Saturday, January 8, 2011
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Friday, December 31, 2010
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Monday, December 27, 2010
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Monday, December 20, 2010
Sunday, December 19, 2010
The lost art of Proofreading
Man Kills Self Before Shooting Wife and Daughter
This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.
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Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
No, really? Ya think?
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Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Now that's taking things a bit far!
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Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
What a guy!
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Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!
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Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works any better than a fair trial!
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War Dims Hope for Peace
I can see where it might have that effect!
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If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Ya think?!
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Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Who would have thought!
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Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
They may be on to something!
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Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there's something stronger than duct tape? Oklahoma's new construction program!
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Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
He probably IS the battery charge!
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New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Weren't they fat enough?!
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Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
That's what he gets for eating those beans!
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Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
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Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Boy, are they tall!
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And the winner is....
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
Did I read that right?
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This one I caught in the SGV Tribune the other day and called the Editorial Room and asked who wrote this. It took two or three readings before the editor realized that what he was reading was impossible!!! They put in a correction the next day.
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Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
No, really? Ya think?
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers
Now that's taking things a bit far!
-----------------------------------------------------------
Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over
What a guy!
---------------------------------------------------------------
Miners Refuse to Work after Death
No-good-for-nothing' lazy so-and-so's!
------------------------------------------------------
Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant
See if that works any better than a fair trial!
----------------------------------------------------------
War Dims Hope for Peace
I can see where it might have that effect!
----------------------------------------------------------------
If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile
Ya think?!
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures
Who would have thought!
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Enfield ( London ) Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
They may be on to something!
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
You mean there's something stronger than duct tape? Oklahoma's new construction program!
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Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
He probably IS the battery charge!
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New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Weren't they fat enough?!
-----------------------------------------------
Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
That's what he gets for eating those beans!
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Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Chainsaw Massacre all over again!
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Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors
Boy, are they tall!
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And the winner is....
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
Did I read that right?
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Saturday, December 18, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
A Reading Of ‘A Christmas Carol’
This is in segments on Youtube. If you click to see it on you tube the rest of the segments will be available.
"Mankind is your business"- Merry Christmas!
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Monday, December 6, 2010
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Saturday, December 4, 2010
Friday, December 3, 2010
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Friday, November 26, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Monday, November 22, 2010
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Quotes from famous artists
“On the floor I’m more at ease, I feel nearer, more a part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting.” Jackson Pollock. (abstract impressionist artist)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock
"Colour is my day-long obsession, joy and torment”. Claude Monet (Founder of the Impressionist movement)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_monet
"A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter hard as he has to represent it by the attitude and movement of the limbs.” Leonardo di Vinci (The Mona Lisa is considered the most famous painting in all history; renaissance artista)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Di_Vinci
“I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly.' Vincent van Gogh (Post Impressionist) His paintings today as well as Picasso’s are valued in hundreds of millions of dollars.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh
“ You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life.” “Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.” Salvador Dali (Surrealist)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_dali
“When we discovered Cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering Cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us” Pablo Picasso (he created the Cubism Movement) His last painting was sold to thid date over 164 million dlls.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
“Abstract art places a new world, which on the surface has nothing to do with 'reality,' next to the 'real' world” Wassily Kandinsky (Considered the first painter to do an abstract painting)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Pollock
"Colour is my day-long obsession, joy and torment”. Claude Monet (Founder of the Impressionist movement)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_monet
"A good painter has two main objects to paint, man and the intention of his soul. The former is easy, the latter hard as he has to represent it by the attitude and movement of the limbs.” Leonardo di Vinci (The Mona Lisa is considered the most famous painting in all history; renaissance artista)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_Di_Vinci
“I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say 'he feels deeply, he feels tenderly.' Vincent van Gogh (Post Impressionist) His paintings today as well as Picasso’s are valued in hundreds of millions of dollars.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh
“ You have to systematically create confusion, it sets creativity free. Everything that is contradictory creates life.” “Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it.” Salvador Dali (Surrealist)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_dali
“When we discovered Cubism, we did not have the aim of discovering Cubism. We only wanted to express what was in us” Pablo Picasso (he created the Cubism Movement) His last painting was sold to thid date over 164 million dlls.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso
“Abstract art places a new world, which on the surface has nothing to do with 'reality,' next to the 'real' world” Wassily Kandinsky (Considered the first painter to do an abstract painting)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky
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