MONKEY MUSINGS DAILY OPEN DISCUSSION #60 04/23/12- 04/22/13

[crazybabyborg]

OMG!! I see you Klaas!!  You have a pretty flower!!   

Are you in a good mood, O mighty tyrrrranical rex? I sure hope so, 'cause.............

I accidently tweeted the addy in your post.

I have no idea where it goes to, but I was just excited with San's instructions so I went to my newly created account and put it in the little box there.   

 

I sowwy!!

CBB if you tweeted something from an account you made you can delete your own tweet.

I can? OK................. I'll go try to delete it. You saw it???  Wow..................  I'm totally amazed that anybody with the exception of Klaas could see that. I'd have said hello if I'd known. I'll get all this figured out eventually. 
 

[San]

I read peoples twitter accounts by going to https://twitter.com/#!/search-home

Once the screen comes up I look up tweets by putting names in the search box.  You can even see what other people tweet them...lol

Just copy and past the link because it automatically doesn't work when you click on the link I posted.  You can really search anything you want.

Oh, I like that link!  I just "pinned" it, LOL

You don't have to be signed on to read or search either.

[Mere]

Hi Klaas....!  Hope you are having a great day.

[Mere]

San I love that link....thanks a million....you know some stuff....

[klaasend]

Hi Klaas....!  Hope you are having a great day.

Getting ready to go to work    No rest for the wicked 

[MuffyBee]

http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/26/twitter-apps-update/
Twitter for iPhone, Android updated with better search and discovery features
Jennifer Van
April 26, 2012

Hey Twitter fanatics, your favorite social network for short bursts of information has released updates to its iPhone and Android applications so that you can feed the beast and find out what’s happening even faster.

Twitter for iPhone and Twitter for Android now feature a few fun goodies including more discovery tools, better search, and additional notification options specifically aimed at the power users among us (the rest of you won’t notice the subtle upgrades).

In-app searchers, especially those looking for specific tweeps, will be delighted by the fact that search better distinguishes between people (accounts) and tweets (content) in both the Connect and Discover tabs. Search now also suggests related terms and different spellings. The improvements should make for a simpler, less frustrating search experience on mobile — because as any iTwitterer knows, search was definitely lacking on mobile.
More...

[nonesuche]

Glad to see SAN is still investigating 

  to Mere

[MuffyBee]

The 15th Annual Buda Weiner Dog Races (0ver 400 weinie dogs racing this year!!)

http://austin.ynn.com/content/top_stories/284462/wiener-dogs-leg-it-out-for-title-of--grand-champion-
Wiener dogs leg it out for title of 'grand champion'
By: Bonnie Gonzalez
April 29, 2012

Video clip at link

[San]

Edvard Munch's 'The Scream' goes for $119.9 million at Sotheby's



http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-edvard-munch-the-scream-at-sothebys-20120502,0,3775078.story

By Jori Finkel
May 2, 2012, 5:16 p.m

NEW YORK -- Sometimes beauty is trumped by the beast. After bullish expectations and an aggressive marketing campaign for an image considered the quintessential expression of modern horror, Sotheby'sNew York sold Edvard Munch's 1895 “The Scream” for $119.9 million on Wednesday night, setting a record for the most expensive artwork sold at auction.

The top spot was previously held by Picasso's 1932 “Nude, Green, Leave and Bust” -- a painting of his much-younger lover Marie-Therese Walter that sold at Christie’s in 2010 for $106.5 million.

The identity of the buyer, who was bidding by phone during the 12-minute auction, has not been confirmed. Bidding started at $40 million, with at least five bidders. Rumors before the sale, not confirmed, focused on interest from the royal family of Qatar.

Munch's "The Scream" achieved another milestone: It now ranks as the most expensive drawing publicly sold. For this version of “The Scream” -- one of four -- is best described as a crayon or pastel drawing, not a painting, on board. The Munch Museum in Oslo owns a pastel as well as a painted version, while the National Gallery of Norway holds the earliest painting, dated 1893.

And it easily beat out the previous auction record for Munch, also held by Sotheby's. In 2008, the auction house sold the 1894 Munch painting "Vampire," a melodramatic image of a red-haired, bare-armed woman kissing a man's neck, for about $38 million.

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[San]

 


<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/6fbahS7VSFs?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/6fbahS7VSFs?version=3&amp;amp;hl=en_US</a>

[MuffyBee]

http://www.kvue.com/news/150179575.html
'Chimp cam' captures funny business at chimpanzee sanctuary
Posted May 4, 2012, Updated May 5, 2012

CLE ELUM, Wash. -- While Disney enjoys the benefits of years of work on a its newly released movie "Chimpanzee," a sanctuary near Cle Elum, Washington, has been quietly making its own movie.

Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest was established nine years ago to take in chimpanzees that were used in the biomedical and entertainment industries.  In 2008, seven chimpanzees that had been used in scientific laboratory tests in Pennsylvania arrived at the specially designed structure East of Cle Elum.

The group said the chimps were abused and are much too strong to ever be allowed to have human contact, so they are kept in a large comfortable home with access to a new two acre outdoor play area.

Recently the group placed two cameras in the compound to see how the chimps would respond. The results are fascinating and humorous.
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Link to Video:
http://www.kvue.com/video/raw/150179685.html

[Tamikosmom]

Canadian-owned I'll Have Another wins Kentucky Derby
Posted: May 5, 2012 6:47 PM ET Last Updated: May 5, 2012 7:40 PM ET

I'll Have Another chased down Bodemeister down the stretch to take the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.

The winning horse in the field of 20 has significant Canadian connections. Mexican jockey Mario Gutierrez raced at Hastings Park in Vancouver for six years, while the horse is owned by Windsor, Ont., native Jr. Paul Reddam.

"I was just kind of numb through the whole race and blink my eyes and it was over," said Reddam. "This team has just been terrific."

An elated Gutierrez, celebrating Cinco de Mayo with a successful first Derby run, gave special thanks to his friends and supporters from Vancouver in the post-race interview.

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http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2012/05/05/sp-kentucky-derby.html

[Shell]

  Hello you all. We sold our house and moved out of California. Hope you are all doing ok!

[klaasend]

  Hello you all. We sold our house and moved out of California. Hope you are all doing ok!

Hi Shell!  Where did you move to?

[Shell]

  Texas, Klaas. Sorry just answering, was not away from lappy.

[Shell]

Texas, Klaas. Sorry just answering, was not away from lappy.

I meant was not here, was away from computer.

[Bearlyhere]

  Hello you all. We sold our house and moved out of California. Hope you are all doing ok!

 

That beautiful house?

[Bearlyhere]

Texas, Klaas. Sorry just answering, was not away from lappy.

Welcome to Texas!
 

Wow!  Texas is full of Monkeys!  It's going to be renamed 'The Monkey State.'

[Green Eyes]

Texas, Klaas. Sorry just answering, was not away from lappy.

Welcome to Texas Shell. North, South, East or West?

[BabsKats]

Texas, Klaas. Sorry just answering, was not away from lappy.

Welcome to Texas Shell. North, South, East or West?

Yes, Welcome Shell, not gonna be many left in California if we all keep heading this way!  Love it here, cept for the summers........