In "Curious George: Remote Calendar App?"

Yes, Calendars.net kicks ass. Their website is completely cheesy and disconerting, but your calendar is completely customizable and you can make it look any way you want. The only downside is that it is completely hosted-- you can't have it on your URL.

In "Cheerleader Hairpieces"

"This is not a democracy, it's a cheerocracy"

In "Mark Felt says he was Deep Throat"

W. Mark Felt Tribute Site here: http://www.wmarkfeltisdeepthroat.com/

In "Adverts that look like other adverts"

True statement: people steal.

In "Curious, George: Back Taxes"

No penalties for filing late if they owe you. But if you owed them for one or more years, even if they owed you for others, you get penalized & may come out be-hind.

In "Cool Tools"

Brilliant.

In "Flickr groups"

Joined. Thanks for setting it up...

In "A tiny fish in the vast ocean of books"

As a small (vanity?) press owner, I can attest to about two decades of the pain and joy of being completely ignored by mainstream publishers. Let them do their thing, I'll do mine. BTW, if any monkey wants one of my new books-- Economics, let me know and I'll send you one free of charge. Help a monkey out today...

In "Curious George: Fair Rates for Urban Movers"

Had the exact same rate quoted here in Chicago. Seems standard.

In "Breaking History: Ronald Reagan dead at 93"

Time passes, hatred fades, but I'm still glad he's gone.

In "Curious George: So how old are you really?"

Indirect: My first concert was The Ramones at the Metro in Chicago. Direct: I'm 37.

In "Getting Drunk to Cure Breast Cancer"

Gluttony = Charity = Weird

In ""

gyp.

In "A vote for Kerry is a vote for boobies:"

She's got my vote. Let's hear it for ending the cheerocracy.

In ""

Yeah, um, could we go ahead and get a visual on that?

In "Some Pictures A Friend Brought Back From Iraq"

Please, yes, take the bleats and whines to the blue. I appreciated this post & never saw the pics before.

In "Who knew he could draw as well as he sang?"

I was never impressed with Wesley as a singer-- it was always a sideshow. He was an accomplished artist long before and long after his mid-90s music. So let's set that aside. Because, yes, the giant black schizophrenic thing was present there, definitely. The singing has germs of his art (the use of copyrighted brand names & taglines, scenes from every day life, etc.), & I don't mean to be completely dismissive of the Fiasco and people associated with his music. However, his art it the real thing. He created extremely accurate renderings of buildings and street scenes by sitting there and watching it. Perfect scale and relation. Completely free form, his ability to capture architectural details and living color with pens and markers is not juvenille at all. His fascination with motorized movement and the interaction between people and buildings is Futurist-like. So try--inside yourself, not just as a commentary on what pop culture says about Wesley Willis-- to set everything you know about him aside and see his work new. And if you still can't see brilliance, it may just be an indication that you're not crazy about Folk Art, and that's fine, too. But at least the mystery of his brilliance will have been solved.

I can't speak for everyone, but I like art, I like Chicago, I like Chicago architecture, I like the pop method of creating art based in part on personal experience with global brands, and Wesley Willis was a master at rendering all those things I like in intense, precise, beautifully wrought fashion.

I did-- & it's been one of my major missions in life to make sure everyone else does, too. Please post if you've got Wesley art.

In "The Diana-Morrissey Phenomenon."

I absolutely believe everything on that site. Passionately. & I say that w/ zero sarcasm.

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