clorophilla

very sad but, no, I didn't. She seems to be vanished into nothing... ((

clorophilla

some of the pictures by wich I was mesmerized...
here there is a so gourgeous and narcisistic self-portrait of Dalì (a detail of)
http://interludi.splinder.com/archive/2006-08

here other two pics, picasso and dalì - in an article about the exhibhition:
http://www.teknemedia.net/magazine_detail.html?mId=8380

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Sal Zizzo, Leona Lewis, Jared Allen, Picabo Street, Lance Storm, Jack Del Rio, Eddie Murphy, David Hyde Pierce, Alec Baldwin, Wakanohana Kanji II, (Hippo, Birdy, two ewes to)Sandra Boynton, Marisa Paredes, Tony Orlando, Billy Joe Royal, Wayne Newton, Marsha Mason, Jane Goodall, Helmut Kohl, Don Gibson, Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, Peter Hawkins, Marlon Brando, Doris Day!, Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Stan Freeman, Iron Eyes Cody, Russell Wright!, Sally Rand!!!, George Jessel, Otori Tanigoro, Bud Fisher, William Magear 'Boss' Tweed, Washington Irving and King Henry IV of England.

Baldur

Sorry I missed yesterday.

Baldur

Happy birthday to Tony Banks, Diamond Dallas Page, Agnetha Faltskog, Judith Resnik, Dave Holland, Les Binks, Colin Powell, Stanley Turrentine, Frank Gorshin, Billy Bland, Tony Williams, Gale Storm, Gregory Peck, Herbert von Karajan, Bette Davis, Spencer Tracy, Mistinguett, Booker T. Washington, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Joseph Lister, Elihu Yale and Emperor Go-Fushimi of Japan.

Dragon

hehehe, that would make me want to shop there again!

Dragon

Dragon is excited. We got our first RSVP envelope back from our wedding invites today. It was from my dad who I knew was coming but still, I've been patiently (ok maybe not so patiently) checking the mail every day since we sent them out and it was such a nice little thrill to open the mailbox and see that little green envelope in there. Had to laugh though, my dad simply put a check mark in the space beside "Attending" instead of indicating the number of people coming. I think he usually leaves responding to invite to my step mom. He also wrote "Woohoo!" at the bottom, which I just love.

Normal

Love that, Marius! Dragon is right; that's a superb marketing ploy!

And my nephew wrote "Yay!" on his RSVP to my daughter in 2002.
Also much appreciated.

sheftali52

Agree with Dragon and Normal about marius' shopping experience. What a hoot. Was intrigued by Mistinguett in Baldur's birthday lineup today. Apparently a quote attributed to her is:
"A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point. That's basic spelling that every woman ought to know."
Ooh la la!!

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Carlton Mitchell, Aaron Curry, Bobbi Starr, Martin Mendez, Tim Hasselbeck, Donnie Edwards, Ami James, Sterling Sharpe, Frank Black, John Pizzarelli, Paolo Nespoli, Blind Mississippi Morris, Marilu Henner, John Ratzenberger, Gheorghe Zamfir, Paul Daniels, Billy Dee Williams, Peter Maivia, Merle Haggard, Ivan Dixon, Andre' Previn, Sergio Franchi, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Anthony Fokker, Stanislas de Guaita, John Willam Waterhouse!, Gustave Moreau, Nadar and Raphael.

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Trent Cotchin, Franco Di Santo, Sonjay Dutt, Patrick Crayton, Tiki Barber!!, Ronde Barber, Ricky Watters, Paul Michael Robinson, Christopher Darden, Tony Dorsett, Jackie Chan, Janis Ian, John Oates, Patricia Bennett, Gordon Kaye, Sir David Frost, Francis Ford Coppola, Freddie Hubbard, Spencer Dryden, Jerry Brown, Hodding Carter III, Bobby Bare, Ian Richardson, Wayne Rogers, James Garner, Babatunde Olantunji, Ravi Shankar, Billie Holiday, Ralph Flanagan, Percy Faith, Walter Winchell, John McGraw, Will Keith Kellogg, Walter Camp, William Wordsworth, Pope Clement XII and Saint Francis Xavier.

