The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for August 13, 2014

Politician…

Keep hating on Thomas Kinkade. My wife loves hers; given to her by a son.

NHL referee (mind you the linesmen are all right)

So thaaat’s why everyone wears glasses… and i thought it was a Larson homage!

Not to argue, but his work bring happiness and joy to millions of people. Seems like that should be one of the primary purposes of art.

The K-K-KinKade kid k-k-k-kracked mu up!

I can’t disparage those who like Kinkade (or Beiber); the first owners of my present house had a collection of Kinkade.

That I’d use the frame and canvas before keeping one is my “regard” for him as an artist (just as some would probably reuse mine). I HAVE painted over some of my own works which I found less than satisfactory.

Needless to say, I re-did any attempts at decorating in this house (their “accent walls” were colors I considered drab and ugly, as well as the little valence over kitchen sink. My own may be to fem for some (floral) but it matches the fabric I used for the seat cushions on my stools and benches.

i think kinkaide collectors are sitting pretty good right now, say what you will about his style. dead artists make rich collectors.

gopher gofer said, about 8 hours ago

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Danica Patrick

Past tense, right. Kinkade is dead.

If everyone “failed” the vision test, I’d find it much more likely that the tester messed up. I thought that that would be the punchline here.

@ Meow, thanks! I used the high sloping ceiling to install “up-lights” which work marvelously (and the strip fluorescents are hidden behind foamboard “mountains”) but for me the important thing is my RED countertop appliances and a bunch of my bird collection up on the ledges. It looks pretty good considering I’ve done lots of cooking and baking here for 15 years.

@Tom, I wonder whether the vision test was with (or without) glasses. Obviously they all need them. I got glasses this year but plan to have a cataract operation on one eye sometime soon (glasses are a pain to deal with).