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Nostradamus attempted to butt into our conversation the other day, only it wasn't him, just an imposter.  He came across pleading for deliverance and a toke on the joint.  We passed it across then skedaddled.  He'd been talking philosophy with two contessas and a principessa, lived in a house with no running water inside.

"So, you have water outside?" I said.

Seems he never got the hang of that "buy tube, drill hole, voila!  Water in house" business.

But, hey, that wasn't Nostradamus!

Indeed.  Nostradamus told me to offer you this.



Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 04:22:13 PM EST
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I prefer Chopin's 1st piano concerto, second movement
by zoe on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 04:34:44 PM EST
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by zoe on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 04:36:26 PM EST
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(You'll have to turn it up a bit)

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 05:34:15 PM EST
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...which finishes abruptly (after eight minutes)...but rather than offer you parts two, three, and four, here's something that finishes.

and what the hecka hello!

And talking of pre-renaissance art (as I have been), and for those who cannae pick up videos, here are three that I remember from the National Gallery

Benozzo Gozzoli

The image is small, I know, but those haloes glow gold, and maybe it's just me but I get a strong indian-gods sense from the form, the colours.

Cosimo Tura

The lady with the dragons, the queen of berries, or--as Cosimo Tura titled it--"Primavera", or "Spring", or "An Allegorical Figure"

and finally:

Alesso Baldovinetti

The original looks fresher, fine lines, the motif on the sleeve...ach...the originals are worth a look, sez I!

Don't fight forces, use them R. Buckminster Fuller.

by rg (leopold dot lepster at google mail dot com) on Thu Aug 30th, 2007 at 05:20:41 PM EST
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