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I only finished putting this on my wall very recently. It's fifty photos, featuring my friends, family, countries I've visited and so on. The collection will be growing I think, photos from my trip to Madrid and to Texel are missing at the moment.
Dec 09, 2009 07:37 by mithredat -
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A Greek Orthodox icon of a saint - given to me on my 16th birthday by my grandparents.
Nov 21, 2009 05:41 by a_noob -
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Too cool, huh :o
Nov 17, 2009 09:14 by soarkaios -
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Nov 15, 2009 03:34 by coco-tidan -
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not necessarily the most interesting - but rather the only thing up on my wall at work
Nov 14, 2009 23:55 by kandilquick -
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My father in law is very traditional in both his Taiwanese culture and in Buddhism. We have had wisdom naming ceremonies for all of us but my youngest. These are our names.
Nov 14, 2009 21:41 by jenaissance -
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a shelf of pigs.
Nov 14, 2009 20:54 by mlr21 -
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My son and I moved in with my dad recently. He had a spare room which he used as an office. I packed up all of his wall hangings (picture frames, award plaques, etc) and then it came time to take down this giant poster of an Aztec warrior. When I was going to take it down, my 7 yr old son said "No mommy! please don't!" I asked him why he didn't want me to take the poster down and he said "It's a picture of God, I like it." Where he got the idea that it's a picture of God I have no idea. I told him that it wasn't a picture of God and he said he still wanted to keep it up. So now I have this poster hanging over my bed. Nothing against it, but it's just not me!
Nov 14, 2009 20:05 by cupcakechica-
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Actually that was my first half-reaction to the picture, that it was of God or Jesus raising a woman, but then I noticed how he was decorated.
Nov 15, 2009 14:32 by faith.
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Nov 14, 2009 19:41 by stephie-
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Hey, that's a "cool" bird ;)
Nov 15, 2009 03:58 by chaomancer. -
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Looks better in the photos I took of it than it does on my wall. (notice the crack? thats more noticeable in the photos I think)
Nov 15, 2009 09:28 by stephie.
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A collection of pictures I took in the first couple of months we had Lucy.
Nov 14, 2009 18:53 by leopicado-
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I love the frame!
Nov 14, 2009 19:28 by notanotherskye. -
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Yeah, that's a neat looking frame.
Nov 15, 2009 03:58 by chaomancer.
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A boyfriend gave this to me when he returned from Egypt. He said it's supposed to be the Egyptian Goddess of Love, but he was probably just trying to get laid.
Nov 14, 2009 17:54 by lachamuca-
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Umm. . . I don't know a heckuva lot about egypt, but I used to love ancient mythology when I was little.
Firstly, the main character is a guy (so no "goddess"), and secondly I'm pretty sure that's a Pharaoh and his family worshiping Aten ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aten ) the sun god.Nov 14, 2009 18:56 by philos-phobos. -
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@philos-phobos: apparently you missed the "he was just trying to get laid" bit.
Nov 14, 2009 19:04 by lachamuca. -
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@lachamucha lol. I noticed, I just like passing on random info.
Nov 14, 2009 20:43 by philos-phobos. -
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@philos-phobos: it's cool. thanks for the info!
Nov 14, 2009 21:00 by lachamuca. -
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That's Ahkenaten making an offering to Ra. He was considered a heretic and a rebel.
Nov 14, 2009 21:18 by passepartout. -
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Um . . .if that's the case, then it's even more awesome it's hanging on my wall.
Nov 14, 2009 21:25 by lachamuca. -
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@passepartout: His hips would suggest that... but wasn't one of the things about art in his time that it didn't apply the strict rules about body proportions, including smaller women? I'm thinking of that famous (infamous?) relief of him and his wife in which they're kissing their babies. Then again... this probably wasn't crafted during his time, eh?
Nov 22, 2009 16:16 by merendis. -
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@merendis: his heresy was his challenge to the official religion and the ultimate power of the theocracy. He shelved the priests (temporarily) and tried to establish a religion around a single god, Ra. Ra is in the papyrus, above, as the red orb with rays of love hitting Ahkenaten.
Ahkenaten deliberately exaggerated his physique in his commissioned portraits. I did see a 'normal' papyrus of him and his family. They had normal proportions.
Nov 22, 2009 17:13 by passepartout.
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I don't have much on my wall. Most of it's on this board. Post cards from the recent Kuniyoshi exhibition at the Royal Academy, a couple of postcards from an exhibtion of Arabic script, an old Irish hymn, you can see most of it for yourself though, huh?
