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03-06-2005, 09:54 PM
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Juried Member
Joined: Sep 2001
Location: St. Paul, MN
Posts: 386
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HI All
Some thoughts that relate to this thread -
1.) Thanks Cynthia - I think you made the right move for the site and yourself buy putting SOG on pause. As mentioned above, I was appalled by how short the list was of donating contributors, and ashamed more names were not on it, including mine. I, like probably 90% of the readers here have $ issues, but I think we all need to make the commitment to carve out SOMETHING over the next month to show our support to the value of this site.
2.) As I don't stop by too much,I wasn't aware of the tiff that was happening to cause this "time out" of SOG, but I would like to say that, as I read the announcement by Cynthia, I could predict in my head who the personalities were that created the problem, and sure enough, to my disappointment, I was right. To the "experts" on this site I would like to point out that I would never take a workshop from someone who has developed such tunnel vision as to argue to the point demonstrated here. If I sign up for a workshop, it's to learn what you know, not to become who you are. If you demonstrate here that you can't even find room to appreciate another experts' approach, then that tells me you would probably lack the respect for my right to have an individualized approach either.
3.) On the positive side of this little drama, it 's nice to continue to see, through SOG, just how many people in this world who are deeply impassioned by art as we are. We are all wonderfully and tragically infected... congratulations to us ALL.
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03-06-2005, 11:31 PM
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SOG & FORUM OWNER
Joined: Jun 2001
Location: Tampa Bay, FL
Posts: 2,129
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Yes, Rob, Happy Birthday. I was so enchanted by all the other things you said, I forgot to wish you one.
Thank you everyone! I appreciate you too!
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03-06-2005, 11:45 PM
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Juried Member
Joined: Dec 2003
Location: Portland, ME
Posts: 197
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Well, thank you for the birthday wishes. The icing on the cake (pun mildly intended) was seeing the positive additions to this thread. You are all wonderful artists - but I see you are wonderful people. The latter makes the the former count for much more.
Linda Nelson! You need to stop by more often! 
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03-07-2005, 12:22 AM
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Associate Member
Joined: Sep 2002
Location: Madison, WI
Posts: 1,567
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I'm in agreement with all the elegant and eloquent comments made so far, and looking forward to a kinder, gentler forum.
Jean
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03-07-2005, 01:23 PM
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SOG Member
Featured in Int'l Artist
Joined: Sep 2002
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 1,416
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Ditto!
Happy birthday Rob, I hope it was terrific!
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03-07-2005, 06:01 PM
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Juried Member
Joined: Jul 2001
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Posts: 1,734
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Belated birthday wishes, Captain Rob!
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03-07-2005, 10:43 PM
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Juried Member
Joined: Dec 2003
Location: Portland, ME
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Thank you Elizabeth and my most esteemed friend and colleague Linda, Duchess of Stand Oil. 
Linda, my birthday wishes includes your convincing Bill Whitaker to get a summer place here in Maine. Tell him I'm some wicked good at cookin' lobstah, ayuh! (Even though that reads like a Maine accent, you have to say it with a New York accent.)
Thirty-four years completed. A Ste.-Emilion Bordeaux from a good year is near its peak of maturity at 35 years. I guess I'm more like Vintage Port. The '27 Taylor is just comin' round 
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