http://greasy.com/Arts_and_Culture.htm Featured articles and news topics about arts and culture. en-us © 2008 Greasy.com All rights reserved. Fri, 16 May 2008 05:38:30 GMT 30 http://greasy.com/anacoana/positive_thoughts_sent_way_.html Laws Of Success The greatest mistake - Giving up. The greatest crippler - Fear. The greatest handicap - Ego. The most potent force - Positive. The greatest thought - God. The greatest victory - Victory over the self. Happiness Happiness is not a destination, it's a journey. Happiness is not tomorrow, it is now. Happiness is not a dependency, it is a decision. Happiness is what you are, not what you have. Power Self-control is the ability to withdraw and still the mind at any time. Thought ... Fri, 16 May 2008 01:34:21 GMT http://greasy.com/artisticgypsy/lance_mackey_iditarod_trail_latest.html <img src="http://greasy.com/host/images/13237067.jpg" border="0" width="500" I believe you all know since my blogster blog, as well as this one how I feel about the Iditarod. This painting is my most recent oil painting and is of Lance Mackey 2007-2008 Iditarod Champion on the Iditarod Trail. I used his #13 bib, which he wore when he won the 2007 Iditarod, his first championship. Lance is married to his high school sweetheart, Tonya, who is also a musher. They have four children, Amanda, B ... Wed, 14 May 2008 00:54:37 GMT http://greasy.com/anacoana/amazing_creativityfolk_art.html What do you do when you decide to be a poor country folk artist? With little money (if any) you must be creative. Use your resources. This artist did just that. What do you find in the mountains of Idaho?........PINE TREES. You're thinking something made out of wood....Right? Not even close. Check out these pictures. These bears are made from Pine Needles! A couple of hundred thousand of them in one large bear. The pine needles were gathered off the ground, sorted, washed, trimmed and hand ... Mon, 12 May 2008 23:42:46 GMT http://greasy.com/greatmartin/yawl_come.html Wear you red shirt!! For a day or so, it's the gayest place on earth BY LOANN HALDEN In 1991, a small gay group donned eye-catching red shirts and gathered at the Magic Kingdom in Orlando, having no idea that word of mouth would propel their ''Gay Day'' outing into an event of epic proportions. Within six years, attendance had swelled to 60,000, and a single day had morphed into nearly a week of activities. When Gay Day unfolds this year -- it's always on the first Saturday in June -- an e ... Mon, 12 May 2008 00:07:44 GMT http://greasy.com/augusta/female_species.html Proverbs (care of some 6 year olds)! It's always darkest before ~~ daylight saving time Don't bite the hand that ~~ looks dirty A miss is a good as a ~~ Mister If you lie down with dogs ~~ you'll stink in the morning Where there's smoke there's ~~ pollution Two's company, Three's ~~ The Musketeers A penny saved is ~~ not much If at first you don't succeed ~~ get new batteries When the blind lead the blind ~~ get out of the way \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ Fri, 9 May 2008 23:11:59 GMT http://greasy.com/augusta/fifth_day.html If the shoe fits, get another just like it . . A 'flashlight': A case for holding dead batteries . . The 'Shin bone', is a device for finding furniture ~ a 'Little toe' also, works well . . When you go to court, you are placing yourself in the hands of 12 people, who weren't smart enough, to get out of 'Jury Duty' . . Fri, 9 May 2008 12:02:39 GMT http://greasy.com/artie/naive.html Well i've had a pretty bad week i guess and kind of last week actually since last friday, lets hope this friday goes abit better. Things at home aren't to bad but once the 21st rolls around im sure they'll get stressful with the court case and everything. We asked our housing company people if they can put a fence up .So if my brother comes around we can get him for trespassing not that we want to but we have to feel safe too! Uhm, as for last friday i went to college as usual we had to br ... Thu, 8 May 2008 23:21:11 GMT http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/islamic_envy_iraq_outrage.html Islamic Envy Amira Al Hussaini http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/05/07/syria-longing-for-approval/ "It just seems that those who are most critical of and most aggressive towards the "decaying west" appear to be, at the end of the day, the most desperate for its approval, at least subconsciously," comments Yazan from Syria on statements made by politicians on safeguarding the Muslim culture from Western influences. Actions Belie Propaganda Amira Al Hussaini http://www.globalvoicesonlin ... Thu, 8 May 2008 13:01:41 GMT http://greasy.com/sunlight/incredible_chalk_drawings.html More chalk drawings from Julian Beever. Incredible!!!!! Julian Beever is an English artist who's famous for his art on the pavement of England , France , Germany , USA , Australia and Belgium. Beever gives to his drawings an amazing 3D illusion. Everything is fake, even the water and hose. People are stepping around the "hole." You can see the blocks of concrete. I think the people in each picture are real. The 3-D effects seemed fantastic to me. I got this from an email. Thu, 8 May 2008 03:50:18 GMT http://greasy.com/dakmom/chalk_walk_event.html I went "home" this past weekend....to see my family. I haven't seen any