Nov 14, 2009 14:26 by rabbitdan from Flickr-
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Turner?
Nov 14, 2009 14:30 by passepartout. -
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@passepartout: yes indeed. i have a few postcards of his paintings by computer too. this one is ulysses deriding polyphemus
Nov 14, 2009 14:33 by rabbitdan. -
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And he deserved it, no doubt. How many phemuses does a monster need, anyway?
Nov 14, 2009 14:36 by passepartout. -
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@passepartout: Six? Maybe seven? That should last the week I reckon.
Nov 14, 2009 14:53 by rabbitdan. -
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I also have a bunch of postcards hanging from a wall. Might be able to use this for the "what do you collect" mission.
Nov 14, 2009 16:52 by athanie. -
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Oh, and interestingly enough, a good amount of my post cards are Japanese woodblock prints too.
Nov 14, 2009 17:08 by athanie. -
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@athanie: The Kuniyoshui exhibition was incredible. Weirdly contemporary. You know how when something is really good it feels like it never dates, it just stays fresh forever? It had that quality. I'm pondering the what do you collect mission. I think I might start collecting Rocket Dog legends ;)
Nov 14, 2009 17:11 by rabbitdan.
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This is a small prayer bell from Wat Doi Suthep in Thailand. I have several of different size around garden, hanging from the trees. They are cast bronze and each has a single,clear note.
A Buddhist monk tried to explain them to me. Through pantomime I guessed something about a prayer when the wind stirs the bell's clapper. All about the glittery temple were many sizes of bells, mostly hung by people, each bell with a private prayer. I asked a Thai man to write the names of some friends and my family on them. The writing has faded, but the bells still sing their prayers all the same.
Here's a link to Wat Doi Suthep if you want to learn more about it. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wat_Phrathat_Doi_Suthep)
Nov 14, 2009 14:14 by passepartout-
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It's a lovely thought. I like the idea of permanence in prayer.
Nov 14, 2009 14:35 by rabbitdan. -
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I also love Thai Buddhist temples (although have never been to one in Thailand). The sense of peace is amazing at such places.
Nov 14, 2009 16:49 by athanie.
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My grandfather was an incredible craftsman. Very few items he did were of the hanging variety. The dusty rose is from his funeral four years ago.
Nov 14, 2009 14:13 by cantfindagoodname-
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Know how you feel about granddad. Mine was a window artist who did gold leaf. Pretty much a lost art today. Love that you maintained this!
Nov 14, 2009 18:52 by lmnewman. -
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Needs dusting!
Nov 15, 2009 06:02 by cantfindagoodname. -
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I have a dusty rose from my grandmothers funeral 3 years ago. The bike is lovely :)
Nov 15, 2009 14:35 by faith.
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This is a picture of a puzzle that was done... Years ago. You really can't tell that its a puzzle because I have it behind glass.
Nov 14, 2009 14:03 by sunsetlover68-
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the orange glob in the left bottomish side, is the light that was behind me
Nov 14, 2009 14:06 by sunsetlover68.
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paradise island for daddy ..... done 1999 by my daugther
Nov 14, 2009 13:13 by derpagat -
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My cat also likes to admire interesting things on the wall. These are woodcuts that I did over the course of many years at a friend's annual get-together. Artistic types would gather at his farm every summer for a day of making art using the farm and surrounding land as inspiration. Woodcuts are the only art I make by hand because the medium is crude enough to forgive my inadequacies of talent. Sometimes the results are quite charming. I have not gotten around to framing all of them.
Nov 14, 2009 12:49 by kellydna-
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very nice! i took a printmaking class and loved woodcuts.
Nov 14, 2009 12:59 by saxchik. -
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The yellow walls offset your artwork (and cat) very well.
Nov 14, 2009 14:28 by passepartout. -
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I particularly like the print on the left but I'm also suddenly very taken by your cat in a way I haven't been previously. I want to give pick him up and give him a squeeze.
Nov 14, 2009 14:39 by rabbitdan. -
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@rabbitdan: She was very patient with me as I rousted her from a nap back in my bedroom, brought her to the front room, and plopped her down on the back of the couch so that @cineloh's and my matching cats would have matching pictures today.
Nov 14, 2009 14:42 by kellydna. -
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@rabbitdan: she would bite you and tell you she's a girl! :)
Nov 14, 2009 14:42 by saxchik. -
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@rabbitdan: Oh, and, the croquet set is my favorite, too. Thanks.
p.s. Dasie is very friendly. If you squeezed her, she'd only squeak.Nov 14, 2009 14:45 by kellydna. -
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@saxchik: i gather as much. i probably should have picked this up by now though. emoticon for *rolls eyes at self*, anyone?
