[URL] Who Is Doing "It"? (CAT take notice)
Dick Harper
of interesting concepts.
Pussies apparently do it, and they do it in public. The "it"
in question is paint. The Museum of Non Primate Art (yeah, really)
brings this rather...odd...artform to you, the great unwashed.
Here you can find the history of feline art, learn to tell
originals from fakes (fakes?!?), and have his furriness take an
online creativity test.
Ruff was not amused.
http://www.monpa.com
--Dick
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There is also PJ's Animated Gifs (really):
http://www.dtpe.com/pwong/animated_gifs/halloween_gifs.html
Sylvia
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> I was searching for Halloween stuff when I discovered a couple
> of interesting concepts.
What the heck were your search parameters?
> Pussies apparently do it, and they do it in public. The "it"
> in question is paint.
The book also suggests that furniture clawing is another feline means of
artistic expression.
> The Museum of Non Primate Art (yeah, really)
> brings this rather...odd...artform to you, the great unwashed.
> Here you can find the history of feline art, learn to tell
> originals from fakes (fakes?!?), and have his furriness take an
> online creativity test.
> Ruff was not amused.
> http://www.monpa.com
Kerby ate the cards, although he did show a brief interest in the bunny.
Button opened her eyes, rolled them, then went back to sleep.
> There is also PJ's Animated Gifs (really):
> http://www.dtpe.com/pwong/animated_gifs/halloween_gifs.html
Read this as "PJ's Animated Gifts."
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Sylvia (Read about cats, didn't ya, Stan?)
KMadeleine
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> The Museum of Non Primate Art (yeah, really)
> brings this rather...odd...artform to you, the great unwashed.
> Here you can find the history of feline art, learn to tell
> originals from fakes (fakes?!?), and have his furriness take an
> online creativity test.
i couldn't find the how to find a fake part. it certainly looks like
it's real. but come on...bird poop as art? i keep checking whether
today is november 1st or april 1st.
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KMadeleine
Dick Harper
> i couldn't find the how to find a fake part. it certainly looks like
> it's real. but come on...bird poop as art? i keep checking whether
> today is november 1st or april 1st.
A REALLY SCARY AMENDMENT
Vermont voters on Tuesday can act on a proposed amendment to
the state constitution that has broad ramifications for the arts
community here in North Puffin.
The Vermont Constitution is the basic document of state
governance, a body of rules that serves as the framework by which
our laws are made and enforced. It takes a four year process to
amend the state Constitution. A two-thirds majority of the Senate
members proposed this amendment in 1998; it then received the
concurrence of a majority of the members of the House of
Representatives. A simple majority of the state Senators and a
majority of the House of Representatives reapproved the amendment
during the 2000-2001 biennium. It is now the duty of the General
Assembly to submit the proposal directly to the voters of Vermont.
If a majority of the voters voting approve the amendment, it
becomes part of the Constitution of this State.
The proposed amendment authorizes and requires certain public
displays of art.
You may want to turn younger readers away at this point. The
following paragraphs are uncensored, adult in nature, and deal
with spooky specters, gory mausoleums, and even devilish
apparitions.
The debate last year raised concerns about the phantom wraiths
of painting, worries concerning fiendish photography, and goulish
references to the local arts council.
Proposal of Amendment to the State Constitution:
"To see if the voters will amend the Vermont
Constitution by amending §61 of Chapter 3 to read:
§61 [Holiday Art]
Every Vermont adult shall be required, on or
before October 31 of each year, to design or
assist in designing one (1) original artwork
filled with spooks, apparitions, and deviltry.
The Town Clerk of record for each Town shall
cause to be created an exhibition space and
public assembly center for the showing and
distribution of edible confections made of
sugar and often with flavoring, filling, and/or
decoration.
If you favor the proposal, make a cross (X) in the square at
the right of the word "YES" after the proposal.
If you oppose the proposal, make a cross (X) in the square at
the right of the word "NO" after the proposal.