Dragon

My beau and I got good news finally. We finally have a proper date for our wedding. We already knew we were going to do it in Mexico beween Oct 14-21 but it has been quite the runaround trying to get an actual date from our travel agent. We ended up having to send out our invitations without a specific date, just the travel dates. I'm sure a wedding etiquette guru would be scandalized but we had to get them out one way or another so people have time to make travel arrangments if they're coming. So after a great deal of waiting and multiple phonecalls to the travel agent we are set for Oct 17. Yaaaaaay!

Baldur

Congratulations Dragon. Mexico is not at all draconian, so it is an unusual wedding destination.
I had a wonderful time there myself back in the late 1980s.... a very beautiful country with a lushness that surprised me.
People in the USA tend to stereotype the country as being entirely arid and desertlike. This is not the case.

Baldur

Happy Birthday to midnightpoet, Lito Sheppard, Mark Spencer, Patricia Arquette, Biz Markie, Julian Lennon, Richard Hatch, Fred Smerlas, Ricky Bell, Michael Leshner, Tom DeLay, Catfish Hunter, Miller Farr, Vivienne Westwood!!!, Peggy Lennon, Kofi Annan, John Gavin, Monty Sunshine, Shecky Greene, George Fisher, Carmen McRae, Betty Ford, Sonja Henie, Helen Joseph, Yip Harburg!!!, Mary Pickford, Richard Neutra, Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, David Rittenhouse and King Philip Iv of Spain.

Baldur

Happy Birthday to Jackie Evancho, Elle Fanning, Kristen Stewart, Jesse McCartney, Katsuni, Jenna Jameson!, Jeff Zucker, Mark Pellegrino, Rob Awalt, Dennis Quaid, Michael Learned, Marty Krofft!, Avery Schreiber, Carl Perkins, Jim Fowler, Tom Lehrer, Hugh Hefner, J. William Fulbright, Paul Robeson, Efram Zimbalist, King Leopold II of Belgium!!!, Charles Baudelaire and Theobald Boehm.

stevedover1965

May I add my wedding felicitations to you too Dragon, I hope you and your partner have a very VERY Happy and prosperous marriage, all my best wishes go to you. Stephen Martin x (stevedover1965)

Baldur

Now Baldur must admit he is somewhat confused by the recent passing of at least one (possibly 3) of our ThinkDraw Family. Can someone please explain the Gremmy (Emmy)-Giraffe situation to me.
I have read the threads but do not understand what has happened at all.
Has Gremmy passed away? Has Giraffe passed away?
Is (was) Gremmy also Giraffe or was Gremmy Emmy and Giraffe someone else entirely?
Am I the only one confused here?

Baldur

It appears that my impending grandchild will be a boy.
The name that has been chosen by the parents is 'Conor Wolfgang'.
Baldur applauds the choice, I have never understood why so many parents go with unimaginative choices.
I would never re-use a family name, each child deserves one of his own.

mdawrcn

The way I understand Baldur, is that both Gremmy, (Emy or EmyO) and Giraffe have passed away. They are two different people. Gremmy was a relatively new artist who was very ill. She also was pretty active at Thinkwrite, though I don't follow there, so don't know much. I know she was very friendly on TD.

http://www.thinkdraw.com/profile.php?user=Gremmy

Giraffe drew for awhile, but was more active currently at Thinkwrite. His last picture here was July 2010. I think relatives sent e-mails or posted comments on TW about their passing.

http://www.thinkdraw.com/profile.php?user=Giraffe

Dragon

I must agree with Baldur that I don't understand people who feel the need to name their children after themselves. That whole Junior thing kind of escapes me, it seems to rob their child of having their own personality, kind of like saying "You're going to be just like me whether you like it or not."
That being said I will say that I've noticed a lot of people naming their children things that I consider to be dog or cat names. Names like Colt and Chase and whatnot. I don't care much for that. We have one family who brings their pets in and the kids are all named dog names while the dogs are named kid names. Something like 'Bill' for the dog and 'Talon' for the kid. We have another family whose cat is named 'Sienna' and whose child is named 'Sierra'. That seems very strange to me.