Mid-Morning Art Thread

Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate
Gerard David

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2026 09:30 AM (oqpkA)

2 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2026 09:31 AM (oqpkA)

3 Look out! That bird's gonna hit you!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 15, 2026 09:32 AM (ctEtP)

4 Like. Would hang.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 15, 2026 09:33 AM (seCv0)

5 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at October 15, 2026 09:33 AM (Bep7s)

6 We don't use these that often but I am not sure if it is supposed to be a plus, two lines, or if it's supposed to turn blue.

*shakes pregnancy test*

Whatever. Boss says you're pregnant.

Posted by: Gabriel at October 15, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)

7 What's Gabriel got in his hand? A flute, a rod, the thinnest sword ever?

Posted by: RandomDave at October 15, 2026 09:33 AM (aJQbY)

8 Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird.... it's a plane... it's....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 15, 2026 09:33 AM (RORbl)

9 The figures look like they were carved out of marble.

Posted by: Tuna at October 15, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

10 Look out! That bird's gonna hit you!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Well, you got three of the four letters correct.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2026 09:34 AM (oqpkA)

11 watch out for that islamic pigeon.

Posted by: cmeat at October 15, 2026 09:34 AM (Bep7s)

12 So Gabriel and Mary were both gingers? Interesting.

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

13 Beautiful and simple.
Would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 15, 2026 09:34 AM (V2IGM)

14 We don't use these that often but I am not sure if it is supposed to be a plus, two lines, or if it's supposed to turn blue.

*shakes pregnancy test*

Whatever. Boss says you're pregnant.
Posted by: Gabriel

What's Gabriel got in his hand? A flute, a rod, the thinnest sword ever?
Posted by: RandomDave

EPT Test.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2026 09:35 AM (oqpkA)

15 embigenning ensmallens.

Posted by: cmeat at October 15, 2026 09:35 AM (Bep7s)

16 What's Gabriel got in his hand? A flute, a rod, the thinnest sword ever?"

A baton. Now sing...

"oh be kind to your web footed friends..."

Posted by: man at October 15, 2026 09:36 AM (pfXMo)

17 What's Gabriel got in his hand? A flute, a rod, the thinnest sword ever?
Posted by: RandomDave

Upon embiggening, it looks like a very thin scepter. Continues up into the shadow and has a decorative ball at the top.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 15, 2026 09:36 AM (ftFVW)

18 The Met-

These panels once formed the inner and outer faces of polyptych wings, with the Annunciation serving as the exterior and Christ Carrying of the Cross, with the Crucifixion and The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus (1975.1.119A-B) the interior. Painted by Gerard David in the early years of the sixteenth century, the pictures reveal the influence of the artist’s fifteenth-century predecessors on his compositional style and palette. Although it is possible that the wings once flanked a single painted panel component, thus forming a triptych, it is also conceivable that they could have been elements of a more complex multimedia altarpiece with carved sections surrounded by two-dimensional painted panels. The Lehman wings were, possibly very early in their existence, linked to a painting of the Lamentation that was also created in the David workshop and which is now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 15, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

19 What's Gabriel got in his hand? A flute, a rod, the thinnest sword ever?"

A baton. Now sing...

"oh be kind to your web footed friends..."
Posted by: man

"For a duck may be somebody's mother..."

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2026 09:37 AM (oqpkA)

20 "get the pigeon, get the pigeon"

Posted by: cmeat at October 15, 2026 09:37 AM (Bep7s)

21 I do like this. Would hang!

Posted by: redridinghood at October 15, 2026 09:38 AM (NpAcC)

22 Nicely done
Do you know why ?
Wasn't done by some hack Impressionist

Posted by: Skip at October 15, 2026 09:38 AM (J76xR)

23 Mary looks to be slightly taller than Gabriel. Is that allowed, to portray a mortal as taller than an angel?

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 09:38 AM (77rzZ)

24 They look like little statues. Nicely done.

Posted by: dantesed at October 15, 2026 09:39 AM (Oy/m2)

25 The figures look like they were carved out of marble.
Posted by: Tuna

That was my first impression. Almost like he painted this from a sculpture. Or is just not very good at rendering fabric. I've seen sculpted fabric that looks less stiff.

But don't get me wrong, it's still beautiful.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 15, 2026 09:39 AM (ftFVW)

26 wingstroke.

Posted by: cmeat at October 15, 2026 09:39 AM (Bep7s)

27 Is this art called a diptych?

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 09:39 AM (Gqar8)

28 Is that a book that Mary's holding?

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 09:39 AM (77rzZ)

29 23 it's okay cuz he can hover.

Posted by: cmeat at October 15, 2026 09:40 AM (Bep7s)

30 Might have the spelling wrong.

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 09:40 AM (Gqar8)

31 But don't get me wrong, it's still beautiful.
Posted by: She Hobbit

Yes it is.

