tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post5939999435536663064..comments2024-03-15T14:01:26.246-07:00Comments on Where's My Effing Pony?: Trying to fool all of the people, all of the time...English Riderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-13281805132874757922010-07-07T10:30:21.109-07:002010-07-07T10:30:21.109-07:00Are you serious about the Paris show? What's ...Are you serious about the Paris show? What's the haps on that? That would mean that you aren't coming after all? Do tell.The Pliershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09877106616685886293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-3968452023060714842010-07-02T20:58:40.451-07:002010-07-02T20:58:40.451-07:00Owen, I was startled to hear the case mentioned on...Owen, I was startled to hear the case mentioned on the local news today. PR department working hard from D.A's office, I expect. They earned the shout-out, a lot of work and time on their part. Should I mention that Hubby's upcoming Paris show turns out to be a scam too?English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-62143055922147040352010-07-02T19:14:50.525-07:002010-07-02T19:14:50.525-07:00Hope you had time to savor a good lunch with a gla...Hope you had time to savor a good lunch with a glass of wine after the courtroom jubilation...<br /><br />What a scoundrel...<br /><br />Does he sell used automobiles also ?Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-70903258387013806072010-07-02T15:02:30.939-07:002010-07-02T15:02:30.939-07:00Friko,it always feels like a holiday to me when I ...Friko,it always feels like a holiday to me when I have an excuse to turn off my cell phone and be unavailable and off on my own. I am a "morning and justice" person. The two aligned nicely in this case.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-91878168572919397092010-07-02T13:51:14.044-07:002010-07-02T13:51:14.044-07:00how come you can make a sordid tale like this soun...how come you can make a sordid tale like this sound uplifting?<br />must be the happy outcome!<br />Congratulations on a job well done, both here and in court.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-4936584203977156782010-07-01T16:09:46.053-07:002010-07-01T16:09:46.053-07:00Jean, It was a very scenic day. I don't know h...Jean, It was a very scenic day. I don't know how he will ever repay anyone from his prison cell. It was nice to hope but I think we should all just move past our encounter with Mr. King. He's in the rear-view mirror now.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-46157045629927549162010-07-01T16:07:05.073-07:002010-07-01T16:07:05.073-07:00Silliyak, thanks for the tip about the Oxbow Marke...Silliyak, thanks for the tip about the Oxbow Market. That looks promising. And thanks for the kind words.<br />Re: ships, my business sells imported products so the container-ship mishaps are taken personally, as is anything causing delay at Port of Oakland.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-51502317573886097682010-07-01T15:44:15.237-07:002010-07-01T15:44:15.237-07:00Beautiful descriptions to accompany a tale of evil...Beautiful descriptions to accompany a tale of evil. I hate it when people take advantage of artists. They have such an emotional investment in their work, its loss to an unscrupulous creep like that. <br /><br />I am so happy to hear justice was served. His repaying the money will never quite make up for the emotional hurt he inflicted on the artists, but it will help a little. I just hope he is actually forced to pay it and doesn't elude that part of his "sentence."Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-3333836775811629332010-07-01T14:17:20.015-07:002010-07-01T14:17:20.015-07:00Ditto the "well written" comment. As a l...Ditto the "well written" comment. As a local, I cringed at the part about the bay pilots, thinking "yeh, and they have to get by the Bay Bridge without hitting it" The referenced pilot lives in my town. Also, if you haven't been to Oxbow Market in Napa, you simply MUST!Silliyakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12357513229346986960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-47982341632549604692010-07-01T13:17:58.670-07:002010-07-01T13:17:58.670-07:00TechnoBabe, one or two folks who have crossed my p...TechnoBabe, one or two folks who have crossed my path over the years have been shocked that there were consequences in this world. I am a very credible witness and I always show up. Can't be much help in a line-up though, not good at faces. Details seen and heard are my forte.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-42262065406609716222010-07-01T13:10:40.823-07:002010-07-01T13:10:40.823-07:00ArtinSF, The other "victim" who spoke up...ArtinSF, The other "victim" who spoke up yesterday not only lost paintings on which he had spent hundreds of hours, he had to take a job to make up the shortfall and was emotionally unable to paint again for two years.<br /><br />Steve, Thank you. I think I might be a "plein-air" writer, like artists who paint outdoors. I do best "in the moment", if I can jot down a thought or capture what I see, I don't lose it. This post had a preliminary title "No batteries in my camera". I did want to take some pictures but the batteries were dead. Another title would be "Too tired to edit"English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-60441641637866085332010-07-01T11:43:31.898-07:002010-07-01T11:43:31.898-07:00Ms. Pliers & Deborah, No harm to us. Thanks fo...Ms. Pliers & Deborah, No harm to us. Thanks for asking.I was purely involved in getting justice for the other guys due to my geographic proximity.For once the law agreed with what was right. The Judge was very attentive and cut right through the crap. He wasn't buying what Ed was selling.English Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01712384532126551307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-42028118661581887742010-07-01T10:27:03.655-07:002010-07-01T10:27:03.655-07:00Some things are definitely worth pursuing. Good fo...Some things are definitely worth pursuing. Good for you for following through. Not very often do I hear of someone meeting justice and made to face consequences for their illegal actions.CiCihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08615265608675467505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-30256123295299945752010-07-01T01:08:45.695-07:002010-07-01T01:08:45.695-07:00What fabulous writing! Seriously, this felt like t...What fabulous writing! Seriously, this felt like the beginning of a novel... and a good one at that.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-34343933681606046872010-06-30T22:46:13.626-07:002010-06-30T22:46:13.626-07:00What a story! There is an amazing amount of fraud ...What a story! There is an amazing amount of fraud in the art world, mostly because artists are busy creating art and have no time or usually, inclination, to deal with business matters. That is why agents were invented. <br /><br />It's truly gratifying to see justice served, especially the part about making the artists whole, although the punitive pleasure of seeing the scoundrel go to jail should not be underestimated either.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-6246302542023300842010-06-30T22:29:08.867-07:002010-06-30T22:29:08.867-07:00It's good to read of a case where justice has ...It's good to read of a case where justice has served well. So often it's the other way around. I hope your hubby was not one of those defrauded. <br /><br />And damn good of you to be such an upstanding citizen, ER!Deborahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10892637441668897411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-50344044707467882412010-06-30T21:18:11.871-07:002010-06-30T21:18:11.871-07:00That would be on "site..."That would be on "site..."The Pliershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09877106616685886293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652835323489468820.post-75030477988755976632010-06-30T21:17:07.367-07:002010-06-30T21:17:07.367-07:00It is difficult to tell, with the exception of the...It is difficult to tell, with the exception of the "victim's statement" whether or not The French Artist's work was also stolen by this particular scoundrel. If so, I'm sorry about that. And I'm sorry that the painter from Brittany has had such a negative experience with one of the lovely people of NoCal.<br /><br />For such a tawdry event, you sure made it sound beautiful. The curse of having "a way with words?"<br /><br />I hope that you were able to derive some sense of satisfaction from the outcome of the proceedings even though there was no Guillotine with its accompanying basket on sight.<br /><br />English Rider 1<br />Thieving Art Dealers 0The Pliershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09877106616685886293noreply@blogger.com