Mid-Morning Art Thread

Mason County Landscape
Charles T. Bowling

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 It looks off.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 29, 2026 09:30 AM (HIzgC)

2 And a mailbox...

Posted by: t-bird at May 29, 2026 09:31 AM (iF8Pa)

3 Nice. Simple. Hard life.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 09:31 AM (bss/y)

4 T. H. Bentony.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

5 Mason County was dry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at May 29, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

6 Green Acres is the place to be
Farm livin' is the life for me

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 09:31 AM (u/oMr)

7 1 It looks off.
Posted by: Will Robinson at May 29, 2026 09:30 AM (HIzgC)

It has a kind of Dali look to it without the drugs.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 09:31 AM (bss/y)

8 Astronaut farmer prepares launch of single-stage rocket, T minus ten.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:31 AM (Wq24h)

9 I would still hang it on the living room wall just to hear people say how odd they think it looks.

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 29, 2026 09:31 AM (HIzgC)

10 Drug lab.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at May 29, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

11 The soybean harvest is gonna be a mite thin this year.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 09:32 AM (u/oMr)

12 Don't plow up the mesquite. That's how dustbowls happen

Posted by: 2009Refugee at May 29, 2026 09:32 AM (yAbRW)

13 At least they never had to worry about the water pressure being too high in the house.

Posted by: t-bird at May 29, 2026 09:32 AM (iF8Pa)

14 Big house. Fancy car. Private water source. You can't hide money.

Posted by: The neighbors at May 29, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

15 I've been to Mason County. Looks just like that.

Posted by: huerfano at May 29, 2026 09:33 AM (VJX5o)

16 Is this a repeat?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 09:33 AM (Z3R2R)

17 That rocket's gonna blow up.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 09:34 AM (gtcuf)

18 Farmer wakes up every morning, and fills his lungs with stimulating fresh brown air and gray dust. Stimulating.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:34 AM (Wq24h)

19 DMA
Maker:
Artist
Charles T. Bowling
American, 1891 - 1985
Date:
1938
Collection Area:
U.S. and Canadian Art
Classification:
Paintings
Material and Technique:
Egg tempera on canvas
Dimensions:
Panel dimensions: 24 × 30 × 7/8 in. (60.96 × 76.2 × 2.22 cm) Framed dimensions: 32 1/4 × 38 3/8 × 2 in. (81.92 × 97.47 × 5.08 cm)

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 09:34 AM (/+uur)

20 Fine crop of dirt this year.

Posted by: JackStraw at May 29, 2026 09:34 AM (viF8m)

21 Hardscrabble.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fat, Dumb, and Happy at May 29, 2026 09:35 AM (ndZc7)

22

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at May 29, 2026 09:35 AM (GM3Bb)

23 Notice how there are no tire tracks in the driveway? I'm not saying space aliens with anti-grav cars live there but space aliens with anti-grav cars live there!!

Posted by: Will Robinson at May 29, 2026 09:35 AM (HIzgC)

24
it's very brown
meh
no hang

Posted by: Don Black at May 29, 2026 09:35 AM (ZxPkt)

25 Which state is this in?

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)

26 Charles T. Bowling

He had balls.

Sorry. I'll stay in my lane.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 09:36 AM (gtcuf)

27 Back of painting

https://dma.org/art/collection/object/3173171

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 09:36 AM (/+uur)

28 Never should have traded in the cow for a Model T.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 09:36 AM (u/oMr)

29 Fine crop of dirt this year.
Posted by: JackStraw

That's why he needs the barn. Store the harvest.

Posted by: t-bird at May 29, 2026 09:36 AM (iF8Pa)

30 Kinda small.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2026 09:37 AM (piLYH)

31 That's the banker's car out front.

Time to foreclose.

Again.

Posted by: Tonypete at May 29, 2026 09:37 AM (440br)

32 I like these sort of home spun paintings.. I've always had a soft spot for Thomas Hart Benton too..

Posted by: It's me donna at May 29, 2026 09:37 AM (FtULh)

33 Auntie Em! Auntie Em!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher, phoning it in at May 29, 2026 09:37 AM (LxER7)

34 Needs more happy little trees.

Posted by: She Hobbit at May 29, 2026 09:37 AM (ftFVW)

35 26 Ha!

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:38 AM (Wq24h)

36 Charles Taylor Bowling (American, 1891-1985)
West Texas Tank, 1940
Oil on canvas laid on board
12 x 16 inches (30.5 x 40.6 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: Chas T. Bowling / 1940
Titled on the reverse: West Texas Tank

Auction 5380 | Lot: 75047 | Nov 10, 2018
Sold For: $11,000.00

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 09:38 AM (/+uur)

37 25 Which state is this in?

Texas, I think?

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 09:38 AM (gtcuf)

38 >>Which state is this in?

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 09:35 AM

Mason County, Texas.

Posted by: huerfano at May 29, 2026 09:38 AM (VJX5o)

39 That car is teeny. I expect a horde of clowns to emerge at any moment.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 29, 2026 09:39 AM (1clWT)

40 Needs a chicken in the yard.

And a cow.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 29, 2026 09:39 AM (jehhT)

41 The landscaping could use a lawn jockey.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 09:39 AM (u/oMr)

42 I don’t see anything actually living in this piece. Not a dog or a cow or a cat or a lizard.

Posted by: nurse ratched at May 29, 2026 09:39 AM (A5RD0)

43 Yellow things in the yard: stones, or the scat of the Desert Sasquatch?

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:39 AM (Wq24h)

44 Welcome to Mason County!

As of April 12, 2026, Mason County is not under a Burn Ban.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 09:39 AM (/+uur)

45 26 Charles T. Bowling

He had balls.

