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Photos of Gregory Vanderlaan - My Eagle Painting (acrylic)

gregory vanderlaan
At the Blue Lake Folk Festival

at the Office - DHHS in Eureka, CA
at the Office - DHHS in Eureka, CA 


Eagle Painting by Gregory Vanderlaan 1975

Gregory and Martin Vanderlaan
Gregory and Martin Vanderlaan 

October 2018
July 2014
Laguna Beach Greeter Statue - at Nicole's Wedding
In the TARGET Store
At the Mill Creek Outing with the Save the Redwoods League.
On the Road to Mount Shasta
In Blue Lake at the Folklife Festival
Gazing into the Future... 2018
With Walgreens Benefit Clown Nose and my Farmville Cow
at the Arcata Airport


gregory vanderlaan

gregory vanderlaan

gregory vanderlaan
Seaweed

Kelp at the Beach

my truck - heart art flag

family photo Martin, Patty, Gregory, Gary
Martin, Patty, Gregory, Gary

Dad and Me on the Avenie of the Giants
My Father and I on
the Avenue of the Giants
in Humboldt County, CA 

Gregory Vanderlaan wading in Humboldt Bay near Fairhaven

Gregory Vanderlaan in the Woods near College Cove
In the Woods near College Cove


I've been Programming My Computer to Create Art... 

In the Javascript Language I Can Calculate What Colors fill a Table... Years ago I was Impressed by the Work of Benoit Mandlebrot and his Fractal Art Programs and Said... Hell, I Could do that! 

So I Did... and Today I dusted off the Programs and Started Modifying Them... and Posting the Art online... See Attached Pictures...

Quite a Productive Day. I Took a walk because finally it was warm enough to go outdoors... and I did a Major Rewrite of my Novel... The Violet Overgrow... and Published it on 12 different Social Media Platforms... 

And I Listened to The UUSF Sermon... The Song Shall We Gather by the River? Really was Excellent because... the ANSWER to that question is NO. We are Not Gathering by the River. We are Not Gathering In the Church... NO GATHERINGS! None! 

Sadly, Vanessa kept on talking about Racism and of Course... I can't Stand That... Places Like Los Gatos, California Simply DID NOT HAVE Black People and It was Great... We Had Mexicans and Orientals and Whites and we Had fun together... BUT NO BLACKS! That was Our Parents Solution to the Problem of Racism... NO BLACKS. 

I'm saddened to see that you voluntarily choose to continue to live in San Francisco... You People Down There have a Lot of Trouble with Inter-Racial Tension... I Can't think of a solution except ESCAPE... Chico is almost all white and the farmland around Chico is almost All Mexican and We Get along Just Fine... My AA Friend Manuel took me to his Church way out in the Farmlands and we had a good time... AA Meetings in Chico have both English and Spanish Services... I spoke enough Spanish to Go to Either... 

Eureka and Arcata is Almost All White or Yurok or Hoopa... and We Get along... There is some conflict between the Rednecks and the Hippies... Guys who work at the Lumber Mill are a different culture Than Marijuana Farmers or College students... But we get along... 

I have no brilliant Ideas about how to solve these problems EXCEPT... I Believe the Entire Concept of The City is Obsolete... LA, Chicago, NYC and Washington DC are all doomed to endless Fighting... I Lived for a Decade in Beautiful Oxon Hill, Maryland Just 3 Miles from the Murder Capitol of the USA... More people were murdered in South East DC than anywhere else... sometimes East Palo Alto would win that Honor... Now I Hear that the South Side of Chicago is occasionally the Murder Capitol of the USA... all places where Black People Live. 

Your Mayor, London Breed is on the Right Path. Just "Lock 'em UP!" 

"They Say The Property Value Will Go Right Down if the Family Nexy Door is Blue" Classic PPM song Big Blue Frog... and in fact... I couldn't Sell my condo because... The entire neighborhood turned into a Crack Crazy Ghetto... and in a Complex with 500 Identical units... people who were tidy houskeepers had better Condos to sell... My Carpet had not been vacuumed in years etc etc etc... However... The Bank HAS to Foreclose... They have no Choice! Simply Refuse to pay the Mortgage for three months and... It's Theirs! and they lost a fortune because many people simply abandoned their property... 

