<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837085553503479256</id><updated>2012-01-23T08:46:30.202-07:00</updated><category term='Mc Fury loses FACA tournament'/><category term='Where&apos;s Grady?'/><category term='This is the most recent painting that I showed at the gallery. It is much looser than what I normally do and uses a lot of transparent glazing and wiping techniques'/><category term='this is old but it still works'/><title type='text'>blogsloth</title><subtitle type='html'>let patience be your friend</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>E Simmons</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04175651214666729970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837085553503479256.post-2316871123728110012</id><published>2008-02-18T10:55:00.002-07:00</published><updated>2008-02-18T11:25:28.890-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>I apologize to all of  those (one or two people) that have visited my blog in the past year, for me  not having anything new. I know how all two or three of you ( I know I just up-ed it by one) rely on my posting to uplift and inspire. If I were a true friend I would be more outgoing and post more often. The truth be told, I am not really as hip and cool as you all believe me to be, but I insure you I have what it takes to go to heaven, even if I am atheist. And I want to thank Rodd for removing my link from his blog. Through the tears of rejection, I understand... really I do. And to all of those people who act as though they are really supportive - ok there arent any- thanks for coming to Exotic Art Show. Although I cant remember much of it, it was somewhat displeasing to  find that the fellow artists that I respect the most, failed to show up. But, do not fret, for there is an opportunity to make amends by attending the closing of the show on  Friday March 14. If you dont go, I will hate you forever... well, at least for a brief moment.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8837085553503479256-2316871123728110012?l=ericsimmons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/feeds/2316871123728110012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8837085553503479256&amp;postID=2316871123728110012&amp;isPopup=true' title='36 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/2316871123728110012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/2316871123728110012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/2008/02/i-apologize-to-all-of-those-one-or-two.html' title=''/><author><name>E Simmons</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04175651214666729970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>36</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837085553503479256.post-1383991240581478365</id><published>2007-06-24T13:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-06-24T13:26:43.720-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mc Fury loses FACA tournament'/><title type='text'>Mace-ball McFury</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/Rn7Sg8qdJtI/AAAAAAAAABU/h7gdvabsXnQ/s1600-h/Maceball+McFury.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/Rn7Sg8qdJtI/AAAAAAAAABU/h7gdvabsXnQ/s320/Maceball+McFury.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079728893202343634" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8837085553503479256-1383991240581478365?l=ericsimmons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/feeds/1383991240581478365/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8837085553503479256&amp;postID=1383991240581478365&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/1383991240581478365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/1383991240581478365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/2007/06/mace-ball-mcfury.html' title='Mace-ball McFury'/><author><name>E Simmons</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04175651214666729970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/Rn7Sg8qdJtI/AAAAAAAAABU/h7gdvabsXnQ/s72-c/Maceball+McFury.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837085553503479256.post-2678870851211680545</id><published>2007-05-22T12:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-22T13:11:12.594-07:00</updated><title type='text'>DEAD!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RlNK5F6antI/AAAAAAAAAA8/0n3R36xxi68/s1600-h/Alfred+E+%28robert%29+Comer+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RlNK5F6antI/AAAAAAAAAA8/0n3R36xxi68/s320/Alfred+E+%28robert%29+Comer+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067476350422130386" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Robert Comer pronounced dead at 10:08 mountain time, this morning 5/22/07. Death by lethal injection at Florence prison. His last words "Go Raiders" ( yeah, like thats gonna help) I wonder if he enjoyed his fried okra and banana bread last night.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RlNMql6anuI/AAAAAAAAABE/g7p4VtYJCS0/s1600-h/florence.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RlNMql6anuI/AAAAAAAAABE/g7p4VtYJCS0/s320/florence.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067478300337282786" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This is a fine picture of the lovely town of Florence as seen through my bug spattered windshied (and super high quality cell phone camera) approximately 2 hours before.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RlNNn16anvI/AAAAAAAAABM/H4KN85OIh3U/s1600-h/florence+prison.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RlNNn16anvI/AAAAAAAAABM/H4KN85OIh3U/s320/florence+prison.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067479352604270322" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ah. What a nice day for a drive past the local death-house.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8837085553503479256-2678870851211680545?l=ericsimmons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/feeds/2678870851211680545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8837085553503479256&amp;postID=2678870851211680545&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/2678870851211680545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/2678870851211680545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/2007/05/dead.html' title='DEAD!'