This past weekend I attended the New Glarus Wilhelm Tell Art Fair for the very first time and DJ and I both had a little trepidation. It was a smallish fair with perhaps 30-40 booths. We set up early the previous night and noticed a few canopy's with art work were just laying around helter skelter and there were no greeters to tell us where to go and well, New Glarus is ONLY 2000 people in population anyway.
We arrive at 8:00 Sunday morning to set up the artwork which takes about an hour and by 9:00 we are ready. Problem is there are maybe 5 people walking around looking at the booths. oh man!
The guy that talked me into coming comes around and says "don't worry, this aisle will be packed at some point".
He was so so right.
I talked to so many people that had just come from overseas vacations to Switzerland and Norway it was silly (2 or 3 but still, it's silly). Unlike all the other previous shows there were no teenagers or even "young adults" for the most part. They do a lot of buying normally. Weird. Art is not just for old people.
Bottom line. BEST ART FAIR EVER. And this comes on the heals of missing BEST ART FAIR EVER by $50 two weeks ago.
I came in 3rd place in the Peoples Choice Awards (although the 1st place guy was in the middle aisle handing out pre-printed ballots to everyone - - VOTER FRAUD).
I also got this big ass red ribbon for a purchasers award which was taken away a half hour later because they reuse the ribbons for next year! OH - I'll wear it around my neck next year and spill mustard on it so I can keep it.
SO I've won 3rd place two times this year. I'M NUMBER THREE! I'M NUMBER THREE!
Best sellers? Wiener Mobil (which has never sold before), my new State Street image and the hot hot canvas print Sunset on Ice which even though I printed extras I sold both. One was purchased by some friends that live in ARZ 4 months a year. I think they wanted to be reminded of what "ice" is.
OH - William Tell (or Wilhelm Tell, or Guillaume Tell or Guglielmo Tell and even Guglielm Tell)
He was an expert marksman with the crossbow — assassinated Gessler, a tyrannical reeve (senior official with local responsibilities) of Habsburg Austria.
The story is . . . . Gessler, the newly appointed Austrian Vogt of Altdorf, raised a pole in the village's central square, hung his hat on top of it, and demanded that all the townsfolk bow before the hat. On 18 November 1307, Tell visited Altdorf with his young son and passed by the hat, publicly refusing to bow to it, and so was arrested. Gessler — intrigued by Tell's famed marksmanship, yet resentful of his defiance — devised a cruel punishment: Tell and his son would be executed, but he could redeem his life by shooting an apple off the head of his son, Walter, in a single attempt. Tell split the apple with a bolt from his crossbow.
But Gessler noticed that Tell had removed two crossbow bolts from his quiver, not one. Before releasing Tell, he asked why. Tell replied that if he had killed his son, he would have used the second bolt on Gessler himself. Gessler, as you might imagine, was angered, and had Tell bound. He was brought to Gessler's ship to be taken to his castle at Küssnacht to spend his newly won life in a dungeon.
Long story short, Tell escaped and ran cross-country to Küssnacht. As Gessler arrived, Tell assassinated him with the second crossbow bolt. Tell's blow for liberty sparked a rebellion. Tell died in 1354 trying to rescue a child from drowning in a river.
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Sometimes the truth hurts! DAMN YOU SIRI!!! stupid iphones
And this is for my buddy adubya
Facebook should totally have this
Speaking or elections.
There has been zero convention bump in Romneys election bid from the GOP party last week and Romney's speech, according to the gallop poll was the worst speech since they started keeping track.
Electorial-wise Obama leads is actually widening. Seems the latest polls are noticing that Americans do not like all of the lies the GOP are telling about Obama and the fact that their platform is more anti-Obama then pro-Romney.
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Football.
I believe this will be Jennings last year as a Packer. With the outstanding depth at WR this reporter does not believe the Packers will want to pay Jennings the huge amount he will want. There is just not enough money to go around and why overpay someone for a position that is full of great WRs.
If the Packers go 2-2 in the 1st month that would not be a bad thing. Horrible schedule. The first game against the 49ers will be tough. Many believe the 49ers are the best team in the league.
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I had my fantasy draft last week and am in a conundrum.
I have Ryan Fitzpatrick (Buf) as my #1 QB and on my last pick in the last round I picked up Russell Wilson.
Remember that Fitz was great until he cracked a few ribs last year. The problem is Buffalo plays the Jets and are 3 point dogs, plus the Jets have a good defense while Wilson and the Seahawks play Arizona and are 3 point favs and the Cards have a pretty BAD defense.
Who should I start. I'm leaning to Wilson. Unknown QB for a bad defense? He can get running yards and passing yards ???
Ideas?
Better go
Cheers!
Rod
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