I’ve never understood his sense of humour; from the first cartoon of his I saw, to this one here.
For the record, I don’t get much of Dan Piraro’s “Bizarro,” either (although I will sometimes go looking for the add-ins he places in the panels).
Everything in bold/italics is from the source I used. It, as you can see, is quoting from etsy (the disparity in dates and designers is why I’m not citing the source directly / the attachment clears part of the disparity).
From etsy.com Santa Cafe – RPP Christmas Card – Design by Teri Zekman – Recycled Paper Product -Vintage 1972 Holiday Greeting Card “This Christmas card features a spinoff of the famous painting by Edward Hopper. It was designed by illustrator and author Hudson Talbott in 1984 and has been featured at the Art Institute of Chicago where the original Ed Hopper \”Nighthawks\” painting is on display. This card is printed on 100% recycled paper, made entirely from reclaimed waste paper. No trees were destroyed to make this card. Inside Message: Happy Holidays!”
This … LINK … leads to what is listed by the company that, at the very least, owned the rights to it at the time as more of his work for “Easy Street Publications.”
I’m going to get one for all my friends!
Hours of fun, and you don’t have to disturb anyone when you’re practicing.
In spite of what Clara says, they couldn’t cost much, especially if you choose the lightweight packaging.
Do they ship them air freight?
…
Years ago, my ex husband and I, long apart but still good friends, were both going through a period of unemployment.
We had Christmas dinner every year with his parents, where all of us, including his siblings, were exchanging gifts, large and small, some quite expensive.
He and I had a deal… So as not to look cheap, we gave each other a card with a $100 bill in it. Worked well for years. No one ever seemed to notice that it was a set up.
…
Meanwhile, I look forward every year to Cleo’s beootiful sweater, that she loves so very much.
I couldn’t find “Drinking up my Wife’s Christmas”, was it your own parody?
I did come across the below while looking though. It’s not Christmassy, but it’s fun.
From:
Sunset Cook Book of Breads
Edited by: Susan Warton
Kandace Esplund Reeves
Lane Publishing Co.
Menlo Park, Ca. 94025
First Printing November 1977
Library of Congress No. 77-72513
Date Nut Loaf
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, unsifted*
1 teaspoon each baking powder and soda
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 package (8 oz.) pitted dates
1/2 cup each golden raisins and chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons butter or margarine (use butter)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla (real not artificial)
1 cup hot water
1 egg
In a large bowl stir together flour, baking powder,
soda, sugar, salt, cinnamon, dates, raisins, and wal-
nuts until thoroughly blended. In a separate bowl,
stir together butter, vanilla, and hot water until butter
is melted; then stir in egg. Pour butter mixture into
dry ingredients and stir just until well blended. Pour
batter into a greased 4 1/2 by 8 1/2-inch loaf pan.
Bake in a 325° oven for 1 hour and 25 minutes or
until bread begins to pull away from sides of pan and
a wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean.
(Or bake 1 hour in a 9 by 5-inch pan, or 45 minutes in
2 pans, each 3 3/8 by 7 3/8 inches.) Let cool in pan for 10
minutes; then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
Makes 1 large or 2 small loaves.
Notes from me: *Always sift the flour called for; over fill the measuring cup and then tap the side to settle the flour and emulate unsifted. The reason for this is that flour does clump together regardless of climate.
Plump the raisins by soaking them in hot water for a few minutes; drain, pat dry, then measure the amount.
Let the butter/water/vanilla mixture cool to lukewarm before stirring in the egg (you don’t want it to cook).
Finally, regardless of pan(s) used check at least 5 minutes before listed time and go from there.
“*Always sift the flour called for; over fill the measuring cup and then tap the side to settle the flour and emulate unsifted. The reason for this is that flour does clump together regardless of climate.”
We are lucky for that reason nowadays. And having the luxury of tossing infested flour instead of sieving it… and air-tight containers…
.
By J.C. Leyendecker… He was Norman Rockwell’s mentor, and mostly preceded him at the Post…
He was already famous when Rockwell got there, and actually ended up doing one or two more Post covers than his protege, though both did hundreds.
Leyendecker also did loads of advertising, and invented the Arrow Shirt Man.
..
I love Gahan.
I’ve never understood his sense of humour; from the first cartoon of his I saw, to this one here.
For the record, I don’t get much of Dan Piraro’s “Bizarro,” either (although I will sometimes go looking for the add-ins he places in the panels).
I think this is in my Gahan Wilson 3 volume set of cartoons that appeared in Playboy Magazine.
Poor kid. That’s the upshot of all the “Santa is watching” crap.
My favorite was the file with a cake in it.
.
“The Nightbucks”
Nighthawks, did you do this? I love it!
nope. glad you thought so, though
Everything in bold/italics is from the source I used. It, as you can see, is quoting from etsy (the disparity in dates and designers is why I’m not citing the source directly / the attachment clears part of the disparity).
From
etsy.com
Santa Cafe – RPP Christmas Card – Design by Teri Zekman – Recycled Paper Product -Vintage 1972 Holiday Greeting Card “This Christmas card features a spinoff of the famous painting by Edward Hopper. It was designed by illustrator and author Hudson Talbott in 1984 and has been featured at the Art Institute of Chicago where the original Ed Hopper \”Nighthawks\” painting is on display. This card is printed on 100% recycled paper, made entirely from reclaimed waste paper. No trees were destroyed to make this card. Inside Message: Happy Holidays!”
