The painter-as-documenter is just now dawning in my perception. Having next to zero training in visual arts (I always opted for music classes in school) it is a joy to learn more about the various ways painters worked as documentarians.
Every now and again it occurs to me that once upon a time, if one didn't witness something directly, it was gone forever, reduced to a description from someone else.
Mostly when I listen to live music, thinking that not too long ago, it was live music or 𝘯𝘰 music...
It's one of my favorite bits about it, it only exisits in the moment, almost always. Very little of the music played each day is recorded. And that's beautiful.
I beg to differ there missy. You are doing a lot of good work more than many. I don't know how you missed that. You are fighting to right the wrongs when many of us don't have that power to wield. Find things you like or love to do and do them anyway.
Oh boo hoo, smarty-pants, you're great in SO many ways and we know it (and, importantly, you never had to say so!) I'd emoji you something cute here, but I can't figure out how to do so.
IANAL so I'm asking: can an appellant court tell a defendant not to bother filling an appeal? I'm thinking of the next highest appellant court telling Loser 45 to just go away after one appeal to delay the NY criminal trial was denied.
Speaking of cruise ships, we just paid off the balance for our cruise this summer. That's the last of the Big Expenses left for the cruise, so all that's left is to make sure we've got a few hundred to chuck on cruise credit for the cabin card, and coordinate a shore excursion with a friend who will also be in Athens, Greece at the same time that we are going to be there. I'm excited, first international trip since 2019!
No really. It wasn’t the debt, it was kids stealing toothpaste and pinwheels from the aisles. And please ignore the following. In other words, the owner made a deal with Paulie from Goodfellas, cashed out and lived off the debt until the bank wouldn’t let him borrow another Buck from the bank.
“The deal — which valued 99 Cents Only Stores at $1.6 billion — saddled the company with a debt load that turned a "conservative balance sheet" into a "highly leveraged capital structure," Standard & Poor's Rating Services said in a report.
The company struggled with debt for years. Its financial position continued to erode even after it sold a City of Commerce distribution center last year for $190 million, then leased it back, to raise capital, according to S&P Global Ratings.”
According to NYT, the lack of a boom and bust economy filled with sudden depressions and booms could just be a bad thing, you know “to some”. Sure Jan.
“Is the Boom-and-Bust Business Cycle Dead?
There is a growing view that the U.S. business cycle has changed (for better) in a more diversified economy. To some, that sounds like tempting fate.”
So I see Dan Crenshaw has reached the "I have seen the enemy" phase. Unfortunately achieving the "and he is us" connection is exceedingly rare with conservatives
So I see Dan Crenshaw has reached the "I have seen the enemy" phase. Unfortunately achieving the "and he is us" connection is exceedingly rare with conservatives
Well, the Yoshino Cherry Trees might be done but the Kwanzan ones are MORE than making up for it by me. Those bad boys have such heavy bunches or bright pink blooms, it always weighs down their branches. So pretty! The Eastern Redbuds are doing pretty well too. Also the Capitol has gone for freaking GIANT tulips for its landscaping this spring. Those things are easily 3-4 times the size of the ones growing by me!
Header artist today is Anders Montan. Learn a little about him and his paintings of laborers at the link: https://open.substack.com/pub/martiniambassador/p/anders-montan
The trades shown made me think of this song by the folk trio, The Lost Trades.
shttps://youtu.be/6dOnGsGlVQE?si=Br_-cnk_ZfxfE9K_
https://youtu.be/6dOnGsGlVQE?si=Br_-cnk_ZfxfE9K_
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Oh, I needed a tissue warning before I clicked! But what a beautiful video. Thank you for sharing it, hon.
The British trio make some nice music.
Came to make a snarky comment and now I'm crying. That was lovely.
I always do.
Oh, bittersweet! 😢🥲
As is life.
Love those paintings.
The painter-as-documenter is just now dawning in my perception. Having next to zero training in visual arts (I always opted for music classes in school) it is a joy to learn more about the various ways painters worked as documentarians.
Every now and again it occurs to me that once upon a time, if one didn't witness something directly, it was gone forever, reduced to a description from someone else.
Mostly when I listen to live music, thinking that not too long ago, it was live music or 𝘯𝘰 music...
It's one of my favorite bits about it, it only exisits in the moment, almost always. Very little of the music played each day is recorded. And that's beautiful.
It's really amazing, isn't it? Enjoy.
So much! I'm JUST NOW learning so much about painting, it's so rewarding to ...look at art!
I wish I were artistic! Everyone here can paint or play music, or sing, or sew, or do carpentry and I can't do anything and it hurts my feelings!
