Salvador Dali sells in Cincinnati

This painting sold at Cowan's Auctions for....





$528.75!

If you look at their auction catalog on their website, you'll see that now is a great time to get art - things are selling for VERY reasonable prices!

Miron: Legalize drugs to stop violence

End violence and the recession by not spending taxpayers' money, but ELIMINATING a failing policy? Sounds too good to be true, but it's not.

Written by a senior lecturer in economics at Harvard University, this is one of the best concise, comprehensive evaluations of our failing drug policy that I've read. Please take a minute to read it! Click here for the link to CNN.com's article.

Keep in mind that LEGALIZED DRUGS WOULD BE REGULATED AND TAXED. No free-for-alls; abuse and misuse would not be tolerated, in the same way that those who drink alcohol cannot drive under the influence.

This is a great argument, but most people will ultimately have moral issues with drug use based on force-fed, flawed information they've believed all of their ignorant lives. Here is a list of some of the most retarded responses posted on the discussion board (that they, thankfully, disabled):


"Rape hurts people too. Should we legalize that also?"-James

My response: Well James, Rape and Legal Substance use are apples and oranges. Go back to your Southern Baptist church and get saved, because you are dumb as fuck and that is a far greater injustice to mankind than smoking a joint.

"another plausible approach is to also penalize drug users as accomplices to murder. All the pacifist hippies out there that use 'recreational' drugs do not want to open their eyes and realize that it is them, with their money, who is paying for the violence and murders.

I live in the mexican border (in Chihuahua) and I experience everyday the consequences of their drug addiction. There is currently no short term solution, so why not properly punish the end user as well?"-jepb

My response: Excuses me, jepb, but I think 'pacifist hippie' is an oxymoron. Those hippies, whose peaceful protests earned so many minority groups civil freedoms, were quite visible and motivated. Wouldn't they then be considered 'activists'? Far-fetched, I know. However, not nearly as unreasonable and illogical as your notion of cause-and-effect regarding the black market. Please look up the word "intent" and reevaluate the disjointed connection that you've made between hippies (you should actually look that one up, too) and violence. Learn to conjugate your verbs. It is no surprise to me that someone from a place called Chihuahua has the mental capacity of a small dog.


"Is that Miron or Moron?

So after you legalize the drugs and people start doing really stupid things what do you do then?

The idea is just give up then?

With that moronic thinking we would all be speaking German or Japanese today.

Idiots like Mr. Miron should keep their opinions to themselves!"-CK

My response: It appears, CK, that you don't get out much. WHEN "People start doing really stupid things"? WHEN happened a long time ago, my dear. And most of them weren't under the influence! The asinine connection with our victory in the second World War is just hilarious. I'm glad you remembered something from your high school history class, but clearly giving up a failing, one could even say DESTRUCTIVE, effort to eradicate drug use is only going to promote individual freedom! That idiot with his opinion is a Harvard economist, and considering your level of thought, learning to speak German or Japanese could only help you develop an understanding of culture that you so desperately need.

There are far too many of these. If I kept going, I'd get nothing accomplished today. Point is, educated people know that legalization could help us solve many of our problems. Talk to your friends about it. Smart people need to get the message out there!

prayers please

So tomorrow I take my comps...the exams I have to pass to get a damn graduate degree. Considering I don't study, the past couple days have been rough. I may have completely fucked myself. Wanna know why? Yeah it's a little thing they call State-Dependent Learning.

Five days ago, I stopped smoking my buddy MJ. I can tell a decent difference in my short-term memory, however, this decision could have been a pretty bad one. The first time around that I learned this content, I am almost 100 % sure that all of the material I learned was dumped into my brain, along with significant amounts of tee-H-see. Since I just stopped smoking, I'm afraid I'll have problems referencing information.

I had to think about this for a while today, and discovered that this is the first cessation in my routine since last summer when I went all of like, ten days. I want this test to be over!

Pensive Pup

Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Four Members of the Amsterdam Coopers Guild, 1657, Oil on Canvas, National Gallery, London.

New Modest Mouse: "Satellite Skin"

I want this album like, today.

Is it just me, or is Modest Mouse starting to show their age? They were around for so long before anyone recognized them (since the Kurt Cobain Seattle Grunge Rock glory days, and only largely recognized in 2003), I would classify them as Old Rockers. Which, I think, makes them even cooler!

Juan. Is. Back. YES!!!!!!!!!!

Today I can celebrate! My buddy Juan is back from digging in the African dirt. He has been in Sicily and Egypt for many months now, and fortunately (for me, not so much for him I have a feeling) he is back in town! Hopefully, disease-free, but before I dish up any big "welcome back" hugs, I will need to see a record of his vaccinations and a negative HIV test.

With Juan back around, my blog will probably be much funnier, and God knows that he's got stories for years because the man can't go anywhere without running into characters. Prepare yourself.

