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Posted: May 18, 2012 - 5:57am

Yesterday I learned that you cannot open Grooveshark in IE 8.  It locks the damn thing up every time it's tried.


Alexandra

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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 10:15pm

My sister's friend renovated her basement to look like an art deco speakeasy, complete with 3-D Maxfield Parrish clouds on the ceiling!
 

Alexandra

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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 9:56pm

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:

He was one of the first to embrace mass-produced art as frame-able product people would pay good money for. The one I have (Daybreak, smaller) probably sold for under $10 when it was released. Quite a chunk of change back then but because of his fame thru magazine covers, these good-looking prints sold very well. Wiki says enough prints of Daybreak were sold to go into 1 in 4 households in America.
 
Wiki also tells us that Mel Gibson's wife bought the original in 2006 and sold it at a 2.5 Million dollar loss 4 years later  

 
D'oh!
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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 9:52pm

 Alexandra wrote:

In my research of Parrish, there was a hilarious direct quote. It was a time when he changed from people to landscapes...and he told the reporter, "I'm done with girls on rocks."
 
Also, his skies, landscapes, etc. were done in such a way that they were almost 3D-looking......but you can't tell unless you're standing next to an original.

I wish his stuff would go on tour! LOVE it.

 
He was one of the first to embrace mass-produced art as frame-able product people would pay good money for. The one I have (Daybreak, smaller) probably sold for under $10 when it was released. Quite a chunk of change back then but because of his fame thru magazine covers, these good-looking prints sold very well. Wiki says enough prints of Daybreak were sold to go into 1 in 4 households in America.
 
Wiki also tells us that Mel Gibson's wife bought the original in 2006 and sold it at a 2.5 Million dollar loss 4 years later  
Alexandra

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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 9:46pm

 Beaker wrote:

Agreed.  

And it's always interesting to see what TinEye unearths.

 
In my research of Parrish, there was a hilarious direct quote. It was a time when he changed from people to landscapes...and he told the reporter, "I'm done with girls on rocks."
 
Also, his skies, landscapes, etc. were done in such a way that they were almost 3D-looking......but you can't tell unless you're standing next to an original.

I wish his stuff would go on tour! LOVE it.
ScottFromWyoming

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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 9:26pm

 Beaker wrote:
 

I didn't know any of this.  

Not seeing the link with the Elton cover...
 
I'm pretty sure we could find the Parrish if we looked long enough but at the very least it's "in the style of..."
 
This is not Parrish but ——it's in the style of:
 
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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 8:47pm

 Alexandra wrote:

I learned just how many people have been inspired by Maxfield Parrish!

 
   
 
I didn't know this one!
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Posted: Apr 30, 2012 - 7:59pm


I learned just how many people have been inspired by Maxfield Parrish!
 
 



 
   

 
 
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Posted: Feb 2, 2012 - 4:35pm

 Manbird wrote:

The Punx of Gobbler's Knob  ... and check your waistcoat for zygotes. 
 
Yell About 4 pounds of beef jerky and a thick, full head of hair is what!!!
Red_Dragon

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Posted: Feb 2, 2012 - 4:17pm

Today I learned that Blue Ice vodka is just about as drinkable as decent bourbon.
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Posted: Feb 2, 2012 - 4:05pm

 Manbird wrote: 
you should be shunned for that
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Posted: Feb 2, 2012 - 3:43pm

 Manbird wrote:

... and check your waistcoat for zygotes. 
 
...verily.  monocle


Manbird

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Posted: Feb 2, 2012 - 3:31pm

 Proclivities wrote:

You'd probably want to change your shoes after that. 
 
... and check your waistcoat for zygotes. 
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Posted: Feb 2, 2012 - 3:10pm

 JrzyTmata wrote:

I'd have a hard time not stomping that thing.
 
You'd probably want to change your shoes after that. 
GeneP59

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Posted: Feb 2, 2012 - 3:01pm

 JrzyTmata wrote:

I'd have a hard time not stomping that thing.
 
My goose bumps have goose bumps. {#Eek}
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Posted: Feb 2, 2012 - 2:58pm

 GeneP59 wrote:

White bird dropping spider.  {#Roflol}

 
I'd have a hard time not stomping that thing.

GeneP59

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Posted: Feb 2, 2012 - 2:52pm

 JrzyTmata wrote:

wtf is that thing?
 
White bird dropping spider.  {#Roflol}
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Posted: Feb 2, 2012 - 2:48pm

 Manbird wrote: 
wtf is that thing?

Manbird

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Posted: Feb 2, 2012 - 2:15pm

Adventures with curiosity and learning
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Posted: Nov 11, 2011 - 7:50am

Gas pumps have been shown to have the highest content of germs and bacteria. Also, buttons, railings, vending machines.
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