If it fits your circumstances and opportunities, take a class. Sometimes a little instruction eases frustration and cool things can happen...
Do you prepare food? That is creative in nature.
Just try stuff. Trying to do things is good for your brain. No need to buy all the gear, join all the clubs, just try stuff.
Putting food on your family is rewarding.
I use a wrist rocket, but other slingshots would be just as entertaining...
Synchronicity! I got a wrist rocket at an early season yard sale yesterday.
I beg to differ there missy. You are doing a lot of good work more than many. I don't know how you missed that. You are fighting to right the wrongs when many of us don't have that power to wield. Find things you like or love to do and do them anyway.
Oh boo hoo, smarty-pants, you're great in SO many ways and we know it (and, importantly, you never had to say so!) I'd emoji you something cute here, but I can't figure out how to do so.
Just do it anyway. I paint and write and I suck at both. It’s an outlet.
Very weird timeline when I have to say that Dan Crenshaw was right about something.
IANAL so I'm asking: can an appellant court tell a defendant not to bother filling an appeal? I'm thinking of the next highest appellant court telling Loser 45 to just go away after one appeal to delay the NY criminal trial was denied.
Speaking of cruise ships, we just paid off the balance for our cruise this summer. That's the last of the Big Expenses left for the cruise, so all that's left is to make sure we've got a few hundred to chuck on cruise credit for the cabin card, and coordinate a shore excursion with a friend who will also be in Athens, Greece at the same time that we are going to be there. I'm excited, first international trip since 2019!
Tucker Carlson has a veneer of false intellectualism? Odd, must have missed it!
https://substack.com/profile/38760154-craig-nixon/note/c-53698337
O. J. Simpson's dead.
Good.
OJ Simpson has kicked the bucket. About 30 years too late, in my opinion.
O.J has left the building.
I knew Kim Goldman in middle school. O.J. ruined their lives as far as I could tell.
Bye, O.J. You were a better meme than a human being.
He'll never find the real murderer now.
I wonder if his house had any mirrors in it.
If there were an afterlife, he could ask Nicole who killed her.
No, wait. He can't do that. If there was an afterlife, he and Nicole would never cross paths due to their respective final destinations.
No really. It wasn’t the debt, it was kids stealing toothpaste and pinwheels from the aisles. And please ignore the following. In other words, the owner made a deal with Paulie from Goodfellas, cashed out and lived off the debt until the bank wouldn’t let him borrow another Buck from the bank.
“The deal — which valued 99 Cents Only Stores at $1.6 billion — saddled the company with a debt load that turned a "conservative balance sheet" into a "highly leveraged capital structure," Standard & Poor's Rating Services said in a report.
The company struggled with debt for years. Its financial position continued to erode even after it sold a City of Commerce distribution center last year for $190 million, then leased it back, to raise capital, according to S&P Global Ratings.”
Venture capitalists should be [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] with a [redacted] until [redacted] [redacted] [redacted] [redacted].
cf. Toys Ya Us and Chrysler and and and and ...
Was it something they said?
According to NYT, the lack of a boom and bust economy filled with sudden depressions and booms could just be a bad thing, you know “to some”. Sure Jan.
“Is the Boom-and-Bust Business Cycle Dead?
There is a growing view that the U.S. business cycle has changed (for better) in a more diversified economy. To some, that sounds like tempting fate.”
West Coasties, you're in luck...
Next Stop on the Glasgow Wonka Experience: The US of A, Baby - Jezebel
https://www.jezebel.com/next-stop-on-the-glasgow-wonka-experience-the-us-of-a-baby
So I see Dan Crenshaw has reached the "I have seen the enemy" phase. Unfortunately achieving the "and he is us" connection is exceedingly rare with conservatives
Remember his Top Gun video? Democrats are still laughing about that clownshow to this day in liberal dens of iniquity all over the country.
So I see Dan Crenshaw has reached the "I have seen the enemy" phase. Unfortunately achieving the "and he is us" connection is exceedingly rare with conservatives
Well, the Yoshino Cherry Trees might be done but the Kwanzan ones are MORE than making up for it by me. Those bad boys have such heavy bunches or bright pink blooms, it always weighs down their branches. So pretty! The Eastern Redbuds are doing pretty well too. Also the Capitol has gone for freaking GIANT tulips for its landscaping this spring. Those things are easily 3-4 times the size of the ones growing by me!
I used to live near the Yoshino valley in Nara. The cherry blossoms there are just breathtaking.
Very glad we have Sarah Taber running in NC. She of course has my vote!