Sorry. I'll stay in my lane.
----
He strikes me as a fun person.

Posted by: Oh, no... at May 29, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

46 I Know Which Way the Wind Blows - a limerick

Way out on the Great American Plain
The clouds suggest there's going to be some rain
The windmill out in back
Of my rundown one-room shack
Tells me predicting weather is in vane.

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 09:41 AM (qgHp7)

47 That's the banker's car out front.

Time to foreclose.

Again.
Posted by: Tonypete

Like a used car dealership in East Cleveland.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 29, 2026 09:41 AM (rGH6a)

48 No mail. Probably ever.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 29, 2026 09:41 AM (jehhT)

49 42 I don’t see anything actually living in this piece. Not a dog or a cow or a cat or a lizard.

There are some trees. Not very happy looking trees.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 09:41 AM (gtcuf)

50 Charles T. Bowling

He had balls.

Sorry. I'll stay in my lane.

He's hard to pin down.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 29, 2026 09:41 AM (1clWT)

51 Add some lush vegetation, a water wheel, a quaint little bridge and some light in the windows and this might make a nice collector's plate.

Posted by: Thomas Kinkaid, Painter of Light at May 29, 2026 09:42 AM (u/oMr)

52 It looks like it's the one in Texas.

Posted by: No Name Today at May 29, 2026 09:42 AM (8mulE)

53 The perfidious bankers wouldn't let the farmer have a bigger house.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2026 09:42 AM (piLYH)

54
Alternate title:

"Max Baer Took the Day Off From Kicking the Asses of Murderous Scumbags"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 09:42 AM (iJfKG)

55 45 26 Charles T. Bowling

He had balls.

Sorry. I'll stay in my lane.
----
He strikes me as a fun person.
+++++
Spare us.

Posted by: Not again... at May 29, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)

56 Those are some odd proportions. 3 ft tall car and 8 ft doorway. Weird.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at May 29, 2026 09:43 AM (GTqXr)

57 Not bad. Good use of light. Wouldn't want to look at it all day, especially if I lived there.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at May 29, 2026 09:43 AM (CHHv1)

58 Cisterns are racist.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 09:44 AM (gtcuf)

59 Charles T. Bowling
---
He had balls.
---
Sorry. I'll stay in my lane.
----
He strikes me as a fun person.

*********

Every morning he does his kegler exercises...

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 09:44 AM (qgHp7)

60 No tractor?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2026 09:44 AM (piLYH)

61 American Gothic without humans
Would hang, not real complex .
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at May 29, 2026 09:44 AM (SW0z7)

62 That's the banker's car out front.

Time to foreclose.

Again.
Posted by: Tonypete

----------

You'll notice that the wily farmer has removed the front gate, so the legally-required Notice of Sale can't be posted.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 09:44 AM (u/oMr)

63 I dont think Dirt Famer actually means that.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 09:45 AM (/+uur)

64 AI sez there are six states with a Mason County. I've vacationed Mason County IL a few times. Lovely nature preserves: sand prairies with racerunners and tiger beetles.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:45 AM (Wq24h)

65 Brown Acres is the place to be

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 09:45 AM (/+uur)

66 "No tractor?"

Worst of all: no outhouse.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:45 AM (Wq24h)

67 It's missing the car full of drunk teenagers swinging a bat at the mailbox

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:45 AM (tL5sl)

68 The tractor was already repo'd.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 09:46 AM (gtcuf)

69 Would make an OK jigsaw puzzle

Posted by: MkY at May 29, 2026 09:46 AM (q6tQZ)

70 Land spreading out so far and wide
Keep Manhattan
and give me that dirt

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 09:46 AM (/+uur)

71 Rock farm.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2026 09:46 AM (piLYH)

72 His work seems a bit simplistic, but earnest. Wouldn't hang, but don't hate it.

Posted by: Wally at May 29, 2026 09:46 AM (65cLN)

73 glurp!

Posted by: Le Baim at May 29, 2026 09:47 AM (HmCtv)

74 Charles T. Bowling

He had balls.

Sorry. I'll stay in my lane.
----
He strikes me as a fun person.
+++++
Spare us.
Posted by: Not again...

And the puns keep rolling

Posted by: Tuna at May 29, 2026 09:47 AM (lJ0H4)

75 Rock farm.
Posted by: Boss Moss

Ahhhh. NE Arkansas.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 29, 2026 09:47 AM (rGH6a)

76 How does one get water out of that water tank? I don't see a trough or a spigot.

Posted by: dantesed at May 29, 2026 09:47 AM (Oy/m2)

77 Worst of all: no outhouse.
Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:45 AM (Wq24h)

Hun
Have you check our shitter

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 09:47 AM (/+uur)

78 Dude, face it. Maybe farming isn't your thing.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 09:47 AM (u/oMr)

79 Mason County Texas has an Old Yeller Statue, A monument to the novel by Mason native Fred Gipson and Kristi Noem's favorite feel-good story.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 29, 2026 09:47 AM (1clWT)

80 59 Charles T. Bowling
---
He had balls.
---
Sorry. I'll stay in my lane.
----
He strikes me as a fun person.
******
But kinda hard to pin down.

