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Boulder arrives at Los Angeles museum
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| March. 10, 2012
Posted on 03/11/2012 10:13:43 AM PDT by JoeProBono
LOS ANGELES, -- Residents say the newest acquisition by Los Angeles County Museum enjoyed a rock star reception early Saturday morning as the 340-ton boulder rolled into town.
The rock arrived at 4:30 a.m. aboard its 176-wheel transport truck to a crowd of admirers armed with cellphone cameras and noisemakers. The behemoth boulder will be the centerpiece of the art museum's new outdoor installation entitled "Levitated Mass," the Los Angeles Times reported.
When the transport truck broke down for 30 minutes, onlookers jumped at the chance to touch the rock, pressing palms to its protective plastic wrap.
"I came a long way to touch this thing, and it felt very impersonal -- I expected more intimacy from this rock," said M.M. Green, who later used his keys to slash an opening in the plastic wrap. After poking his fingers through the hole, Green smiled. "I'm having chills, if that means anything," he said. "I'm going back for seconds."
TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: art; ca; la; napl; rock
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To: JoeProBono
To: JoeProBono
Why would you put protective plastic around a rock?
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:54:43 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: JoeProBono
This sounds like some of the crap Yoko Ono used to do. Just on a larger scale.
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:54:43 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: JoeProBono
The purpose for the whole exercise is to bring in refills for
the craniums of most Angelenos.
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:54:54 AM PDT
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
To: JoeProBono
Sierra club declaring it an endangered species in 5..4..3..2...
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:56:19 AM PDT
by
Old Flat Toad
(Pima County, home of the single vehicle accident with 40 victims.)
To: blueunicorn6
I think it's supposed to contain the aura.
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:57:13 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Obama's birth certificate was found stapled to Soros's receipt.)
To: Rebelbase
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posted on
03/11/2012 10:59:09 AM PDT
by
coloradan
(The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
To: Liberty Valance
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:04:10 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
To: jessduntno
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:07:14 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono
Only rock stars can get away with wearing those shades....
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:08:55 AM PDT
by
jessduntno
("Newt Gingrich was part of the Reagan Revolution's Murderers' Row." - Jeffrey Lord, Reagan Admin.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:09:13 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
To: Rebelbase
“I’m having chills, if that means anything,” he said. “I’m going back for seconds.””
He must have been stoned...
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:09:50 AM PDT
by
jessduntno
("Newt Gingrich was part of the Reagan Revolution's Murderers' Row." - Jeffrey Lord, Reagan Admin.)
To: JoeProBono
Give me a can of spray paint......
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:12:14 AM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(The only solution to this primary is a shoot out! Last person standing picks the candidate)
To: Utah Binger
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:12:34 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
To: Rebelbase
Queer as a three dollar Obama bill.
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:13:33 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: CrazyIvan
Oh......Aurora Colorado......it is a Colorado thing......cool.
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:15:52 AM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: dfwgator
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:16:48 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:22:42 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
To: Hot Tabasco
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:28:43 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
To: JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows
When the transport truck broke down for 30 minutes, onlookers jumped at the chance to touch the rock, pressing palms to its protective plastic wrap.Since when do rocks need "protective plastic wrap"?
Isn't california the state where they are taxing and outright banning plastic bags?
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posted on
03/11/2012 11:30:36 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Barack Obama continued to sponsor Jeremiah Wright after he said "G.D. AMERIKKA!"Where's the outrage?)
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