Nov 14, 2009 14:46 by rabbitdan. -
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Ooh love the woodcuts! Also, there's something about yellow, black and white color combinations that I will have to investigate.
Nov 14, 2009 16:44 by athanie.
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Wooden mermaid purchased at the county fair a couple years back was the beginning of a mermaid collection.
Nov 14, 2009 11:31 by lmnewman -
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A friend of mine stole this for me when we ate at a German restaurant in New Hampshire years ago. My dough boy has been hanging in my kitchen ever since. I like the way the flash from the Blackberry made a vignette around the pic.
Nov 14, 2009 10:16 by saxchik-
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New Hampshire <3
Nov 14, 2009 12:38 by rebecaca. -
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Nov 14, 2009 12:42 by saxchik. -
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The vignette thing makes him look like he's glowing. Good ornament for a kitchen. How does it not go off? Is it varnished?
Nov 14, 2009 17:38 by rabbitdan. -
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@rabbitdan: he's varnished. i've had him for about 12 years now and he's still hanging strong.
Nov 14, 2009 18:32 by saxchik. -
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Looks like bread hanging on your wall, lol.
Nov 14, 2009 22:11 by soarkaios.
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I made this for my nieces Birthday this weekend.
Nov 14, 2009 10:00 by cineloh-
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Kitty thinks it's for him!
Nov 14, 2009 11:33 by lmnewman.
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There is nothing on the walls at all at the moment as I am washing the walls today. Ahh, timing.
Nov 14, 2009 09:36 by thedigitalghost-
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good pic though
Nov 14, 2009 14:25 by rabbitdan.
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We've got a ton of crazy crap on our walls but this one has a story to it I think you artists will like. When I was 22ish my friend picked me up from school (friend is an understatement, he was my bff and also a Columbian guy I married so he could stay in the country) and he said, I have to go to New York, do you want to come? I said ok. We went for the weekend and spent it with some of his friends who were professional artists and actors. One girl had just sold one of her paintings to a law firm for $20,000. The other girl, the painters sister, was moving back to Columbia to be on a soap opera. Her boyfriend was an actor and had just received a $230 check from Disney for being an extra on a show - he was like 35. Everyone else was in their late 20s. We were all out to brunch and the guy kept talking about his check and stuff. So we got into this conversation about art and money. The guy was saying if you become very independently wealthy you have "sold out". He said something like this, "Only bad artists surround themselves with things, like swimming pools and tennis courts, you need to minimalize to be a good artist." And the girl who had just sold the 20k painting said, "How are you a bad artist if you have a swimming pool?" I wrote it down on a napkin then later wrote it larger and hung it up where I am working as motivation.
Nov 14, 2009 08:38 by discomeg2-
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Are you an artist?
Nov 14, 2009 14:27 by passepartout. -
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It's a reasonable question.
Nov 14, 2009 14:27 by rabbitdan. -
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@passepartout: yes. I do comics and paint and stuff. I'm a writer and web designer by trade. how about you guys.
Nov 14, 2009 14:33 by discomeg2. -
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I love when napkin notes/statements become art. Some of the most interesting art pieces I've seen have a seemingly random statement written through them.
Nov 14, 2009 16:41 by athanie. -
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I love to make art type stuff, but I feel it'd be too presumptuous to call myself an artist because I feel I'm not very good.
Nov 15, 2009 14:39 by faith. -
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@faith: no way. "good" is in the eye of the beholder. I've seen some real crap from "artists". And some amazing things by "regular people"
Nov 15, 2009 14:47 by discomeg2. -
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Yes, so true.
Nov 15, 2009 15:11 by faith.
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A Gyotaku Fish Print. Used to be the way Japanese fishers recorded the size of their catch.
Nov 14, 2009 08:00 by athanie-
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I made one of those years ago. Yours came out much better than mine.
Nov 14, 2009 14:25 by passepartout. -
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How does the measuring work? Sounds interesting.
Nov 14, 2009 14:28 by rabbitdan. -
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@passepartout: oh I didn't do this, someone bought it for me. I'm pretty certain it wasn't created from a real fish too. But I like fish and I manage to hang up a lot of orange/yellow things around my place.
