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He's a bit anal, conventional, and a tiny bit curmudgeony, so I read that, chuckled a bit, and gave him a pass.

I've never done acid or any other illegal drug (or very many legal ones). And despite that, I do like some of Picasso's work, but some of the more distorted stuff just doesn't speak to me. And what I remember being exposed to in my younger years (photos in books and the like) is the more twisted and distorted stuff.

One of these days, I need to get back to WDC and the Smithsonian. We were there when I was about 12, and the art museum was amazing.

Many years ago, I did something similar. Someone mentioned something, and I responded with how I did not think the item mentioned was any good. It turned out that my buddy, had said item, and so I'd just insulted his new stuff that he was super excited about. I backpedaled like a mofo, and felt like crap. I usually try to refrain from that sort of thing these days, especially in places like this, because I consider most of you friends, at least of a sort, but I don't know you all well enough to be confident that I won't end up being insulting. I try to avoid that, although I'm sure I'm not 100% successful.