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about me
i take my commitments very seriously
which is why i avoid commitments of any sort....
i can barely contain my excitement
on deck for 2007
at the VMFA
is an exhibit of royal Britania paintings
on loan from Windsor castle
for the celebration of the founding of Jamestown
and most fabulous of all
is the armada painting
of Queen Elizabeth
never before exhibited in the united states
but widely viewed in history books
it is arguable that Queen Elizabeth
was the most powerful woman to ever hold
the seat of power of the leading nation
she controlled armies, fortun...
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ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES CAN’T BE TRUSTED
“All three voting systems have significant security and reliability vulnerabilities, which pose a real danger to the integrity of national, state, and local elections.”
--The William Brennan Institute, in a written report prepared by a task force of computer security experts including the head of security at Microsoft and Lawrence Livermore Labs, and expert computer professors from Yale, Berkeley, NYU, Stanford, and other Universities
“...
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Tue, December 12, 2006 - 10:55 AM
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i am contemplating taking up painting again
but this time using oils instead of watercolors
and not forcing myself to make a picture.
because to be honest
i couldn't draw a circle if
it was a straight line
i think that is why i love modern art
because not everyone needs to be able to paint flowery villages...
colors, textures, splatters used to produce something powerful
there is theory
that the pieces of crafted and created with a persons hands, heart etc
absorb that and ...
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this painting has been away from home for far too long
in a daring heist
thieves stole this and Munch "The Madonna"
from the Munch museum in Oslow, Norway in 2004...
these paintings are valuable
not just in a monetary sense
but as intricate pieces in the artists series
The Frieze of Life
which depicts anxiety, illness, death
images from his bipolar mind
though not my favorite artist
nor my favorite pieces
few other paintings are so recognizable
the theft of these pieces
...
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I got tagged by IFreedompig
RULES - Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog with 8 facts/things/habits about yourself, saying who tagged you. In the end you need to choose 6 people to be tagged and list their names. No tag backs.
1. I love the public library. Any public library. When I die I hope it will be in my sleep, in a chair, in the corner near the mystery section. A long long time from now.
2. I spent the summers in high school on the carny circuit. I worked for a fa...
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