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What NOT to Get Your Wife
For Her Birthday
TODAY: We look at a man who made, in our opinion, the "mistake" of buying a birthday present for his wife that was "art" announcing her age. Since this newsletter discusses "art" and "fine living" we feel this article is appropriate. After all, the work in question poses as art and keeping your wife happy on her birthday would definitely contribute to fine living (or at least NOT keeping her happy would hinder fine living) . . .
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Friday, April 20, 2007
IN THIS ISSUE
* WHAT NOT TO GET YOUR WIFE FOR HER BIRTHDAY
Never, Never Buy "Art" revealing your wife's age
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What NOT to Get Your Wife for Her Birthday
by Clint Watson
Today we look at a man who made, in our opinion, the "mistake" of buying a birthday present for his wife that was "art" announcing her age. Since this newsletter discusses "art" and "fine living" we feel this article is appropriate. After all, the work in question poses as art and keeping your wife happy on her birthday would definitely contribute to fine living (or at least NOT keeping her happy would hinder fine living) . . .
One Thousand Paintings:
http://www.onethousandpaintings.com/
Quite a few of our readers replied. Several wondered if we had lost our marbles...our at least our eye for art, obviously thinking that we admired Sala's art. Let us assure you, we do not. Whether we've lost our eye for art or not, we cannot say, but, it seems our point was missed. Our agenda that day was one of giggling and poking fun...As we said, Sala's "art" is ridiculous. Sala’s marketing is not too shabby.
Since writing about Sala, we’ve had the opportunity to read more about him in Wired magazine. Columnist Daniel H. Pink apparently could think of nothing clever to buy his wife for her 41st birthday. We would have suggested some real fine art or at least diamonds. But Mr. Pink instead contacted Sala and bought his wife number “41” for her birthday.
Paint by Numbers by Daniel H. Pink:
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.12/posts.html?pg=3
In our humble opinion, he broke two cardinal rules of marriage and manhood. First, a wife’s birthday demands a more thoughtful gift than a number. And second, we all know that you never, never EVER reveal your wife’s true age . . . perhaps he should have acquired number 29.
The most telling line of Mr. Pink’s article is the last, regarding Sala’s customs declaration, “For a work whose worth was $959 and that cost $575, Sala estimated the value of 41 at $40.”
Sincerely,
Clint Watson
Software Craftsman and Art Fanatic
PS: Since posting this piece on our blog, we've garned a lot of traffic from people searching for "What to get your wife for her birthday"....apparently that stumps quite a few poor souls.
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