOORE
HN - E3 - Navy - Regular

Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jan 15, 1968
Casualty was on Feb 25, 1968
In QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 10:22 PM (XeU6L)

67 AOP, will you be home for the secession vote?

Posted by: LRob in OK at May 25, 2026 10:22 PM (Jr+re)

68 CRAIG PHILIP AVERILL
CPL - E4 - Army - Regular
101st Airborne Division

Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Jun 12, 1967
Casualty was on Mar 26, 1968
In THUA THIEN, SOUTH VIETNAM
Hostile, died of wounds, GROUND CASUALTY
MULTIPLE FRAGMENTATION WOUNDS
Body was recovered
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 10:22 PM (XeU6L)

69 The question is how was your Monday? Pretty darn good compared to this!

I have so many questions. So I asked Grok to compress them for me:

"WHY?!?"

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

70 GLENN BRANSON HAINES JR
PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
18th Eng Bde

Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Nov 26, 1968
Casualty was on Mar 6, 1969
In , SOUTH VIETNAM
Non-Hostile, died of illness/injury, GROUND CASUALTY
ACCIDENTAL SELF-DESTRUCTION
Body was recovered
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (XeU6L)

71 JOE WOFFORD EUBANKS
CAPT - O3 - Army - Regular
1st AVN BDE

His tour began on Nov 13, 1971
Casualty was on Jun 2, 1972
In PLEIKU, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, HELICOPTER - CREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was recovered
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Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (XeU6L)

72 From last thread:
>> There is a little known reinforced underground concrete bunker at the 39A launch site or thereabouts. In theory the astronauts could have unassed the spacecraft in an emergency via a zip line and taken refuge there. They had survival supplies and such inside.

There were actually two different things. The zip line or slidewire system was added later. The first system installed from the beginning was the so-called "Rubber Room". This was a massive bunker under the pad designed to handle the full explosion of a Saturn V on the pad. Access was via a high speed elevator, into a long slide that led to a padded rubber landing pad which then led to a massive blast door to get inside the bunker.

The slidewire basket system was added later, being setup and tested somewhere around Apollo 9. That became the preferred on, although the rubber room was still available.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (w6EFb)

73 magnet that says "the most affectionate creature on earth is a wet dog"

I can top that

Posted by: a dog that just rolled in deer poo at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (gKWVE)

74 RICHARD MICHAEL CAMPBELL
SGT - E5 - Army - Selective Service
9th Infantry Division

Length of service 1 years
His tour began on Apr 2, 1968
Casualty was on May 7, 1968
In GIA DINH, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
DROWNED, SUFFOCATED
Body was recovered

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (XeU6L)

75 vmom, 18:

My sister wrote an arrangement of Ashokan Farewell which includes a cello part for my mother's funeral. The piece always makes me think about how articulate people can be about their family relationships with some thought.

Though Sullivan Ballou's letter is extraordinary.

Posted by: KT at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (rdeQO)

76 Though Sullivan Ballou's letter is extraordinary.
Posted by: KT at May 25, 2026 10:23 PM (rdeQO)

Beats most writers today.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:24 PM (1Ff7Z)

77 Sometimes I wonder...
MisHum used to engage. I guess now it's just something the guy's gotta do....
Oh well. I hope you at least get one of those tokens at the Club.
Of course, maybe you don't GAF...
Anyway, catch a big one🤪🐟!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 25, 2026 10:25 PM (uTEOj)

78 I can see myself walking down that path! Thank you, MisHum!

Posted by: Piper at May 25, 2026 10:26 PM (OoFl2)

79 One in three American men — roughly 33% — were not working or actively looking for work.

A non-trivial amount of that is the fact that if you're white, male, and a US citizen you probably aren't getting any bites on your resume unless you say on it that you're gay. Insty had a thing earlier that 2/3rds of Silicon Valley jobs are held by foreigners, mostly Indian and Chi-Com.

Posted by: Ian S. at May 25, 2026 10:27 PM (tUj8P)

80 Thanks for the dandy Monday Night ONT, Mis Hum!

Another great artwork up top. You have a definite style to your painting, and it's lovely.

Nice to know I can tote a rotisserie chicken on board an aircraft. They will confiscate my yogurt parfait however, because it could be explosives garnished with blueberries and granola (yeah, right!).

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at May 25, 2026 10:27 PM (D/6p1)

81 Although we honor our war dead, surely this was a greater sacrifice for our country*

https://tinyurl.com/3xm84ysa

*Not

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:27 PM (1Ff7Z)

82
So, on the principle of reciprocity, Nevada decided how Divorce works in the 49 other states? That doesn’t seem right, somehow. Maybe, if you got married in Nevada. I guess.
Posted by: Common Tater at May 25, 2026 10:18 PM (Boo5w)

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I had thought that back then there was some residency requirement in Nevada to get a divorce. At fiirst it was six months, then three months, then six weeks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:28 PM (HdYcL)

83 I see MisHum captured the Purple Mountain Majesties quite nicely. Too high for the Fruited Plain, though.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at May 25, 2026 10:29 PM (qx7Zg)

84 What is the law at Instapundit? Not to complain about another overlinked Driscoll post full of boring crap. Are we not MEN?