Posted by: Groan at May 29, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)

81 It has a kind of Dali look to it without the drugs.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at May 29, 2026 09:31 AM

That was my first reaction.

And Bowling could have used some green.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2026 09:48 AM (kgE5c)

82 Bowling went to the Casa View Methodist Church in east Dallas near where I grew up I own two of his paintings. Purchased at an estate sale- also in Dallas. Dust bowl era. $35.00 for both paintings. Larger painting hanging next to the dining table.

Posted by: Glenn at May 29, 2026 09:48 AM (vneJl)

83 I'm partial to landscapes and I wonder who lives there?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

84 would hang

Posted by: Gref at May 29, 2026 09:49 AM (5rh/l)

85 "simplistic, but earnest."

'American Folk Art,' nodded the art museum docent.

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 09:49 AM (Wq24h)

86 Mason is between Austin and San Angelo

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 09:50 AM (/+uur)

87 That car has a really racy look to it.

Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 29, 2026 09:50 AM (dmDsy)

88 Mason County Texas has an Old Yeller Statue, A monument to the novel by Mason native Fred Gipson and Kristi Noem's favorite feel-good story.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 29, 2026 09:47 AM

And the Boston Public Garden has a Make Way for Ducklings statue...well, statues.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at May 29, 2026 09:50 AM (kgE5c)

89 Posted by: Glenn at May 29, 2026 09:48 AM (vneJl

That's interesting and congratulations on your purchases.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at May 29, 2026 09:51 AM (rZCVI)

90 Larger painting hanging next to the dining table.
Posted by: Glenn at May 29, 2026 09:48 AM (vneJl)

Wealth tax politicians just wrote down your IP address.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 09:51 AM (/+uur)

91 83 I'm partial to landscapes and I wonder who lives there?
++++++
Eva Gabor just out of frame.

Posted by: Green Acres at May 29, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

92 FDR will get us out of this depression, just you watch.

Posted by: mr tmz at May 29, 2026 09:52 AM (rJ48h)

93 "He had balls"
Which was good or bad depending on his frame of mind.

Posted by: Rex B at May 29, 2026 09:52 AM (rgnea)

94 79 Mason County Texas has an Old Yeller Statue, A monument to the novel by Mason native Fred Gipson and Kristi Noem's favorite feel-good story.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at May 29, 2026 09:47 AM (1clWT)

She didnt cry when she kill ol Yeller

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 09:52 AM (/+uur)

95
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 09:52 AM (HdYcL)

96 Bowling went to the Casa View Methodist Church in east Dallas near where I grew up I own two of his paintings. Purchased at an estate sale- also in Dallas. Dust bowl era. $35.00 for both paintings. Larger painting hanging next to the dining table.
Posted by: Glenn

So the theme this week is CBD was in Dallas at the Art Museum and didn't reach out to local Morons for free dinners? Because I gladly would have taken him to dinner.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 29, 2026 09:52 AM (rGH6a)

97 Eva Gabor just out of frame.
Posted by: Green Acres at May 29, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

Neighbor with a uterus

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 09:52 AM (/+uur)

98 Which state is this in?
Posted by: Bulg

*********

Thanks For Asking, Bulg - a limerick

Now that's a question I must say is fair
The setting could be almost anywhere
Is it Kansas or Nebraska?
Maybe Texas or Alaska?
Regardless it's in a state of disrepair.

Duh!

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 09:52 AM (qgHp7)

99 gleep!

Posted by: Le Haim at May 29, 2026 09:52 AM (FogNv)

100 Every morning he does his kegler exercises...

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 09:44 AM (qgHp7)

OOPH!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 09:52 AM (iERP6)

101 93 "He had balls"
Which was good or bad depending on his frame of mind.
Posted by: Rex B
++++
Get your mind out of the gutter.

Posted by: Tuesday night bowling league at May 29, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)

102 Which state is this in?
Posted by: Bulg

A very dilapidated state.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 29, 2026 09:53 AM (rGH6a)

103 7 out of10. Split on the Bowling painting.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2026 09:54 AM (piLYH)

104
Alternate title:

"Buford Orris Had the Misfortune of Building His Farm On The Only Five Acres On Earth Where Global Warming Was Actually a Thing"

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 09:54 AM (iJfKG)

105 Depression era? It reminds me of a lot of WPA art. (The other major part of WPA art is Soviet-style bold colors.)

Posted by: GWB at May 29, 2026 09:54 AM (OJx5l)

106 BREAKING: Bruce Springsteen advises that Americans should stop supporting Trump.

Developing...

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at May 29, 2026 09:54 AM (u/oMr)

107 Posted by: rickb223 at May 29, 2026 09:52 AM (rGH6a)

Next time!

Dallas is a weird city...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 09:54 AM (iERP6)

108 There's an awful lot of carpentry, and no masonry, in Mason County.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 29, 2026 09:55 AM (JCZqz)

109 Seen some research recently that, not only was the Dust Bowl drought just a normal event on the Plains, but there are often much longer, much more severe droughts, some in the 1000 year range.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 09:55 AM (73/SM)

110 97 Eva Gabor just out of frame.
Posted by: Green Acres at May 29, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

Neighbor with a uterus
Posted by: r hennigantx
++++
We had uteri.

