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Top Comments: Open Thread [1]

['Tara The Antisocial Social Worker', 'Thom Hartmann', 'Karen F. Duncan']

Date: 2026-08-12  

Cindi Handy (American, born 1973) Vintage Color, 2023 Transparent watercolor on paper 23.5 x 17.5 inches Cindi Handy is a signature member of the North East Watercolor Society (NEWS), a member of the American Watercolor Society (AWS), Transparent Watercolor Society of America (TWSA), North Country Arts, Saratoga Arts, and the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Council (LARAC). She also enjoys doing painting commissions and sees them as a challenge to realize the vision of others. Cindi states: “Although I do have a background in the arts, I am a self-taught transparent watercolor artist. A transparent watercolor artist uses only transparent watercolors and no gouache or white paint. Each painting requires forethought and planning, to preserve the light and white tones of the painting. I have been painting watercolors since 2008. Color and light are the two things that motivate me in every watercolor painting. I’m fascinated with the abstract nature of the small details that come tog

The week kinda got away from me, and I have no brilliant thoughts on a topic tonight.

Rumors that I am in Turkey, redirecting a certain catering truck to the SpaceX launching pad for a mission to Mars, are of course entirely slanderous. Although it would make for a great “Cosmic Turkey” story.

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From your humble (if antisocial) diarist:

In IronTortoise’s diary about MyPillow weirdo Mike Lindell losing the GQP primary for Minnesota Governor, globalguy had an excellent question (for a friend, of course), and ChiknSpectre noted the silver lining.

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