Posted by: gKWVE at May 25, 2026 10:29 PM (gKWVE)

85 "It's All Down Hill"

.....Until It's Up-Mountain In A Few Miles.

You've got a talent, MisHum. I'd have a hard time aping Rothko.

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

86
I have a magnet with a witchy looking woman leaning on a broom.

She says Do I look like I give a rats ass?

I'm thinking about having cards made that say that to hand out to assholes.

Posted by: four seasons at May 25, 2026 10:31 PM (3ek7K)

87 Wishing for a pleasant, albeit solemn Memorial Day Monday.

My father used to display his father's flag on today & Veteran's day...

But my father has since passed. Eldest inherited the flag & prefers to keep it a tri-fold keepsake box.

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Monday . . . at May 25, 2026 10:32 PM (3ZUWJ)

88 Remembering 2LT William D White USCMR E CO, 2 BN, 7th Marines. KIA while fighting the enemy at "Outpost Vegas," South Korea on March 29, 1953. Born Teaneck, New Jersey, hometown Englewood, New Jersey.

Dad always talked about LT White. White and a visiting Major were KIA during a Chinese heavy mortar or artillery barrage. Dad went to render aid but there were very little remains of either.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2026 10:32 PM (DuLyh)

89 Posted by: gKWVE at May 25, 2026 10:29 PM (gKWVE)
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He's intolerable. But he is the only one there who links to Ace, so I give him limited kudos. It may have been one of his links that first led me here 15+ years ago.

Posted by: 496 at May 25, 2026 10:32 PM (6THca)

90 Ehrenreich was full of it. It's not men rejecting the role of men. It's women rejecting the role of men.

Just another haggard old boomer feminist who fucked up the world and then blamed the world for haggard old boomer feminist fuckups.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at May 25, 2026 10:33 PM (BI5O2)

91 Good evening morons И спасибо mh

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

92 A non-trivial amount of that is the fact that if you're white, male, and a US citizen you probably aren't getting any bites on your resume unless you say on it that you're gay. Insty had a thing earlier that 2/3rds of Silicon Valley jobs are held by foreigners, mostly Indian and Chi-Com.
Posted by: Ian S.

And if you're in the other 1/3rd, you work 24 hours a day to make up for the poor efforts of that 2/3rds, and have no time for marriage or kids. If you're lucky, you get the Elon Musk harem route.

Posted by: mikeski at May 25, 2026 10:34 PM (VHUov)

93 That's lovely, Mis Hum. Quite a change in your style. I like the new MisHum.

Posted by: creeper at May 25, 2026 10:34 PM (80oeU)

94 Thank you Mike Hammer. I have been reading the posts on X of the names of our lost. I won’t forget, even if I never knew their names.

Posted by: Piper at May 25, 2026 10:34 PM (OoFl2)

95
I read Insty, but it's now pretty bad among Reynolds, Driscoll and Green. As for their commenters, they make us look like a Louis XV salon.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 25, 2026 10:35 PM (HdYcL)

96 It’s a crazy world at the gas station.

Posted by: Eromero at May 25, 2026 10:35 PM (LHPAg)

97 SGT Albert Medas USMC KIA

(from my Dad's notebooks)

Sgt. Medas was wounded during the Vegas-Carson-Reno outpost battles at the end of March, 1953. I was also wounded during those actions and was evacuated to Yokuska Naval Hosp. During my recovery I saw Medas being wheeled through my ward. I hollered at him but he gave no response. He had suffered a grave head wound and had stroke-like symptoms. He did not recognize me. The orderly came over and asked if I knew him and I told him yes, he was in my outfit. The next day a nurse came to interview me concerning the Sgt. She told me he had lost his tags and ID during the battle or evacuation and arrived at the hospital listed as "unknown" as he could not identify himself.
Medas was one mean, tough Marine.

He never left the hospital. Medas DOW in September 1953.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 25, 2026 10:39 PM (DuLyh)

98 "It's a crazy world at the gas station."

As I keep trying to say, maybe it wasn't such a great idea to destroy so much of the oil industry in the 20-teens; the oilfield in Louisiana was wrecked and what was left got buried by covid.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at May 25, 2026 10:40 PM (03Dwc)

99
What is the law at Instapundit? Not to complain about another overlinked Driscoll post full of boring crap. Are we not MEN?
Posted by: gKWVE

Do not walk on all fours.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at May 25, 2026 10:40 PM (Cqx++)

100 Yep. So yeah. Thanks Hum....
I give up on Mondays.
Nice pic. I miss your engagement, though. You're probably not even here...
Don't put yourself out. Go be retired. Much love to you and the Fabulous. ❣❣

Posted by: COMountainMarie at May 25, 2026 10:41 PM (uTEOj)

101 The 87 Regular or the 93 Hi-Test enema?

Decisions, decisions . . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 25, 2026 10:41 PM (wVcYX)

102 Grrrrr! Just ripped the flag when trying to roll it up.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at May 25, 2026 10:42 PM (1Ff7Z)

103 Thank you Mike Hammer may their memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 25, 2026 10:42 PM (RIvkX)

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