Posted by: Petticoat Junction at May 29, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

111 I advise Bruce to take the next Blue Origin flight outta here.

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:56 AM (tL5sl)

112 106 BREAKING: Bruce Springsteen advises that Americans should stop supporting Trump.

Developing...
Posted by: Cicero

Who?

Posted by: Anyone under 40 at May 29, 2026 09:56 AM (JCZqz)

113 101 93 "He had balls"
Which was good or bad depending on his frame of mind.
Posted by: Rex B
++++
Get your mind out of the gutter.
Posted by: Tuesday night bowling league at May 29, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)

I'm just saying, he may have picked the wrong settee for this work.

Posted by: Rex B at May 29, 2026 09:57 AM (rgnea)

114 In the 2024 Presidential election. Mason County TX voted 82.2% Republican.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 09:57 AM (gtcuf)

115 Mason is between Austin and San Angelo
Posted by: r hennigantx

San Angelo is the armpit of the United States.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

116 FenlonSpoke - Thanks. I had a friend back in the late 1980s who haunted estate sales. Found the paintings near where he lived at the time. He gave them to me back in 1992.

Posted by: Glenn at May 29, 2026 09:57 AM (vneJl)

117 115 no, that'd be buffalo.

Posted by: cmeat at May 29, 2026 09:57 AM (R11M+)

118 Next time!

Dallas is a weird city...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Snort.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 29, 2026 09:58 AM (rGH6a)

119 117 115 no, that'd be buffalo.

Posted by: cmeat at May 29, 2026 09:57 AM (R11M+)

=====

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 09:58 AM (7RBt4)

120 114 In the 2024 Presidential election. Mason County TX voted 82.2% Republican.
Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 09:57 AM (gtcuf)

17.8% voted for "my hot cousin"

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:58 AM (tL5sl)

121 Which state is this in?
Posted by: Bulg

Desolation.

Posted by: t-bird at May 29, 2026 09:58 AM (iF8Pa)

122 workus interruptus. gotta go send 12kv phases.

Posted by: cmeat at May 29, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)

123 Who?

Posted by: Anyone under 40 at May 29, 2026 09:56 AM (JCZqz)

Exactly!

Four excellent albums in the 1970s, one very good, and one interesting album in the early 1980s, and then...SELLOUT!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 09:59 AM (iERP6)

124
120 114 In the 2024 Presidential election. Mason County TX voted 82.2% Republican.
Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 09:57 AM (gtcuf)

17.8% voted for "my hot cousin"

Posted by: gKWVE at May 29, 2026 09:58 AM (tL5sl)

=======

"Pack up, cousin, we're moving."
-Shelbyville Manhattan

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 09:59 AM (7RBt4)

125 That place for sale, Clark?

Posted by: Cousin Eddie at May 29, 2026 09:59 AM (u/oMr)

126 Springsteen opposes Trump? Man, when you've lost the billionaire vote, how can you claim to be a populist?

Posted by: Wally at May 29, 2026 09:59 AM (65cLN)

127 Say it with me, all together:

Could use some happy little bushes!

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at May 29, 2026 10:00 AM (0sNs1)

128 Alternate Title: "Brethren and Cistern"

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 10:00 AM (qgHp7)

129 108 There's an awful lot of carpentry, and no masonry, in Mason County.

They're famous for their jars.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 10:01 AM (gtcuf)

130 In the 2024 Presidential election. Mason County TX voted 82.2% Republican.

That's ok, I'll make it up in volume!

Posted by: Kamala Harris received 434 votes at May 29, 2026 10:02 AM (iF8Pa)

131 Looks like Larry McMurtry country.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

132 Springstein operates a fake horse farm to avoid paying taxes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2026 10:02 AM (piLYH)

133 Treeless landscape, yet all the structures are made of wood. In their mad rush to build, did they deforest the neighborhood?

Posted by: gp at May 29, 2026 10:02 AM (Wq24h)

134 Last time Mason County voted Dem, by a razor-thin margin, was 1976. Guess they really liked Carter.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 10:03 AM (gtcuf)

135
San Angelo is the armpit of the United States.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

__________

Yo.

Posted by: Port Arthur at May 29, 2026 10:03 AM (HdYcL)

136 I saw the brief appearance of troll. It's a pity Paul ain't merry.

Posted by: Rex B at May 29, 2026 10:04 AM (rgnea)

137 Mason County Landscape
Charles T. Bowling

This style of regional American art from roughly the depression period is right in my wheelhouse. Where that comes from is having spent a bunch of time poking around the rural Western US with a camera and bag of lenses.

These painters aren't Rembrandts from a technical perspective; their talents are elsewhere. As a group they have a singular ability to capture western American culture in transition, half late 19th century with the other half dipping its toes into the technological 20th century.

If they were painting today they would still nail the vastness of the American West and most likely would be capturing F250s with a Starlink antenna on the roof headed towards Amarillo to hear a country band at Starlight Ranch.

Totally would hang.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 29, 2026 10:04 AM (glnUu)

138 114 In the 2024 Presidential election. Mason County TX voted 82.2% Republican.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 09:57 AM (gtcuf)

The other 18% have been deported.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:04 AM (/+uur)

139 Hey, I'm originally from Buffalo.

Rochester is the nation's armpit.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 10:04 AM (gtcuf)

140 There's an awful lot of carpentry, and no masonry, in Mason County.

The masons built the Mason County (pop. several thousand) Courthouse (in 1910, in a year!) and spent the rest of the time building shacks for themselves, I guess.

