Celebrating quirky

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Can art analysis make the Lincoln Kennedy poster an object of desire?

It’s time to find out. The first offering on eBay that was strictly matter of fact yielded no takers (even with no reserve.) Not that anyone was that surprised. It takes some selling to make something like this attractive.
As I’m getting ready to send ten copies off to the Museum of Bad Art, [...]

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The Lincoln Kennedy print to be in museum

Although I’m a bit behind with an update I’ve been hard at work. Alas, the first eBay attempt got no bids even with no reserve. But then I really didn’t “sell” too hard. I have however offered the print to the Museum of Bad Art and they’re willing to take it! With any additional copies [...]

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The Lincoln Kennedy print up on eBay

Yes, really, the first print is up for auction now!  This is your big chance to get in before the hoards discover it… (yup, that means no bids yet.) Of course, I didn’t really sell it in the copy – this is something of a test case; but as the sales copy gets more creative [...]

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Next steps on the Lincoln Kennedy project

I was a little shocked this week after simply putting the words “Lincoln Kennedy” on eBay to come up with this result:
ORIGINAL-1964-LITHOGRAPH-JOHN-KENNEDY-ABRAHAM-LINCOLN_  – yes, the image is identical and the seller is less than 20 miles down the road from the location where mine were found, the mystery deepens since his has the printer’s company [...]

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The great Lincoln-Kennedy project of 2010

I don’t know what the post title got you thinking but I’m betting it didn’t conjure this image.  If you think they’re both leering at you, well all I can say is it’s not the photograph.
I’ve been meaning to do a serial project for some time but oddly enough when quirky things get talked over [...]

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Can a hypnotist really add that much to the Twitter / Facebook experience?

I kinda thought social media was the same as being in a trance but apparently not.  If you anticipate a slow Monday today and trust that there won’t be a subliminal message to dance around the office like a chicken you can join this quirky experiment and get hypnotized over Twitter or Facebook. I think [...]

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It’s that time again – how big is your pumpkin?

For unclear reasons, it’s become hip this year in garden design circles to plant a mini decorative farm in front of million dollar houses in exclusive neighborhoods, a giant pumpkin, some sunflowers, maybe a gourd. Whatever the reason, there’s really only one thing to do with those giant pumpkins and it’s best to do it [...]

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5 quirky flavors in home-made wine

I’m about to commence my semi-annual (as in every few years when I get around to it) wine brewing. Since I don’t live where grapes grow well and I think using juice out of a can is somehow cheating, I resort to the more exotic flavors like blackberry (dry, not sweet).  I thought I’d stretch [...]

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Odd books about groceries

It takes patience and years of dedication to produce enough content for a book on grocery cart identification or abandoned grocery lists. It hadn’t occurred to me how much until I found out that people have actually done it.  Although I’m a bit miffed that there is no Western Guide to Stray Shopping Carts and [...]

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Earth speaks, but what the heck are we going to say?

So apparently I’m not the only one that thinks we should think ahead about how to greet the aliens if they ever formally show up.  You can see all the suggestions so far or add your own at SETI’s Earthspeaks site. I particularly like the ones that want to start with  ‘do you speak English’.  [...]

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