Monday, September 16, 2013
First of all there was the Badger game Sunday morning. For all that missed it I believe this was the worst reffing I have ever seen - way worse then the Fail Mary last year in the Packer game which was a call open to interpretation of the rules.
But the Badger game was just down right incompetence. This comes from SBNation
Setup: Stave completes a 6-yard out to Abbrederis to the ASU 13 yard line. Abby steps out of bounds and stops the clock at 00:18. The ball is spotted on the right hash mark.
00:18 - Wisconsin snaps the ball, Stave runs to the middle of the field.
00:17 - Stave clearly takes a knee
See the knee:
See the clock:
Note that Stave taking the knee is largely obscured from the defense by left guard Ryan Groy.
00:16 Stave places the ball on the ground at the 15 yard line as he gets up off his knee.
00:15 The officials blow the whistle. Clearly audible in the video.
00:13 As an official walks in to set the ball, three ASU players jump on it.
00:10 Two of the ASU players get up, the third remains on top of the ball while the official gently, casually taps him on the back. Stave protests to the other official.
00:05 Eight seconds later, the remaining ASU player gets to his feet.
00:04 Official places the ball.
00:03 Official holds up a hand to the center indicating that Wisconsin cannot snap the ball.
00:01 Official puts his arm down and starts to back away. (You can see the ref behind the ASU D-line.)
00:00 Time expires with Wisconsin still trying to snap the ball.
To recap: Wisconsin downed the ball with 17 seconds remaining, the refs blew the play dead at 15 seconds, after the play was blown dead several ASU players jump on the ball and sit on it for eight seconds. There can be no question that this is a delay of game on the defense. The refs do not place the ball on the ground until 11 seconds after it was blown dead and don't put the ball in play until 14 seconds after. After that the officials huddled very briefly in the middle of the field and then, without any explanation or speaking with anyone else, ran off the field. That was one of the most bizarre and unprofessional things I've ever seen...
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Today I have to travel to New Glarus to deliver a 7x21 framed canvas print. Looks great. Can't wait for the customer to see it. I think I'll open my webstore October 4th. We're going to Door County the week before to get some free motel days. Remember the vacation from hell last year?
1. constant rain/wind
2. we find out Milo might have cancer and mighth have to put him down when we get back
3. Rod starts to catch a cold on the way up.
3. DJ breaks her ankle day 2
4. Rod is getting really sick with cold
5. No emergency room within 30 miles
6. after 1 day in hospital DJ is now on crutches - Rod should be in bed
7. we decide to leave early
8. drive home truck kicks up rock and breaks front window of car.
HOWEVER - I probably took some of my best selling photos on that trip - am I like fine wine? or the grapes? I need to suffer to take my best photos?? NOOOOOOOO!!! I don't want that LOL
This is where DJ broke her ankle.
a cool stand of birch I stopped at on the way to the non-emergency room
A wonderful stone wall where I stopped again on the way to the non-emergency room
I do my best work when deathly ill.
The GOOD news was that as we neared home the vet calls and results were back. Milo does NOT have cancer. He has been suffering for the last year with a horrible infection in his sinus's.
WHEW!!
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FALL COLOR REPORT
Looking for a site for fall color? Check out the link above! Funny. When I was at my class reunion a friend how lives near Denver was talking about how everyone in Colorado brag about fall colors. He said Colorado is nothing compared to Wisconsin! Then he starts talking about why with the type of soil and so forth. Weird, 40 years ago I did not know he knew that stuff.
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My first CDA meeting tonight. Looking forward to it. But I lost the agenda already!
No no - I just found it.
New Business
2014 CDA Budget - I am pro budget.
Branding Columbus - as long as it does not hurt I am pro branding
UPDATE on the new ultra-cool city Website - I am pro-website
Old Business
Capstone project
16-60 Reconstruction
Entrepreneur Resource Center
OH - I have things to say! I HAVE A VOICE!!
But the Badger game was just down right incompetence. This comes from SBNation
Setup: Stave completes a 6-yard out to Abbrederis to the ASU 13 yard line. Abby steps out of bounds and stops the clock at 00:18. The ball is spotted on the right hash mark.
00:18 - Wisconsin snaps the ball, Stave runs to the middle of the field.
00:17 - Stave clearly takes a knee
See the knee:
See the clock:
Note that Stave taking the knee is largely obscured from the defense by left guard Ryan Groy.
00:16 Stave places the ball on the ground at the 15 yard line as he gets up off his knee.
00:15 The officials blow the whistle. Clearly audible in the video.
00:13 As an official walks in to set the ball, three ASU players jump on it.
00:10 Two of the ASU players get up, the third remains on top of the ball while the official gently, casually taps him on the back. Stave protests to the other official.
00:05 Eight seconds later, the remaining ASU player gets to his feet.
00:04 Official places the ball.
00:03 Official holds up a hand to the center indicating that Wisconsin cannot snap the ball.
00:01 Official puts his arm down and starts to back away. (You can see the ref behind the ASU D-line.)
00:00 Time expires with Wisconsin still trying to snap the ball.
To recap: Wisconsin downed the ball with 17 seconds remaining, the refs blew the play dead at 15 seconds, after the play was blown dead several ASU players jump on the ball and sit on it for eight seconds. There can be no question that this is a delay of game on the defense. The refs do not place the ball on the ground until 11 seconds after it was blown dead and don't put the ball in play until 14 seconds after. After that the officials huddled very briefly in the middle of the field and then, without any explanation or speaking with anyone else, ran off the field. That was one of the most bizarre and unprofessional things I've ever seen...
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Today I have to travel to New Glarus to deliver a 7x21 framed canvas print. Looks great. Can't wait for the customer to see it. I think I'll open my webstore October 4th. We're going to Door County the week before to get some free motel days. Remember the vacation from hell last year?
1. constant rain/wind
2. we find out Milo might have cancer and mighth have to put him down when we get back
3. Rod starts to catch a cold on the way up.
3. DJ breaks her ankle day 2
4. Rod is getting really sick with cold
5. No emergency room within 30 miles
6. after 1 day in hospital DJ is now on crutches - Rod should be in bed
7. we decide to leave early
8. drive home truck kicks up rock and breaks front window of car.
HOWEVER - I probably took some of my best selling photos on that trip - am I like fine wine? or the grapes? I need to suffer to take my best photos?? NOOOOOOOO!!! I don't want that LOL
This is where DJ broke her ankle.
This is one of my hotter images.
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A wonderful stone wall where I stopped again on the way to the non-emergency room
The GOOD news was that as we neared home the vet calls and results were back. Milo does NOT have cancer. He has been suffering for the last year with a horrible infection in his sinus's.
WHEW!!
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FALL COLOR REPORT
Looking for a site for fall color? Check out the link above! Funny. When I was at my class reunion a friend how lives near Denver was talking about how everyone in Colorado brag about fall colors. He said Colorado is nothing compared to Wisconsin! Then he starts talking about why with the type of soil and so forth. Weird, 40 years ago I did not know he knew that stuff.
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My first CDA meeting tonight. Looking forward to it. But I lost the agenda already!
No no - I just found it.
New Business
2014 CDA Budget - I am pro budget.
Branding Columbus - as long as it does not hurt I am pro branding
UPDATE on the new ultra-cool city Website - I am pro-website
Old Business
Capstone project
16-60 Reconstruction
Entrepreneur Resource Center
OH - I have things to say! I HAVE A VOICE!!
Friday, September 13, 2013
I was going to post this yesterday but I got too busy.
Here is the rainfall graph. Columbus received .0.66 inches of rain the other day while Madison had 0.26 More rain on teh way Sunday - guess I'll have to get the lawn mower out again.
OK - this will label me as a bad person but I actually LOL'd maybe it's just the way it was worded? I feel bad for laughing.
A jihadi rapper from Alabama who had a $5 million bounty put on his head by the FBI after he climbed the ranks of an al Qaeda-linked Somali militant group has reportedly been killed by members of his own organization.
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News from downtown - - - - The Broadway Theater has risen like a Phoenix.
