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In overnight from Tara B — my Crack crunchietown a.k.a. granolaworld (Portland, Oregon) Correspondent©™® — comes this delightful email: showing her holding her newly acquired original painting from Motley Apricot Paintworks down Georgia way, featured here on May 9 along with a sister version and sold shortly thereafter. At the time I wrote: Wasn't wrong about that. Next time one of Flautist's originals goes up for sale in her shop and gets spotlighted here, don't sleep on it: "Gone in 60 Seconds" isn't just a movie title. I've been beating on her for a while to jack up her prices by a lot but so far she'd resisted my entreaties: take advantage of her modesty while it lasts, would be my advice.

The Game actress Lauren London talks marriage and the type of guy she likes in the latest issue of Vibe Vixen. On Marriage I think it’s awesome when it’s done right. I don’t think anyone is supposed to be alone, you know. Having a partner and having somebody that is with you through the ups and downs is awesome. I’m all about connection. If I connected with someone and met a nice guy maybe, but I just haven’t ran into that yet.[...]I’m not dating at all. I don’t know if I’ll have the time. But I’m very fiery and sassy, so I need someone to keep up with that. On The Type of Guy She Likes Grown, secure in himself and who he is, aware of what he wants and willing to learn and grow with somebody else. I think everybody is waiting for me to settle down and find him [Laughs]. I’m really selective and picky. NB

Actor Laurence Fishburne’s daughter Montana Fishburne who was a former porn star was spotted on the beach in Californina posing it up for the paps.  Bonus shot after the jump.

Pee-Wee Herman has nastygrammed the organizer of "Pee-Wee Over Louisville," a fan-festival organized by the guy who helped kick off the national Lewbowski Fests. The Pee-Wee festival is dead. I didn't give a damn about Pee-Wee getting caught beating off in a dirty movie theater, but this news makes me want to take away my daughter's Pee-Wee's Playhouse DVDs. I don't care what Pee-Wee does among consenting adults, but bullying his fans is really poor form.

Marie-Antoine Carême, the world's first celebrity chef and founder of the concept of haute cuisine, continues to inspire us today, some 180 years after his death. The King of Chefs, and the Chef of Kings, as he's often called, and his eccentric culinary creations are the inspiration of an art exhibition in Brighton, United Kingdom, titled The Illustrated Recipe. The art show, hosted by Gallery 40 and Cameron Contemporary Art, features five British artists who are experts in six very different mediums of art: paint (Kirsty Wither), crochet (Kate Jenkins), collage (Ed Kluz), denim (Ian Berry), digital illustration (Sarah Arnett), and cake (Annabel de Vetten of Conjurer's Kitchen). Below are some sample of the exhibited artwork:

[YouTube Link] Will you be tuned in on June 2nd?

Click for full size. Text lifted from Fengi. It's shopped, you can tell by the pixels. No apologies whatsoever to the Holstee Manifesto.

Here's all the feminist news I'm reading today: • Prime-time TV is more gender-balanced than current films—according to a massive analysis, 39 percent of prime-time TV characters are women, while we make up only 28 percent of film characters. [Sociologial Images] read more

Here's a Time video about Jacob Granberry's effort to build Westeros, from Game of Thrones, in Minecraft. More at WesterosCraft. (Thanks, Ben Cosgrove!)

[YouTube Link] The national average right now for gas is $3.66, with prices going higher and higher in the past 17 days. Look for gas prices to go up around 14 – 50 cents in states across the nation for the holiday weekend.