Some Beautiful Images to End Your Monday

Emotionally Charged Ink Illustrations - My Modern Metropolis:

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Rola Chang's ink illustrations.

Gerhard Richter Documentary

Gerhard Richter Painting:

Gerhard Richter Painting trailer from Kino Lorber on Vimeo.

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A documentary on Gerhard Richter, you say? Count me in! This has potential to go down in history as one of the great art documentaries. I need to see if I can get my hands on any of the older ones on Picasso, Hans Hofmann, and Pollock. Should be exciting.

R.I.P. Theophilus Brown

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/02/10/BAE51N59PQ.DTL&feed=rss.news

It's always sad to me when a great painter dies. I'm not as familiar with Brown as I am some of the others from the Bay Area Figurative movement, but he certainly ran around with a lot of my heroes: de Kooning, Diebenkorn, Picasso, and Bischoff.

He lived a long life, may we all be so lucky.

Game of Thrones Season 2!!!

Photo Gallery: Game of Thrones Season 2 - Today's News: Our Take | TVGuide.com:

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Game of Thrones season 2 is coming up, who's excited? You know I am. A big fan of the books, I wasn't super happy with how season one turned out, but I'll still take it. This time around, I'll be able to watch it in HD instead of standard definition on a channel that didn't come in so well. So, I'm doubly excited about that. Let's hope the directing/acting gets better as we go.

If you haven't, check out the Song of Ice and Fire series by George R.R. Martin that the series is based on.  It is a good escape into a fantasy world, and well worth the read.  There are five books out so far with two more to go.  I'm hoping he wraps it up well, as I was a little disappointed with the last book.

DUBSTEP

PUMPED UP KICKS|DUBSTEP - YouTube: ""

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Marquese Scott has some pretty smooth moves. My brother-in-law pointed me to this video. I knew I liked the music before I knew there was a whole genre. Dubstep has become one of my favorite types of music, with bands like The Glitch Mob, Bassnectar, Skrillex, and many others. Enjoy the video!

Here is another one that is pretty good:

2014 BMW M3

2014 BMW M3 Sedan Spy Photos – News – Car and Driver:

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The M3 has long been held tightly in my heart. It is one of the "more affordable" cars for a driving enthusiast.  (Compared to a super-car anyway).  Personally, I invite the move from a V-8 to a V-6 with Turbos. Hopefully, it will mean less weight and more fuel-efficiency.  I will miss the hood bulge from the recent model if they do end up taking it away, but I wouldn't want it there just for looks.

I'm still waiting on my affordable, fuel-efficient, performance car. Yes, I want it all.

Why French Parents Are Superior

Why French Parents Are Superior by Pamela Druckerman - WSJ.com:

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I think there are some interesting points in this article. I definitely think some American kids get away with too much and aren't given any boundaries. Check it out, it's a good read.

Reminds me a little of the book I'm reading by Jane Nelsen: Positive Discipline.