Bought anything cool recently?

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Blake

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I finally installed the lamp for the painting above my bed - now all I need is a frame for the thing. I probably need to raise the light up an inch - it isn't as bright as it looks in the pic, though.

This is called "Rain Forest" by my late uncle Robert Venosa. He was a surrealist back in the 70's, used to hang out with Dali, Giger and some of the other great surrealists back in the day. One of the cool things about my uncle's technique is he would selectively use limited glazing in his paintings. Those drops of water are all glazed and really pop when the light hits it. It almost looks like the painting has water droplets on it. This is actually one of his much more normal paintings. Many of them are very surreal and crystaline looking.

* I hope this works. I still can't tell if my pics are showing up!
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This is brilliant. It looks like a photograph. Thank you. I'm going to check out your uncle's stuff.
 

Wayoftheredpanda

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May 15, 2018
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My highlight gift of the year was a turntable along with The White Album on vinyl. Other things include Smash Bros Ultamite, Batman TAS volume 1, and books.

Reading Material I got:
Fiction
Elevation-Stephen King
Floating Dragon-Peter Straub
Legion-William Peter Blattey
I am Legend-Richard Matheson

Nonfiction
What They Don’t Teach You at Film School-Camille Landau and Tiara White
Anatomy of Film-Bernard F. Dick
 

Grandpa

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Mar 2, 2014
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Grandma's birthstone is amethyst. I got her a nice set of earrings, pendant, and ring for the Big Gift Day. She was pretty happy with it. She also loves sweaters, and I got her a couple poncho-style sweater numbers, and she loves wearing those around the house. I did pretty good this year.
 

fushingfeef

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Aug 14, 2009
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I got a cool speaker for my computer! It fits under the monitor and it sounds great.
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Grandpa

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Last month, finally went and got a new TV. We were digging in our heels because, hey, we bought the current one when it was state of the art, it was only 18 or so years old, and yeah, it didn't get HD signals, and maybe it had lines around people, and maybe the picture was a bit fuzzy, and sure, to get our Netflix we had to run it through the Wii, and Netflix sent out a notice that they'd no longer support the Wii interface, and....

Actually, that did it. So we got a new TV for some fraction less than what we paid 18 years ago. And a new satellite box and control. Now we have disturbingly clear images, we can actually see the entire broadcast, and Netflix is screamin' fast by comparison. So I now have the opportunity to largely ignore a much nicer picture.
 

DiO'Bolic

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Nov 14, 2013
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Seeds: bush cucumber, bush zucchini, several varieties of radishes, carrots, scallions, looseleaf lettuce, spinach, and sunflowers. Hey, Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow so it looks like an early spring. Need something to get me in the mood.

Also bought 200 lbs of deer corn and 2 salt licks to distract the deer from jumping my fence and eating all my expensive bird food.
 

GNTLGNT

The idiot is IN
Jun 15, 2007
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Cambridge, Ohio
Seeds: bush cucumber, bush zucchini, several varieties of radishes, carrots, scallions, looseleaf lettuce, spinach, and sunflowers. Hey, Punxsutawney Phil didn’t see his shadow so it looks like an early spring. Need something to get me in the mood.

Also bought 200 lbs of deer corn and 2 salt licks to distract the deer from jumping my fence and eating all my expensive bird food.
....kinda sound like my Pops....he spends more money on food for the wild critters than he spends on himself.....even built a trough a few years ago to dump corn into for the deer.....funniest thing is when he bit*hed about the turkey's scratching up his yard....I just calmly looked at him and asked "Umm, Dad? What did you think they were going to do when you scattered feed for them? Sweep up?".......
 

DiO'Bolic

Not completely obtuse
Nov 14, 2013
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Poconos, PA
....kinda sound like my Pops....he spends more money on food for the wild critters than he spends on himself.....even built a trough a few years ago to dump corn into for the deer.....funniest thing is when he bit*hed about the turkey's scratching up his yard....I just calmly looked at him and asked "Umm, Dad? What did you think they were going to do when you scattered feed for them? Sweep up?".......
I bitch about the wildlife all the time, also. The wife keeps getting me more crap as presents to feed the animals. The most recent was a feeder with 5 different feeder types on it. More work. I tell her I have ulterior motives. When Armageddon hits we’ll be well stocked with venison, bear, turkey, squirrel and dove. :)
 

GNTLGNT

The idiot is IN
Jun 15, 2007
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Cambridge, Ohio
I bitch about the wildlife all the time, also. The wife keeps getting me more crap as presents to feed the animals. The most recent was a feeder with 5 different feeder types on it. More work. I tell her I have ulterior motives. When Armageddon hits we’ll be well stocked with venison, bear, turkey, squirrel and dove. :)
.....exactly!!!....I told dad all he had to do, was set up a lawn chair in the front yard and sit a spell there with a shotgun and he'd have enough food for him and the whole damn neighborhood-but no go....the National Wildlife Federation has declared his property a nature preserve.....