2011 April 03 – Fading Ad Blog

Crisp cold spring morning // Purple crocuses warming // In the cool March sun #haiku http://twitpic.com/4dzcii #
@rosariodawson @RoryAlbanese @Michael_Schiavo Thanks for the tweetroduction Rosa! Wondered why my followers bolted past 200 – LOL xoxox #
Bitterly cold morn // Thinking about the layers // For my Vespa ride #haiku #
Religious Affiliations: On the Outs? – Technology & science – Science – DiscoveryNews.com – msnbc.com http://t.co/4lXksFm via @msnbc #
Gliding yellow streak // Cross the span between the spans // Toward Mannahatta #haiku http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannahatta #vespa #nyc #
@RoryAlbanese Great to have connected. Any friend of Rosa’s is family. Are you southern Italian. Maybe we are cousins! #
Annoyed Escalades // Swerve & try to block my path // Yellow wasp glides by #haiku #vespa #nyc #
@piersmorgan Sometimes an idea // Transforms a generation // Sometimes a nation #haiku #transformation #revolution #
@biz @jack @PiersMorgan Sometimes an idea // Transforms a generation // Sometimes a nation #haiku #transformation #revolution #
Radioactive/Iodine-Wings on the wind/In NY City #haiku #japandisaster Trace amts radioactive iodine in NY rainwater http://bit.ly/ifv39M #
Trending News Channel : Was Gandhi Gay? New Biography of India’s Founding Father Provokes Outrage. (VIDEO) http://slate.me/gpN2Yn #
Martin Luther King, Jr – Gandhi & Rustin http://is.gd/gxeKrO #
Great men throughout time // Have sought comfort in other // Men’s arms – without shame #haiku #gandhi #gaypride #
Pound Cake: http://t.co/rgekfd4 #
My one-thousandth tweet // May not be sweet nor funny // Nor make me money #haiku #money #fortheloveofwords #
Video: Arve Henriksen – An Opening Image (by gregbodprod) http://tumblr.com/xe71ylro1f #
@Filmstress Wow! Wish I would have been able to go. Doug E was my neighbor when I lived in Harlem. Great guy. in reply to Filmstress #
RealClearPolitics – Politics – Apr 01, 2011 – House GOP bill would make its budget law, period http://bit.ly/e5sPMP #
Rep. Weiner chose “House Mouse, Senate Mouse,” where “Squeaker of the House” &the “Senate Mousejority Leader” compromise on a nat’l cheese. #
@rosariodawson yfrog Photo : http://yfrog.com/h21m78j Shared by @caafoundation via @yfrog #GOGOLATINOS #
@GCroiset Welterusten! Erg mooien weer hier in NY eindelijk. Vreselijk winter gehad. in reply to GCroiset #

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John Baeder is one of the best known of the Photorealists. His popular paintings and prints of roadside diners so capture the pulse of America that his images have entered the secondary market as reproductions on posters, calendars, and postcards (here the energy comes full circle, as old postcards were an important source of inspiration for the paintings). – Virginia Bonito