Anodyne
Sunday, October 01, 2006
 

Some Readers Write (Or Don't)

Sunday morning with the Anodyne mailbag:

Two requests for the Buffett Partnership Letters (still available as a hefty MS Word file, with a few common sense restrictions on its re-use and distribution). One request from Eastern Europe for "a MP3 copy of Steely Dan's Aja," which I don't have and wouldn't distribute if I did. Stock market spam in a dozen different flavors: diamond mining, uranium mining, something to do with computers, oil exploration in a remote location probably not too far from Aja Requester's hometown. Diatribe from Toronto defending Canadian Art and hack critic R.M. Vaughan, whose goofy syntax, strangely rushed quality, and originating IP address smells like an OCAD class assignment. Short complimentary note from someone in Toronto who came to my Evan Lee talk and liked it. More stock market spam. No responses to last week's "analyze these TSE-listed companies" challenge (Norbord, Inc. looks undervalued to me; Peyto Energy Trust reminds me of that friendly fellow from camp with the hockey mask and butcher knife). Someone advancing the opinion that art critics shouldn't try making art themselves. Someone else -- probably a classmate of my old pal Ryan Aronofsky -- advancing a variation on that theme, namely, that my photographs "look like they were taken by an art critic, not an artist." At least this correspondent helpfully provides a link to their own pictures, best described as lushly colored images of clouds, plants, and running water. Thanks, everyone.
- posted by cjb @ 9:23 AM


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