That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for September 07, 2018

The upside of being a muse is there’s no heavy lifting.

“Is it cold in here, or is it just you?”

I’m beginning to see your point. Why should I go to that silly pub tonight?

“Ok, you passed the screen test for the Chernobyl documentary.”

I’m glad he didn’t say “ask your boss for a raise.”

Cinderella at 12:00:005

Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night

Told the first father that things weren’t right

“My complexion” she says “is much too white”

He said “Come here and step into the light”

He says "Hmm you’re right

Let me tell the second mother this has been done"

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Bob Dylan, Hwy 61

She said “I’m going out with my girlfriends For margaritas at the Holiday Inn” Oh have mercy… my only thought Was tequila makes her clothes fall off

Man wondering what to do with the waxwork he stole last night.

Does this dress show to much cleavage???

“and if you still want to talk you can bare your breast.”

“So—I’m not the most subtle person around. I admit it. So scr. . .I mean ‘sue’ me!”

Gender reassignment the early years: “All right John, the breast enhancements have healed. Now to start on the lower half. Bring me my scissors.”

Harvey Weinstein …. The early years.

“Remarkable, how little you resemble your picture – not that that’s a bad thing..”

First of all, what we have here is a fantasy. The scene is from Mademoiselle de Maupin, a novel by Théophile Gautier. The young man dreams of meeting the perfect embodiment of feminine beauty; this scene is his vision of the woman of his dreams.

But it gets better. I wonder if Steve Melcher knows what a treasure he’s unearthed here?

The real Mademoiselle de Maupin was Julie d’Aubigny, a 17th-century French actress, singer, and swordswoman—you read that right, swordswoman. Not your normal occupation for a woman in the 17th century. Her father was responsible for training the court pages, training that included fencing, and Julie trained right along with the boys. She later went on the lam with another fencing master who got in trouble with the law by killing a guy in a duel; the two made their living by giving fencing exhibitions and by her singing—she later sang with the Paris Opera and other professional opera companies. Over her lifetime, she was regularly involved in duels, regularly involved in sexual scandals, and regularly involved with the high and mighty in the bedchamber; at one point she was the mistress of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria.

These are just a few of the highlights of her story. There’s lots more at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_d%27Aubigny. As far as I know, the painting is now in a private collection (see https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/detail.php?ID=21674).

Enjoy!

" Perhaps," thinks Aramis. " I’ll postpone that becoming a priest thing, for a little while longer. "

Early tanning salon.

Are you in a hurry to start a family? They won’t stay like this if I have to start nursing.

Sorry, that’s as far as I go on a first date.

Mademoiselle de Maupin: 

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mademoiselledemaupin.jpg 

(best viewed by Google Chrome which can automatically translate most pages as necessary) has info and links that point to info about this painting.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/lecomte_du_nouy_jean-jules-antoine.html 

https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-lecomte-du-nouy 

https://www.artrenewal.org/Article/Title/from-homer-to-the-harem 

https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/3814388/40611_Thesis.pdf 

all have (the second extensive) info about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the first URL. This is the first work by him used here.

Again, a larger strip image is shown by clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2034 (September 6, 2018) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Working late one night on the company’s tax forms, Harold started to have impure thoughts about his secretary.

“yes master…”

Scene from the movie :History of the World when the French Kings gives the girl the choice… “Hump/Death! Hump/Death!” :>) Mel (it’s good to be king!) Brooks

the writer’s wife, subtly reminding him that she hadn’t gotten any in three months.

“Now, how do I get the rest of the dress off?”