Exciting News! We had our first contractors into the space this morning! Among other things they said that the project’s estimated timetable of completion would be about five months. They were impressed with the vision and enthusiastic about the space’s potential. They were professional and we look forward to getting their estimate.
I believe the REAL wording should be - "once we get approval from the City Council completion would be about five months. "
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So I'm creating a store front for a new site (newer then the new site I had a few weeks ago). I now realize that when people asked me if I had a web portal for ordering prints they REALLY were hoping I had a storefront where they could find an image, click on it and bingo, it would be ordered and delivered.
SO - my task now is to create a storefront with all the bells and whistles. Not THAT hard but the "daunting task" is deciding and compiling my vast amount of images into some sort of easy to find arrays. I have to resize an image for the storefront, then for each image I have to resize for every size ordered. So typically for each shot I have at least 5 copies.
Deciding, resizing, uploading, comments, descriptions, sizes, prices and so forth for each image.
Now I see I have to design shipping labels and thank you cards and so forth.
DAUNTING!!
Here is a sneak peak
I was sort of against shopping cards for art. I wanted personal contact but after listening to 3 or 4 podcasts about such things and playing back what people in art fairs were asking . . . .
I mean 5 years ago who would have purchased SHOES online but ZAPPOS is now a billion dollar company. With over a billion people online and my ability to ship worldwide . . . . . buying art online is not THAT of an odd thing.
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Packers are -7.5 favorites over the Washington Agitated Indians.
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Here is the rainfall graph. Columbus received .0.66 inches of rain the other day while Madison had 0.26 More rain on teh way Sunday - guess I'll have to get the lawn mower out again.
OK - this will label me as a bad person but I actually LOL'd maybe it's just the way it was worded? I feel bad for laughing.
A jihadi rapper from Alabama who had a $5 million bounty put on his head by the FBI after he climbed the ranks of an al Qaeda-linked Somali militant group has reportedly been killed by members of his own organization.
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News from downtown - - - - The Broadway Theater has risen like a Phoenix.
Exciting News! We had our first contractors into the space this morning! Among other things they said that the project’s estimated timetable of completion would be about five months. They were impressed with the vision and enthusiastic about the space’s potential. They were professional and we look forward to getting their estimate.
I believe the REAL wording should be - "once we get approval from the City Council completion would be about five months. "
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So I'm creating a store front for a new site (newer then the new site I had a few weeks ago). I now realize that when people asked me if I had a web portal for ordering prints they REALLY were hoping I had a storefront where they could find an image, click on it and bingo, it would be ordered and delivered.
SO - my task now is to create a storefront with all the bells and whistles. Not THAT hard but the "daunting task" is deciding and compiling my vast amount of images into some sort of easy to find arrays. I have to resize an image for the storefront, then for each image I have to resize for every size ordered. So typically for each shot I have at least 5 copies.
Deciding, resizing, uploading, comments, descriptions, sizes, prices and so forth for each image.
Now I see I have to design shipping labels and thank you cards and so forth.
DAUNTING!!
Here is a sneak peak
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| A work in progress - the GUI and back-end both work - need more images |
I was sort of against shopping cards for art. I wanted personal contact but after listening to 3 or 4 podcasts about such things and playing back what people in art fairs were asking . . . .
I mean 5 years ago who would have purchased SHOES online but ZAPPOS is now a billion dollar company. With over a billion people online and my ability to ship worldwide . . . . . buying art online is not THAT of an odd thing.
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Packers are -7.5 favorites over the Washington Agitated Indians.
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Tuesday, September 10, 2013
WOW - Saturday was the last art fair of the year and yesterday was my first day after fair season. I felt rather lost. All of a sudden I had no stress of getting things ready for a new fair. It was odd.
I made some pretty major changes this year going BIGGER and it seems to have worked. I made less sales but bigger sales. I also know I need bigger shows so I'm seriously looking into Art Fair on the Square (or off). Of course I have to be juried in but from reviews the $500+ price tag seems worth it.
Lake Mills and Fitchburg were my big winners while New Glarus and Sun Prairie will bite the dust. I'll do Deforest next year after a year off and I would like to try Holy Hill. DJ and I will go to that one September 21st to check it out.
In the meantime I'm working on my new site (RodMelotte.com) which will have an eCommerce shopping cart. I've been listening to podcasts from Art Fair Insider and many artists are under the false impression that a website is a gallery and sales will appear magically. Websites are there for sales, not for pretty pictures.
My feeling is that I would become a Wal Mart so I had resisted but when you get down to it why have a website if the ultimate goal is not for sales.
So that is my art story.
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I got blown out in Fantasy football. Calvin Johnson sucked! 3 freaking points. But while my team did 30 points under projections the other team did 30 points OVER! McCoy? really? I had him lasy year and I don't think he scores 24 points all year! He killed me. AJ Green REALLY killed me with his 28 points (projected 10).
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I can not longer type - I'm freezing in this building!
I made some pretty major changes this year going BIGGER and it seems to have worked. I made less sales but bigger sales. I also know I need bigger shows so I'm seriously looking into Art Fair on the Square (or off). Of course I have to be juried in but from reviews the $500+ price tag seems worth it.
Lake Mills and Fitchburg were my big winners while New Glarus and Sun Prairie will bite the dust. I'll do Deforest next year after a year off and I would like to try Holy Hill. DJ and I will go to that one September 21st to check it out.
In the meantime I'm working on my new site (RodMelotte.com) which will have an eCommerce shopping cart. I've been listening to podcasts from Art Fair Insider and many artists are under the false impression that a website is a gallery and sales will appear magically. Websites are there for sales, not for pretty pictures.
My feeling is that I would become a Wal Mart so I had resisted but when you get down to it why have a website if the ultimate goal is not for sales.
So that is my art story.
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I got blown out in Fantasy football. Calvin Johnson sucked! 3 freaking points. But while my team did 30 points under projections the other team did 30 points OVER! McCoy? really? I had him lasy year and I don't think he scores 24 points all year! He killed me. AJ Green REALLY killed me with his 28 points (projected 10).
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I can not longer type - I'm freezing in this building!
Friday, September 6, 2013
I was at the City Council meeting last Tuesday and was voted into the CDA (Community Development Authority). Basically the city planners. The vote was 4-1 in favor
Read my City Council blog here.
Here is the link to the council - the vote is at about the 5:00 minute mark. Four all in favors and one slightly too loud NOT IN FAVOR!! That is fine. I think he votes against ALL of the Mayors appointments.
My view and the view of the many books I have read on city development for the 21st century (thankfully we agree) is the way to make a city prosper is not through spending all of your energies into gaining business but by making your town a place people want to move too. Especially in a bedroom community like Columbus.
It seems in the past city leaders assumed if you build a hardware store people will move here. People move to towns because of the quality of life, not the quality of business. The PROBLEM is that many citizens just do not see the benefits of sidewalks and playgrounds but they can see the benefits of a hardware store. It's something they can see and touch. Like advertising, you can not SEE the results of a new sidewalk or swimming pools and so forth.
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OH - there are now 22 children that use the sidewalks on Vista Circle. Would you want them walking on the road? Sidewalks are so important to transportation. The city dropped the ball on Avalon and other streets without sidewalks. It's not IF there is a horrible accident, but when.
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Speaking of business - Hydro Street Brewing is installing new equipment. Take a look at these bad boys! State of the art temperature controlled fermentors.
The nice thing Aaron has pointed out are the little nozzle's on the upper right part of the cone - tasting valves. Freaking handy!
At that's not all, to go with them are the boiling and mashing units.
Any idea how hard these are to come buy? Most breweries are on at least a year+ long waiting lists! There is a HUGE shortage of stainless steel brewing equipment world wide. But Sandye and Aaron can talk their way to anything.
These are prototypes, the company that makes these normally sell larger equipment for the Macro Breweries and these are the first of a kind. So Aaron goes from a 1 barrel system to a 4 barrel system.
The vision is to brew 500 barrel next year compared to 175 the previous year. With over 90,000 pints of craft beer served last year the old system was maxed out.
In other news Chef Alex Drudges has graduated and is now an actual Chef and I tell ya - his food at Hydro is really outstanding - seriously. Hydro Street employees 16 people now and is becoming the center of activity in Columbus! A catalyses for growth and coolness.
