...the aubergine (a far nicer word than 'eggplant') ... Quite agree -- although in Canada, it is sadly known as an "eggplant". This odd-looking fruit has been (and still is) known by many names, including the rather charming "mad apple". For those with a taste for etymology (and/or the aubergine an...

That is an eggceptional eggplant!

...Here's the promised link to all 165 images plus one docx file which includes all the lot descriptions taken from Christie's. ... All the best Maarten Thank you Maarten, this is rather amazing. However (and this is no reflection on you, Maarten), I have to say that I feel like I am an intruder, r...

Perhaps, for those people who don't "get" this exhibition, it might be useful to remind them of the original intent of the MAC exhibition, in order to clarify what it is and what it is not. Here is a description from one of the first news releases on the project: " A life's work revisited through co...

I would be very interested in hearing this "new" album, and I am not at all concerned that it would, in any way, displace You Want It Darker as Leonard's "final" work, because, nothing will ever change that fact (and it is a "fact") -- YWID is simply Leonard's last album, period, and that is not deb...

I got this far in that review: "It’s true, his deep voice and monotonous melodies can begin to grate. But when you tire of Cohen’s music, there is still the idea of him ... to fall back on. " Seriously? Anybody who thinks that about Leonard Cohen is not someone who's opinion matters to me. Leonard's...

...well, i don't know about you, but i was brought up in a strictly religious background, where alcohol was seen as a devilish concoction that caused even the strong-minded to easily lose control - and who can argue with that! ... Oh, don't be absurd! " Who can argue with that "? I can! I was broug...

...well, you know . . . we evolve . . . That we do, some more than others, I think -- by choice, disposition, and/or circumstance. This latest picture of yours nicely captures the pleasure of drinking wine (a pleasure that I enjoy very much! Tonight is a lovely red burgundy...), which reminds me: I...

I have noticed a distinct similarity between works by the artist known as "Geoffrey" and works by another artist, who has apparently not been active for a while, named "WREN". They are both very talented, and they both seem to have a fascination (and skill) with Leonard Cohen portraits. I find mysel...

Sideways wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 28, 2019 11:38 pm

Dear Ms Fan...

Please, it's "Dr" Fan.

Sideways wrote: ↑

Thu Mar 28, 2019 11:38 pm

... neighbour disputes are the hardest to resolve as the parties are always arguing from different premises ....

Now, that's funny! One doesn't hear a lot of logic humour.

Give my best regards to solong, med eller uten sko eller bukser.

Interesting, I'd not seen such a list before, thanks!

I actually find this to be a bit unsettling and sad. It is like looking through a portal to the past, and witnessing a happy moment in time that we know no longer exists. It is almost like seeing a ghost.

I find it difficult, Solong, to select the worst parts of our marriage but your obsessive behaviour with trousers and boots deserves at least a mention. Perhaps you are being unreasonably critical. I should think that it is preferable that Solong prefers trousers and boots/shoes, rather than runnin...

an opinion i have long held is that discovering a thinking person as impeccably articulate as yourself is as rare an experience as finding gloves in a glove compartment - it almost never happens. you must please excuse me if what i write causes embarrassment, but it is a pity to only think somethin...

As exemplified in my previous post, not only are capital letters disappearing, but so are words. Why bother trying to learn and remember all those combinations of letters (let alone having complex thoughts), when a little cartoon picture can express everything one could possibly want to say in any g...