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Posted On: September 20th 2026, 08:36 pm

The Sick Rose, oil on linen, 20x16". This is from 2020, the Covid era, which we can only hope is now history. I appropriated the title from that wily Englishman, William Blake. Love is a rose, keep it healthy and never allow it to get sick.

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25 days ago

michellestoneart

🔥👏😍

This venture capitalist went from selling drugs at 13 and not knowing what his life was going to look like, to launching his own VC fund and being one of the youngest fund managers in the entire country.

Justis Mendez (Managing Partner @onesixoneventures)

161 Ventures is a pre-seed fund that uses highly curated events with Fortune 500 executives, exited founders, and notable investors to meet the best founders and help them scale. Last year alone, 161 hosted over 75 events across 13 cities, bringing 10,000 founders and investors together. Justis alongside his partner Pablo, are two of the youngest Hispanic GPs of a United States-based fund. They rank in the top 15% of investors for their vintage.

Venture capitalist pitches Brycent his VC fund.

"No, ’cause I don’t trust Him."

Billy Crystal gives a blunt response when asked whether he still talks to God after losing his home of 46 years in the Pacific Palisades wildfires and grieving the death of longtime friend Rob Reiner.

"Too many bad things have happened," the 78-year-old comedian says, describing the world as a frightening place and admitting his relationship with God has changed.

Crystal also reveals he saw Reiner at a holiday party just one night before the filmmaker and his wife were killed.

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