tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335611828023778237.post7300675707686656162..comments2023-07-05T02:22:05.253-07:00Comments on Beer And Incense: Hold The BlingBen Therehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09552547709669462400noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335611828023778237.post-60210478995849044092008-05-28T21:53:00.000-07:002008-05-28T21:53:00.000-07:00Ok, Ben, something good with a comments feature fi...Ok, Ben, something good with a comments feature finally came to me. Still moving in the boxes, but visitors are welcome anytime.<BR/><BR/>PS hope your new change was a positive one and all you thought it should be has turned out just right. <BR/><BR/>All the best to you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335611828023778237.post-43316638761624640632008-05-17T22:14:00.000-07:002008-05-17T22:14:00.000-07:00As soon as I find the right web host I will have c...As soon as I find the right web host I will have comments. There doesn't seem to be that option where I am now. Something will show itself one of these days and I will just relocate. <BR/>I am so glad you visited! For real. Thank you!<BR/>Nina<BR/><BR/>Again, sorry if this is a dupe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335611828023778237.post-24554204389431904822008-05-17T11:57:00.000-07:002008-05-17T11:57:00.000-07:00Nina -You are very talented! I love watercolor. Ve...Nina -<BR/><BR/>You are very talented! I love watercolor. Very nice work. I'll definitely be back when I can spend more time there. (I only browsed around page 1.) <BR/><BR/>Thanks for linking to me. I didn't see an option to comment on your blog or I would have written there.<BR/><BR/>Eventually I'll get around to adding links here and you'll definitely be on the list.Ben Therehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09552547709669462400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335611828023778237.post-13479084776770491092008-05-17T10:39:00.000-07:002008-05-17T10:39:00.000-07:00Ben, please visit my artblog sometime. I am linki...Ben, please visit my artblog sometime. I am linking to you but could not find an email address for you anywhere on your website to send you a private note.<BR/><BR/>All the best, peace,<BR/>Nina<BR/><BR/>This is my second attempt to publish comment, please delete it if its a dupe of the first. MerciAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335611828023778237.post-14037849156673109672008-05-12T19:47:00.000-07:002008-05-12T19:47:00.000-07:00Great post Ben...I too am constantly examining thi...Great post Ben...I too am constantly examining things on the "is this a keeping up w/ the Jones idea" because F that. I was related to the jones and they got divorced after 20 "happy" years and their whole american dream w/ the mercedes went to hell in a hand basket. I love knowing that I make me happy, that my kids smile makes me happy, that the best times are when I'm holding Michaels hand.....but if you think I'd ever in one million years give up my bleach blond highlights, my casper white teeth, my fake n bake tan or a few essential items from the Gap, then you ON CRACK.<BR/>But, like you said, the economy would crash. I don't highlight my hair b/c society thinks I should or Vidal sassoon thinks I should, I do it b/c I look good. lolCandycanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11410712625364997992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335611828023778237.post-8210904090655284802008-05-09T20:32:00.000-07:002008-05-09T20:32:00.000-07:00Nina, If everyone had that attitude the economy wo...Nina, If everyone had that attitude the economy would collapse. Either that or we would have much fuller, richer lives. <BR/><BR/>(I have holes in some of my clothes too, but I think I paid extra for 'em.)Ben Therehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09552547709669462400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335611828023778237.post-87572956205414470662008-05-09T20:00:00.000-07:002008-05-09T20:00:00.000-07:00I got so disgusted with consumerism I went all the...I got so disgusted with consumerism I went all the way the other way into a new look which is actually an old look. I adopted this style from some elderly and very very proper relatives who live with holes in their sweaters. The more holes, the more interesting and eccentric they become to me. None would be caught dead in something new. Jewelry, gauche. Designer logos ... NEVER! No make up, no haircolor, natural is the style and I must say, it looks so nice. They are immune to advertising. They are from a time when it was in the single digit percentile of newspapers and magazines and always thought of, if they thought of it at all, as crass and cheap. It pains them to shop. Everything they value is useful and treasured for entire lifetimes and longer, passed down from one generation to the next.<BR/>I already have eccentric down, but I am hoping that walking around in rags will insulate me from becoming just another merchandise consumer unit on somebody's regional graph although really, sigh, its already too late.<BR/><BR/>Rip it up Ben, NinaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8335611828023778237.post-64100723533813610952008-05-03T18:36:00.000-07:002008-05-03T18:36:00.000-07:00I couldn't agree more with your observations of hu...I couldn't agree more with your observations of human nature. Honestly I do think many people are aware of these truths but it is just easier to go along with everyone else. It takes effort and TRUE understanding. Even if you have that true understanding it can seem like you are swimming upstream while everyone else is going with the flow and eventually you give in because it SEEMS easier. Little do we all know that what seems easier in the long run only brings much more suffering than had we continued to persevere and swim upstream. I have and continue to be a victim of buying what I think will make me whole. I have good and bad moments but the fact that I am aware and continually trying to not be blinded makes me happy enough. Thanks for the insight always refreshing!Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433611963044348810noreply@blogger.com