Itsy Bitsy Imposter
Paul Vance, co-writer of the song 'Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini' was slightly startled to read his own obituary - the result of an imposter.
Robot Art Goes On Display
A Portugese artist has devised a robot that creates its own paintings.
Teddy Bear Causes 2,500 Trout Deaths
A teddy bear that fell into a pool at a Fish and Game Department hatchery earlier this month clogged a drain, and suffocated a large number of trout in New Hampshire.
A written warning has been given:
"RELEASE OF ANY TEDDY BEARS into the fish hatchery water IS NOT PERMITTED."
(Thanks, Accipiter.)
Comments
I feel sorry for the widow though, being deceived for 40 years. It looks like she still doesn't quite believe it.
Still unsettling to the artistic world ^^;
That must be annoying on a monumental scale for him; bad enough when someone who isn't a celeb finds they've accidentally had their obit run in the paper...
You have to remember that her husband just died, and something fundamental that she always knew about him turned out to be a lie. She wishes she had never found out about it as it's easier to live in ignorance of such things. People say stupid things when they're emotional that they wouldn't say or feel at other times.
Picture of RAP and one of the paintings it's working on: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/008455.php
It appears that there are quite a few "art bots" out there.
One of RAP's finished paintings: http://robotgossip.blogspot.com/2006/05/robot-as-artist.html
Besides, Modern art isn't my forte... Our old neighbor with the chrismas tree covered in gloves, however, might be daunted by the robot more than I.
It's called a pen plotter.