This … LINK … leads to what is listed by the company that, at the very least, owned the rights to it at the time as more of his work for “Easy Street Publications.”
It’s bound to be safer walking Cleo in the evening.
As long as she isn’t mistaken for a low flying UFO.
Oooh…what a great gift idea!
I’m going to get one for all my friends!
Hours of fun, and you don’t have to disturb anyone when you’re practicing.
In spite of what Clara says, they couldn’t cost much, especially if you choose the lightweight packaging.
Do they ship them air freight?
…
Years ago, my ex husband and I, long apart but still good friends, were both going through a period of unemployment.
We had Christmas dinner every year with his parents, where all of us, including his siblings, were exchanging gifts, large and small, some quite expensive.
He and I had a deal… So as not to look cheap, we gave each other a card with a $100 bill in it. Worked well for years. No one ever seemed to notice that it was a set up.
…
Meanwhile, I look forward every year to Cleo’s beootiful sweater, that she loves so very much.
I’m glad you and your ex were able to get along so well. Clever ploy with the gifts.
This was on Breaking Cat News last week. The question was: What are your favorite Christmas/Yuletide songs/carols?
The song that has been in my head this week is “Blue Christmas” by Leon Redbone. Don’t know why, I am here with my sweetie.
I really like his version…
even though I think “Blue Christmas” will always and forever be associated, in my mind, with Elvis Presley.
…
Interesting to compare.
Oops… The Elvis/Martina McBride version that Nighthawks posted wasn’t showing for me when I posted Elvis.
Sometimes videos lag behind when the page is sloooowly downloading.
I was going to delete it just now…
But it’s kind of interesting to watch it, and then see how they digitally added Martina, decades later, and made it look like a real duet.
I like the swooning fans.
It looks funny, in the digital duet, when some are swooning for Martina.
It’s been carefully edited so they seem to go crazy when she walks out.
Then one teenage(?) girl puts her hand to her mouth, leaning forward, almost in tears with desire.
…
I like Elvis’ slightly embarrassed acknowledgement of his blazing sex appeal.
He knows very well when he’s about to do something that will make them all squeal…
and kind of laughs at himself when he does it.
Yet he delightedly basks in his power over them…. who wouldn’t?
I like the fooning swans…
I posted this family favourite …HERE…, but for sheer silliness, I like these two:
My garage band (lo, these many moons ago) did a version of “Walkin’…”
Right after “I’m Drinking Up My Wife’s Christmas”
I couldn’t find “Drinking up my Wife’s Christmas”, was it your own parody?
I did come across the below while looking though. It’s not Christmassy, but it’s fun.
One of my favorite silly songs is:
12 Days After Christmas – YouTube
And not really Christmas, but I have to check it out about this time:
Cat Choir – YouTube
Excellent vocals! And the cat duet was written by none other than Gioiacchino Rossini. Extra points if you know how to pronounce his given name.
Among my favorites:
Nana Mouskouri – Old Toy Trains – YouTube
date nut bread day
I’ve dated a few nuts, in my day.
G 🍅 N
R A
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Ya just gotta have raisins too ! !
From:
Sunset Cook Book of Breads
Edited by: Susan Warton
Kandace Esplund Reeves
Lane Publishing Co.
Menlo Park, Ca. 94025
First Printing November 1977
Library of Congress No. 77-72513
Date Nut Loaf
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour, unsifted*
1 teaspoon each baking powder and soda
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 package (8 oz.) pitted dates
1/2 cup each golden raisins and chopped walnuts
2 tablespoons butter or margarine (use butter)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla (real not artificial)
1 cup hot water
1 egg
In a large bowl stir together flour, baking powder,
soda, sugar, salt, cinnamon, dates, raisins, and wal-
nuts until thoroughly blended. In a separate bowl,
stir together butter, vanilla, and hot water until butter
is melted; then stir in egg. Pour butter mixture into
dry ingredients and stir just until well blended. Pour
batter into a greased 4 1/2 by 8 1/2-inch loaf pan.
Bake in a 325° oven for 1 hour and 25 minutes or
until bread begins to pull away from sides of pan and
a wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean.
(Or bake 1 hour in a 9 by 5-inch pan, or 45 minutes in
2 pans, each 3 3/8 by 7 3/8 inches.) Let cool in pan for 10
minutes; then turn out onto a rack to cool completely.
Makes 1 large or 2 small loaves.
Notes from me:
*Always sift the flour called for; over fill the measuring cup and then tap the side to settle the flour and emulate unsifted. The reason for this is that flour does clump together regardless of climate.
Plump the raisins by soaking them in hot water for a few minutes; drain, pat dry, then measure the amount.
Let the butter/water/vanilla mixture cool to lukewarm before stirring in the egg (you don’t want it to cook).
Finally, regardless of pan(s) used check at least 5 minutes before listed time and go from there.
“*Always sift the flour called for; over fill the measuring cup and then tap the side to settle the flour and emulate unsifted. The reason for this is that flour does clump together regardless of climate.”
We are lucky for that reason nowadays. And having the luxury of tossing infested flour instead of sieving it… and air-tight containers…
,..
Rubens would have painted that.
Cleo could have modeled…
The Evil Cat Next Door will love that empty box.
Any cat. – And any toddler.
Someone’s not gonna like what gets left in their shoe.
Good hump day morning Cleoites!
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Y’all find your rust buckets. (((((HuGz!)))))
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“Are you sure it’s not suppertime?”
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