West James Gallery is NOT closing.
OH - check this out - IT'S GETTING FIXED. Lot of grumbling and complaining but there is progress. He is blaming the city - something about trucks I think.
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Last Art Fair of the summer Saturday in Sun Prairie in Cannery Square.
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With the big win in Denver last night there was talk about how the opposing team was sucking wind because of the high altitude so I looked and Denver is 3-1 in the last 10 years with the opening game at home and 5-3-2 in their 1st home game.
I only had the kicker for Denver and got 7 points the hard way - ALL PATs!! argh!
OK - gotta get matting!
Cheers
Rod
Read my City Council blog here.
Here is the link to the council - the vote is at about the 5:00 minute mark. Four all in favors and one slightly too loud NOT IN FAVOR!! That is fine. I think he votes against ALL of the Mayors appointments.
My view and the view of the many books I have read on city development for the 21st century (thankfully we agree) is the way to make a city prosper is not through spending all of your energies into gaining business but by making your town a place people want to move too. Especially in a bedroom community like Columbus.
It seems in the past city leaders assumed if you build a hardware store people will move here. People move to towns because of the quality of life, not the quality of business. The PROBLEM is that many citizens just do not see the benefits of sidewalks and playgrounds but they can see the benefits of a hardware store. It's something they can see and touch. Like advertising, you can not SEE the results of a new sidewalk or swimming pools and so forth.
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OH - there are now 22 children that use the sidewalks on Vista Circle. Would you want them walking on the road? Sidewalks are so important to transportation. The city dropped the ball on Avalon and other streets without sidewalks. It's not IF there is a horrible accident, but when.
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Speaking of business - Hydro Street Brewing is installing new equipment. Take a look at these bad boys! State of the art temperature controlled fermentors.
The nice thing Aaron has pointed out are the little nozzle's on the upper right part of the cone - tasting valves. Freaking handy!
At that's not all, to go with them are the boiling and mashing units.
Any idea how hard these are to come buy? Most breweries are on at least a year+ long waiting lists! There is a HUGE shortage of stainless steel brewing equipment world wide. But Sandye and Aaron can talk their way to anything.
These are prototypes, the company that makes these normally sell larger equipment for the Macro Breweries and these are the first of a kind. So Aaron goes from a 1 barrel system to a 4 barrel system.
The vision is to brew 500 barrel next year compared to 175 the previous year. With over 90,000 pints of craft beer served last year the old system was maxed out.
In other news Chef Alex Drudges has graduated and is now an actual Chef and I tell ya - his food at Hydro is really outstanding - seriously. Hydro Street employees 16 people now and is becoming the center of activity in Columbus! A catalyses for growth and coolness.
West James Gallery is NOT closing.
OH - check this out - IT'S GETTING FIXED. Lot of grumbling and complaining but there is progress. He is blaming the city - something about trucks I think.
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Last Art Fair of the summer Saturday in Sun Prairie in Cannery Square.
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With the big win in Denver last night there was talk about how the opposing team was sucking wind because of the high altitude so I looked and Denver is 3-1 in the last 10 years with the opening game at home and 5-3-2 in their 1st home game.
I only had the kicker for Denver and got 7 points the hard way - ALL PATs!! argh!
OK - gotta get matting!
Cheers
Rod
Tuesday, September 3, 2013
really? I had not blogged for a week? Sort of busy I guess. Everybody always thinks I sit around eating Bon Bons all day. No no, pretty active actually.
I had the New Glarus Art Fair Sunday which was . . . OK. I did my usual but the crowd was perhaps half what it was last year which sort of hurt. I've found that I have an average $$ per person attending so the larger fairs I have done GREAT and the smaller ones I feel I do poorly but in reality right on schedule.
SO! - since a friend of mine Cassius Callender has been pushing me to do Art Fair on the Square I think I will apply next year. If I get my average I should make a sweet $126,000 for the weekend. You don't think that is a little optimistic do you?
Last week I was taking portraits of horses, a Clydesdale to be exact and I found out that when a Clydesdale steps on you it can sting a little. Plus when you push a Clydesdale to get him off you it's like pushing a brick wall. Nothing actually happens.
All is well and he seemed sorry. All the horses were so lovey and curious, they were like big, HUGE puppies dogs.
So the photos . . . . that white horse is a normal sized horse.
Then I switched lenses and put on a wide lens just for a different look. It did not work out that well but I did get this one.
Which is getting a lot of attention on Facebook.
But the crowd pleaser has been this one.
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With the help from my buddy balderdash with some files I had my fantasy football draft and according to Yahoo I got a "B" in my draft.
Here is their write up!
Led by a Stellar WR Corps, Grinder's Island Looks to Have a Breakthrough Campaign
Grinder's Island parlayed a solid draft slot (second overall) into a respectable performance. With a mark of 10-4-0 (1,393 points), they're projected to finish third in Yahoo Public 887825 League (I finished 2nd last year with no quarterback basically). Grinder's Island stocked up on pass-catching weapons early on, using three of their first five selections to pick up WRs Calvin Johnson (first round), Julio Jones (third round), and Steve Smith (fifth round). That early positional investment yielded the highest-scoring quartet of WRs in the league.
My one Packer is Finley. Rodgers was drafted 13th. There were 11 running backs drafted before I got my 2nd pick.
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OH - tonight the City Council votes on allowing me to be on the CDA,a seven-member quasi-public agency.
The city website sort of disses the CDA which I'm not real happy with but that is how the City Website rolls I guess.
What am I talking about?
Housing
Between 2004 and 2007, there were 80 new single family homes and 46 new multi-family buildings. As of April 17, 2008, there were 5 new single family homes and no new multi-family buildings in 2008.
Why even mention that. OH - they were good 2004 to 2007 but not so good after that. That is negative talk, ONCE AGAIN on the city website. Why post negative ANYTHING on a city website.
sigh! Who is in charge of the website anyway.
You know me - it's all about advertising and getting the word out and those are the wrong words. Columbus has an identity problem (no identity) and that needs to be fixed.
OK - Me out.
I had the New Glarus Art Fair Sunday which was . . . OK. I did my usual but the crowd was perhaps half what it was last year which sort of hurt. I've found that I have an average $$ per person attending so the larger fairs I have done GREAT and the smaller ones I feel I do poorly but in reality right on schedule.
SO! - since a friend of mine Cassius Callender has been pushing me to do Art Fair on the Square I think I will apply next year. If I get my average I should make a sweet $126,000 for the weekend. You don't think that is a little optimistic do you?
Last week I was taking portraits of horses, a Clydesdale to be exact and I found out that when a Clydesdale steps on you it can sting a little. Plus when you push a Clydesdale to get him off you it's like pushing a brick wall. Nothing actually happens.
All is well and he seemed sorry. All the horses were so lovey and curious, they were like big, HUGE puppies dogs.
So the photos . . . . that white horse is a normal sized horse.
Then I switched lenses and put on a wide lens just for a different look. It did not work out that well but I did get this one.
Which is getting a lot of attention on Facebook.
But the crowd pleaser has been this one.
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With the help from my buddy balderdash with some files I had my fantasy football draft and according to Yahoo I got a "B" in my draft.
Here is their write up!
Led by a Stellar WR Corps, Grinder's Island Looks to Have a Breakthrough Campaign
Grinder's Island parlayed a solid draft slot (second overall) into a respectable performance. With a mark of 10-4-0 (1,393 points), they're projected to finish third in Yahoo Public 887825 League (I finished 2nd last year with no quarterback basically). Grinder's Island stocked up on pass-catching weapons early on, using three of their first five selections to pick up WRs Calvin Johnson (first round), Julio Jones (third round), and Steve Smith (fifth round). That early positional investment yielded the highest-scoring quartet of WRs in the league.