Posted by: Tuna at October 15, 2026 09:40 AM (lJ0H4)

32 Is this art called a diptych?
Posted by: tubal

You just misspelled our term for Paul.

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

33 >>What's Gabriel got in his hand? A flute, a rod, the thinnest sword ever?

Scepter. Messenger of God.

I'm more of a Michael fan. Sword.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2026 09:40 AM (viF8m)

34 Angels having wings, not mentioned in the Bible.

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 09:41 AM (Gqar8)

35 arthur marx did a remarkable gabriel impression.

Posted by: cmeat at October 15, 2026 09:41 AM (Bep7s)

36 Lovely

Posted by: Lizzy at October 15, 2026 09:42 AM (rOKnE)

37 Is this the same David that did all of that French Revolution/Napoleonic stuff?

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

38 Not shown: Lucy Craig.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 15, 2026 09:43 AM (88C+u)

39 I didn't think itt is a pole but a split screen

Posted by: Skip at October 15, 2026 09:43 AM (J76xR)

40 Gabriel has a serious chin cleft.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 15, 2026 09:44 AM (ftFVW)

41 Is this the same David that did all of that French Revolution/Napoleonic stuff?
Posted by: Bulg

Different David.

Posted by: Tuna at October 15, 2026 09:44 AM (lJ0H4)

42 Didn't know they had phone booths in 7 BC.

Posted by: Hang Up The Phone And Quit Botherin' Me! at October 15, 2026 09:46 AM (EdP2u)

43 I wanted to be the one to tell her, but I didn't have my wings yet.

Posted by: Clarence Odbody at October 15, 2026 09:46 AM (XcEQQ)

44 Angels having wings, not mentioned in the Bible.
Posted by: tubal

But It's a Wonderful Life says they do! And Frank Capra and Jmmy Stewart would never lie to us!

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 09:46 AM (77rzZ)

45
Two days ago, the lovely and art-loving Mrs naturalfake and I went to the Meadows Museum of Art on the SMU Campus.

It's dedicated to Spanish and South American art from the 10th century through the 20th.

Mostly, religious art and portraits. Folks like Picasso as well.

The religious art had some Annunciation paintings, but more paintings depicting the Immaculate Conception, Madonna and Child.

And since in Ye Olde Days the paintings were hung in Church to represent difficult Christian concepts since most folk didn't read.

The oddest one was a painting that tried to depicted the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost),
which depicted the Trinity as a 3-headed Jesus merged together and sharing four eyes.

Which apparently disturbed most people, and was condemned by the Church and ordered destroyed, and that interpretation banned as well.

ART

Depicting Stuff Weirdly Since the 10th Century!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 15, 2026 09:46 AM (YSUhf)

46 "Stop throwing birds at me! Cut it out!"

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 15, 2026 09:46 AM (CHHv1)

47 Everyone was a ginger in olden times.

Posted by: Before Lady Clairol at October 15, 2026 09:47 AM (EdP2u)

48 Although it is possible that the wings once flanked a single painted panel component, thus forming a triptych, it is also conceivable that they could have been elements of a more complex multimedia altarpiece with carved sections surrounded by two-dimensional painted panels.

Posted by: redridinghood

That could make sense. If these flank a sculpture then making them look like statues would be aesthetically pleasing.

Posted by: She Hobbit at October 15, 2026 09:47 AM (ftFVW)

49 29 Is that a book that Mary's holding?
Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 09:39 AM

"Popular Baby Names Of The Zeroth Century."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 15, 2026 09:48 AM (XcEQQ)

50 I really like this and wish I knew more about the symbolism in it, like the hand gesture and positioning.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

51
Why are women mostly portrayed in Ye Olden Days as being 5-heads or 6 or 8 heads?

Was it a thing to pluck your brow to the top of your skull in those days?

Posted by: naturalfake at October 15, 2026 09:49 AM (YSUhf)

52 I really like this and wish I knew more about the symbolism in it, like the hand gesture and positioning.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Yes, I was wondering about the gestures, too.

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 09:50 AM (77rzZ)

53 Just a bit of coffee, nothing else.

Posted by: Eromero at October 15, 2026 09:50 AM (oJjJL)

54 Archangel Gabriel; The Virgin Annunciate
Gerard David

Gerald David was renowned as a master colorist, his religious scenes are characterized by serene, calm atmospheres, luminous tones, and quiet spirituality. (Wikipedia)

Gabriel was another Archangel with roles in major religions:

• Christianity: Known for the Annunciation, where he appeared to the Virgin Mary to announce that she would conceive and bear Jesus. He also foretold the birth of John the Baptist to Zechariah and is traditionally associated with the trumpet of Judgment Day.
• Islam: Revered as Jibrīl (or Jibrail), the chief angel who acted as the divine medium who revealed and transmitted the Quran to the Prophet Muhammad.
• Judaism: Appears in the Book of Daniel to interpret the prophet's visions and is viewed alongside Michael as a guardian of the Jewish people.

