Thursday, December 21, 2006

Alice Doesn't Buy Here Anymore


Welcome to "The Gods Are Bored!" At 7:22 p.m. on December 21, the sun officially crossed the equator. So sorry to all my fabulous readers Down Under, but the bored gods of the Northern Hemisphere are just tugging at that big star that warms our world! Bless them for doing it.










When does $68 million seem like chump change?


I'll tell you: It's when you've got $18 billion or so, earned dollar by stinking dollar from enslaving the world. Hello, Alice Walton. If the shoe fits, my dear, you've gotta wear it. Did the shoe in question come from Wal-Mart? Oh, I didn't think so! Only poor people shop there. Come to think of it, only poor people work there, too.

Just a few short weeks ago, the Thomas Jefferson University Hospital announced that it would sell its Philadelphia masterpiece oil painting, "The Gross Clinic," to Ms. Alice Walton for her new museum in Bentonville, Arkansas. "Jeff," as the hospital is locally known, gave the citizens of Philadelphia until December 26, 2006 to match the price. If all the Longshoremen and Carpenters and Teamsters out there -- and all the "Jeff" alumni, and all the art worshippers -- couldn't cobble together $68 mil, the painting was outta here, Adrian.








Philly has done it.








I was just driving home from a long day in the Ag shop at the Vocational Technical School, and I heard it on the radio. With pledges of all sizes, the citizens of Philadelphia (and presumably the art world) have acquired "The Gross Clinic" for the Philadelphia Museum of Art.


Yo, that's the big building with the "Gotta Fly Now" steps.


We at "The Gods Are Bored" say once again that we deplore a world in which a single painting costs $68 million -- a sum, one imagines, that could build maybe a dozen hospitals in Congo. But if people are going to pony up ridiculous bucks for oil slathered on canvas, it sure makes my day that THE LOSER IS......



Alice Walton.













Hey, Alice. Go have tea with the Mad Hatter and then buy some art that reflects the way you've earned your living. To whit:








Wow, a lot of pictures in this one! It feels like a holiday.








FROM ANNE
THE MERLIN OF BERKELEY SPRINGS

2 comments:

BBC said...

The world is insane. I'm leaving today for a two day retreat, to hell with their Christmas that won't bring me world peace.

I did no Christmas shopping, sent money to charities is all.

SolSionnach said...

BTW - the sun did not cross the equator on the 21st... it reached the Tropic of Capricorn, 23.5 degrees south of the equator, and started back north.

Sol crosses the equator at the equinoxes.. :)