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Why Grantland Rice Sucked | Grantland Rice was everything his namesake website should aspire not to be. He was a pandering mythmaker who wrote verse and prose the way Thomas Kinkade paints carriage lanes ("The Hills of Fame still beckon where the Paths of Glory lead …"). Reading him today is not unlike looking at your maiden aunt's collection of Precious Moments figurines. Moths come flying off every word. He was responsible for a lot of the worst pathologies of sportswriting today, and the fact that a major web site now unironically carries his name tells me we've done to Rice what Rice did to so many ballplayers over the years. We've godded up the godmaker. ( Tommy Craggs A Long List Of Sports Figures Who've Also Claimed Their Twitter Was Hacked | As soon as Rep. Anthony Weiner first acknowledged his roiling Twitter-bulge scandal with a desperate "I've been hacked" defense last week , we knew he was guilty. "I've been hacked" is the first refuge of a cock-Tweeter. Weiner isn't the first to mistakenly send a private Twitter flirtation to a relative stranger. Here's a long list of very public sports figures who've been through similar ordeals. Some of the messages were sexual, some were surly, but all of these men proclaimed their innocence and denied responsibility for their social-media boners. Odds are, though, that just like the beleaguered Weiner, some of them were straight-up lying. ( Barry Petchesky and A.J. Daulerio ) Why Men Send Dong Shots To People | We've all had a good laugh about Anthony Weiner using his Twitter account to show the world that white Congressmen can have surprisingly decent-sized cocks. And we here at Deadspin have gotten a great deal of mileage out of men who, in fit of passion, decided to take pictures of their dicks and send them out into the ether, like digital herpes. ( Drew Magary LeBron James And The Mistaken Case Of The Shrinking Superstar | In last night's post-game press conference, CBS Sports controversialist Gregg Doyel took the mic and asked LeBron James about his fourth quarter performances in the postseason. The fourth quarter, Doyel suggested, is when "superstars become superstars" (a confusing idea of evolution in itself), and James has been "shrinking" from that call.
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A highly influential artist and the inspiration for the Turner Prize for contemporary art, Turner was the original "painter of light" (sorry, Thomas Kinkade). To view more of his works, click through the slideshow below.
He was a pandering mythmaker who wrote verse and prose the way Thomas Kinkade paints carriage lanes ("The Hills of Fame still beckon where the Paths of Glory lead …"). Reading him today is not unlike looking at your maiden aunt's collection of
I think I'll stick with the very boring Thomas Kinkade-like village scene. It goes with my living-room furniture. - To learn more about the Las Vegas exhibit of John Wayne Gacy's artwork, go to johnwaynegacyart.com.
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Beginning to explore the depiction of light and of imagined worlds in his early years, Thomas Kinkade later became a world renowned American artist who often portrays bucolic, idyllic settings such as gardens, streams, stone cottages, and Main Street in his works, and who has a knack of translating Christmas spirit into eye pleasing and heart felt magic through his special elemental ways. Kinkade often dedicates his work to snow scenes and street scenes. He is characterized as “The painter of light” for the flowing highlights and saturated pastel colors in all his paintings. He was inspired to do his artwork from his own religious beliefs and custom, but he also pledged to himself as an artist to touch people of all faiths. His works cross cultural boundaries and generations, and appeal to people of all ages. He is crowned “America’s most-collected living artist”. His skill at painting, pencil drawings and sculptures have led him to create a piece of art that resembles part of an American valued custom. His hand crafted charms is a delicate piece of artwork that brings pleasure to the holidays and are considered perfect gift ideas on everyone’s mind.
One type of art Thomas Kinkade is famous for is different types of Christmas themed collectibles that often include musical globes, animated and pre-lit tabletop Christmas trees, all sorts of Christmas figurines, Christmas villages, even illuminated electric train collections, as well as many other collectibles of various Christian themes including Christian cross and churches.
Kinkade says he is placing emphasis on the value of simple pleasures and that his intent is to communicate inspirational, life-affirming messages through his work. From personal experiences, I believe by doing so, he catches the heart of the ordinary folks, and that make his art works widely accepted and highly collectible.
First-Ever Kinkade 6′ Pre-Lit Pull-Up Christmas Tree This First-Ever Thomas Kinkade pull-up pre-lit Christmas tree is simply beautiful and full of magic! You’re closer to a magical Christmas than you realize when you expand the brilliant winter wonder with this unique tree. It is elegantly pre-decorated with 46 non-breakable coordinating ornaments and 200 clear mini-lights, and showcases the beloved artwork of Thomas Kinkade with two satin ribbons run to the top of the tree. Additional accents of two golden and two burgundy ribbons, 15 velvety poinsettias and a gold trimmed bow tree topper glistens this impressive Kinkade tree even more. This pre-lit artificial Christmas tree is very easy to be stored in small spaces after the holiday. This tree represents simplicity and elegance!
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276 Thomas Kinkade and Katherine Spencer about which photos of hers they would use. She felt it was a silent acknowledgment that her work was improving. ...A Christmas Promise
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