Isn't this beautiful?
The artist is named Danny Chu.
His use of paint reminded me of Van Gogh.
If he had a website I would link it...but he does not.
Makes me think.
****
Honey Boo Boo (the television show) is returning to the airwaves soon and they have a new gimmick.
It is perhaps the dumbest promotion ever.
There is a scratch and sniff card you can pick up in the Us magazine.
At designated times you scratch the card and sniff the corresponding smell from the show.
The example from the commercial.
Honey Boo Boo toots. (I hate to say fart. I got in trouble for saying fart once.)
Who in the world thinks this is something they would like to do??
Good heavens.
Does anyone know when The Learning Channel went from being educational to totally CRAZY?
******
What is the saying....from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Guess who said that???
Don't look it up.
I'll write it in the comments.
I was surprised. I would have guessed Shakespeare.
Lots of love.
Encourage one another,
Donna
“It's just one step between the sublime and the ridiculous”
ReplyDelete-Napoleon on his retreat to Paris in 1812
I would have never guessed Napoleon.
DeleteThe lines in the foreground of that painting seem to draw you in. With all the rain we've had lately I'm longing for blue skies like that.
Nor would I!
DeleteI was going to guess Marilyn Monroe... she has some surprising quotes :)
ReplyDeleteI think Honey Boo Boo is a great reason to justify never getting cable. Good grief!
ReplyDeleteWe are looking forward to starting Season 3 of Downton Abbey at our house this week (thank you, Netflix!).
It was great to see you on Sat. I hope Patrick's finger is healing nicely.
We are starting Season 3 this week too, Amy! My girls and I are watching it together. We just love it. But...I know how season 3 ends...
DeleteIt was great! Thank you for breakfast :)
ReplyDeleteI rewarched the Christmas episode in your honor Saturday.
Wasn't it wonderful!!!??
I watched the Christmas episode on Saturday night for the first time. It was wonderful! :) Season 3 disc 1 is waiting at the library for me to pick it up. I saw on FB yesterday that they are filming season 4 now. There was a snapshot of them drinking tea on the lawn.
DeleteI kind of like Honey Boo Boo...
ReplyDeleteI like it like people like Real Housewives...
It's a good distraction!
Sometimes it can be relaxing to watch mindless television - its like junk food for the mind :-)
DeleteMost of the time I'm jelly of American television
ReplyDelete- but not when you mention Honey Boo Boo. no thanks.
LOVE the painting :-) It just makes me happy.
I have read that Napoleon was probably referring to an earlier phrase by Thomas Paine from 1794: The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.
ReplyDeleteWould that mean there's hope for a return to sublime? Hope you have a sublime week.
I want to know how you got in trouble for saying the F word (farts)!
ReplyDeleteMy guess was Benjamin Franklin.
Mary Z
For YEARS I have said "fluff"
Deletebut lately I'm getting feistier in my old age and saying fart once in a while. It feels a bit sassy ;-)
You got in trouble for saying "fart"???? I can't imagine. I live in a house with an almost 7 year old boy....bodily functions are the topic of conversation at that age! It drives me nuts, but that's what little boys do....
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, Honey Boo Boo, ugh! I can't even imagine why that family is on TV. But then again, I was wondering why Kris Jenner is getting her own talk show? I have never been a fan of reality TV and sure am not going to start with Honey Boo Boo! It is exploitation to me...but what do I know.
Juli ~ I sometimes think when channel surfing on cable (which is ridiculously priced for all the junk on it in comparison to the quality programming) that our Society has really sunk to an all time low when programs like Honey Boo Boo replace quality TV like "I'll Fly Away" (which most people probably won't recall but think along the lines of To Kill a Mockingbird).
DeleteI do like the painting.
ReplyDeleteI've watched Honey Boo Boo a couple of times. Sometimes it's just so crazy and wrong you have to laugh. The scratch-n-sniff card is disgusting.
I don't think fart is a bad word, however.
Sarah P. from Iowa
I said the word as a curse... In front if my mom and her friend. Mom was embarrassed and I think I was grounded. Sue got in trouble for saying pissed off. Mom made Sue look it up. She said,"your father works with truck drivers and he does NOT talk like that.
ReplyDeleteEek. I was about 13, sue was maybe 15.
No 'fart' allowed in our house either. Only 'toot'. :)
ReplyDeleteAnother one for the QLCS quote book. So funny!
DeleteDi
Another one for the QLCS quote book. So funny!
DeleteDi
I saw that scratch & sniff commercial. Gross.
ReplyDeleteHoney Boo Boo is simply stupid. I know third grade humor and I cannot watch it. I have to turn the channel.
ReplyDeleteMy daughter (8 years old) loves A Baby Story and Three Weddings (shows on TLC) but I make her record them first so she can fast forward through the ridiculously inappropriate commercials. I've been saying for years that TLC doesn't stand for The Learning Channel but it stands for The LUDICROUS Channel.
ReplyDeleteEvery time my two year old passes gas I say, "toot toot." Now he is saying it. Last night he even said, "Daddy toot toot."
ReplyDeleteThe best though was a little boy who was probably three or four at the time. He was sitting on my lap and said, "whoops, I burped out my bottom." His mom didn't like the word fart either.
Ah, with a houseful of boys, there has to be a way to acknowledge the ill winds. We said "toot" with our boys. One of them says "fluffer". My DIL sniffs her toddler and asks, "Poop or boom?"
ReplyDeleteWe know/love a family that uses correct medical terminology: "Awwwww. He FLATulated!" the sister complains. It cracked me up. Then I was stupid enough to mention it—with laughter—to the mom (WHO did I think taught them this?), who asked with surprise, "what would you call it?"
I never saw Honey Boo Boo on an episode. I saw her and her mother on a talk show once. I didn't dislike either one.
ReplyDelete