Who passed the wind!

I see The Bridges Golf Course has a Windy Day Special - $18 for 18 holes and a cart. What they are not telling you is you will lose 20 golf balls at $2 apiece in the 45-50mph gusts today! The Atmospheric Oceanic and Space Science Building and had a gust to 46 so with a constant wind speed of 31 at this moment.
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Happy post Labor Day.  Well - who is REALLY happy today.  hmmmmmm raise your hands!  Not seeign too many!
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I have heard no news on the new Italian/Pizza place opening on East James. Rumor was "after Labor Day". WELL HERE WE ARE!!!  And there is another place opening but it's unknown the exact contents!  Also - DJ and I were walking around town and noticed that the building that held the Extras for the movie was pretty clean (across from Anchor Bank on North Ludington). Is it always that way?  They had a couple tables and chairs and was spotless.  Is it always that way?

Chedder Heads - my favorite Pizza place in Columbus (920-623-9100) now has slices for lunch ($2.50 I believe) and Cinnamon sticks!  
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I gotta get a franchise for this - it will make me MILLIONS!!  




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This weekend I was watching a few 911 shows detailing what was happening, insider stories and so forth.  Why would I watch such a horrible thing?  Because I wanted to remember it.  So many people don't even acknowledge December 7th, "a date which will live in infamy". It seems many people have forgotten even though 81 percent of American homes tuned in to hear the President Roosevelt's speech.

Now?  Oh yea - it's Pearl Harbor day.

I don't want to forget September 11th.

The one thing I will always remember was how America came together as one unit.  No petty arguing and bickering. No anti-government Tea Party.   I want to remember that when things truly got ugly, Americans can band together for one common cause.  In a very weird way 911 was good for America, it gave us a smack on the ass, a wake up call.

OH YEA - I'm tired of Scott Walker blaming the economy on government employees. LET'S FIRE ALL STATE EMPLOYEES AND CREATE JOBS FOR REAL PEOPLE.  FU dude! Did you know your  eyes cross when you think?  You look like a blithering idiot.  You are a penny-pinching, anti-growth, anti-business out-of-touch knuckle-head spouting inane and inaccurate rhetoric.

Did you know he gave himself a $50,000 pay raise in 2008?

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I have to give a shout out to Michelle Martin. A friend in Columbus.  We met in the early hours of the morning March 18th 2008 during the filming of Public Enemies and the first time I saw her images I was impressed.

Now she has morphed into a Wedding/Event photographer (Michelle Martin Photography) and I have to share a couple of her new images. I do this because we are not competitors. If she was - forget it  LOL  This is like Cassius Callender - a fantastic photographer who while he COULD be a competitor his photography is so distant from mine we attract different clients.   

I wanted to share a couple images Michelle did that stick in my brain.

I'm often asked to shoot weddings and I typically say no way - to much work for to much money.  So if you know of anyone needing a wedding photographer . . . . . . .

On a side note - check out Starbucks on the Square in Madison- I had a stranger this morning come up to me once he found out I was the artist and he told me that crowds of people were hovering around my images on the wall discussing them and trying to figure out HOW I created them.  I actually think it is because they are arranged in a Nike swoosh.   

OH - Sun Prairie Main Street Art Fair Saturday.   :-) 
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The Columbus Historical Society will be meeting next Tuesday at the Columbus Visitor Center. This is only the beginning of the club. If you wish to be involved with preserving the history of Columbus call Kim at 920-623-5235.

In the "I love this town" section I see that on September 3rd 1970 the Newspaper had an article about how Columbus is becoming the Red Bud City  . . . . . not the more accurate Redbud City.  Of course it's not as bad as Red Bud IL who strangely call themselves Blossom City but not once do they actually say they have any Redbud trees.

I love this town because there are so many misspellings on signs.  The big Welcome to Red Bud City along with the misspelling of roles (rolls) on a new plaque in Firemans Park. It's like a town made up of me!!

OH MAN - I was in heaven last night for 40 minutes as I played 232 hands of poker . . . IN 40 MINUTES!!

Rush Poker is a new off shoot of Full Tilt and MAN - what a wild ride. You play against 300 other players 9 at a time.  As soon as you fold you get 9 brand new players BAM.  So you are constantly playing against 9 random players.  I averaged 5 hands a minute and made $24 an hour.  The trick is figuring out the strategy knowing everybody else is trying to figure it out!

It was a load of fun and very profitable. 

I'll have more on this as I play more!

OH - football pools - 16-1 and I tied for 1st place.  If Boise State would have lost I would have won the tie breaker.  grrrrr