Celebrated on September 29 (Feast of the Archangels) in Western Christianity, and March 26 and July 13 in Eastern Orthodoxy.
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A lovely painting but would pass hanging. Knew nothing of Gerard Davis prior to this posting. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 15, 2026 09:51 AM (NFX2v)

55 53
Why are women mostly portrayed in Ye Olden Days as being 5-heads or 6 or 8 heads?
Posted by: naturalfake at October 15, 2026 09:49 AM

The Farah Fawcett look wouldn't become popular until MUCH later.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 15, 2026 09:52 AM (XcEQQ)

56 Them's gang signs they thowin' up!

Posted by: Tyreek at October 15, 2026 09:53 AM (EdP2u)

57 "Mary's" hairline is not attractive at all. Pass on this mess.

Posted by: Vibrant Art Maven at October 15, 2026 09:54 AM (EdP2u)

58 59 Them's gang signs they thowin' up!
Posted by: Tyreek at October 15, 2026 09:53 AM

Watch out for the Van Buren boys!

https://youtu.be/qkpnOTr8k9I

Posted by: Kramer at October 15, 2026 09:57 AM (XcEQQ)

59 Magic 8 Ball says you're pregnant.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 15, 2026 10:01 AM (4V85Q)

60 The Farah Fawcett look wouldn't become popular until MUCH later.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Damn, that poster...

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:01 AM (77rzZ)

61 Was it a thing to pluck your brow to the top of your skull in those days?

Posted by: naturalfake

It was a thing to shave for women to shave their hairline back then.

Posted by: Tuna at October 15, 2026 10:01 AM (lJ0H4)

62 "26Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee, called Nazareth, 27to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin’s name was Mary. 28And coming in, he said to her, “Hail, favored one! The Lord is with you.” 29But she was greatly troubled at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this might be. 30And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. 31“And behold, you will conceive in your womb, and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. 32“He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; 33and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever; and His kingdom will have no end.” 34And Mary said to the angel, 'How can this be, since I am a virgin?' "

Posted by: Luke Chapter 2, part 1of 2 at October 15, 2026 10:03 AM (XcEQQ)

63 Mary was only a teeny bopper when she got knocked up

Posted by: President Trump at October 15, 2026 10:03 AM (rpHcr)

64 "35And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy offspring shall be called the Son of God. 36“And behold, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month. 37“For nothing will be impossible with God.” 38And Mary said, “Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; be it done to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her."

Posted by: Luke Chapter 2, part 2 of 2 at October 15, 2026 10:03 AM (XcEQQ)

65 Angels having wings, not mentioned in the Bible.
Posted by: tubal

Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.

Posted by: frammish at October 15, 2026 10:05 AM (rcENI)

66 (rpHcr)

The troll's mother got knocked up from butt sex.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 15, 2026 10:06 AM (ne1C9)

67 St Gabriel looks like he has Gene Rayburn's microphone.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 15, 2026 10:06 AM (seCv0)

68 Henna has been used for over 5,000 years, originating in ancient Egypt and the Near East before spreading to North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and eventually Europe and the rest of the world.

One of the earliest recorded uses of henna for hair is found on Egyptian mummies, such as Ahmose-Henuttamehu (circa 1574 BCE) and mummies from Thebes around 1000 BCE, whose hair was stained red using henna.

In the 1950s, Lucille Ball popularized the "henna rinse" through her character Lucy Ricardo on I Love Lucy.

🤷‍♀️

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 15, 2026 10:06 AM (NFX2v)

69 Gabriel is holding a Rod Of God in case anyone showed up to give him trouble.

Never know when a sodomite might show up and start messing.

Posted by: Armed and Polite at October 15, 2026 10:07 AM (VNBA8)

70 Biblical Drone Recon

Posted by: DaveA at October 15, 2026 10:08 AM (FhXTo)

71 Well, enough dallying here. Off to the showers, and thence to the airport. Tomorrow in Texas!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 15, 2026 10:09 AM (ne1C9)

72 Practicing phrases such as Do Not Fear, Fear Not, and Be Not Afraid seems to be one of the first things you learn in Angel School.
Guess it comes with the territory of having an incredibly overwhelming and other worldly appearance.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 15, 2026 10:14 AM (XcEQQ)

73 65 Angels having wings, not mentioned in the Bible.
Posted by: tubal

Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
Posted by: frammish at October 15, 2026 10:05 AM (rcENI)

Ah nice catch. Never think of them as angels for some reason. More like heavenly creatures. You’re probably right though.

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:15 AM (Gqar8)

74 68 in the 50s she was still b & w.

