Astute readers will note that Pretty Lady has added a Button to her sidebar, entitled 'Pretty Lady's Rent Fund.' This is the result of a fun experiment involving Photoshop, a Paypal account, and a suggestion from Bane. Consider it along the lines of a Tip Jar; donations are, regrettably, not tax-deductible, and will serve only to subsidize Phil the Neanderthal. Tangentially, they will keep Pretty Lady with a roof over her head, where she promises to keep scribbling away, to the utmost of her ability.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
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Interesting comment, Bane. Could you explain who the child molesting cow is, please? I don't get it. Maybe I'm too stupid to understand you.
Or was this comment on her blog meant just for PL? I think email suits that purpose...
I'd love to hear more specific wisdom. If you 'won't continue it here', perhaps you could provide a link...
Ahhh. No I still don't quite get it.
Is he referring to you? And by implication, calling PL a child? That would be quite rude. Evern worse is the suggestion that PL is 'slumming' by either tolerating 'riff-raff' or taking rent augmantation?
Very curious. Bane? Could you please claify?
People. People. The heading 'crass vulgarity' was not a mandate; it was not even a suggestion. Morgan, I must say that your initial comment was unprovoked, I do not countenance it, and that in public discourse I expect a standard of courtesy to be maintained at all times. If any of you have a private issue with anyone, please keep it private.
Do you tip your waitress? Do you tip the valet? Do you tip the goddamn snooty coffee poseur barista at Starbucks?
The answer is yes to the first two. The answer is hell no to the third. I say God bless Bane and PL if they can make money off their writing. Remember, they keep writing whether or not you pay them.
John Fogerty said it best. "You don't need a penny just to hang around / But if you got a nickel won't you lay your money down."
Crom
Hmmm. Isn't it odd how petty and jealous some people can be, by pretending superiority of character or sensibilities? Why do some choose to vent their spleen in public, and then call it "humor" or "just my opinion" if challenged as to motive? As my dear father has said (crudely but aptly) "Opinions are like ass-holes. We all have them. And often they stink." That's why those with class choose to cover up some things in public ....
I think it's a great idea PL. Too bad such things become necessary. If people give money to complete strangers (perhaps to assuage guilt over having more then they feel they deserve?), why should it be any less noble to give money to people they know or like?
If I had extra, I'd gladly share with you. However, as it is, I'm trying to figure out how to support the mother-in-law who moved in with us 6 months after the wedding...We could all use a monetary break it appears! LOL.
Hey PL, as a follow up on Terrymum's comments, I think it worthy to support creativity in creative ways. Count me in for $5-10 a month if it helps. Starting Sept. You give more than you get by far anyway. And being flatter than flat broke, I still think it worthwhile.
I once asked a bunch of my close close friends if they would contribute $10/month in exchange every month for a piece of original art work and I was doing really cool stuff. They laughed. Made....ha, ha comments, etc. I was very surprised. I guess it is easier to give a ten spot to a bum at night on the street than for people to support a friend. Although I have to say, a friend who didn't relate to my work, gave me $2500 lump sum for anything at a future date, of my choosing, just to support me. How unusual.
I once asked a bunch of my close close friends if they would contribute $10/month in exchange every month for a piece of original art work and I was doing really cool stuff. They laughed.
This is both shocking and extraordinarily familiar. The mistake you made was in asking for too little. When you ask people for $250K as an investment in a real estate venture, they take you seriously. When you frame a piece and hang it in a gallery and put a $3500 price tag on it, they take you seriously. When you take the same piece and offer it at a table on the street for $40, they laugh. I have, literally, had this happen.
thinscool: I'll answer you since Morgan is being vague. She is the cow in question. They have a little history over at Vox's site. It was not pleasant. I did not think that Bane still hostile since Morgan's post about her son's autism. I thought he had softened toward her, hence the detente.
JohnR
Wow, PL, this thread is loaded with hostility!
Something I'm just not used to in here.
Damn.
Not you, Morgan, and hostility is relative to it's location.
Mild would be an understatement for this over at Vox's, but I'm surprised of ANY here.
We all have our perceptions, you know...
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