Posted by: t-bird at May 29, 2026 10:05 AM (5+3vm)

141 Wonder how the well-water pressure is in that house.
In a modern setting the windmill would be
farther away
blown down
on fire
maybe all three.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at May 29, 2026 10:05 AM (zdLoL)

142 >>Rochester is the nation's armpit.

And I'm the other armpit!

Posted by: Gary, Indiana at May 29, 2026 10:06 AM (J4Dwc)

143 134 Last time Mason County voted Dem, by a razor-thin margin, was 1976. Guess they really liked Carter.
Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 10:03 AM (gtcuf)

I cant remember who the (R) was?
Ford?

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:06 AM (/+uur)

144 Needs more cottonwood trees, and don't fence me in!

Posted by: Rex B at May 29, 2026 10:06 AM (rgnea)

145 For my Navy CTI training, I had to go from Monterey, CA to San Angelo, TX (Goodfellow AFB). Talk about a downgrade!

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:06 AM (77rzZ)

146 Steps. How do they work?

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2026 10:07 AM (piLYH)

147 I cant remember who the (R) was?
Ford?
Posted by: r hennigantx

Yes, Ford was the R candidate in '76.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:07 AM (77rzZ)

148
I cant remember who the (R) was?
Ford?

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:06 AM (/+uur)

__________

Yes. A narrow loss. Not sure if Jerry would have been a lot better.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 10:08 AM (HdYcL)

149
San Angelo is the armpit of the United States.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

I am outraged that you insult the City of My Birth by referring to it as 'the armpit of the United States'.

Everyone know that San Angelo is The Earlobe of the United States!

Humph!!!!

*Sends negative mind-thoughts at Bulg*

Posted by: naturalfake at May 29, 2026 10:08 AM (iJfKG)

150 And I'm the other armpit!
Posted by: Gary, Indiana

Does Gary still stink when you drive through it on I-94?

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

151 Greeley is the armpit of Colorado. It smells like cow.

Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 10:10 AM (gtcuf)

152 nice cartoon. Needs characters and narrative.

Posted by: m'kay at May 29, 2026 10:10 AM (3NwUI)

153 *Sends negative mind-thoughts at Bulg*
Posted by: naturalfake

See me at 145. It was such a jolting contrast to Monterey.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

154 Everyone knows that Houston--hot, humid, swampy--is the actual armpit of America.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at May 29, 2026 10:11 AM (73/SM)

155 137 Thanks for the info Alteria Pilgram.

And keep Dallas weird? See comment 107 - CBD.

Posted by: Glenn at May 29, 2026 10:11 AM (vneJl)

156 People Who Live In Glass Houses - a limerick

Mason County really ain't too far
You can reach it in a broken down car
Your house is poorly built
All the windows are a-tilt
And it looks like your door is a jar!

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 10:12 AM (qgHp7)

157 It's a lifestyle, It ain't a livin.

Posted by: Warren at May 29, 2026 10:12 AM (3idXb)

158 > Rochester is the nation's armpit.
---------
Went to college with a guy from Rochester. About 4 or 5 of us drove from Ohio to his parents place one Friday after classes to go to a Rolling Stones concert over in Syracuse at the university there.

Over 4 decades ago.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at May 29, 2026 10:12 AM (jehhT)

159 San Angelo is the armpit of the United States.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

__________

Yo.
Posted by: Port Arthur

*Stinkydena has entered the chat.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 29, 2026 10:12 AM (rGH6a)

160 Is that where Wolfus is moving to?

Posted by: Puddleglum, chillin' in Amish Country at May 29, 2026 10:13 AM (bfy6w)

161 Bravo muldoon!

Posted by: Dixon - Mason Line at May 29, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)

162
And the Boston Public Garden has a Make Way for Ducklings statue...well, statues.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

Didn't one or more of the ducklings get stolen?

Posted by: From about That Time at May 29, 2026 10:13 AM (sl73Y)

163 Are all these armpits shaved or hirsute?

Asking for The Horde.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at May 29, 2026 10:13 AM (0sNs1)

164 nice cartoon. Needs characters and narrative.

Posted by: m'kay at May 29, 2026 10:10 AM (3NwUI)

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They have coyotes and roadrunners in Mason County, Texas.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 10:13 AM (BGLxh)

165 IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE BALL JARS ARE MANUFACTURED IN MASON COUNTY!

Posted by: BEN R. at May 29, 2026 10:13 AM (qgHp7)

166 DJIA
50,896.64
Uptrend
+227.67
+0.45%
LAST | 10:13:57 AM EDT
S&P 500
7,593.08
Uptrend
+29.45
+0.39%
LAST | 10:13:57 AM EDT
NASDAQ
27,035.582
Uptrend
+118.11
+0.44%
LAST | 10:13:57 AM EDT

At some point I need to sell.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:14 AM (/+uur)

167 >132 Springstein operates a fake horse farm to avoid paying taxes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2026 10:02 AM (piLYH)

His daughter rides dressage. She's a regular on the horse show circuit. Real working class hero Boss, regular salt of the earth guy.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at May 29, 2026 10:14 AM (GTqXr)

168 Michelle put my balls in a jar!

Posted by: Brock at May 29, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

169 139 Hey, I'm originally from Buffalo.

Rochester is the nation's armpit.
Posted by: Delurker at May 29, 2026 10:04 AM (gtcuf)

De ...