Posted by: cmeat at October 15, 2026 10:15 AM (Bep7s)

75 Angels having wings, not mentioned in the Bible.
Posted by: tubal

Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew.
Posted by: frammish at October 15, 2026 10:05 AM (rcENI)

Ah nice catch. Never think of them as angels for some reason. More like heavenly creatures. You’re probably right though.
Posted by: tubal

I think that angels can take any form they wish, depending on the circumstances. Like the three angels that came to visit Abraham, and then went on to Sodom. They looked like ordinary men.

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:16 AM (77rzZ)

76 72 Practicing phrases such as Do Not Fear, Fear Not, and Be Not Afraid seems to be one of the first things you learn in Angel School.
Guess it comes with the territory of having an incredibly overwhelming and other worldly appearance.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 15, 2026 10:14 AM (XcEQQ)

Biblical information on angels is rather thin. Leaves an open door for much speculation.

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:17 AM (Gqar8)

77 72 "we're from the heavens and are here to help."

Posted by: cmeat at October 15, 2026 10:17 AM (Bep7s)

78 Will wait for comment 100 before making your heads hurt with math

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at October 15, 2026 10:18 AM (rvnbR)

79
The angel of the Lord declared unto Mary. And she conceived of the Holy Spirit.
Hail Mary, full of grace...

Behold, the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done unto me, according to thy Word.
Hail Mary, full of grace...

And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us.
Hail Mary, full of grace.

Pray for us, o holy Mother of God.
That we may be worthy of the promises of Christ.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 10:18 AM (eRlcH)

80 77 72 "we're from the heavens and are here to help."
Posted by: cmeat at October 15, 2026 10:17 AM (Bep7s)

Nice!

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:18 AM (Gqar8)

81 75 Ah nice catch. Never think of them as angels for some reason. More like heavenly creatures. You’re probably right though.

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:15 AM (Gqar

Also the Cherubim. I think you are right about the "messengers" though (ἄγγελοι

Posted by: frammish at October 15, 2026 10:18 AM (rcENI)

82
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O LORD, Thy grace into our hearts; that, we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 10:19 AM (eRlcH)

83 diptych
noun
1 a painting, especially an altarpiece, on two hinged wooden panels which may be closed like a book.
2 an ancient writing tablet consisting of two hinged leaves with waxed inner sides.

origin
early 17th century: via late Latin from late Greek diptukha ‘pair of writing tablets’, neuter plural of Greek diptukhos ‘folded in two’, from di- ‘twice’ + ptukhē ‘a fold’.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 10:20 AM (odBC9)

84 ptukhē ‘a fold’.

As a verb, it meant "to hock a loogie."

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

85 Hadrian,

I love those old prayers. I’ve not heard some of them since parochial school in the 70s just as Vatican II was purging them from our daily prayers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 15, 2026 10:23 AM (+QAIw)

86 Gabriel is holding a Rod Of God in case anyone showed up to give him trouble.

Never know when a sodomite might show up and start messing.
Posted by: Armed and Polite

I dodged those in Call of Duty.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2026 10:23 AM (oqpkA)

87 i wonder if there were "hoch ptukhe" girls back then.

Posted by: cmeat at October 15, 2026 10:23 AM (Bep7s)

88 I wonder if there were "hoch ptukhe" girls back then.
Posted by: cmeat

Cleopatra. Probably.

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:24 AM (77rzZ)

89 It is David's use of color that catches my eye. The facial expressions in that period often look wooden, the eyes look bored or sleepy. (I gripe about it in many comments.) But his use of color makes me think of illuminated manuscripts and that is high praise. What surprises me is how vibrant the paint remains after five or more centuries.

Posted by: JTB at October 15, 2026 10:25 AM (yTvNw)

90 The Magnificat
46And Mary said:
“My soul exalts the Lord,
47And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
48“For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave;
For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed.
49“For the Mighty One has done great things for me;
And holy is His name.
50“AND HIS MERCY IS UPON GENERATION AFTER GENERATION
TOWARD THOSE WHO FEAR HIM.
51“He has done mighty deeds with His arm;
He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart.
52“He has brought down rulers from their thrones,
And has exalted those who were humble.
53“HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS;
And sent away the rich empty-handed.
54“He has given help to Israel His servant,
In remembrance of His mercy,
55As He spoke to our fathers,
To Abraham and his offspring forever.”

Posted by: Luke Chapter 1 at October 15, 2026 10:28 AM (XcEQQ)

91
I love those old prayers. I’ve not heard some of them since parochial school in the 70s just as Vatican II was purging them from our daily prayers.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 15, 2026 10:23 AM (+QAIw)

________

Me? I say the Angelus at noontime every day. At the least it helps set a frame for the day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 10:29 AM (eRlcH)

92 Consisting of two hinged panels, a diptych was a portable altarpiece ... its owner would carry on journeys and unfold as an aid to private prayer.

