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Hi guys,

Easter is just round the corner and the chocolate egg sales are in full swing. And as we get ready to gorge ourselves silly with lots of cream eggs there will be those of us who who will be stuffing ourselves with something other than Chocolaty eggs, something much drier and tasteless to the palate, something called Matzos. That’s right, for all the Jewish contingency out there the next seven days we will be celebrating the festival which is called Passover.

Passover for those who are not in the know is when Jewish families gather for a meal, normally around the month of April, and recount the days of being slaves to the Pharaoh in Egypt some 3500 years ago. It tells the story of how Moses the dude, was sent on a mission by God (a bit like the Blues Brothers but on a bigger scale) to free the Jews from the tyranny of the Egyptians and lead them on a detour through the red sea, Via the desert, stopping at Mount Sinai for a date with destiny and continue onto the promised land.

But like any good story things never turn out according to plan. At Mount Sinai just as the Jews were about to receive the word of God they turned back on God and Moses and started whinging and complaining about this that and the other. Some if not most were so fed up with being dragged along the desert heat on their liberation tour that they were willing to give up and go back from whence they came.

Even though they tasted freedom for the first time in their lives they wanted to reclaim their slavery back in Egypt.
So the question goes Was life in the desert worse than slavery in Egypt?
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Hi guys,

Spring is in the air here in the UK and its that time of year that every once in a while (and yes I mean once in a while) the sun will cast its yellowy rays upon the British Isle and the brits will decend upon the shores & parks of England to bask in its sunny glow.
So I decided yesterday, on Sun-day, to spend the day in London town and go down to the south Bank and see what the tourists get up to when it aint raining cats and doggies.

The South bank, which for those who don’t know, is a long pedestrianised path situated south of the river Thames and stretchs 2 miles. It overlooks some of the traditional London landmarks and boasts plenty of tourist attractions including the Millenium Wheel.
But I’m not here to talk about the attractions on the South Bank, on the contrary, I want to talk about something more interesting like the street performers who were showing their stuff at the bank.

For those who are not familiar street performers come in all shapes and sizes, and colours for that matter. They flock where the tourists go and try and dazzle their audience with light entertainment which can include anything from circus performance, street dancing, bongo playing to just plain standing still.
Yes, you heard me right, just standing still, which is kinda odd but there you go.
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Hi guys,

So, I’ve been invited by my friend the other day to go to the Saatchi gallery for an event they were holding to promote their venue to the public.

For those who are not familiar with the Saatchi’s they are two brothers who began their claim to fame by starting up an advertising agency in the 70’s called Saatchi & Saatchi and some might say that they were the impact which sold Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Party to the British people in 1979. 

The two brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi have gone on to make loads of dosh throughout their career in the ad industry and Charles penchant for art propelled him to open up a gallery in the mid 80’s in order to show his sizeable collection to the public.

Charles became notorious for promoting and sponsoring young artists who are unknown not only to the general public but also to the commercial art world. He has provided a springboard to launch careers to a lot of young talent including Damian Hurst and Tracey Emin and thus created media controversy, which has courted and caused extremes of critical reaction.

So, where does a blog fit in all of this?

Well, I guess if you can blog about things in the same way Charles does through his art and at the same time excite, titillate, please, entertain, and sometimes shock your audience then you are closer to becoming an artist in your own right.

A blogging artist that is.

After all, we have art in order not to die of life.

So, get blogging.

regards

Che Guy

art & blogging, Saatchi gallery, Charles Saatchi, Damien Hurst, Tracey Emin, blogging artist

Hi guys,

As the G20 meeting and events involving the world leaders gathered in London there was another gathering of protesters & demonstrators who descended on the capital of London to remonstrate and campaign against the G20 Summit.
Some came to stand together and voice opinions regarding the financial climate gripping the world at the moment while others decided to use harsher tactics to get their message across such as smashing windows, throwing bottles and launching missiles (beats me if I know what that means).

But the question remains: Apart from making the headline news, do demonstrations and rallies make a difference when brute force and anger is the main ingredient of the day?
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Hi guys,

We’re all looking to drive traffic to our sites, build lists, make money and live a hunky dorry lifestyle and there are also those who get pleasure out off seeing how well their site is performing through monitoring their stats and seeing who came from which site and who looked at what pages.

But how would you feel if you were the one being monitored?

Hmmm, monitored you say, I’m okay with that, after all I write content on my blog so that others can see what I’m all about, right?

But what if you were being monitored not just on your blog, but on the social sites you visit, the items you purchase, the people you network with and the information you pass around which some of you might find very sensitive, data like sexual orientation, religious beliefs and political views?
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