In case you, my gentle reader, think I have made this story
up, I shall point out a genuine amendment that appears on
Florida's ballot on Tuesday:
#10 "....to prevent cruelty to animals and
as recommended by The Humane Society of the
United States, no person shall confine a pig
during pregnancy in a cage, crate or other
enclosure, or tether a pregnant pig, on a
farm so that the pig is prevented from turning
around freely, except for veterinary purposes
and during the prebirthing period..."
Trick or Treat.
--Dick
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> In case you, my gentle reader, think I have made this story
> up, I shall point out a genuine amendment that appears on
> Florida's ballot on Tuesday:
> #10 "....to prevent cruelty to animals and
> as recommended by The Humane Society of the
> United States, no person shall confine a pig
> during pregnancy in a cage, crate or other
> enclosure, or tether a pregnant pig, on a
> farm so that the pig is prevented from turning
> around freely, except for veterinary purposes
> and during the prebirthing period..."
> Trick or Treat.
Alas, what Dick says is true.
Florida has a slight <gagging> problem with amendments to the state
Constitution, that those with special interests take advantage of EVERY
SINGLE ELECTION.
Can't get a certain law passed that you want? No problem! Just collect
500,000 signatures and it will show up next election for voter approval or
disapproval as a(nother) constitutional amendment instead!
This one is particularly interesting, laughable though it may seem and truly
is. The Humane Society has recommended it, true, because who wants to be
cruel to pregnant piggies, right?
In actuality, Florida's pigs are still raised mainly by independent farmers
but they're facing increasing competition from the big businesses raising
porkers here. The proposed amendment will massively increase the
operational costs of those companies already operating here, and also
dissuade out-of-state companies wanting to come in.
There are 10 proposed constitutional amendments on tomorrow's ballot, I'm
voting NO on all but 2 because they have absolutely no reason for being part
of a state constitution. The two I'm voting for don't, either, but I'm
voting for them because to me, they make sense:
1) Future, proposed amendments to the state Constitution must include a
cost figure the taxpayer will face if it is approved by voters, and
2) Increases from a simply majority to two-thirds, the required number of
legislators required to approve waivers to the state's Government in the
Sunshine Law.
Everyone stock up on popcorn and make sure you have fresh batteries handy
for your remote controls. The fun starts tomorrow night.
--
Donna
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Dick Harper
> Alas, what Dick says is true.
All politics is weird. Some is just a little more obvious. (As
an aside, I can't believe my Florida friend Dave Barry didn't
write about your three little piggies.)
> Florida has a slight <gagging> problem with amendments to the state
> Constitution, that those with special interests take advantage of EVERY
> SINGLE ELECTION.
> Can't get a certain law passed that you want? No problem! Just collect
> 500,000 signatures and it will show up next election for voter approval or
> disapproval as a(nother) constitutional amendment instead!
California is another state that allows citizens to write
laws. The Californians call them "Propositions." Last time I tried
a proposition, I ended up standing under the mistlechili. Alone.
> 2) Increases from a simply majority to two-thirds, the required number of
> legislators required to approve waivers to the state's Government in the
> Sunshine Law.
Is "Government in the Sunshine" a Freedom of Information type
law or way to retire your existing laws gracefully?
In either case, that sounds like a pretty good idea.
--Dick
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Life lost some of its beauty when truth drugs
replaced thumb screws and hot irons.
--Robert A. Heinlein
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"Dick Harper" <Internation...@NorthPuffinSpamCatcher.com> wrote in
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> Is "Government in the Sunshine" a Freedom of Information type
> law or way to retire your existing laws gracefully?
> In either case, that sounds like a pretty good idea.
Unless exempted, all official meetings of government officials are open to
the public and must be announced (I think it's a minimum of two days, but I
trying my best to forget my former life and apparently succeeding) prior to
the meeting.
The change is to reduce the volume of frivolous requests, to keep the public
out.
--
Donna
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