However, if You travel away from Washington DC... to beautiful Fort Washington, Maryland you find houses for Rich Black People. Doctors, Lawers, Government Officials... and That Town is Excellent! I Delivered Domino's Pizza there... But we refused to deliver to the Crack Crazy Ghetto... 

anyway... I get bored with Vanessa Southern and her concern for the Troubles of Minority Groups... The Solution for me is to Change the TV Channel and I won't see the Madness on the TV News... Today a GUN Nut held people Hostage in a Synagogue in Texas... OK... Those people way far away are behaving crazy and their lives are a mess... Thankfully, the number one cause of death by gunshot is suicide... gradually eliminating the GUN NUT GENE from the Species... 

I guess she has to talk about something and Since the vast majority of the people that go to that church are old white people... They are worried about the Post Apocalypse Techno Industrial Wasteland That is Coming for San Francisco... and All Other Cities in the USA... 

Javascript Pattern Generator Program

Javascript Pattern Generator Program

Javascript Pattern Generator Program

Javascript Pattern Generator Program

On October 1, 2015, I drove to Oregon and Bought Legal Marijuana... Then I went Back every two weeks for eight months... buying an ounce every time... Then it was a bright sunny spring day and I told my Wife... I'm gonna go drive around for a while and sleep in my van... I left all the Marijuana at home and set out on an adventure... When I'm sleeping in the Van I meet a lot of policemen and I certainly don't want anything Illegal in the Van... and then I ended up a month later in Pahrump, Nevada... I had ruined my tires from spinning the wheels trying to get unstuck from the sand on the shoulder of the road... I got a tow to the Auto Repair Place... I stayed there for a couple of Days and Played the Slot Machines at John Ascuaga's Nugget... Little did I Know that I remained Stoned for a Month After Stopping Smoking... True Cannabis Psychosis... experiencing events that didn't happen... SO, I Imagined that I won $10,000 on a Machine... and then I Imagined that Mr Ascuaga was Angry at Me... So... That Night While I was sleeping in the Desert... I broke my ATM Card in Half (so I couldn't go Gambling Again) and then Later I discarded my Wallet with my Drivers Licence... Therefore... I Could not Pay for the Car Repair or Drive my Van Home... ERROR! So I borrowed the phone at the auto shop, called my wife and she said... don't worry... I'll just send Craig down to rescue you... and He did... and he took me to Butte County Mental Health in Chico and then I went to the Mental Hospital... 5150... Stayed there for 15 Days and was released to an Old Folks Home near Sacramento, CA - and I'm STILL HERE!

and my Brother In Law Grew "MULE" Marijuana in the Ozarks... Cause it Kicks You in the Head! I sure had fun going to the old swimming hole... We got to see everyone's wives nude... my wife showed off her beauty and so did her older sister! a blessing... and then rode back in the back of a pickup truck with giant puffy clouds... you know them... like the ones you see on Renaissance Christian Paintings...

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Hello: I'm Greg from Eureka. I just did the "Dealing with Death" 19 minute Tap in the Sonya Sophia Video Replay Library... Soothing, Insightful. Thanks! 

Photoshop Tutorial: How to Improve Portraits of your Friends... Resample image Height=106% Width=94%. Suddenly, Everyone got Taller and Thinner! It's a Magic Trick. Do not tell your friends THAT it was done. In order for this to really work, they must Remain Unaware.

They Just Think, Hey I look good! Works in every photo image processing program. Try blurring the cheeks and forehead on your friend's faces.  Instantly Younger... Removes Wrinkles...

Trump Lost Billboard Times Square


 
Eat Girl Scout Cookies - Delete Computer Cookies.
Internet Troubles? How to Fix the Edge-Chat-Error... Delete Cookies, Restart Browser. Save Passwords but delete all unneeded files.  Fixes a LOT of problems... Be Aware that Deleting Cookies SIGN YOU OUT OF ALL YOUR FAVORITE WEBSITES... and You will need to Sign Back In... That's WHY You want to Save Those Passwords and Usernames... 