It's Troy.

You know that in your heart.

Posted by: browndog says woof at May 29, 2026 10:15 AM (3sXRv)

170 nice cartoon. Needs characters and narrative.
Posted by: m'kay

Well golly Davey. Do you think your parents will be home by dinner?
No, Goliath. I don't think they're coming home.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 29, 2026 10:15 AM (rGH6a)

171 Not sure if Jerry would have been a lot better.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 10:08 AM (HdYcL)

And we might not have gotten Reagan.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 10:15 AM (iERP6)

172 Who the fuck are the Knutsens?

Oh boy. How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus.

Posted by: The Dude at May 29, 2026 10:16 AM (IqKsT)

173 Yes. A narrow loss. Not sure if Jerry would have been a lot better.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at May 29, 2026 10:08 AM (HdYcL)

I try and think thru all the Pres since I was born.
I always forget him.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:16 AM (/+uur)

174 Springstein operates a fake horse farm to avoid paying taxes.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2026 10:02 AM (piLYH)

His daughter rides dressage. She's a regular on the horse show circuit. Real working class hero Boss, regular salt of the earth guy.
Posted by: Heavy Meta

Useless trivia:
In Texas, horses don't get you an ag exemption.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 29, 2026 10:17 AM (rGH6a)

175 Posted by: Heavy Meta at May 29, 2026 10:14 AM (GTqXr)

And he has a son who is (or at least was) a fireman in Newark.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 10:17 AM (iERP6)

176 And we might not have gotten Reagan.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 10:15 AM (iERP6)

I think Reagan was coming no matter what.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:17 AM (/+uur)

177 Pelosi's Gulch

Posted by: Suggested title at May 29, 2026 10:17 AM (vFG9F)

178 154 Everyone knows that Houston--hot, humid, swampy--is the actual armpit of America.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

*sitting quietly, hoping no one notices*

Posted by: Florida at May 29, 2026 10:18 AM (Dv3i1)

179 Where's Courage the cowardly dog?

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 10:18 AM (ZpG08)

180 166 At some point I need to sell.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:14 AM (/+uur)

======

There was a woman I worked with and had connected with on Facebook.

At work, she was just kind of an intense woman on the job. On Facebook, raging leftard.

Anyway, it's not like I paid attention to FB.

Anyway, a couple of years ago, I decide to just scroll my FB feed for the first time in months, and I see this woman's post responding to the assertion that Biden's economy is bad from Trump.

Just a picture of the DOW's growth saying "This isn't a bad economy."

I wonder if she's still posting things about how the economy is great because of the stock market. Deleted my FB a while ago, so I can't check.

I bet she is. She had a metric, and she's gonna stick to it!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 10:18 AM (7RBt4)

181 For 2028 some people support Vance, some Rubio, some DeSantis...might I also suggest DeAndre Holmes?

Note NSFW (language): https://tinyurl.com/2n7afxbp

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 10:18 AM (sKqQm)

182 I think Reagan was coming no matter what.
Posted by: r hennigantx

I don't know. I think it took the awfulness of Carter to get Reagan elected. The GOP establishment didn't want him.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

183 I was a stone throw from Mason about a month ago.
In Burnet at the Lone Star Caverns.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:19 AM (/+uur)

184 Mason County has a rich historical heritage which helps define who we are today as well as into the future. Come and:

Explore our historical heritage at White Pine Village, Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, and Research Center all operated by the Mason County Historical Society.

Cozy home. A bit dry…

Izzat a Model A?

Posted by: mindful webworker - home, home on the dust bowl... at May 29, 2026 10:19 AM (kU8xu)

185 Model T I think

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:21 AM (/+uur)

186 Just a picture of the DOW's growth saying "This isn't a bad economy."

I wonder if she's still posting things about how the economy is great because of the stock market. Deleted my FB a while ago, so I can't check.

I bet she is. She had a metric, and she's gonna stick to it!/

The left has no real principals or beliefs. You can find the same leftists arguing the stock market growth doesn't matter at all now, arguing that the stock market going down in Apr meant Trump failed, and in the 2020s that a growing stock market means Biden's economy was good.

The stock market is one part of the economy and should be considered but it isn't everything. Of course during the Biden years of 10%+ in real inflation means then you'd need a larger return then that for actual stock market growth.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 10:22 AM (sKqQm)

187 DELL

414.21
Dell Technologies Inc
+97.16(+30.65%)

ho lee fook

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:23 AM (/+uur)

188 Springsteen, yeah, I just shake my head these days. On the other hand I heard the band during the Born In The USA tour. The main show was good.

That isn't what I remember. What has indelibly stuck was the hour long encore of nothing but American rock and rolls covers. That band had some serious skills.

It was in that hour that my internal debate permanently ended over which was greater: Beethoven's 5th Symphony or Woolly Bully. It wasn't even close.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 29, 2026 10:23 AM (glnUu)

189 My group did monthly flights from San Antonio to San Angelo to do outreach clinics in the '90s. There were two Pediatric groups in town. We would fly out in the a.m., do a morning clinic at one office, break for lunch, do an afternoon clinic at the other office and then fly home. The revenue from the day barely covered the King Air rental and pilot's downtime at a local hotel during the day.