Nov 14, 2009 16:53 by athanie. -
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@rabbitdan: they'd rub ink on one side of the fish and lay it on a piece of paper. Kind of like early printmaking. They used it to create a record of the size and species of fish, but nowadays its use is more artistic. Young kids in Japan do art projects with rubber fish, I hear.
Nov 14, 2009 17:02 by athanie. -
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@athanie: hmmm. tick tick tick....
Nov 14, 2009 17:05 by rabbitdan. -
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Nov 14, 2009 17:07 by rabbitdan. -
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@rabbitdan: UPVOTED!
Nov 14, 2009 20:20 by kellydna. -
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Yes, you work ink into the scales and fins. You blot the extra off and then press a cloth onto the fish. They often come out looking like fossils.
Nov 14, 2009 21:14 by passepartout.
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Special gift from a very special person.
I don't have too much on my walls. The most 'interesting' to the voyeurs out there might actually be my "board 'o memories" that holds all kinds of flight, train, and event tickets and other paper memorabilia, but that holds too much private information to (also) post.
Nov 14, 2009 07:58 by chaomancer-
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Tigers and cats are awesome!
Nov 14, 2009 08:07 by soarkaios. -
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@soarkaios: yeah, I'm a sucker for tigers.
Nov 14, 2009 08:16 by chaomancer.
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a wedding gift we got.
Nov 14, 2009 07:42 by obvio-
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Ou very nice.
Nov 14, 2009 07:54 by soarkaios. -
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That's pretty awesome
Nov 14, 2009 09:05 by thebradymachine. -
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@thebradymachine & @soarkaios: thanks! the artist is one of the most promising and distinguished new argentine artists, Martin Casares, you'll probably can see some other stuff he did soon on mclibrosyarte.com.ar . I´m really proud to have it on my wall!
Nov 14, 2009 14:58 by obvio.
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The left one is something i won (with autographs yay), and the right one is my asian hottie wall XD ~yay
Nov 14, 2009 07:32 by endroine -
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Aluminum foil magnet monsters by a local artist
Nov 14, 2009 07:32 by rapscallion-
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I want almost all of them. Very cool :O
Nov 14, 2009 07:54 by soarkaios. -
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Reminds me of Boglins! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boglin
Nov 14, 2009 07:57 by athanie. -
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Hehe, very cute.
Nov 14, 2009 07:58 by chaomancer. -
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I like this one. It's like a one-eared rabbit skull.
Nov 14, 2009 13:34 by kellydna. -
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Very, very creative. Aluminum foil?!
Nov 14, 2009 14:23 by passepartout. -
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wow! i only wish they could talk. talking furniture and living room ornaments would be great.
Nov 14, 2009 14:30 by rabbitdan.
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an awesome picture frame of bad faces...
Nov 14, 2009 06:47 by emily216-
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Are the faces really sideways like this? I like it!
Nov 14, 2009 07:55 by athanie.
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Mardis Gras mask made in San Francisco, bought in New Orleans, has been on the wall for over 20 years. The cat always hated it.
Nov 14, 2009 06:29 by jdproductions -
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One day, my boss walked into my office and said "I'll pay you $1 to not watch Hamlett 2." I took him up on that offer.
Nov 14, 2009 06:07 by thebradymachine-
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You didn't even try to negotiate the price?
Nov 14, 2009 07:59 by chaomancer. -
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Haha. No. And my job is negotiating.
Nov 14, 2009 09:06 by thebradymachine. -
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The movie had its absurd moments.
Nov 14, 2009 14:21 by passepartout. -
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You both walk away winners from that deal.
Nov 15, 2009 00:12 by bill.
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Not a very good pic of it, but this is a painting by one of my students (age 12). I love it.
Nov 14, 2009 03:10 by sydtheskeptic-
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That's rather good. Curiously reminiscent of lots of other art. A star.
Nov 14, 2009 03:41 by rabbitdan. -
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@rabbitdan: Thanks Dan.
Nov 14, 2009 10:25 by sydtheskeptic. -
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Yes, it is wonderful. It looks almost aboriginal.
Nov 14, 2009 14:19 by passepartout. -
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Wow! Thanks for sharing.
Nov 15, 2009 14:43 by faith. -
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I just realized tweaktoday is show and tell.
Nov 15, 2009 14:43 by faith. -
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@faith: It is, sometimes. Other times, the missions are purely creative. On rare occasions, it's collaborative. Those are the ones I like the most.
Nov 15, 2009 14:48 by sydtheskeptic. -
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Cool. I can't wait to see more of them :)
Nov 15, 2009 15:10 by faith.
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