Back in April 2001, Alison M. Rosen wrote a cover story for the Weekly (available at the moment only through Google cache) on her inexplicable fondness for the work of Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light™. She knew that Kinkade belonged on "a list of people you, as an enlightened individual, are not allowed to like", and she knew why. His paintings "most of which are überquaint street scenes from a time when things were simpler, home was sweet and where the heart was, and people knew the
'I no longer sell photos but there are great benefits to being married to the Mattress Maven of the Inland Empire. My sister the Rabbi tells me she is available at a moments notice.'
Two women, eating and gabbing in a Huntington Beach City Hall break room:FIRST WOMAN: You know, Velveeta has a light cheese. It's hard to find.OTHER WOMAN: They have it at Target.FIRST WOMAN: [Excitedly] THEY HAVE IT AT TARGET!?! VELVEETA LIGHT!?!
