Painters can think all this want about painting, but until they pick up a brush, there is no picture.

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They pick up their toys, clean the dishes and brush the family's cat, Katrina.

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We can hope we just have a brush with one of these bio-eco-cyber-socio-quarkish blowouts, learn to pick up the pieces, and invest in rebuilding. (Think REITS, big construction firms such as Fluor , plus canned goods, bottled water and ammo.) The other choice is to privatize the solar system, pronto.

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