The Season Ahead
Week 6 figures to test the depth of Grinder's Island. Among all weeks this season, it has both their largest number of players (3) and projected fantasy points on bye. They have the least difficult schedule in Yahoo Public 887825 League when factoring in opponents' projected points. Along with having the easiest overall schedule, Grinder's Island also has the league's easiest first four games and softest last four games of the season. An especially easy stretch appears to start in Week 1, during which Grinder's Island plays projected bottom-tier teams for two consecutive games.Draft Notes
- Strongest Position: WR, the only better-than-average position on Grinder's Island, is projected to be 25.4% better than the league mean at that spot.
- Reaching for the Best: Although they got the highest-ranked WR left on the board, Grinder's Island may have reached a little on Lance Moore in the ninth round (82nd overall pick vs. ADP of 106.0).
- Risk Hater: Actuaries love the drafting style of Grinder's Island. They minimized risk by selecting 10 consistent players among their 15 picks.
- Mr. Mendoza: Marcedes Lewis is owned in fewer than 10% of Yahoo! leagues (1%). Let's hope that a.) Grinder's Island has some solid inside information, or b.) he's a close friend of the family.
- D-Fence: The best offense is a good defense? Grinder's Island chose to go with two DEFs instead of loading up at other spots.
- Single-Bar Facemasks: Grinder's Island knows this is American football, right? They elected to go with two Ks, instead of stockpiling depth at other positions.
1st Round (2nd Pick)
Calvin Johnson was the best value pick of the round, projected to score 57.2% more points than the average player at that position.
2nd Round (19th Pick)- Although Stevan Ridley was the worst value pick of the round, he is still projected to score 9.6% more points than the average player at that position.
3rd Round (22nd Pick)
PPR Powerhouse: Julio Jones will bring extra value if Yahoo Public 887825 has a PPR format, as he's projected to rank 10th in the NFL with 90 receptions.
4th Round (39th Pick)- Estimates have Matt Ryan scoring 307 fantasy points, 6.0% higher than the average at the position. If they are right, this would rank him sixth among QBs.
5th Round (42nd Pick)
While drafted 42nd overall, Steve Smith is not projected among the NFL's top 10 in either receiving TDs (24th with 6.4) or receiving yards (20th with 1,048).- NOTE - I filled in my last spots with players/teams that will be used in the bye weeks.
My one Packer is Finley. Rodgers was drafted 13th. There were 11 running backs drafted before I got my 2nd pick.
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OH - tonight the City Council votes on allowing me to be on the CDA,a seven-member quasi-public agency.
The city website sort of disses the CDA which I'm not real happy with but that is how the City Website rolls I guess.
What am I talking about?
Housing
Between 2004 and 2007, there were 80 new single family homes and 46 new multi-family buildings. As of April 17, 2008, there were 5 new single family homes and no new multi-family buildings in 2008.
Why even mention that. OH - they were good 2004 to 2007 but not so good after that. That is negative talk, ONCE AGAIN on the city website. Why post negative ANYTHING on a city website.
sigh! Who is in charge of the website anyway.
You know me - it's all about advertising and getting the word out and those are the wrong words. Columbus has an identity problem (no identity) and that needs to be fixed.
OK - Me out.
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
I'm always a little surprised when I get an email from what I believe is a stranger from a far off land and then I find out they grew up in Columbus and read my blog.
Then I find out that this is his place over that dudes shoulder.
I think they could use a tree.
Yea - John Heidke lives in Paradise Valley and that is John Mayer (and friend). His grandparents owned Heidke's Sweet Shop and the Columbia Inn now the Capri. He sent a few photos. Notice this red help can hold 2,550 gallons of red stuff. Looks like a big red bug.
ANYWAY - he had a quick comment on The Red stuff in an email and how they love it. I did not know that the planes and helo's will dump extra unused Red Stuff on farmers fields when they return to the airbase.
A view from his place - Thanks John
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So I was thinking about strangers and where they come from and looked on my Melotte Photo Imagery Facebook page to see where my "fans" were located. I've been doing some experimental promotions lately and I noticed yesterday I had two fans from Benin.
Benin? First of all I have to apologize because I don't have a clue where Benin is. Cotonou, Benin to be exact. I'll give you a clue. Benin is RIGHT NEXT TO Burkina Faso. Yea - feeling kind of foolish now aren't you. And to be freakier, Cotonou translates to "by the river of death". SWEET!!
BUT WAIT - then this morning I see I have a NEW fan from Parakou, Benin. I have a Benin connection! Parakou is translated to "the city of everyone". Which one do you want to live in?
Here is a photo of main street Parakou.
I see a dish (and a goat).
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OH seems I won a Microsoft Lottery and can claim my £750,000GBP at anytime. All they need is some more information. Life is good.
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Last evening I attending a huge Columbus Event. The ribbon cutting ceremony for a new Columbus road that reach's out towards Enerpac in THE GATEWAY (insert echo effect).
BTW - I am pro Enerpac.
I shook hands with many Republicans (even shook Fitzgerald's hands) and said high to the Chief of Police. I felt right at home with all the people that hate me. However the Mayor was there and he likes me which is what really counts.
Here is the Mayor holding up the BIG CHECK that helped construction costs.The big check was for $500,000 or something. I wish small checks were big also.
It was like a who's who of Columbus (seriously I did not know hardly anybody by name).
There was a crowd of over 7,000 (by Art Fair organizers estimates) in attendance but what I was waiting from was not the ribbon cutting ceremony but the long time tradition of smashing Campaign bottles on the new blacktop.
In Columbus whenever there is a new road Action Tire Repair - Have your work done here…and you’ll never go anywhere else again, donated hundreds of Champagne bottles and handed them out for the ceremony. Then all in unison everyone will "christen" (also called smashing) the bottles on the new blacktop and laugh and sing as they watch the children of the village ride their bikes through the carnage.
When asked about the ceremony, Dan Druff owner of Action Tire Repair said "oh, it's like Christmas, we make and entire year profits with every new road".
I can't wait to become a member of the CDA. Great things will happen in Columbus.
Time to get to work and put my indoor jacket on. I'm freezing.
Rod
Then I find out that this is his place over that dudes shoulder.
I think they could use a tree.
Yea - John Heidke lives in Paradise Valley and that is John Mayer (and friend). His grandparents owned Heidke's Sweet Shop and the Columbia Inn now the Capri. He sent a few photos. Notice this red help can hold 2,550 gallons of red stuff. Looks like a big red bug.
ANYWAY - he had a quick comment on The Red stuff in an email and how they love it. I did not know that the planes and helo's will dump extra unused Red Stuff on farmers fields when they return to the airbase.
A view from his place - Thanks John
So I was thinking about strangers and where they come from and looked on my Melotte Photo Imagery Facebook page to see where my "fans" were located. I've been doing some experimental promotions lately and I noticed yesterday I had two fans from Benin.
Benin? First of all I have to apologize because I don't have a clue where Benin is. Cotonou, Benin to be exact. I'll give you a clue. Benin is RIGHT NEXT TO Burkina Faso. Yea - feeling kind of foolish now aren't you. And to be freakier, Cotonou translates to "by the river of death". SWEET!!
BUT WAIT - then this morning I see I have a NEW fan from Parakou, Benin. I have a Benin connection! Parakou is translated to "the city of everyone". Which one do you want to live in?
Here is a photo of main street Parakou.
I see a dish (and a goat).
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OH seems I won a Microsoft Lottery and can claim my £750,000GBP at anytime. All they need is some more information. Life is good.
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Last evening I attending a huge Columbus Event. The ribbon cutting ceremony for a new Columbus road that reach's out towards Enerpac in THE GATEWAY (insert echo effect).
BTW - I am pro Enerpac.
I shook hands with many Republicans (even shook Fitzgerald's hands) and said high to the Chief of Police. I felt right at home with all the people that hate me. However the Mayor was there and he likes me which is what really counts.
Here is the Mayor holding up the BIG CHECK that helped construction costs.The big check was for $500,000 or something. I wish small checks were big also.
In Columbus whenever there is a new road Action Tire Repair - Have your work done here…and you’ll never go anywhere else again, donated hundreds of Champagne bottles and handed them out for the ceremony. Then all in unison everyone will "christen" (also called smashing) the bottles on the new blacktop and laugh and sing as they watch the children of the village ride their bikes through the carnage.
