yes, this is an original created by me.
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years ago i posted a story
about how i had weirdly crossed paths with
meatloaf the rocker, not meatloaf the food, twice in my life.
as part of the post, for clarification
i added in a boring picture
of the food version of meatloaf
as well as
a picture of the rocker version of meatloaf.
imagine my surprise when all these years later
i got a call from an attorney in california
wanting me to pay him for a picture of his dinner
i thought it was a prank
he insisted it was real
citing the date of my published post
angrily standing his ground
i decided to take down my whole meatloaf post
and end the drama
i am always happy to support artists and their work
i can’t imagine that a slice of meatloaf on his dinner plate
was meant to be art, could be in high demand, or cause such controversy
so as you can see above
i have created my own meatloaf picture
and as a gift to you my loyal readers,
you are all free to use it as often as you would like
at no charge and with no drama.
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“taking crazy things seriously is a serious waste of time.”
-haruki murakami
Frankie .. my new doggie likes tinned kangaroo loaf .. maybe we ‘can’ use that as a substitute ‘loaf’
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woah – is that a thing? thanks, Ivor
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How absurd was this demand. Your picture of meatloaf is better.
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well, at least I don’t have to be worried about anyone being upset my it )
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Nopes, you don’t.
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That’s wacky. First I have ever heard of something like that happening.
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I just found it absurdly funny, especially because it happened after years having gone by )
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Just because an attorney received secondary education does not mean they aren’t still an idiot!
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there you go -)
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Beth, pls tell me that this is a work of your imagination and not the truth! (OK don’t bother, I know it’s true….) – absolutely incredible but for us readers also absurdly funny – although my head spinns in its socket over such a crazed mind.
And Thank You for this very personalised work of food-art!!!!! 😉
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oh, it’s totally true! thanks for enjoying my art and please use as you would like
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Nowadays I tend to eat very little meat and meatloaf is def. not amongst my faves – but thanks for this great offer! 😉
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I’m not a meatloaf fan either just was using it as a contrast )
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Wow! I knew we were living in crazy times!
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yep!
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Now, that’s the most bizarre thing I’ve heard all day.
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Life is full of surprises
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With Strange ones in abundance 🙂
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Indeed!
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It is absurd! I got several emails from a supposed copyright company in Germany demanding I pay for using a photo. That post came down real quick!
It is a brilliant picture by the way ❣️
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Thanks!
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Now you’ve gone and poked the meatloaf hive, Beth. Yikes. Good call on your solution.
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Incredible! And a great quote!
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Good grief. People have lost their minds. Perfect quote to go with this crazy story.
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Best story ever, Beth 🙂
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great Murakami quote
Sent from my iPad
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I bet Cy Twombly would love your original artwork! Great quote today, too.
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Ha! Thanks )
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Ol’ Meaty probably doesn’t know the lawyer called. Maybe their org needs money. I mean, you wouldn’t think so with 65 million albums sold, but… That kind of thing is absolute lunacy. Good for you!
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The meatloaf on the plate picture was the cause of all the drama, not the performer – )
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Hope that was some dumb attorney’s idea because I like (or used to like) Meatloaf the rocker.
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It was the meatloaf on a plate picture that was the problem)
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How bizarre!
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It really is
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It sounds like the lawyer takes his meatloaf….and himself…way too seriously.
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Yes!
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That’s hilarious! People will continue to surprise me with their stupidity.
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It’s pretty much limitless
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So sorry you had that experience, your photo was great even though I also do like your new art. I bet Meatloaf the person has no idea about that and the PR flacks spurred the attorney on? In my professional life I received cease and desist take down letters from attorneys for two companies you would have heard of because of images I placed in our newsletters. The images were provided to me by my clients, I didn’t create them. One letter was from the attorneys for Disney. Scary. You do not want to get on the wrong side of The Mouse! I think you handled the meatloaf saga perfectly! Best, Babsje
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Oh it wasn’t for meatloaf the rocker, it was a photo of someone’s dinner .)))