--random online site

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 10:29 AM (odBC9)

93 That's nice shadow work.

Would steal.

Posted by: Denny Crane - Available for Parties at October 15, 2026 10:30 AM (pLLah)

94 82
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O LORD, Thy grace into our hearts; that, we, to whom the Incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His Passion and Cross be brought to the glory of His Resurrection. Through the same Christ our Lord.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 10:19 AM (eRlcH)

Wonderful prayer. Though Protestant, I really appreciate it. We play for the Same Team, with a different perspective, how I see it.

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:30 AM (Gqar8)

95 Good morning everyone!

Posted by: Doof at October 15, 2026 10:30 AM (SKux8)

96 92 Consisting of two hinged panels, a diptych was a portable altarpiece ... its owner would carry on journeys and unfold as an aid to private prayer.

--random online site
Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 10:29 AM (odBC9)

Thanks, m.

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:30 AM (Gqar8)

97 Gabriel: "Look, I summoned this pigeon for you."

Mary: "Naw, I'm good."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 15, 2026 10:31 AM (4Je4D)

98 Is there any added value in saying prayers in Elizabethan English?

Posted by: I gotta ask at October 15, 2026 10:32 AM (XcEQQ)

99
Good morning everyone!
Posted by: Doof at October 15, 2026 10:30 AM (SKux

___________

Dooooooooof!

*thunderous chord*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 10:32 AM (eRlcH)

100 100

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 10:32 AM (odBC9)

101 Gabriel seemed somewhat irascible though.

Gabriel: Ok, so you and your wife are gonna have a baby and you will name him 'John'
Zechariah: Yeah, how does that work? We're both super old.
Gabriel: What?! Because God sent me to tell you this and just for that I'm going to mute you until the child is born. Have a nice day.
Zechariah: !!!

Posted by: Halfhand at October 15, 2026 10:33 AM (zXVY5)

102 98 Is there any added value in saying prayers in Elizabethan English?
Posted by: I gotta ask at October 15, 2026 10:32 AM (XcEQQ)

Only if wearing a ruffled collar and a codpiece.

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:33 AM (Gqar8)

103 These sanitized images do nothing for me. They don't seem real, they are not inspiring. Bleh art. Not badly executed but they have no spark.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 15, 2026 10:34 AM (s1VwS)

104
Is there any added value in saying prayers in Elizabethan English?
Posted by: I gotta ask at October 15, 2026 10:32 AM (XcEQQ)

__________

I myself have dropped a lot of thee-and-thoury in my non-standard ones.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 10:34 AM (eRlcH)

105 An hour in and just getting to 100. Be better, people.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 15, 2026 10:35 AM (sl73Y)

106 "Only if wearing a ruffled collar and a codpiece."

But I don't WANNA be a pirate!

Posted by: Jerry at October 15, 2026 10:35 AM (XcEQQ)

107 Good morning from Vicksburg MS. Had an excellent drive yesterday. Even ATL wasn't terrible. About 6 hours to go.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 15, 2026 10:35 AM (IAmAD)

108 “ But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,
though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me
one who will be ruler over Israel,
whose origins are from of old,
from ancient times.”

Therefore Israel will be abandoned until the time when she who is in labor bears a son, and the rest of his brothers return to join the Israelites.

He will stand and shepherd his flock
in the strength of the Lord,
in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.
And they will live securely, for then his greatness
will reach to the ends of the earth.”

Micah 5:2-4

Posted by: Marcus T at October 15, 2026 10:35 AM (VnVVA)

109 97 Gabriel: "Look, I summoned this pigeon for you."

Mary: "Naw, I'm good."
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 15, 2026 10:31 AM (4Je4D)

Gabriel: "Little bit of olive oil, some peppers, onions ... look! I've got a spit; bbq coming up!"

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 10:36 AM (odBC9)

110 105 An hour in and just getting to 100. Be better, people.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 15, 2026 10:35 AM (sl73Y)

If you give us boobs, they will come

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 15, 2026 10:36 AM (s1VwS)

111 Dooooooooof!

*thunderous chord*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 10:32 AM (eRlcH)

Hope that's an inverted Maj7 chord you just played

Posted by: Doof at October 15, 2026 10:36 AM (SKux8)

112 "I myself have dropped a lot of thee-and-thoury in my non-standard ones.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 15, 2026 10:34 AM"

Forsooth!

Posted by: Oh, Thello at October 15, 2026 10:36 AM (XcEQQ)

113 Math... Sorry, not sorry

Another argument over night, so here is the math.

Ohio to date is 245,000 IPEV and 74,500 AB. Total of 320,000 EV.

In 2022 there were 1,392,767 EVs.

To match 2022 1,072,767 additional EVs need to be returned.