When asked about the ceremony, Dan Druff owner of Action Tire Repair said "oh, it's like Christmas, we make and entire year profits with every new road".
I can't wait to become a member of the CDA. Great things will happen in Columbus.
Time to get to work and put my indoor jacket on. I'm freezing.
Rod
Monday, August 26, 2013
Unless you are living in a cave you have seen scenes of planes dropping red stuff onto fires out west. OH, that is flame retardant everyone says. But WHAT is it!
Well - mostly water - nothing SUPER special. Water is a fire retardant right? It's also 10% fertilizer (ammonia phosphate and sulfate ions) and the red is iron oxide for color.
And here I thought it was just some major cool chemicals or something. Water puts out fire, the fertilizer will grow plants back after the ground is burned and the red is so the pilots can see where they have dumped.
BUT WAIT - the ammonia phosphate is a big deal because if/when the water evaporates and flame hits the ammonia phosphate there is a chemical reaction which creates only carbon and water—preventing a flammable combustion.
What happens is that after the plane dumps the slurry the feet on the ground go into the red mess and create a fire break by chopping down trees and so forth.
The GREEN SLIM is the cool stuff but I have not seen images of that yet. This is a liquid concentrate of super absorbent polymers. Mixing with water creates tiny “bubblets” of water surrounded by a polymer shell. this actually glues water to houses!!
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Friday, all of a sudden there are dump trucks rolling down the 16th fairway. At first we thought they took a wrong turn but then 4 more showed up and then more and more, right in front of our house (well, the back actually). All dumping giant piles of dirt.
I figured it out. They are making a roundabout on the 16th fairway so when the cart girl comes down there won't be any accidents.
I love roundabouts. Seems Nathan on the CDA (of which I will soon be a member of) does not appreciate them. WHY! There is nothing bad about them. They save SO MUCH fuel and are basically accident free and when there IS an accident it's only a fender bender. There has never been a T-Bone accident on a round about, no deaths!
Of course you can go too far I suppose.
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I hear there are major plans in the works for Hwy 60 through town and also the southern exit of 73/151 will be closed fora while in a year or so. Here is the plans that will make travel about Columbus more convenient.
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I did some senior photos Friday. I think I have a winner for the yearbook on this one.
Thank you Nathan. Fun times at Olbrich Gardens.
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I was in Madison Thursday (Friday? am I getting days mixed up?) and it was POURING and lightning and thundering a ridiculous amount which seemed like a lot but only about 1.3 inches of rain fell on most stations. Columbus only received 0.47 inches.
Here is a chart for the last 4 years of rain in Cbus.
What surprise's me is that I remember last year and it NEVER RAINED!! But it actually did rain, we just don't remember tiny storms.
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Preparing for the New Glarus Art Fair this Sunday. Today I'm getting freon or what ever it is that goes in ACs put into my 200,000 mile car. I use the AC like twice a year, seriously, but after an art fair I think I might like a cooler ride home rather then open windows. Why are people afraid of sweat anyway. I've never understood this.
AND BTW - cars do not operate better with the AC on rather then windows open. Urban myth. Windows open cars use less fuel.
Well - mostly water - nothing SUPER special. Water is a fire retardant right? It's also 10% fertilizer (ammonia phosphate and sulfate ions) and the red is iron oxide for color.
And here I thought it was just some major cool chemicals or something. Water puts out fire, the fertilizer will grow plants back after the ground is burned and the red is so the pilots can see where they have dumped.
BUT WAIT - the ammonia phosphate is a big deal because if/when the water evaporates and flame hits the ammonia phosphate there is a chemical reaction which creates only carbon and water—preventing a flammable combustion.
What happens is that after the plane dumps the slurry the feet on the ground go into the red mess and create a fire break by chopping down trees and so forth.
The GREEN SLIM is the cool stuff but I have not seen images of that yet. This is a liquid concentrate of super absorbent polymers. Mixing with water creates tiny “bubblets” of water surrounded by a polymer shell. this actually glues water to houses!!
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Friday, all of a sudden there are dump trucks rolling down the 16th fairway. At first we thought they took a wrong turn but then 4 more showed up and then more and more, right in front of our house (well, the back actually). All dumping giant piles of dirt.
I figured it out. They are making a roundabout on the 16th fairway so when the cart girl comes down there won't be any accidents.
Of course you can go too far I suppose.
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I hear there are major plans in the works for Hwy 60 through town and also the southern exit of 73/151 will be closed fora while in a year or so. Here is the plans that will make travel about Columbus more convenient.
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I did some senior photos Friday. I think I have a winner for the yearbook on this one.
Thank you Nathan. Fun times at Olbrich Gardens.
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I was in Madison Thursday (Friday? am I getting days mixed up?) and it was POURING and lightning and thundering a ridiculous amount which seemed like a lot but only about 1.3 inches of rain fell on most stations. Columbus only received 0.47 inches.
Here is a chart for the last 4 years of rain in Cbus.
What surprise's me is that I remember last year and it NEVER RAINED!! But it actually did rain, we just don't remember tiny storms.
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Preparing for the New Glarus Art Fair this Sunday. Today I'm getting freon or what ever it is that goes in ACs put into my 200,000 mile car. I use the AC like twice a year, seriously, but after an art fair I think I might like a cooler ride home rather then open windows. Why are people afraid of sweat anyway. I've never understood this.
AND BTW - cars do not operate better with the AC on rather then windows open. Urban myth. Windows open cars use less fuel.
Friday, August 23, 2013
Got some portraits to take care of this morning in Madison so cant spend a lot of time.
Came in 2nd in the Amber contest - I expected to not win since my Amber was unique with a cinnamon flavor from what I believe was the Crystal hops which is viewed as the most pungent of the new triploid Hallertau family of hops. I like it but . . .it's an Amber zzzzzzzzzz
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Finally watched the 2 hour premier of season 3 of Hell On Wheels - WOW - what a powerful well written show. In my top 4 of best shoes on TV. If you have not watched it Netflix has the 1st two seasons.
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Jenny took this shot of Sydney working on her iPad. I guess Jen got some sunglasses from tag and grab and baby Sid wanted to wear some.
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WOW - I feel so small all of a sudden.
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Came in 2nd in the Amber contest - I expected to not win since my Amber was unique with a cinnamon flavor from what I believe was the Crystal hops which is viewed as the most pungent of the new triploid Hallertau family of hops. I like it but . . .it's an Amber zzzzzzzzzz
Finally watched the 2 hour premier of season 3 of Hell On Wheels - WOW - what a powerful well written show. In my top 4 of best shoes on TV. If you have not watched it Netflix has the 1st two seasons.
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Jenny took this shot of Sydney working on her iPad. I guess Jen got some sunglasses from tag and grab and baby Sid wanted to wear some.
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WOW - I feel so small all of a sudden.
Disc Golf’s Popularity Exploding, For Better For Worse
Very good video on how Disc Golf is exploding across the country
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=9212381
Very good video on how Disc Golf is exploding across the country
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=9212381
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This is an awesome video on air traffic control - 24 hours of planes
This is an awesome video on air traffic control - 24 hours of planes
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
More on these two later! And no Caleb is not sleeping. Actually I interrupted their score keeping. Sorry guys.
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Went to the Brewer game last night with Mike, The Postman-2 and Elwood. We had those free BP tickets so our seats were not the best. Except for the fact we could not see center or right field they were GREAT!! Actually they were the worst seats I have ever had a Miller Park.
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So after Elwood and I when Hot Dog hunting we moved.
One thing is that everybody get's a $10 coupon for free stuff (no change given) but GETTING anything is a pain in the ass.
You have everybody in line because there are no vendors so all the lines are long. PLUS you still have only seniors working the concessions. Seriously, what a FUBR operation. I am all for seniors but there was no coordination. One line had 3 people working and 3 people talking. One old guy was making hot dogs, ONE AT A TIME. I put my order in for 3 hot dogs I literally, it took 5 minutes because three dogs at once overwhelmed him.
BUT WAIT - We found a craft beer vendor and I was in line to get a couple Sierra Nevada Torpedoes (only $7.75). It was taking forever so I timed it. On average it was taking 1:10 minutes PER BEER. So we had 10 people in front of us and 14 beers to pour before I got my turn.