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Oh goodness. That’s what I get for reading too fast. My bad. I still like your replacement art. 😊
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No worries at all, it is confusing and crazy )
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Even though you can’t show us the picture of the meatloaf that caused the problem, I love your photo so much more! My oldest son is an intellectual property lawyer. He tried to get me to remove certain references to real people in my novel Suicide Squeeze. That only encouraged me to leave them in. I thought I could benefit from such controversies. Sadly, no one cared!
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I so loved that this guy was upset about a picture of his dinner !)
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I had someone angrily write me about his “bacon shaped as a heart” image…demanding I credit him or remove it. I explained that it was online without any attribution, but always happy to acknowledge Artists….he wrote a snippy response and I took it down completely…it was something I could have done and was happy to do so – as you did with your meatloaf drawing!
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Same story, same situation – crazy!)
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Seems like yet another example of “you just can’t fix stupid”! Thank you for permission to use your original of meatloaf.
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right – and my pleasure
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Do you know why New Jersey got all the toxic waste sites and California got all the lawyers? New Jersey got to pick first.
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)))
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I remember that post. Sadly, that attorney could have gotten some good (humorous) appreciation if he had just commented on the post and given his blessing. Anyway, I like your art better.
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ha! thanks –
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That’s truly insane. And it kind of changes the way I feel about both kinds of meatloaf (not the vegetarian kind, of course). What a crazy thing to have happened.
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yes, a bit unexpected and odd, but that is life )
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I would love to read that story about the chance encounters with Meatloaf. Please tell me he walked into your preschool classroom one day—that would make the story even better. I liked some of his music quite a bit. I still have Bat Out of Hell on vinyl. I also remember when he was on Donald Trump’s Celebrity Apprentice show. 🤣
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he’s such an interesting character. one was when i was a waitress and he spent some time at my restaurant, a funny experience, and the other was was running down a beach in florida, another funny experience. not your average guy )
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I would have been stunned if you defined him as an average guy.
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Right )
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Oh my, that’s so funny, Beth. Thanks for your generosity.
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Of course –
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As a photographer who has had her copyrighted photos used without permission, I understand the request to remove the meatloaf photo. The work we produce as creatives holds value, something that often seems lacking. I just wish you had been treated more kindly. But thank you for removing the image and for creating your own.
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I fully support and honor the rights of people/artists and their intellectual property. I did not see an attribution when I found the picture and it seemed to be a simple shot of someone’s dinner of meatloaf, so I used it. I was surprised by the heavy handed approach that the attorney used with me.
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I am sure your version tastes much better as well. And I am sure Meat Loaf the singer would probably love that you wrote about him. He is one of the all-time great rock singers…
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I don’t really even eat meatloaf, but now I have the art if I ever need it again. )yes, meatloaf the singer has a unique style and has some great songs
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you may want to keep the picture on your fridge, in case you ever have a craving for meatloaf…
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What a crazy story! How did he even know you had used the picture?
How annoying to get such a letter.
Beautiful drawing!! If I ever talk about meatloaf, I am going to borrow it.
Blessings! ♥♥
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Ha! Maybe googled his dinner picture? I would have been happy to credit him if there was an attribution on it –
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That’s insane. I’m glad he was okay with you just removing the post. No doubt your meatloaf pic is way better anyway. But I think we all now want to hear the story of how you saw Meatloaf the singer, not meatloaf the food. 🙂
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I met him in the restaurant where I was a cocktail waitress once, while he was there to out his hands in cement and walked around grabbing food from other people’s tables and taking bites. A month later I was in Florida on vacation when he can me running down the beach in my direction wearing a Speedo!) not kidding
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LOL! First of all, what a weirdo! Secondly, gross!!
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yes and yes, pretty harmless but a bit crazy
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What an odd and interesting story! I like your meatloaf… It is probably much tastier!! :>)
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❤
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OMG! Get a life, people. I had a YouTube video taken down of my reading a picture book. It was my best video, and I had corresponded with the author. I was so disappointed in people that day. You must have felt the same way.
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I was –
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😞
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