In my Art History Class at Humboldt State University... I Drew Pictures of all the Famous Artworks... as a Study Guide... We were Required to Remember the Names of the Painters of Famous Paintings... and then...


I Drew a Picture of the Lady Sitting next to me... It Never Looked Like my Classmate but... It turned out to Look Like Grace Slick... so I emailed it to the Official Jefferson Airplane Website and they Posted it online... and Said Thanks! I was So Honored!


pencil drawing of Grace Slick by gvan42



Why does Facebook store Thousands of thumbnails on my computer? Could I simply decline to store that useless information, supposed to fire my imagination... 


Brookings Oregon
A Five Star Experience!
Just over the border [Welcome to Oregon]

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Dialog:
She said: "I Question My Beliefs. Do You?"
He said: "Sure, I Also Question Your Beliefs... Duh"
She said: "What I meant was... Do you question your OWN beliefs. "
He Said: "Of Course Not..." 


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Let's Cut the defense budget to half 

by ending CrazyWars... 

I wonder what the Mission is... 

Any GOAL? Anything?

 Obviously, It's not to defend the USA. The Military has not Defended the USA since 1945. There was a real attack on us on 9/11/2001 but the military failed to protect the country. Total Failure... So there must be some other reason we have invaded Vietnam, Nicaragua, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria. Is it simply to sell weapons to the Pentagon? Whenever we have a war we sell a lot of weapons, meals, tents, bandages, trucks, and airplanes... Corporations make a great profit. Soldiers die, civilians die, enemies die, but nothing is really accomplished. After all, what difference did it make who won the war in Nicaragua? None. It made a difference to the people of Nicaragua but it had no effect on life here in the USA. None of these Crazy Wars have made any difference to the people of the USA. NONE! The only military action that made any sense was the dozen men that assassinated Osama bin Laden. That was a worthwhile mission.


Therefore, It's really important to remember to NOT VOLUNTEER for the military. I saw President Trump talking at a Wounded Warrior Event today and it reminded me that all those people VOLUNTEERED to go die for nothing. OOPS, they got wounded because ___________. Fill in the blank if you know why. Was it simply because they couldn't find a civilian job and the military was hiring? Was it because they saw a John Wayne movie and got all inspired? Was it because they were easily brainwashed?

If we cut defense spending in half we could afford many wonderful things. We could prevent hunger 100%. We could pay for health care for all. We could pay for great school for all. We could pay teachers more... Not only is defense money wasted but people's lives are wasted also. The engineers that invented drone airplanes could have been designing better electric cars... BUT, they wasted their talents making drones... Most soldiers spend their entire career without once doing anything of value. What IF we hired them to rebuild our infrastructure? We have roads that need paving but no money to fund construction crews. WHAT IF WE STARTED BEING SMART?

So, what can one person DO to end Crazywar? Vote Democratic... and write to your representatives and ask them to stop funding stupid stuff. For example: You could copy and paste this message and email it to them.

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Potatoshop Tutorial: Improve Portraits of your Friends Easily

How to make everyone look better in Potatoshop. Resample image Height=106% Width=94%. Suddenly, Everyone got Taller and Thinner! It's a Magic Trick. Do not tell your friends THAT it was done.  In order for this to really work, they must remain unaware.

They Just Think, Hey I look good!

Works in almost every photo image processing program.

Try blurring the cheeks and forehead on your friend's faces.  Instantly Younger...

Eat Girl Scout Cookies - Delete Computer Cookies.
Internet Troubles? Delete Cookies, Restart Browser. Save Passwords but delete all unneeded files.  Fixes a LOT of problems... Why does Facebook store Thousands of thumbnails on my computer? Could I simply decline to store that useless information, supposed to fire my imagination... Adobe Flash gives control of that option.

Brookings Oregon
A Five Star Experience!
Just over the border [Welcome to Oregon]

~~~~~~~~~ (~);-} ~~~~~~~~

Dialog:
She said: "I question my beliefs. Do You?"
He said: "Sure, I Also question your beliefs... Duh"

She said: "What I meant was... Do you question your OWN beliefs. Oops... "





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