Then when I get up to the front the guy says I need to wait.
You remember the Carol Burnett Show whit Tim Conway as the old shuffling guy. IT WAS HIM!!! Seriously, the dude shuffles to the other side to pick up more cups and the line I'm in is trying REAL hard not to laugh. He brings over 15 cups and shuffles back for another bunch.
I'm not cutting down seniors but this was just a funny situation. He really did shuffle. He got back and we joked around and ALL the seniors were apologizing for taking so long. People were all smiles but now I know why Mark Attanasio was giving away free money. If you stand in line you won't see the horrible team on the field.
So we get back and change seats to THIS view. Slightly better.
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OH - there is Caleb and Alison down there in the front row.
Here is the story. Caleb is taking a photo of Alison and me being a camera dude I offer to take a shot of both of them. So I take a shot and ask where they are from and I find out they are from Iowa, Muscatine Iowa to be exact . . well Caleb is, Alison is from Ames Iowa. (Did you know there are no other towns in America named Muscatine)? Very unusual.
In fact Muscatine's very first name was actually "Casey's Woodpile" before 1833 when it was just a trading post.
ANYWAY - I find out that Caleb and Alison are doing something The Postman-2 and I did a large number of years ago and they are on a ball park mission. They are seeing 5 parks in 5 days(??). Wrigly today.
But here is the kicker, and I hope I got this right or someone will be surprised. They got engaged 2 days ago!! WHOO HOO!!! Their goal is to see all 30 ball parks so they are getting 5 out of the say.
I would LOVE to hear your experience guys, email me if you have any stories (grinder12000@yahoo.com). I'll post it here.
The Brewers won so I'm now 2-1 doing MUCH better then they are.
Here is an iphone shot of the full moon and Miller Park. I turned around and saw the full moon and got my iPhone out. As I did this others turned around and by the time I was down there were 10 people taking photos!
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The ride home was uneventful except for me getting car sick. WOW - I always drive but in the darkness in the back seat for some reason I felt like crap. That's never happened before.
I finally got home to Columbus about midnight and still felt horrible and laid on the couch. Crawled to bed about 1:30 and at 5:30 there is some sort of tracked vehicle outside our window on the golf course beeping and going back and forth - COME ON MAN!!! 5:30?
So I'm a little . . . tired as I write this.
That's my story - I gotta get some food in me! Cheers!
Rod
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Went to the Brewer game last night with Mike, The Postman-2 and Elwood. We had those free BP tickets so our seats were not the best. Except for the fact we could not see center or right field they were GREAT!! Actually they were the worst seats I have ever had a Miller Park.
.JPG)
So after Elwood and I when Hot Dog hunting we moved.
One thing is that everybody get's a $10 coupon for free stuff (no change given) but GETTING anything is a pain in the ass.
You have everybody in line because there are no vendors so all the lines are long. PLUS you still have only seniors working the concessions. Seriously, what a FUBR operation. I am all for seniors but there was no coordination. One line had 3 people working and 3 people talking. One old guy was making hot dogs, ONE AT A TIME. I put my order in for 3 hot dogs I literally, it took 5 minutes because three dogs at once overwhelmed him.
BUT WAIT - We found a craft beer vendor and I was in line to get a couple Sierra Nevada Torpedoes (only $7.75). It was taking forever so I timed it. On average it was taking 1:10 minutes PER BEER. So we had 10 people in front of us and 14 beers to pour before I got my turn.
Then when I get up to the front the guy says I need to wait.
You remember the Carol Burnett Show whit Tim Conway as the old shuffling guy. IT WAS HIM!!! Seriously, the dude shuffles to the other side to pick up more cups and the line I'm in is trying REAL hard not to laugh. He brings over 15 cups and shuffles back for another bunch.
I'm not cutting down seniors but this was just a funny situation. He really did shuffle. He got back and we joked around and ALL the seniors were apologizing for taking so long. People were all smiles but now I know why Mark Attanasio was giving away free money. If you stand in line you won't see the horrible team on the field.
So we get back and change seats to THIS view. Slightly better.
.JPG)
OH - there is Caleb and Alison down there in the front row.
Here is the story. Caleb is taking a photo of Alison and me being a camera dude I offer to take a shot of both of them. So I take a shot and ask where they are from and I find out they are from Iowa, Muscatine Iowa to be exact . . well Caleb is, Alison is from Ames Iowa. (Did you know there are no other towns in America named Muscatine)? Very unusual.
In fact Muscatine's very first name was actually "Casey's Woodpile" before 1833 when it was just a trading post.
ANYWAY - I find out that Caleb and Alison are doing something The Postman-2 and I did a large number of years ago and they are on a ball park mission. They are seeing 5 parks in 5 days(??). Wrigly today.
But here is the kicker, and I hope I got this right or someone will be surprised. They got engaged 2 days ago!! WHOO HOO!!! Their goal is to see all 30 ball parks so they are getting 5 out of the say.
I would LOVE to hear your experience guys, email me if you have any stories (grinder12000@yahoo.com). I'll post it here.
The Brewers won so I'm now 2-1 doing MUCH better then they are.
Here is an iphone shot of the full moon and Miller Park. I turned around and saw the full moon and got my iPhone out. As I did this others turned around and by the time I was down there were 10 people taking photos!
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The ride home was uneventful except for me getting car sick. WOW - I always drive but in the darkness in the back seat for some reason I felt like crap. That's never happened before.
I finally got home to Columbus about midnight and still felt horrible and laid on the couch. Crawled to bed about 1:30 and at 5:30 there is some sort of tracked vehicle outside our window on the golf course beeping and going back and forth - COME ON MAN!!! 5:30?
So I'm a little . . . tired as I write this.
That's my story - I gotta get some food in me! Cheers!
Rod
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Is there a "Talk Like You're Tweeting Day" yet? If there isn't I think we need to create one. #ridiculous This would mean that since the average word is 5.1 characters and you can use 144 characters in a tweet including spaces each comment can be only about 22 words. #nothingelsetosay
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SO - tonight I'm going to the Brewer game #losers with The Postman-2, Mike and Elwood. Should be fun. My last game was a complete 4 hour 8-10 bore-fest #zzzzzzzz
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I've been putting on the finishing touches to some Senior photos which I'm not that fond of doing because I just sort of like to go a little crazy sometimes. But now I have two more sets I have to do #notenoughtime
Here is a crazy one that I did for The Postman-'s son Delou. I think this one will go in the yearbook #yearbookoncrack
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So yesterday at 6:45 in the morning the editor from Disc Golf Magazine is contacting me asking for my photos WITH the names of all the people IN the photos. I was hoping to get the names the night before but Mike at Glide Disc Golf did not contact me so with 10 emails back and forth with rush rush going to press this week kind of talk I was a little stressed out trying to find names. #stepawayfromthecoffee
I finally did get all names but holy cow it was early for that.
Here is something you do when the shot is a great shot BUT a little fuzzy! CHEAT
No one can see the fuzzy because there eyes are now so fucked up they can't even read these words LOL #crosseyed
I think my donut is a little churny in my stomach after looking at that.
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My mom FINALLY is getting a hearing aid. I had to get tough with her. She hates to spend money. What got me was that last time I was in Springfield I was talking to my brother and DJ and mom were together and my mom says "I haven't heard anything they have said all day". DJ says "Don't worry, it wasn't anything worth listening too".
They had a laugh but I decided I needed to have some tough love with my mom. She had been talking to her friends who told her the hearing aids they got in the 60s were not worth it and she should save her money. sigh!
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OH - in Fitchburg I was talking to The Wizard my barber and a woman comes in with a look on her face that was not . . . . normal. I parted ways to attend to the woman because she looked like she was interested in my art . . . . sort of. There was an oddness going on but I could not place it.
Just like Susie the Waitress who can tell exactly how much people will tip as they sit down, I've been able to assess people when I talk to them. I can tell the difference between the lookers and the buyers. I've gotten pretty good at ignoring or attending people but this woman was confusing me.