Posted by: BEN R. at May 29, 2026 10:23 AM (qgHp7)

190 Italicans

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:23 AM (/+uur)

191

UGH...save me from the barrel...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 10:23 AM (sKqQm)

192 I thirst.
-- The Barrel

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:23 AM (77rzZ)

193 186 The stock market is one part of the economy and should be considered but it isn't everything. Of course during the Biden years of 10%+ in real inflation means then you'd need a larger return then that for actual stock market growth.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 10:22 AM (sKqQm)

======

I think the stock market is algorithmic insanity driven by bots written by degenerate gamblers who demand that the line always goes up.

I think it has almost nothing to do with the economy, and I maintain that under every president.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at May 29, 2026 10:23 AM (7RBt4)

194 Speaking of Houston

Some rocket sturgeons burgled a comic book store. Next day they to sell their ill gotten loot at another store just a few miles away.

Needless to say, the police added to their collection of criminals.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 10:23 AM (ZpG08)

195 These painters aren't Rembrandts from a technical perspective; their talents are elsewhere. As a group they have a singular ability to capture western American culture in transition, half late 19th century with the other half dipping its toes into the technological 20th century.

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In addition to being America's Semiquincentennial, this year is the Route 66 Centennial -- officially birthed by telegram on April 30, 1926, and fully paved and opened on November 11, 1926,

[The Califzuela High-Speed Rail Project hardest hit ...]

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 10:23 AM (BGLxh)

196 /sock off and close tags FTW

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)

197 Talarico told Newsweek that he doesn't "see politics as left versus right," but instead "as top versus bottom."

Really leaning into it, isn't he?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at May 29, 2026 10:24 AM (Dv3i1)

198 DELL

414.21
Dell Technologies Inc
+97.16(+30.65%)

Their stock graph looks like one of those global warming graphs

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 10:24 AM (sKqQm)

199 Talerico better get used to being the bottom.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 10:25 AM (ZpG08)

200 1933, I'll warrant? It looks like a scene in the Dust Bowl.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 10:25 AM (wzUl9)

201 In addition to being America's Semiquincentennial, this year is the Route 66 Centennial -- officially birthed by telegram on April 30, 1926, and fully paved and opened on November 11, 1926,
Posted by: ShainS

I've never understood the Route 66 fascination. Guess it was too long before my time.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

202 That car has a really racy look to it.
Posted by: SSBN 656 (G) at May 29, 2026

***
Clyde Barrow reportedly thought very highly of the Ford V-8.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 10:26 AM (wzUl9)

203 200 1933, I'll warrant? It looks like a scene in the Dust Bowl.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at May 29, 2026 10:25 AM (wzUl9)

Dust Bowl would be great name for 2 teams with worst college season. Just make them play in dirt.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:26 AM (/+uur)

204 Nokia is also a stock to watch, I've held onto my metric crap ton of Nokia stock in hope of it rebounding.

It's rebounding nicely.

It's not anywhere near it's high, but I bought enough of it back in the day to where I'm almost at break even.

Which is nice.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at May 29, 2026 10:26 AM (XV/Pl)

205 Dell. AI sever revunue.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2026 10:26 AM (piLYH)

206 Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:23 AM (/+uur)

Big government contract. 8+$billion!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 10:26 AM (iERP6)

207 129 108 There's an awful lot of carpentry, and no masonry, in Mason County.

They're famous for their jars.
Posted by: Delurker

So they can pickle all the vegetables they gro...., er, store the booze they make to preserve their grain harv, er....they really like glass jar sand art? https://tinyurl.com/mtmpm4ds

Posted by: Moron Analyst at May 29, 2026 10:27 AM (JCZqz)

208 I asked copilot and it says 50-75% of trading is AI or algorithms. I then asked what the auto trading is based on and...it gave me pages of what it bases it on...

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 10:28 AM (sKqQm)

209 I don't know. I think it took the awfulness of Carter to get Reagan elected. The GOP establishment didn't want him.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

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

Agree.

And without The DogEater, we likely wouldn't have gotten Trump.

Posted by: ShainS -- During Trans Period Pride Month AKA Menstrual Equity??? at May 29, 2026 10:28 AM (BGLxh)

210 Dust Bowl would be great name for 2 teams with worst college season. Just make them play in dirt.
Posted by: r hennigantx

That's actually a fun idea -- to have the two worst regular-season teams play each other in a bowl game. I'm surprised that nobody's thought of it before.

Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)

211 ... a fake horse farm...

*******

Phonies?

Posted by: muldoon at May 29, 2026 10:29 AM (qgHp7)

212 I've never understood the Route 66 fascination. Guess it was too long before my time.
Posted by: Bulg at May 29, 2026 10:26 AM (77rzZ)
====

It was one of the main cross country routes before the interstate highway system was built.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 10:29 AM (RIvkX)

213 Definitely a Model T Ford.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at May 29, 2026 10:29 AM (8zz6B)

214 The Chump Bowl, winning team gets a lifetime supply of Taco Bell chalupas.

Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 10:29 AM (ZpG08)

215 50 get your mind out the gutter.

Posted by: cmeat at May 29, 2026 10:30 AM (R11M+)

216 Mason County Landscape, 1940
Charles T. Bowling

The painting is sweet, very Americana. I could hang it.

