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Roy Scarbrough posted an update 2 days, 3 hours ago
Here’s a travel writing contest. Winner only gets $500. But then, why not.
We Said Go Travel Writing Contest – We Said Go Travel : We Said Go TravelWeSaidGoTravel.com invites you to enter its Summer 2013 Travel Writing Contest with $1,000usd in CASH prizes and no… -
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Wine Bar 1 week, 1 day agoThe other day I bought a case of Two Buck Chuck, otherwise known as Charles Shaw Cabernet. Trader Joe’s used to sell it for $2. I think it’s now something like $2.65 a bottle. While it’s not the best wine, it’s okay. I’d say it’s as okay as the wine most people drink every day in Europe. And this means a non rich person can afford to have…[Read more]
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Roy Scarbrough posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Just returned from another run up and down the Oregon coast. I need to get back to Italy where I’d like to start or complete a few projects. And then there’s Spain. I feel a little overwhelmed by Spain. It’s not the kind of place you can drop in for ten days and get out. I hope to get to Cuba one day, but I don’t want to be on a tour.
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Roy Scarbrough posted a Tweet: 1 month ago
The Back Garden Chair. Ashland, Oregon. http://t.co/5Nn0LXs9Hj
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Roy Scarbrough posted a Tweet: 1 month ago
Superhero Leonardo Da Vinci http://t.co/wlU5tyGN9A
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Roy Scarbrough posted a new activity comment 1 month ago
I did like the soundtrack.
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Roy Scarbrough posted a new activity comment 1 month, 1 week ago
I remember hearing that too. Here’s the story now: He didn’t have much schooling as a child in the town of Vinci, so he taught himself to write. There was no school master around to slap his wrists for doing it “wrong.” I bet growing up this way ultimately enhanced his creativity and inventiveness.
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Roy Scarbrough posted a new activity comment 1 month, 1 week ago
Probably not. However, they’re saying they were aware that Batman creator Bob Kane’s inspiration for the caped crusader included leonardo’s drawings of the flying machines with bat-like wings. So, there’s a connection. Sort of.
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Roy Scarbrough posted a new activity comment 1 month, 1 week ago
I think he probably was. He did write left-handed, reversing the text and writing down the lines from the right margin to the left so that he would not have to drag his hand across the wet ink.
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We learned in art history that he wrote backwards as a way to code his work against artistic thieves. But the simplicity of not smearing wet ink makes more sense!
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I remember hearing that too. Here’s the story now: He didn’t have much schooling as a child in the town of Vinci, so he taught himself to write. There was no school master around to slap his wrists for doing it “wrong.” I bet growing up this way ultimately enhanced his creativity and inventiveness.
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Roy Scarbrough posted a new activity comment 1 month, 1 week ago
I poked around on the Starz site talking about the series. Other episodes will acknowledge Leonardo’s bisexuality.
Although not a credible bio-pic, I really like the look of this video comic book story set in the Italian Renaissance. A Batman-like tale with a winged crusader defending the Florentine Republic. Sorry I won’t be seeing future…[Read more]
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Is this series based on that comic that you mentioned a few months back?
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Probably not. However, they’re saying they were aware that Batman creator Bob Kane’s inspiration for the caped crusader included leonardo’s drawings of the flying machines with bat-like wings. So, there’s a connection. Sort of.
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Roy Scarbrough posted a new activity comment 1 month, 1 week ago
Oh wait, he’s shown in another scene drawing left-handed. They’ve made him ambidextrous. Now I have egg on my face. This is the risks of live blogging.
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Wasn’t Leonardo ambidextrous?
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I think he probably was. He did write left-handed, reversing the text and writing down the lines from the right margin to the left so that he would not have to drag his hand across the wet ink.
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We learned in art history that he wrote backwards as a way to code his work against artistic thieves. But the simplicity of not smearing wet ink makes more sense!
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I remember hearing that too. Here’s the story now: He didn’t have much schooling as a child in the town of Vinci, so he taught himself to write. There was no school master around to slap his wrists for doing it “wrong.” I bet growing up this way ultimately enhanced his creativity and inventiveness.
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Roy Scarbrough posted a Tweet: 1 month, 1 week ago
Why are the bad guys gay in this movie when it was Leonardo who was prosecuted for sodomy.#davincisdemons #arthistory.
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I poked around on the Starz site talking about the series. Other episodes will acknowledge Leonardo’s bisexuality.
Although not a credible bio-pic, I really like the look of this video comic book story set in the Italian Renaissance. A Batman-like tale with a winged crusader defending the Florentine Republic. Sorry I won’t be seeing future…[Read more]
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Is this series based on that comic that you mentioned a few months back?
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Probably not. However, they’re saying they were aware that Batman creator Bob Kane’s inspiration for the caped crusader included leonardo’s drawings of the flying machines with bat-like wings. So, there’s a connection. Sort of.
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Roy Scarbrough posted a Tweet: 1 month, 1 week ago
Watching Da Vinci’s Demons from Starz. Couldn’t the actor at least pretend to draw left-handed?. #arthistory.
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Oh wait, he’s shown in another scene drawing left-handed. They’ve made him ambidextrous. Now I have egg on my face. This is the risks of live blogging.
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Wasn’t Leonardo ambidextrous?
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I think he probably was. He did write left-handed, reversing the text and writing down the lines from the right margin to the left so that he would not have to drag his hand across the wet ink.
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We learned in art history that he wrote backwards as a way to code his work against artistic thieves. But the simplicity of not smearing wet ink makes more sense!
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I remember hearing that too. Here’s the story now: He didn’t have much schooling as a child in the town of Vinci, so he taught himself to write. There was no school master around to slap his wrists for doing it “wrong.” I bet growing up this way ultimately enhanced his creativity and inventiveness.
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Roy Scarbrough posted a new activity comment 1 month, 1 week ago
Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.) …
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That quote seems to be a favorite of a few folks who read that post. It was highlighted as well when I posted the link on facebook.
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Roy Scarbrough posted a new activity comment 1 month, 2 weeks ago
I have not been able to see it from the usual freeway approaches.
I wish they’d bring back the Beatnik driftwood sculptures on the mud flats. I really miss seeing those.
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I heard recently that Emeryville is going to allow limited mudflat sculptures, but I haven’t seen any go up yet. Nor do I know details. I should probably google.
I used to love those too! I think everybody did.
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Roy Scarbrough posted a new activity comment 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Yes, Mount Shasta, north of Weed, within the Ring of Fire.
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Roy Scarbrough posted a new activity comment 1 month, 2 weeks ago
…barbed wire and long downed power lines.
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Where is that? Is that Shasta?
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Yes, Mount Shasta, north of Weed, within the Ring of Fire.
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Roy Scarbrough posted a Tweet: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Sometimes I miss the world’s centers of civilization. Sometimes I’m glad I’m in this neck of the woods. http://t.co/vUYOLknxme
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…barbed wire and long downed power lines.
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Where is that? Is that Shasta?
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Yes, Mount Shasta, north of Weed, within the Ring of Fire.
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He also did the soundtrack for “Battlestar Galactica” (my personal favorite) and “The Walking Dead”.