Portia on Prop 8

Since we women are so good at apologizing for everything we do... something else is incorrect!

Let American homos be happy and fabulous!

grandpa sings afroman

So when I stumbled across this video, I first thought it was kinda cruel to put your ol' pops up to singing "Colt 45". However, those feelings were negated when he laughs his little ol' ass off at the end of the video. Way to have a sense of humor! (or dimensia)



On a side note, he is wearing a bad-ass shirt.

Daft dudes interpretive dance

The sexiest men on youtube and their performance art...

God I love Daft Punk!

Kudos to these guys for being hilarious!

...and my Francophilia continues... xoxo

The newer whisper song...

The Bounce Ferret!

Why do so many of the pop culture ferrets have foreign accents? The black-footed ferret is more American than I am! If Max could speak, he would be a hoodstar, I'm pretty sure. A hustler. Who don't take no shit.

Make those bub-bubs bounce!

Here is a great new episode of Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Enjoy it...PAL!

I'm not one for tats...

...but I am most certainly a fan of Mr. Anthony's aesthetic!

dear fuck he is hot...yum!

Train with Kenny Powers and the universe can be yours.

Eastbound and Down: my new favorite television show

As of 2008, I do believe that Danny McBride may indeed be me favorite actor.

Celebrities and the artists they collect

From artmarketblog.com:

Celebrity Art Collectors - From Kylie to Madonna
Having a celebrity purchase one of their artworks is a sure fire way for the value of an artist’s work to skyrocket so keeping an eye on what artist’s celebrities are purchasing works by is definitely worth while. Over the years I have received heaps of notifications and tips on purchases of art by celebrities so I thought that I would go through my archives and make a list of some of the celebrities and the artist’s whose work they have purchased. This is by no means an exhaustive list but should give you an idea of the extent that celebrities are purchasing art.
Grant Hill - Elizabeth Catlett, Edward Jackson
Victoria Beckham - Damien Hirst
Charlton Heston - Andrew Wyeth
Steve Martin - Picasso, Edward Hopper, Willem de Kooning, Georgia O’Keeffe, Cy Twombly, Helen Frankenthaler, Roy Lichtenstein, Picasso, Franz Kline
Steven Spielberg - Norman Rockwell
Elton John - Damien Hirst, Diane Arbus, Lucas Samaras, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Berenice Abbott, Man Ray, Helmut Newton and Alfred Stieglitz. Sam Taylor-Wood, Picasso, Francis Bacon, David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Nan Goldin, Matisse
Jack Nicholson - Jack Vettriano
Robbie Coltrane - Jack Vettriano
Tim Rice - Jack Vettriano
Gianni Versace - Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Madonna - Frida Kahlo, Damien Hirst, Ferdinand Leger, Tamara de Lempicka and Picasso
Andrew Lloyd Webber - Pre-Raphaelites
Jane Fonda – Andy Warhol
Hugh Grant – Andy Warhol
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt – Banksy
Marc Jacobs – Mike Kelly, Karen Kilimnik, John Currins, Ed Ruscha, Richard Prince
Kevin Spacey – Jason Benjamin
Elizabeth Taylor – Van Gogh
Lionel Ritchie – Sidney Nolan
Eric Clapton - Carlos Rolon, Lee Quinones
David Bowie – Balthus, Rubens, Tintoretto, Graham Sutherland and Stanley Spencer
Robbie Williams – Andy Warhol
Kylie Minogue – Tim Noble and Sue Webster
Tommy Steele – L. S. Lowry, Pre-Raphaelites
The Galaghers – Peter Blake

My fuckin' life idol posh fuckin spice owns Hirst pieces. That's serious cash...and once again I am jealous of her life.

Video of Nadya Suleman giving birth to octuplets!

outrageous!

Stupidity Hypothesis, taboos, ESP and mad scientists

The origins of the so -called "mad scientists" who likely live among us, still in the closet...


This is fucking cool, academics! come out of the closet and tell us all of the cool facts you know about ESP because sometimes I think I have it!

Anorexia=Time Travel?

Yes, 'tis true! Some fucktard posted a video on youtube suggesting that Karen Carpenter broke through the space-time continuum and prevented herself from aging (as compared to her hubby). This video is far out there, and that's coming from me...

Ayn Rand on point, as always

Ayn Rand talks about President Carter and what art should be:

Rainn Wilson on Tim and Eric Awesome Show GREAT JOB!

No actor could be more perfect (i.e. type cast) than Rainn Wilson for promoting THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NUMBERS!

Atlas Shrugged back in business

I love the fact that Ayn is making a come back! Read this article and see why.

Lily does Luke!

Lily covers one of my most favorite songs! "Naive" by the Kooks

this one goes out to Stella, a true L.A. fan.