"Ugly Betty" is a direct spin-off of a South American favorite, "Betty la Fea", popular for decades before American interests got ahold of it. So it's even worse than you thought - they stole the idea from an old TV show from south of the border! Oh - and Betty la Fea is MUCH hotter.

John

wow, can't so i'm Supprised that much. For some reason idea's are like the jewls of Atlantis and now rather than findign new ones they are being traded around.

Thank you for that thought provoking comment and I hope to hear from you on other posts in the near future

The feelings are mutual - I enjoy your posts, and watch for your listings.

Where is the creativity of the baroque period? Or the Renaissance? I've often wondered if there might have been a mold in the food chain, or some such thing. There are periods in human history where creativity is abundant, others where it is nonexistent. Ebbs in the tide.

John

That is certainly a very good peice of feedback, I wasn't expecting to take this that far however looking at it on the face the Creativity of the ages does go up and down. I feel like I should defontly research in to ages and the status of which and try to come up with some hypothsis or thoughts based on this.

I think that you'll no doubt agree that the western world at the moment is in a slump of Creaitivity and orignallity. The chinnize (and what i've oberserved and talked about with a few penpals) genrally learn their trade from a very young age. For example with peano playing they'll start at 2 or at least some of the one's witnessed and the schooling system is very strict. Therefore I think that with that in hand of the Chinnze apprently being the most inventive of people I think this time is in a very mixed place. There are zones in which there is some real talent and other places hold so very little.

I wont talk too much on this subject however, and feel free to post something on your blog, seeing as this is a very interesting topic and certainly something I wouldn't mind reading up on.

Yet again thank you for your feedback and comments and I hope to either take this further or read any contirbutions to your own blog on the subject matter :)