of them, save for one sister, in over 2 years. It was a wonderful, but very fast trip. I look forward to going again. Anyway...to the point of this post. My hometown was having their 3rd annual "Chalk the Walk" event. For anyone not familiar with this, they blocked off two blocks worth of the main street in town. In one area was a large rectangle, divided into many small rectangles. The object is to have people sign up ... Wed, 7 May 2008 22:07:35 GMT http://greasy.com/anacoana/right_place_right_time_awesome.html Wed, 7 May 2008 19:28:40 GMT http://greasy.com/lynnie/face.html In your Face! This is what I call this pic below! I love it on many levels. What do you think? I entered this pic into a competition, My first ever botanical comp. I feel a wee bit over thrown, but the odds may be against me, but you have to be in it to win it - as they say! Wed, 7 May 2008 14:20:29 GMT http://greasy.com/augusta/r_s_c.html Claudio & Hero Back in the late 70's and early 80's, the B.B.C. used to show a 'live' Royal Shakespeare Company production of his works. They would show the whole play (with intermissions) on a Sunday evening. They were marvelous! I had attended a secondary school, which was very much 'Shakespeare' orientated with eight 'houses' who were named after a Shakespearean 'Heroine' ( my house name was 'Olivia'). So you can imagine, English Lit. was very, Elizabethan!! I happened to love Shake ... Tue, 6 May 2008 19:05:47 GMT http://greasy.com/lizzieann/lots_lots_e-mails.html  Man its crazy ,I got stuck with over 38,000 emails on Blogster, I will never get them  all clicked off. Most of them was unlimited but that just happened to be him. Blogster can't or won't clear them off for me .There are others that got stuck with lots of email and I think Blogster should take care of it,they did stop the rolling and more added on. Makes me want to burn all those e-mails, oh my,Lizzieann Mon, 5 May 2008 22:12:14 GMT http://greasy.com/anacoana/irish_culture__newsletter.html Just received my happy Irish Newletter, had to share it with you. Enjoy..Ana Greetings and Blessings to all, A very belated Pinch punch, first day of the month, white rabbit! And a happy first day of summer. Did you roll naked in the May morning dew last Thursday? Deliver surprise May baskets to the neighbours? Place primroses across your threshold to protect the house from the antics of “the good people?” You didn’t? God willing,you survived all of the mayhem! Meanwhile, we hope our fi ... Mon, 5 May 2008 21:31:32 GMT http://greasy.com/augusta/jocularity.html I am, extaordinarily, patient . . . . . . . provided, I get my own way in the end . . . . ! Dame Margaret Thatcher What do you get, if you cross a fruit, with a Welshman???? A Taffyapple . . . . ! _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ A vicar was asked to dinner by one of his parishoners, who he knew to be an unkempt housekeeper. When he sat down at the table, he noticed that the dishes were the dirtiest he had ever seen in his life. "Were these dishes ever washed?" he asked his hostess, running his f ... Sun, 4 May 2008 23:10:21 GMT http://greasy.com/ayesart/genetics_genealogy_continued.html The following is from a letter I wrote recently to my yDNA research group. Copyright, 2008 John J. Browne Ayes I have made an interesting discovery while looking for our Sephardim connections. If you will remember, Betty Hubbard sent me a URL link to me that led to a book on Google that shared the possibility of Converso connections within the de Silva family tree by way of the Fonseca. After reading that online book and seeing the family trees that were within it I decided to do some hard ... Sun, 4 May 2008 14:49:10 GMT http://greasy.com/susil/oprah_tom_cruise.html This shows you how bereft of excitement my life is--I watch Oprah sometimes--sometimes. Oprah's gotten on this kick where she has a Doctor OZ (his real name) on all the time. He does entire shows lecturing about how your guts work and how poop is formed, etc and so on. Her audience isn't there to hear about poop--they're there hoping it's the day when she'll give away cars. Besides, that doctor looks at her all mooney eyed, like he's starving and she's a perfectly sauteed pork chop. Get ov ... Sat, 3 May 2008 22:47:53 GMT http://greasy.com/blogdreamz/sidewalk_art_.html Every year in East Greenwich, RI where my brother lives they have an event called "Arts on Main". For those that want to participate are given a 4x4 square and chalk to draw something for three hours. My sister-in-law sent me an email saying that my two nieces participated and both won 2 prize for their age group and received $50. Linnea's art. She is the oldest child and I am guessing her age being 13 as I gave up remember everyones age. Phoebe's art. She is the second oldest and I am gue ... Sat, 3 May 2008 22:11:15 GMT http://greasy.com/bumpedoff/iraq_teen_killed_befriending.html A 17-year-old Iraqi girl was murdered in an 'honour killing' after she formed a friendship with a British soldier in Basra. Rand Abdel-Qader was suffocated and then hacked at with a knife by her father, who was arrested but released without charge. The teenager met the 22-year-old soldier when she was working on an aid project for displaced families. Her mother has divorced her father since the killing. Sat, 3 May 2008 12:59:42 GMT