Oh wow. Those will have to go into my NetFlix queue next.

Haven't checked this thread for a while - theres a lot going on here. Joseph, I see what you mean about America/England not being what it used to, and I wouldn't have to travel as far as London to find a Mc Donalds. London is like another country to me and I avoid it as much as possible.

What I would say is that I live in one of the smaller cities in England (Hereford) and apart from the few Mc Donald style shops etc that have sprung up in the last 2 decades, this place is the same as it was 50 years ago. On my street people live in the same houses as their great grand parents did. The pubs are like something out of a war movie. I guess things are changing, but not everywhere is 100% capitalised yet.

I understand that we have a few things here, that we haven't built over.....yet, like the Grand Canyon and such, but not everyone is into hiking and rock climbing when they travel. They are currently thinking about a total rehabilitation of New Orleans(my home town) which will be a crying shame. It was one of the few cities in the US that made you feel like you were in another country. If it is updated to another plastic no- character style American city, I shall never return. They did the same thing to Las Vegas. back in the 70's when I used to go there, it was seedy, tacky and adult-oriented and dangerous. Sin-City. Everything you expected from a city founded by gangsters. That is why you went. For the adreneline rush, the thrill. Now, it's just another Disneyland. I've never been back since.

'I keep spotting English actors more and more in US telly, Hugh Lauie in House,'
Im glad you mentioned House Tracey it is one of my faves and my daughter loves it too, something we love to watch together.
The thing is the basic storyline is same every time, sick person on verge of dying with some obscure illness, and only House solves the problem. They go through the same procedures, almost the same dialogue when in conference diagnosing the poor soul.
I know the rest of the storyline is about the evolving of the permanant characters and their interaction; but I think its magic. ( maybe we are being hynotised to watch; with invisible messages to the naked eye hidden in the images and script)

I dont know what the magnetism is I make a point to watch it; even to the degree I have watched several repeats.

If I knew the secret I would bottle it,
Sell it, Make a fortune, and sail away into the sunset.

i turned on to this a few monbths ago and lately my conscience demands i share the link. (especially with my american voodoo-brothers and sisters).

artists are the seers and shamans of our time. the real and only "agents of change" as recent politico-speak would say it.

if we don't do something, no one else will. . .

aaron russo's America: Freedom to Fascism . . .

ht tp://video.google.com/videoplay?doc id=-1656880303867390173

Wow Art some powerfull stuff I didnt watch all the way through but enough to get the gist WoW!
I will look again before I pass comment even though I am from the UK.
Im too tired now, gotta go to bed, big day tommorrow.
Good night. Sweet dreams..freedom.. here...we..come....

I sold a painting yesterday(thru Craigslist). First one I've sold in a very loooooooooooooong time. I sold it for a couple hundred less than what I was asking, but I still made a decent profit. As a matter of fact, the painting is one of the pieces I have featured here "Power Broker"(the man with the head of an ocelot,or whatever it is, been a long time since I painted it). Anyway, one less piece on the pile(unfortunately, it was one of my smaller paintings, I still have a 4' x 8' monstrosity to sell). So the drinks are on me today! Cheers!

very good for you joseph - a good bit of business. congrats!!

i'm with you on that georgia - good, powerful sometimes dreary information and a bit much to take in all in one sitting at the end of the day.

Well done Joseph, nice to hear it!

Well, I took some of my profit, and gave my computer an enema. I had a nasty virus for the past 2 1/2 months, which explains why I've only been here at certain times. Adware and spyware would come up every night like clockwork, and drill me a new one. The past month, I haven't been able to back anything up, so things have been piling up like crazy. A techie came in, downloaded Vista, and I'm state of the art, now. Lets see how long it takes me to screw it all up again. And I will screw it all up again, I promise. I have to track down a few links and try to remember a LOT of passwords. There is always fun stuff to do in Internetland. Lalalalalala LOL

well that's my forum fix for the next few days voodoo-dudes. i'm off to miami for a few days to see if the bait on the hook that's trying to pull me out of my young retirement is a real worm or just a bunch of baloney.
life's never boring. . .

Lucky you Art!!
I wish I was off to Miami.
I havent had time to peruse the video again yet;
Because Easter is so early this year and the normal start of my beachwear season I am bogged down with work trying to get new products out. I dont think Im going to make it.
Still you gotta have a break, a nice glass of wine I think....Cheers gang

Oh bye the way Joseph well done on the sale think positive; I find my Art sales always come in a bundle.... you may get rid of some of those bigger ones yet.
Thanks for the drink!!

My biggest painting takes up a complete wall. As a matter of fact, I could probably knock down the wall and just use the painting as a room divider.

Yeah I know what you mean I have got a whole store room full,
I have changed style and brought the size down and added more quality.
hoping I can get same price as yhe larger stuff
Its so expensive to ship the larger canvases.
Im thinking of sending them all to auction and sell in job lot and start all over again.

Well Harry have you got the champagne on ice..... only one more to go
How are we going to celebrate??

Here's to nice internet communities and the future success of this one.

I totally concur Franklin!!
and raise a glass in celebration.

My pub on another forum just went to it's 100th page yesterday. I don't think I've ever had any thread go to 100. That's a lot of gas! lol

Where is everyone? Friday evening out on the town,
Im in the bar with no=one to talk to again, I hate drinking alone.

I know the site has been playing up a bit, because Harry has been busy upgrading, ..seems to be running fine now.