The portal to Texas History - Charles T. Bowling: An Annotated Bibliography, by Colleen Lahan Makowski

tshaonline org - Charles T. Bowling: A Legacy of Regionalist Art, By: Kendall Curlee, Published: November 1, 1994, Updated: March 23, 2021

In part, "Bowling began studying fine art at age thirty-five, when a long convalescence at home left him with free time to sketch and paint. He subsequently studied with Olin H. Travis at the Dallas Art Institute and then pursued independent studies with Frank E. Klepper and Alexandre Hogue. Bowling developed a highly finished, realistic style that featured rural landscapes and urban scenes; he favored a subtle palette of grey, ochre, rust, and cool blue-green."

PBS org, Antiques Roadshow, 1940 Charles Taylor Bowling "West Texas Tank" Oil, Appraised Value (201

, $25,000 Retail
--
👍 (Very nice as we move into the weekend.) Thanks

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 29, 2026 10:30 AM (NFX2v)

217 I asked copilot and it says 50-75% of trading is AI or algorithms.

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 10:28 AM (sKqQm)

That isn't a bad thing. There are trillions of dollars invested in index funds and other passively managed investments. Algorithmic trading is perfect for that sort of thing. It saves money.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at May 29, 2026 10:30 AM (iERP6)

218 Johnny Carson's former Bel Air mansion hits the market for $40 million. The 9,052-square-foot luxury home features six bedrooms, a tennis court and a pool.

The BelArabs was 1 of SNLs funniest skits.

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:30 AM (/+uur)

219 Just looked at the portfolio. I think I can afford to buy that MacBook Air I have been oogling and still have enough money to go see Tab Beniot tonight in Silver City.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at May 29, 2026 10:31 AM (glnUu)

220 It's Troy.
You know that in your heart.
Posted by: browndog says woof at May 29, 2026 10:15 AM (3sXRv)
--

My youngest is at RPI. They call it Troylet.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at May 29, 2026 10:31 AM (0bjKf)

221 Somehow Reagen squeaked out a win.

Posted by: Boss Moss at May 29, 2026 10:31 AM (piLYH)

222 I've got Varney on in case he reads another of ARiK's rants on-air.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 10:32 AM (RIvkX)

223 What goes up in Texas, stays up in Texas:

https://tinyurl.com/3kycfdp6

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at May 29, 2026 10:32 AM (Z3R2R)

224 214 The Chump Bowl, winning team gets a lifetime supply of Taco Bell chalupas.
Posted by: Anna Puma at May 29, 2026 10:29 AM (ZpG0

Locker room es no muy bueno

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:32 AM (/+uur)

225 79 the disney remake features a black lab.

Posted by: cmeat at May 29, 2026 10:32 AM (R11M+)

226 201 In addition to being America's Semiquincentennial, this year is the Route 66 Centennial -- officially birthed by telegram on April 30, 1926, and fully paved and opened on November 11, 1926,
Posted by: ShainS

I've never understood the Route 66 fascination. Guess it was too long before my time.
Posted by: Bulg
======
Modern version of the Oregon Trail, except to California and without dysentery.

Posted by: whig at May 29, 2026 10:33 AM (E4rtv)

227 https://tinyurl.com/3kycfdp6

All of those folks secretly hoped that would happen when they boarded the ride.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 10:34 AM (RIvkX)

228 Can you spare me some change
My oil strike did not come in
I pinned my hope on that
My mind is in the gutter when I watch lady golfers

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:34 AM (/+uur)

229 126 Springsteen opposes Trump? Man, when you've lost the billionaire vote, how can you claim to be a populist?
Posted by: Wally

Please.

Bruce Springsteen IS a billionaire, with his net worth officially estimated by Forbes at $1.2 billion. However, the rock icon himself publicly disputes this valuation. Of course.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at May 29, 2026 10:34 AM (NFX2v)

230 The BelArabs was 1 of SNLs funniest skits.
Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:30 AM (/+uur)
--

Abdul was out in the desert shootin' at some Jews when up from the ground came a bubblin' brew.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at May 29, 2026 10:35 AM (0bjKf)

231 Speaking of regionalist painters. Alexander Hogue's large paintings of west Texas landscapes are quite spectacular if you can see them person. The internet and books do not do justice to them. I think there is a museum in Tulsa OK that might have some of his paintings. His erosion paintings - Mother Earth laid bare includes what looks like a sand sculpture of a bare woman with nice "bosoms"..

Posted by: Glenn at May 29, 2026 10:35 AM (vneJl)

232 There are 7 companies that have had outsized gains over the last 10 years. You would actually think that would reduce the effectiveness of algorithmic trading.

And I have seen people whose investment strategy is just "buy as much of those stocks or QQQ as possible"

Posted by: 18-1 at May 29, 2026 10:35 AM (sKqQm)

233 Abdul Asad - Don Novello
Fatima Asad - Laraine Newman
Mudhad Asad - Bill Murray
Granny - Gilda Radner
Miss Hathaway - Jane Curtin

Posted by: r hennigantx at May 29, 2026 10:36 AM (/+uur)

234 Modern version of the Oregon Trail, except to California and without dysentery.
Posted by: whig at May 29, 2026 10:33 AM (E4rtv)
=====

iirc there is plenty of dysentery in Needles!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at May 29, 2026 10:36 AM (RIvkX)

235 I've never understood the Route 66 fascination. Guess it was too long before my time.
Posted by: Bulg

It's the kitsch. It's the Americana. It's the Burma Shave signs. It's the Walnut Bowls. It's the Midwest in the 60's.

Posted by: rickb223 at May 29, 2026 10:37 AM (rGH6a)

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