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7701. judithathome - 12/3/2004 1:07:04 AM The Freer is one of Keoni's faves.
I liked several funky little museums we went to in France and Germany...all very old and not one of which I can recall the name. They were very old and the floors creaked and the rooms were small but I had a wonderful feeling of having lived there before in several of them. I had that feeling a lot in Europe.
I'm convinced I did live there in other lives and how I got plunked down in Texas in this one, I will never know.
7702. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/18/2004 11:27:02 PM My local art dealer finally got his website up. Brick Walk Fine Art
A peruse for flaws, problems or confusion is welcomed--I had nothing to do with the site, but I can pass a comment or critique on to him. 7703. judithathome - 12/19/2004 9:22:14 PM Wiz, on first look at your page, I note the word "The" is repeated twice in line identifying the art cirtic who is quoted right after it.
For some reason, I couldn't copy and paste the single line. 7704. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/19/2004 9:31:56 PM Many thanks Judith, you'd make a thoughtful copy editor with a good eye.
Speaking of thoughtful, have you heard from her? I won't be able to sleep until she forgives me for my snappish behavior in Matters. 7705. judithathome - 12/19/2004 10:15:46 PM I'm sure she's forgiven you. After all, she's called "thoughtful" for good reason. ;-) 7706. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/22/2004 8:54:31 PM New life for Bush monkey poster
A controversial portrait of President George W Bush, formed using monkey heads, has been projected on a giant billboard in Manhattan.
Chris Savido's acrylic painting, Bush Monkeys, prompted gallery managers to close down a 60-piece show at New York's Chelsea Market last week.
Anonymous donors subsequently paid for the picture to be posted over the entrance to Holland Tunnel for a month.
Some 400,000 drivers are expected to see the billboard each day.
 7707. Ms. No - 12/22/2004 9:37:01 PM I'm glad the Chelsea banned it. Thousands more people will now hear about the painting, see it and hopefully donate money to a good cause. 7708. wonkers2 - 12/22/2004 10:56:53 PM They should have made the picture out of maggots instead of monkeys! 7709. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/22/2004 11:25:02 PM The bidding for it, on ebay, is up to $12,400. 7710. Max Macks - 12/30/2004 8:38:40 PM who would know it is a picture of Dumbya? 7711. Ulgine Barrows - 1/2/2005 4:51:08 AM People who can't see the monkeys for the coffee beans? 7712. wonkers2 - 1/2/2005 5:14:28 AM Maggots or dung beetles! 7713. Ulgine Barrows - 1/2/2005 5:17:52 AM Well. There was hilarious story on Prarie Home Companion that made me think of Pelle.
Some kid, trying to start the car for his dad, but they hadn't scraped the windshield of ice. Kid went straight into the Mississippi and started driving that car real smoothly. Ran up aside an old Norwegian on skis who started shouting at him.
Kid let the Norwegian in the car, along with skis, and finally gathered this: the old Norwegian had made a ski trip on the Mississippi, mostly on his skis, down to New Orleans.
And it was a trip of a lifetime. 7714. wonkers2 - 1/2/2005 5:28:09 AM Not much ice on windshields in The Big Easy. 7715. Ulgine Barrows - 1/2/2005 5:37:22 AM Sure, and when that old/young Norwegian was coming down to the melt, I hope he met some kind folk such as you.
I'd like to thank you all, for my time here. You made it enjoyable for me, mostly; and I hope the same is true for you.
I'm onto something different for awhile. 7716. wonkers2 - 1/2/2005 3:07:16 PM Peace be with you. 7717. alistairconnor - 1/3/2005 2:29:10 PM Oh well.
I hope you're onto something good. As the song says. 7718. thoughtful - 1/3/2005 5:02:00 PM Wiz, just saw your note above.
Nothing to forgive.
Just glad you got a grip. That stuff is not good for the heart nor the soul. Yours nor anybody else's.
Happy new year!
7719. thoughtful - 1/3/2005 5:07:20 PM We went to the Yale art museum one day on our vacation. Wanted to see the exhibit on livable modernism...collection of decorative arts during the depression on display was disappointingly small. Though some of what was there was a stunner to see in a museum. We kept saying things like...your mother had a vacuum cleaner like that...my grandmother's phone looked exactly like that one.
Weird sensation. 7720. judithathome - 1/3/2005 7:53:06 PM I saw an exhibit like that a few years ago...loved it. I kept thinking, I sold one just like that for a pittance! The curse of the antiques dealer...knowing you sold something for less than you could have.
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