In 2022 92% of ballot requests were returned. Since there are 657,054 current requests, and 74,500 AB returned, there could be 520,789 (595,289 - 74,500) additional AB come in, to match the 2022 return rate.

If this happens then IPEV needs to make up 551,997 votes to close the gap. This is 35,935 votes per day over the remaining 15 IPEV days.

Current IPEV is 35,071 per day, so IPEV is lagging 2.5%. This is assuming that IPEV does not need to compensate for AB at all.

AB return is averaging 10,642 per day. To make up for unreturned ballots that needs to increase to a 26,039 per day average. AB is lagging 59%

If we roughly assume that mail return stays about the same and that IPEV needs to pick up the slack, then the IPEV rate needs to go up to 61,584 per day, meaning it would currently be lagging 43%.

If you are emotionally invested in Ohio matching the 2022 early vote, you are hoping that there are a lot of ballots in the mail.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at October 15, 2026 10:37 AM (rvnbR)

114 Is there any added value in saying prayers in Elizabethan English?
Posted by: I gotta ask at October 15, 2026 10:32 AM (XcEQQ)

When I was at the height of my Anglophilia as a teenager, I would say the Lord's Prayer in an English accent in church.

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)

115 105 An hour in and just getting to 100. Be better, people.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 15, 2026 10:35 AM (sl73Y)

We're being thoughtful and reflective and choosing our words very carefully.

Probably.

Posted by: m at October 15, 2026 10:38 AM (odBC9)

116 Gabriel: Ok, so you and your wife are gonna have a baby and you will name him 'John'
Zechariah: Yeah, how does that work? We're both super old.
Gabriel: What?! Because God sent me to tell you this and just for that I'm going to mute you until the child is born. Have a nice day.
Zechariah: !!!
Posted by: Halfhand at October 15, 2026 10:33 AM (zXVY5)
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Mrs. F. is always explaining scripture like it was The Bold and the Beautiful

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 10:38 AM (RIvkX)

117 When I was at the height of my Anglophilia as a teenager, I would say the Lord's Prayer in an English accent in church.
Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)
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Like Monty Python?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 15, 2026 10:39 AM (RIvkX)

118 107 Good morning from Vicksburg MS. Had an excellent drive yesterday. Even ATL wasn't terrible. About 6 hours to go.
Posted by: screaming in digital at October 15, 2026 10:35 AM
+++

It's MoMe Eve!
See ya soon.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 15, 2026 10:39 AM (XcEQQ)

119 Good morning from Vicksburg MS. Had an excellent drive yesterday. Even ATL wasn't terrible. About 6 hours to go.
Posted by: screaming in digital

Hey, SiD! You gonna visit the Vicksburg National Military Park?

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:40 AM (77rzZ)

120 Kelly Clarkson demands to buy that bird. Take it off the wall.
She'll have you ratioed if you don't.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 15, 2026 10:41 AM (zdLoL)

121 I'm thinking the loss of access speed to Starlink by Ukraine was a BS ploy to gin up more support of Ukraine and make Trump and Musk look bad. 🤔

Posted by: lin-duh at October 15, 2026 10:41 AM (EneHm)

122 >> Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at October 15, 2026 10:37 AM (rvnbR)

Is there an EV breakdown by party for OH- even by percentage?

What do you make of Pressler’s post saying Republicans are minus ~168,000 EV votes when compared to Democrats in PA?

Posted by: Marcus T at October 15, 2026 10:42 AM (VnVVA)

123 Mrs. F. is always explaining scripture like it was The Bold and the Beautiful
Posted by: San Franpsycho

For some of the stuff in the Books of Samuel and Kings, that would be appropriate.

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

124 Bulg, not this time. I'm MoMe bound. 2 years ago Ed L and I briefly stopped there on the MoMe return journey.

Posted by: screaming in digital at October 15, 2026 10:43 AM (IAmAD)

125 113

If you are emotionally invested in Ohio matching the 2022 early vote, you are hoping that there are a lot of ballots in the mail.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at October 15, 2026 10:37 AM (rvnbR)

So, rendering your post down - a good thing, or a bad thing?

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:44 AM (Gqar8)

126 206. News Nation, US will not livestream execution of Nidal Hasan: Trump
Military
3 seconds ago
Hasan "will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed," Trump wrote.
Posted by: L - No nic..

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 15, 2026 10:44 AM (NFX2v)

127 >>I'm thinking the loss of access speed to Starlink by Ukraine was a BS ploy to gin up more support of Ukraine and make Trump and Musk look bad

Sounds like the reporting was trying to do that but I according to Elon it was the US government that did it.