So we talk a little and she really likes this and that and we come to the Yahara River photo which is one of my better sellers.
So she is looking at it and says "How do you get that Paint By Numbers" look.
I froze but remained expressionless.
Backstory - in Green Lake a woman looked at a photo and said those exact words when looking at an image. THAT image has never been seen at an art fair.
Then a year later a woman said those exact words to me on another photo and I believe I turned white that time before she introduced here self as Kitty ByGosh a Public Enemy friend who was hoseing me. .
WELL - here it was happening again but it was not Kitty but a stranger . . . . . as I said - I froze but remained expressionless.
LUCKILY - the attacker was SHOCKED at my non-reaction and thought SHE had just sort of insulted the wrong artist. As soon as she had a SHOCKED look on her face I knew I had just been duped and pointing my finger at her yelled YOU!!!
and we had a good laugh.
That art fair keeps getting better - had a large 20x60 canvas ordered last night #yippee
That's it for now
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SO - tonight I'm going to the Brewer game #losers with The Postman-2, Mike and Elwood. Should be fun. My last game was a complete 4 hour 8-10 bore-fest #zzzzzzzz
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I've been putting on the finishing touches to some Senior photos which I'm not that fond of doing because I just sort of like to go a little crazy sometimes. But now I have two more sets I have to do #notenoughtime
Here is a crazy one that I did for The Postman-'s son Delou. I think this one will go in the yearbook #yearbookoncrack
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So yesterday at 6:45 in the morning the editor from Disc Golf Magazine is contacting me asking for my photos WITH the names of all the people IN the photos. I was hoping to get the names the night before but Mike at Glide Disc Golf did not contact me so with 10 emails back and forth with rush rush going to press this week kind of talk I was a little stressed out trying to find names. #stepawayfromthecoffee
I finally did get all names but holy cow it was early for that.
Here is something you do when the shot is a great shot BUT a little fuzzy! CHEAT
No one can see the fuzzy because there eyes are now so fucked up they can't even read these words LOL #crosseyed
I think my donut is a little churny in my stomach after looking at that.
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My mom FINALLY is getting a hearing aid. I had to get tough with her. She hates to spend money. What got me was that last time I was in Springfield I was talking to my brother and DJ and mom were together and my mom says "I haven't heard anything they have said all day". DJ says "Don't worry, it wasn't anything worth listening too".
They had a laugh but I decided I needed to have some tough love with my mom. She had been talking to her friends who told her the hearing aids they got in the 60s were not worth it and she should save her money. sigh!
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OH - in Fitchburg I was talking to The Wizard my barber and a woman comes in with a look on her face that was not . . . . normal. I parted ways to attend to the woman because she looked like she was interested in my art . . . . sort of. There was an oddness going on but I could not place it.
Just like Susie the Waitress who can tell exactly how much people will tip as they sit down, I've been able to assess people when I talk to them. I can tell the difference between the lookers and the buyers. I've gotten pretty good at ignoring or attending people but this woman was confusing me.
So we talk a little and she really likes this and that and we come to the Yahara River photo which is one of my better sellers.
So she is looking at it and says "How do you get that Paint By Numbers" look.
I froze but remained expressionless.
Backstory - in Green Lake a woman looked at a photo and said those exact words when looking at an image. THAT image has never been seen at an art fair.
Then a year later a woman said those exact words to me on another photo and I believe I turned white that time before she introduced here self as Kitty ByGosh a Public Enemy friend who was hoseing me. .
WELL - here it was happening again but it was not Kitty but a stranger . . . . . as I said - I froze but remained expressionless.
LUCKILY - the attacker was SHOCKED at my non-reaction and thought SHE had just sort of insulted the wrong artist. As soon as she had a SHOCKED look on her face I knew I had just been duped and pointing my finger at her yelled YOU!!!
and we had a good laugh.
That art fair keeps getting better - had a large 20x60 canvas ordered last night #yippee
That's it for now
Monday, August 19, 2013
Yikes - no sleep for me this weekend.
I've been freakishly busy this morning with some very high strung publishers from the east coast! More on that later (below).
Saturday I had the Agora Art Fair in Fitchburg which as many people were saying - Is as good as Art Fair on the Square, but without the hassle.
Yea - the tents go over the horizon! And the quality of the art is outstanding! Personally I had my best show to date and STILL would have had my best show if the woman who owns Epic had not come by and said, almost literally, "I'll take that and that and that and that and will you take a check?" As I was writing up an invoice in a somewhat nervous state I looked and saw the check book open with the words EPIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION on it.
But then she said "Oh, is it too late to add one more?"
All this was about 15 minutes after the show started! YIKES.
But that was just the icing before the cake was cooked. It was a good day.
That is my canopy with the rounded top. This was taken about 3:00 in the lull but I had a big rush at the end. THAT was a fun day.
We gut up at 4:45 and got home about 7:30. Long day but worth it.
BUT WAIT - I have to be up early to shoot for Disc Golfer Magazine. The Mad City Open was taking place with professionals from all over coming to Madison and Tokan Creek, and OUTSTANDING Disc Golf Course (costs $8 to play there).
There I had the privilege to see one of the top disc golfers in the world, Cale Leiviska. Cale's current rating is 1040, the best you can have is 1047. He was amazing.
My GOOD drives can go about 240 feet and then I put my arm in a sling. Cale (and the other 3 in the finals) were throwing an easy 500.
This guy Grant Hilsabeck looked almost exactly like Aaron Adams from Hydro Street
But before I could shoot the men I had to shoot the woman which was an entirely different atmosphere.
While the men were all laughing and jovial the woman were all business. There were only 3.
I introduced myself and the one that looked like a REAL pro said "JUST DO NOT STAND IN FRONT OF US WHERE WE CAN SEE YOU".
Ok ok - was I just bitched slapped? LOL
Plus our round was in a very wooded area so any shots were REAL hard to come by. Especially if I needed to have faces.
You don't have lies like this in ball golf.
OK - can you guess who the pro is (1st place), who the model who took up the sport 2 years ago and as gone "all in" for disc golf (2nd place) and who the relative new girl (who would kick my ass).
New Glarus is next on the schedule that USED to hold the record for art fairs.
Gotta get back to work.
Rod
I've been freakishly busy this morning with some very high strung publishers from the east coast! More on that later (below).
Saturday I had the Agora Art Fair in Fitchburg which as many people were saying - Is as good as Art Fair on the Square, but without the hassle.
Yea - the tents go over the horizon! And the quality of the art is outstanding! Personally I had my best show to date and STILL would have had my best show if the woman who owns Epic had not come by and said, almost literally, "I'll take that and that and that and that and will you take a check?" As I was writing up an invoice in a somewhat nervous state I looked and saw the check book open with the words EPIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION on it.
But then she said "Oh, is it too late to add one more?"
All this was about 15 minutes after the show started! YIKES.
But that was just the icing before the cake was cooked. It was a good day.
That is my canopy with the rounded top. This was taken about 3:00 in the lull but I had a big rush at the end. THAT was a fun day.
We gut up at 4:45 and got home about 7:30. Long day but worth it.
BUT WAIT - I have to be up early to shoot for Disc Golfer Magazine. The Mad City Open was taking place with professionals from all over coming to Madison and Tokan Creek, and OUTSTANDING Disc Golf Course (costs $8 to play there).
There I had the privilege to see one of the top disc golfers in the world, Cale Leiviska. Cale's current rating is 1040, the best you can have is 1047. He was amazing.
My GOOD drives can go about 240 feet and then I put my arm in a sling. Cale (and the other 3 in the finals) were throwing an easy 500.
This guy Grant Hilsabeck looked almost exactly like Aaron Adams from Hydro Street
But before I could shoot the men I had to shoot the woman which was an entirely different atmosphere.
While the men were all laughing and jovial the woman were all business. There were only 3.
I introduced myself and the one that looked like a REAL pro said "JUST DO NOT STAND IN FRONT OF US WHERE WE CAN SEE YOU".
Ok ok - was I just bitched slapped? LOL
Plus our round was in a very wooded area so any shots were REAL hard to come by. Especially if I needed to have faces.
You don't have lies like this in ball golf.
