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Today Is Friday

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Three Roman soldiers are in a drinking-place at eleven o’clock at night. There are barrels around the wall. Behind the wooden counter is a Hebrew wine-seller. The three Roman soldiers are a little cockeyed. *************** 1st Roman Soldier You tried the red? 2nd Soldier No, I ain’t tried it. 1st Soldier You better try it. 2nd Soldier All right, George, we’ll have a round of the red. Hebrew Wine-seller Here you are, gentlemen. You’ll like that. He sets down an earthenware pitcher that he has filled from one of the casks. That’s a nice little wine. 1st Soldier Have a drink of it yourself. He turns to the third Roman soldier who is leaning on a barrel. What’s the matter with you? 3rd Roman Soldier I got a gut-ache. 2nd Soldier You’ve been drinking water. 1st Soldier Try some of the red. 3rd Soldier I can’t drink the damn stuff. It makes my gut sour. 1st Soldier You been out here too long. 3rd Soldier Hell, don’t I know it? 1st Soldier Say, George, can’t you give this gent...
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The Burning Dog

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In 1987, recently divorced, I was with a survey team in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, or some such flat place.  That morning we went out to a guyed tower antenna, and as we got out of the trucks I saw something smoking fifty yards from the work site.  Ignoring my boss, who I would have laughed at as he drowned, I walked over to the combustion.  It was a large brown and black dog, probably a German Shepard, and someone had poured gasoline on it and set it aflame.  There were no signs of struggle or pain, the dog must have been dead when it was set alight.  In that area any car would have been seen in any direction, so it must have been torched at least a half an hour before we showed up.  It's face and chest were considerably charred, and I have no idea what had happened.  I got yelled at plenty when I walked back to the survey crew, I remember thinking it was better to have two corpses burning in one spot rather than fifty yards apart....
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Art Night At The Bar

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https://www.instagram.com/sdavis.howdy/
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Fluffy the Wonderwolph

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     This is from my friend Fluffy the Wonderwolf, the extremely good artist out of Washington State who also loves cats and is nice to me, oddly enough.  I met her on the late lamented Google+. Hope things are going tip top for you, Fluffy! https://www.deviantart.com/wonderwolph
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Artfight

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  This weekend I redrew my art challenge from khasdannyanlord and I think this is the better picture.  Here is the lion I was using -      Khasdannyanlord His take on this fight.  This will be the first human my rabbit has ever seen, let alone fought.   But all's well that ends well!
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La Victoire!

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   Edmond-François Calvo. The Beast is Dead.       Invasion.   This has a drift one can catch. I would really like to get this. From what little I can learn the cow is Dutch, the rabbit French, clearly a British bulldog, a tuxedoed  American Buffalo, and the white bear is probably a Russian.  The middle foreground figure might be a Zouave, a member of the North African French Union, although it looks like some kind of 'roo.  This art is out of hand.   Hitler, Goering, and Goebbels.  Not offensively subtle.    Using adorable animals to make a point really works.   Hess gets mentioned. It's not how the war goes at first, but who owns the country at the end of it. This is a tank from General Leclerc's 2cnd Armored Division, liberating Paris against orders August 24-25. Liberation!   Qu'as-tu fait pendant la guerre, Papa ? Edmond Francois Calvo, 26 August 1892 - ...
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Olly Olly Oxen Free

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 Now the fun begins. The root dex means "right-handed," "on the right side," " skillful, " or "fortunate". It originated from the Latin dexter, implying proficiency and strength.
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