It's pretty clear that Trump has had enough of the tiny tyrant in Ukraine and his refusal to stop targeting Russia refineries which is driving up the price of diesel around the world.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2026 10:45 AM (viF8m)

128 Why are they so white?

Posted by: sidney at October 15, 2026 10:45 AM (Uy/WF)

129 127

It's pretty clear that Trump has had enough of the tiny tyrant in Ukraine and his refusal to stop targeting Russia refineries which is driving up the price of diesel around the world.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2026 10:45 AM (viF8m)

Tiny Dancer >>> Tiny Tyrant

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:46 AM (Gqar8)

130 It's MoMe Eve!

Hope you all have fun.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 15, 2026 10:46 AM (qRla/)

131 130 It's MoMe Eve!

Hope you all have fun.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 15, 2026 10:46 AM (qRla/)

I, too, wish them well. From afar.

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:47 AM (Gqar8)

132 121 I'm thinking the loss of access speed to Starlink by Ukraine was a BS ploy to gin up more support of Ukraine and make Trump and Musk look bad. 🤔
Posted by: lin-duh

Exactly. And for the EU Summit -

EU News, In part, Zelenskyy ‘betrayed’: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who will join the summit tomorrow, said on Wednesday that his country is losing a key ally in the US and admitted feeling “betrayed” by Donald Trump, as relations between Kyiv and Washington hit a new low, my colleague Sasha Vakulina reports.

Asked by British broadcaster Piers Morgan whether Ukraine is losing American support, Zelenskyy replied: “Yeah, but not because of us. We can't be weak.”

“It's painful when President Trump chooses one side, not our side,” he said. Asked whether he felt betrayed, Zelenskyy answered: “Really, yes,” although he stressed that the situation was more complicated than his personal feelings.

US eyes frozen assets: Meanwhile, the FT also reports that US negotiators have proposed that European countries unfreeze some of Russia’s immobilised state assets and transfer them to a financial vehicle controlled by Washington as a means of unblocking stalled peace talks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 15, 2026 10:47 AM (NFX2v)

133 Hope you all have fun.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 15, 2026 10:46 AM (qRla/)

I, too, wish them well. From afar.
Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:47 AM (Gqar

__

Ditto.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 15, 2026 10:48 AM (HHrXL)

134 122 Is there an EV breakdown by party for OH- even by percentage?

What do you make of Pressler’s post saying Republicans are minus ~168,000 EV votes when compared to Democrats in PA?

Posted by: Marcus T at October 15, 2026 10:42 AM (VnVVA)

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No voter registration in OH, so the closest is precinct analysis.

@TonerousHyus is doing that. Follow him. Essentially, Dems seem to be running a couple of points better than 2024 in OH so far. Which means...a deep red state is still a deep red state.

Dems always outvote Republicans in early vote in every state. It's like worrying about Mississippi because Jackson votes Democrat.

What matters is how close the margin gets by the end of early voting, and how much Republicans win the election day vote (which they always do).

But, PA doesn't have any major federal elections, especially statewide like a senate race, so it'll be more susceptible to overall turnout advantages of the out of power party.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 15, 2026 10:50 AM (jxbDg)

135 An hour in and just getting to 100. Be better, people.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 15, 2026 10:35 AM (sl73Y)

We're being thoughtful and reflective and choosing our words very carefully.

Probably.
Posted by: m

I'll snark on a lot of stuff. I don't snark on religious themes. No sense aggravating the Big Guy.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2026 10:50 AM (oqpkA)

136 you are emotionally invested in Ohio matching the 2022 early vote, you are hoping that there are a lot of ballots in the mail.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at

I appreciate this, but it really needs an abbreviation glossary.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 15, 2026 10:50 AM (sl73Y)

137 Western media has spent years making Zelensky into a plucky defender of democracy. He isn't. He's a puppet of the globalists that have been helping keep him in office and fighting this needless and endless war.

Zelensky has cancelled elections, thrown his political opponents in prison, jailed media, abolished religions he didn't like, kidnapped men off the street and sent them to fight and basically done everything a tyrant would do while he and his cronies have stolen billions of aid dollars.

It's time we end our support for this idiotic war.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2026 10:51 AM (viF8m)

138 News Nation, US will not livestream execution of Nidal Hasan: Trump
Military
3 seconds ago
Hasan "will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed," Trump wrote.
Posted by: L - No nic..

Dammit

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2026 10:52 AM (oqpkA)

139 Good news, everyone!

CNN Communications
@CNNPR
Freedom of the press is not optional. We’ll continue to follow the facts wherever they take us and to defend the right to do so every day.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at October 15, 2026 10:52 AM (lWIfx)

140 139 Good news, everyone!

CNN Communications
@CNNPR
Freedom of the press is not optional. We’ll continue to follow the facts wherever they take us and to defend the right to do so every day.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at October 15, 2026 10:52 AM (lWIfx)

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So...what are the facts of Biden's mental health in 2020?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 15, 2026 10:53 AM (jxbDg)

141 137 Western media has spent years making Zelensky into a plucky defender of democracy. He isn't. He's a puppet of the globalists that have been helping keep him in office and fighting this needless and endless war.

