Forced Labor

I'm doing my one day of forced labor today.  Seems they are gluing all the windows shut or something.  Even though this building goes from 65 to 80 to 65 in a matter of 15 minutes they seem to think making sure the windows don't open is the key.   I believe the real reason  . . . is jumpers.  With our Governor showing complete disdain for public employees it's making everybody depressed.  So many have quit and nobody...

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My Mom Flips Her House

Speaking pf photoshop - cathy said " Ansel Adams' son Michael has said that he thinks his father would have loved Photoshop." I think it's the other way around. Annie Leibovitz said the same thing on Lettermen "Ansel Adams would have also loved digital."  -------------------------------------About a month ago my mom who is 84 took a tumble on the outside steps and suffered a compression fracture in one of her vertebra.  Nothing you can...

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Post Art Fair Coma

With more and more art fairs under my belt I'm gaining more artist friends and one thing we were talking about yesterday in Stoughton during the parade lull was the fact that after a day of work at a fair the normal "MO" is to go home and just crash.   I thought it was just DJ and I.We would get home, eat some food, drink a gallon of fluid and BAM, dead asleep by 9:00.  It seems this is normal.  WHEW!   Of course then...

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Tobacco spit rubbed on her legs

Ever have one of those days where you just feel more important then all the other days?   Yesterday was like that in a small way.It started out just like most days before a large art fair, getting things done, hardware on frames and going over the way to many matted prints ( I'm going the Costco rout and having less total images - you know they have a rule, only 4000 items in the store).   I had been waiting around for a $240...

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Camp Randall

Yea - like you guys are seeing this move also right?   It's creeping me out!  ------------------------------------------------I need your help.  I get a lot of requests for images of Camp Randall! If you went to UW-Wisconsin and want a Camp Randall memory, is there some place OUTSIDE the stadium that stirs that memory? I walked around this bastion of cement and from what I could see . . . it's just a huge block of cement. ...

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Columbus to build $400 million HIGH SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE

Just a heads up - I talk about Survivor below but will not reveal the winner.-------------------------------------------------------------- I hope everybody filled out their questionnaires about whether Columbus should build a new high school and  try to merge with Fall River.  It does seem that Fall River does not want to be assimilated into Cbus,  so screw them anyway.Currently grades K through like 8 or something are being schooled...

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Was Republican turnout stronger then Democrate?

I just realized - if I won an award for my blog (2008 Business of the year award)  . . .does this make me an award winning author?    --------------------------------------Also - did anyone else see the meteorite  last night at 8:43 looking north?----------------------------------------I'm a little worried about the turnout numbers at Tuesdays practice elections.  Both sides received about 650,000 votes. However it's been...

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The Cloud will change the entire landscape of computers.

So it seems a number of you were afraid to watch the Youtube video - it's not bad - pretty funny actually!!  Fear not.------------------------------------------There has been a bunch of news lately about Obama's approval ratings and how they keep dropping.   This is not big news at all. Happens almost all the time.  Here is the approval ratings for the last 11 Presidents. The one surprise was Bush II zooming up at the end??--------------------------------------The...

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OPEN YOUR LEGS AND LET THE GOVERNMENT IN!

WOW - tough few weeks for the Brewers, very depressing.  It started with just a few raindrops, #5 Starter Chris Narveson has season ending surgery. OK , not all THAT bad. Then teh storm hit,  Matt Gamel, Prince Fielders replacement, BAM, season ending injury.  This is bad because the Brewers have absolutely no one that can play first base on a regular basis, nobody!   Then BAM, lightning, Carlos Gomez, one of the fastest...

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Shots of Lake Mills and the Coming Storms

I created a couple graphs on how the Brewers are doing run-wise compared to last year and used a 10 game moving average.  Here are the results.The first is Runs scored per game.  Blue is last years 10 game moving average and red this this years!  And pitching. Ouch.  Need I say more.-------------------------------------WOW - just saw Ted Nugent on a TV interview.  WOW - that dude needs so serious medication! He just WENT...

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Bad Day for the Brewers

Can a day get much worse for the Brewers?  First Gamel goes down with a season ending injury  . . . which statistically is not THAT bad of a thing (more on that later).Then the Crew get's beat by former nemesis Greg Suppan who killed the Brewers when he pitched for the Cards, then killed the Brewers when he pitched for the Brewers and now he comes back after spending last year in Triple A (isn't he like 60 years old?) and shuts down the...

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Employment Numbers, the Left is Spinning

I've always tried to make my artwork affordable for normal people.  Many moons ago I fell in love with some artwork at East Town and on my 3rd trip back, even though I REALLY could not afford it I plunked down $200 for a painting.  Pretty much screwed me over financially but I really liked it.So knowing that pain I've always tried to keep my prices a little lower by looking for inexpensive ways to frame, print, mat and so forth.  Not...

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