/><author><name>E Simmons</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04175651214666729970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RlNK5F6antI/AAAAAAAAAA8/0n3R36xxi68/s72-c/Alfred+E+%28robert%29+Comer+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837085553503479256.post-5751565819185230657</id><published>2007-05-14T21:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-14T22:36:06.663-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Stupid commercial</title><content type='html'>How come when ever I hear a Chronic Car Audio commercial on the radio I want to vomit?&lt;br /&gt;The narrator sounds like either a 12 year old kid just starting to hit puberty (and the commercial sounds as if it was written by the same) ...or, he is a she with an identity problem. Typically I envision a 20 year old butch dike with her breasts taped down and a sock in her pants, trying to pass for a male.  Lets not forget the "Mary Jane" character who is probably being performed by somebody's semi-attractive girlfriend who thinks her looks will naturally translate to radio. Her voice is deeper than the "guy's" voice but is still trying to sound sexy and she is too stupid to realize that the dude has no balls. And how many pathetic marijauna REFERences does one really need in a car radio ad any way?&lt;br /&gt;OK, so the ad got my attention. I will be sure to never shop there... to be blunt.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8837085553503479256-5751565819185230657?l=ericsimmons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/feeds/5751565819185230657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8837085553503479256&amp;postID=5751565819185230657&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/5751565819185230657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/5751565819185230657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/2007/05/stupid-commercial.html' title='Stupid commercial'/><author><name>E Simmons</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04175651214666729970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837085553503479256.post-4811427902299852422</id><published>2007-05-03T15:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-03T16:03:20.149-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='This is the most recent painting that I showed at the gallery. It is much looser than what I normally do and uses a lot of transparent glazing and wiping techniques'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RjpfbYWAegI/AAAAAAAAAA0/FoPxYa2ysBA/s1600-h/crazy+adjusted.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RjpfbYWAegI/AAAAAAAAAA0/FoPxYa2ysBA/s320/crazy+adjusted.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5060462055300037122" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8837085553503479256-4811427902299852422?l=ericsimmons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/feeds/4811427902299852422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8837085553503479256&amp;postID=4811427902299852422&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/4811427902299852422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/4811427902299852422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/2007/05/crazy.html' title=''/><author><name>E Simmons</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04175651214666729970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RjpfbYWAegI/AAAAAAAAAA0/FoPxYa2ysBA/s72-c/crazy+adjusted.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837085553503479256.post-5302618056550205477</id><published>2007-04-26T19:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-26T19:59:43.565-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Red Riding Hood</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RjFd44WAefI/AAAAAAAAAAs/sytXJRjg74g/s1600-h/Red+Riding+Hood.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 193px; height: 240px;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RjFd44WAefI/AAAAAAAAAAs/sytXJRjg74g/s320/Red+Riding+Hood.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057927088292526578" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8837085553503479256-5302618056550205477?l=ericsimmons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/feeds/5302618056550205477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8837085553503479256&amp;postID=5302618056550205477&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/5302618056550205477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/5302618056550205477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/2007/04/red-riding-hood.html' title='Red Riding Hood'/><author><name>E Simmons</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04175651214666729970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RjFd44WAefI/AAAAAAAAAAs/sytXJRjg74g/s72-c/Red+Riding+Hood.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837085553503479256.post-7459013703864845382</id><published>2007-04-26T19:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-26T20:02:22.157-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Where&apos;s Grady?'/><title type='text'>Headsman</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RjFbMoWAedI/AAAAAAAAAAc/gYjUOjKrjFE/s1600-h/Headsman.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 191px; height: 240px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RjFbMoWAedI/AAAAAAAAAAc/gYjUOjKrjFE/s320/Headsman.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5057924129060059602" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8837085553503479256-7459013703864845382?l=ericsimmons.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/feeds/7459013703864845382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8837085553503479256&amp;postID=7459013703864845382&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/7459013703864845382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8837085553503479256/posts/default/7459013703864845382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://ericsimmons.blogspot.com/2007/04/headsman.html' title='Headsman'/><author><name>E Simmons</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04175651214666729970</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RjFbMoWAedI/AAAAAAAAAAc/gYjUOjKrjFE/s72-c/Headsman.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8837085553503479256.post-7033601093291896515</id><published>2007-04-26T13:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-04-26T20:02:45.408-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='this is old but it still works'/><title type='text'>butcher</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_KDnIco9P56c/RjFcr4WAeeI/AAAAAAAAAAk/gxAGdJd-R3w/s1600-h/Butcher+.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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