this just in

I wanted to leave that "paintings for sale" post right up at the top there forever and ever, for to be seen a lot, but then something happened so absolutely heinous that I just had to write it down. I found out (you'd better sit down - this could come as quite a shock) that people actually pay good money to buy ring tones for their cell phones!

Do the phones come without ring tones, so that the owners of said brain-wave-scrambling-devices cannot use them without this purchase - I should say not! In fact, these phones come with a whole panoply of ring tones to choose from. Nonetheless, some people (who shall remain nameless - Jason C.), actually shell out real money to hear some ridiculous schniblet midi-style-file clip of some putrescent pop hit-you-in-the-face-with-a-rotten salmon. Like, try seven dollars!

Let me just repeat, my friends - I am NOT pulling your leg. This is the real deal. It is actually going on right now EVEN AS WE SPEAK. I thought you should know.