Zelensky has cancelled elections, thrown his political opponents in prison, jailed media, abolished religions he didn't like, kidnapped men off the street and sent them to fight and basically done everything a tyrant would do while he and his cronies have stolen billions of aid dollars.

It's time we end our support for this idiotic war.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 15, 2026 10:51 AM (viF8m)

This needs to be repeated, often. Choosing one combatant over the other in this scrap for moral superiority is ridiculous.

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:53 AM (Gqar8)

142 >> Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 15, 2026 10:50 AM (jxbDg)

I just tried to do the math on PA as I am eating my second breakfast. It looks like in 2022 the EV was about 70% D, 20% R and 10 UV. I have to find Pressler’s post on the current EV but that feels pretty close. What do you think?

Posted by: Marcus T at October 15, 2026 10:53 AM (VnVVA)

143 Nice Diptych.

Great light and detail.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 15, 2026 10:53 AM (6ydKt)

144 142 >> Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 15, 2026 10:50 AM (jxbDg)

I just tried to do the math on PA as I am eating my second breakfast. It looks like in 2022 the EV was about 70% D, 20% R and 10 UV. I have to find Pressler’s post on the current EV but that feels pretty close. What do you think?

Posted by: Marcus T at October 15, 2026 10:53 AM (VnVVA)

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That PA elections don't matter this year, and it's not worth worrying about, and that Pressler is self-promoting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 15, 2026 10:54 AM (jxbDg)

145 Bulg, not this time. I'm MoMe bound. 2 years ago Ed L and I briefly stopped there on the MoMe return journey.
Posted by: screaming in digital

Pack a warm coat/sweater. Temps are supposed to drop like a speeder passing a state trooper. Low 60's for Friday & Saturday.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 15, 2026 10:54 AM (oqpkA)

146 Marcus - no, but the return rates in the 5 Democrat counties are horrible. In Cleveland the early vote needs to increase 5x to match 2022.

Tubal - Good thing, turn out is down in Dem counties, up in GOP counties. There are a lot of mail ballots that could show up. But they haven't. All signs point to Democrat and youth vote being down so far.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at October 15, 2026 10:54 AM (rvnbR)

147 Townhall.com
@townhallcom
HOLD THE PRESS: NBC holds Abdul El-Sayed’s feet to the fire on his family’s ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
He CLEARLY panicked and lashed out at the reporter.
NBC: “When people ask you a question, they do expect the truth.”
EL-SAYED (flustered): “Are you insinuating that somehow I was lying?!”
This is so good. He’s panicking and his lies are catching up to him.
A rare act of journalism from NBC News.

-
You're also a terrorist. A lying terrorist.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Living the Dream at October 15, 2026 10:56 AM (lWIfx)

148 146 Marcus - no, but the return rates in the 5 Democrat counties are horrible. In Cleveland the early vote needs to increase 5x to match 2022.

Tubal - Good thing, turn out is down in Dem counties, up in GOP counties. There are a lot of mail ballots that could show up. But they haven't. All signs point to Democrat and youth vote being down so far.
Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at October 15, 2026 10:54 AM (rvnbR)

Thanks Dave. To quote Forrest Gump, concerning some matters “ I am not a smart man”.

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:56 AM (Gqar8)

149 @TonerousHyus is doing that. Follow him. Essentially, Dems seem to be running a couple of points better than 2024 in OH so far. Which means...a deep red state is still a deep red state.

Actually Tones is saying Dems are running way worse than 2022 so far. Cleveland and Hamilton are dumpster fires for the Dems.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at October 15, 2026 10:58 AM (rvnbR)

150 Pack a warm coat/sweater. Temps are supposed to drop like a speeder passing a state trooper. Low 60's for Friday & Saturday.
Posted by: rickb223

Who the heck needs a coat or sweater for the low 60s? That's the perfect temperature range.

Posted by: Bulg at October 15, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)

151 149 Actually Tones is saying Dems are running way worse than 2022 so far. Cleveland and Hamilton are dumpster fires for the Dems.

Posted by: Dave_in_Fla at October 15, 2026 10:58 AM (rvnbR)

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Dems running much worse than 2022 but only slightly worse than 2024, yes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, taking speed with Bob Fosse at October 15, 2026 10:58 AM (jxbDg)

152 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Interesting art. Shouldn't that be the Virgin Ann Unciate?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 15, 2026 10:59 AM (2WIwB)

153 Is it possible that the ravings of the DSA has spooked some of the electorate? That is a bit of a candle in the darkness effect for me, if true.

Posted by: tubal at October 15, 2026 10:59 AM (Gqar8)

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