OK - can you guess who the pro is (1st place), who the model who took up the sport 2 years ago and as gone "all in" for disc golf (2nd place) and who the relative new girl (who would kick my ass).
New Glarus is next on the schedule that USED to hold the record for art fairs.
Gotta get back to work.
Rod
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
I was on Channel 3 yesterday - 5 seconds!
After my doctor visit I decided to take a run out to the Pope Farm Conservancy to take a look at the sunflower field and while I was there Channel 3 show up and low and behold, they filmed me taking the below photo. So in the last 5 days my cat has been on Channel 3 AND me!
I've been working on my new website and one of the features will be the ability to do this! In fact I can have people take a photo of any room and measure something in the room. Then I can correctly size and display any image showing them what works and what does not.
BTW - if anyone has ideas for better wall color let me know. Perhaps a green?
ALSO - I'm looking for rooms to take photos of as demos. If anyone has a cool, clean (not a lot of "stuff")I would love to come over OR you can take a photo for me of your room. Any rooms are great. Just measure one thing near a wall so I can scale everything.
Rod
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Then I get a call yesterday fro the owner of Glide in Madison. The guy looks and sounds just like Alton Brown on the Cooking Channel and he wants me to take photos of The Mad City Open at Vallarta-Ast DGC (Tokan Creek) for DiscGolfer Magazine, the official publication of the Professional Disc Golf Association. COOL!
That will be Sunday, Saturday there is the Agora Art Fair, one of my favorite fairs.
OH - the doctor just wanted to touch base on my prescriptions. I have great bad cholesterol (like I don't have any bad cholesterol) but I lack GOOD cholesterol.
He said I should live a long time (well, unless cancer rears it's ugly head I suppose). Blood Pressure 100/60 and heart rate of 66. I asked him about my super hero ability to hear my heart beat in my head and he said that is not uncommon. WHEW! I thought I might explode or something.
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CAYDANCE - LOOK BEHIND YOU!!!!
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Sadly all of the warblers and birds that would sing songs to wake us up have flown south. Currently we have a flock of some sort of sparrow and the normal red wing black birds, grackles and so forth eating the bird food. Sharks in a frenzy.
Oh - here is a photo of Mel and Edgar Harrell at one of our luncheons ( luncheons meaning crystal chandeliers, fantastic steak and all the trimmings) . I believe they are telling shark jokes.
What do sharks eat for dinner . . . . whatever it wants.
Sorry - HEY - I never said I was politically correct.
I've been reading Edgar Harrell's book "Out of the Depths" which is pretty good.
If you listened to that youtube video I loved the part where he was about to jump into the black water and he says "There are times when you pray, and there are times when you PRAY. Is this the end of life?"
That is such a powerful presentation. Check it out.
http://youtu.be/O9KEirureew
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WORST MOVIE EVER!
I was shocked. Jerry Lewis made a movie in the 70s called "The Day the Clown Cried". it's a movie about the Holocaust. WHAT??? REALLY? yea.
Lewis plays a clown in Germany and is taken prisoner when he makes fun of Hitler. He is sent to a concentration camp and does his performance for children and eventually walks with them into a gas chamber. OMG!!!
The last scene has him and the children laughing while the gas surrounds them.
Sigh - the movie never made it to the public as once filming was over Lewis realized this was a horrible idea.
For anyone who wants here is a link to the script.
"The Day the Clown Cried"
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And on a political note. I am so sick of the Capitol singers. I tend to lean left but there is this common sense side of me that says "get the f*ck out of the capitol losers". Seriously all they are doing is drawing attention to their buffoonery. They are not furthering a cause in anyway but making the left look stupid.
OH - all of the democrats are saying "YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHT FOR FREE SPEECH". Oh good grief.
SO - to me that says they are all for entrapment. They know the police can't win, they are being assholes and hiding behind the Constitution to do it. They are making sure that tourists stay away from the capitol (which they are). I guess if they believe Walker hurts Wisconsin (which he has) they can also hurt Wisconsin (which they are).
There are smart ways to protest and stupid ways to protest. In thus case the left decided to be stupid and carry things to far.
That is my common sense position.
I know many won't agree with me but that is how I feel. I used to go into the Capitol, it's beautiful. No more.
After my doctor visit I decided to take a run out to the Pope Farm Conservancy to take a look at the sunflower field and while I was there Channel 3 show up and low and behold, they filmed me taking the below photo. So in the last 5 days my cat has been on Channel 3 AND me!
I've been working on my new website and one of the features will be the ability to do this! In fact I can have people take a photo of any room and measure something in the room. Then I can correctly size and display any image showing them what works and what does not.
BTW - if anyone has ideas for better wall color let me know. Perhaps a green?
ALSO - I'm looking for rooms to take photos of as demos. If anyone has a cool, clean (not a lot of "stuff")I would love to come over OR you can take a photo for me of your room. Any rooms are great. Just measure one thing near a wall so I can scale everything.
Rod
--------------------------------------------
Then I get a call yesterday fro the owner of Glide in Madison. The guy looks and sounds just like Alton Brown on the Cooking Channel and he wants me to take photos of The Mad City Open at Vallarta-Ast DGC (Tokan Creek) for DiscGolfer Magazine, the official publication of the Professional Disc Golf Association. COOL!
That will be Sunday, Saturday there is the Agora Art Fair, one of my favorite fairs.
OH - the doctor just wanted to touch base on my prescriptions. I have great bad cholesterol (like I don't have any bad cholesterol) but I lack GOOD cholesterol.
He said I should live a long time (well, unless cancer rears it's ugly head I suppose). Blood Pressure 100/60 and heart rate of 66. I asked him about my super hero ability to hear my heart beat in my head and he said that is not uncommon. WHEW! I thought I might explode or something.
-----------------------------------------
CAYDANCE - LOOK BEHIND YOU!!!!
Sadly all of the warblers and birds that would sing songs to wake us up have flown south. Currently we have a flock of some sort of sparrow and the normal red wing black birds, grackles and so forth eating the bird food. Sharks in a frenzy.
Oh - here is a photo of Mel and Edgar Harrell at one of our luncheons ( luncheons meaning crystal chandeliers, fantastic steak and all the trimmings) . I believe they are telling shark jokes.
What do sharks eat for dinner . . . . whatever it wants.
Sorry - HEY - I never said I was politically correct.
I've been reading Edgar Harrell's book "Out of the Depths" which is pretty good.
If you listened to that youtube video I loved the part where he was about to jump into the black water and he says "There are times when you pray, and there are times when you PRAY. Is this the end of life?"
That is such a powerful presentation. Check it out.
http://youtu.be/O9KEirureew
-----------------------------------------------------------
WORST MOVIE EVER!
I was shocked. Jerry Lewis made a movie in the 70s called "The Day the Clown Cried". it's a movie about the Holocaust. WHAT??? REALLY? yea.
Lewis plays a clown in Germany and is taken prisoner when he makes fun of Hitler. He is sent to a concentration camp and does his performance for children and eventually walks with them into a gas chamber. OMG!!!
The last scene has him and the children laughing while the gas surrounds them.
Sigh - the movie never made it to the public as once filming was over Lewis realized this was a horrible idea.
For anyone who wants here is a link to the script.
"The Day the Clown Cried"
--------------------------------
And on a political note. I am so sick of the Capitol singers. I tend to lean left but there is this common sense side of me that says "get the f*ck out of the capitol losers". Seriously all they are doing is drawing attention to their buffoonery. They are not furthering a cause in anyway but making the left look stupid.
OH - all of the democrats are saying "YOU CAN'T TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHT FOR FREE SPEECH". Oh good grief.
SO - to me that says they are all for entrapment. They know the police can't win, they are being assholes and hiding behind the Constitution to do it. They are making sure that tourists stay away from the capitol (which they are). I guess if they believe Walker hurts Wisconsin (which he has) they can also hurt Wisconsin (which they are).
There are smart ways to protest and stupid ways to protest. In thus case the left decided to be stupid and carry things to far.
That is my common sense position.
I know many won't agree with me but that is how I feel. I used to go into the Capitol, it's beautiful. No more.
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