Art & Trivia
I was unaware of Scottish artist Jack Vettriano (born Hoggan) until today. Raised in poverty, self-taught, he has passed away at 73. Here’s The Singing Butler, a painting reproduced an estimated three million times. He took the photo of it himself. It’s posted at theguardian.com:
Challenge: find a more amusing headline in today’s news than this from nypost.com: “New AI-powered talking sex doll can comfort users who climax too quickly: ‘Two minutes is awesome’.”
Culled from 38 Random Bits of Pop Culture Trivia That Are Better Than That First Sip of Coffee by Jesse (no last name cited):
Here’s one from 12 Random Bits of Pop Culture Trivia To Stick Where the Sun Don’t Shine (Your Brain) also by Jesse:
“Which Screenwriter Has Written the Most Scripts? Turkey’s Safa Önal — 395 from 1969 to 2004.” Wow!
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Here’s Vettriano’s Back Where You Belong, photo by the artist, posted at theguardian.com:
Interesting headline from foxnews.com: “Bill Murray unsure of Bob Woodward’s Nixon reporting after ‘inaccurate’ Belushi tell-all.” Hard to argue with the logic.
It looked like it was gonna be a goose egg for the Anti-Inflation Book Shop on this gorgeous but a bit cold day when two customers showed in the last few minutes of the session. My thanks to the woman who, as usual, overcompensated me for a novel in Russian, and to the gentleman who bought Audience-ology: How Moviegoers Shape the Films We Love by Kevin Goetz & Darlene Hayman and Attention Deficit Disorder in Adults by Lynn Weiss; and to the kind folks who donated a handful of books between them; and to Rafa, a Ukrainian immigrant, Trump-supporter retired from the MTA, who imparted a fact I hadn’t heard. The Russian gas pipeline that delivers energy to European countries runs through Ukraine. The country receives a discount for its supply. Turns out certain parties were pirating, and Mad Vlad didn’t like it. And that leads to this from FN: “European Union spent more on Russian fossil fuels than Ukraine aid in 2024.” Not surprising, as they must be rooting for the red kleptocracy to keep the precious fuels flowing.
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