Cracky it's cold!

BRRRRRRR!!!     NOT LIKEY

So I ate like a pig yesterday. I could not stop eating.  My brain was telling my body it needed more fat to ward off the cold.  DAMN YOU BRAIN!! 

Milo was depressed all yesterday also.  He was just mopeing around. Cats, you can't understand them and you can't eat them.  

Not me though, I wasn't depressed - I'm now up 7.17 units in the NBA and my Bridgejumper system in the NFL is 5-1 with Kansas City +11.5 tonight!  I decided to play one poker tournament a day just to see what would happen and in my 1st week I finished in the money 5 out of 7 times.  Life is good.

Of course the problem is that I'm not sure how to get my money back into the US. When the republicans made it illegal for banks to accept gambling money (unless it is for horse racing or state lotteries which they said is NOT gambling) it shut off the flow of millions of dollars into the US.  Me being one of them.    

So I've been building this off shore bankroll for like 8 years now!    I'm virtually rich  LOL 
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This week I'm giving some sort of presentation to Mrs. McDaniel's two 6th grade art classes in Columbus.  This means I'll be stressing out all week on what to say and show but it'll be fun (I keep telling myself that).   Yea -intimidated by 6th graders!

Actually the one thing I have been surprised about is how kids like my art when they see it at art fairs.  I think it's the colors.

I mentioned I was working on a rather large project for a Research Company.   It's one of those really cool places you wish you worked at. You know the kind with a pin ball machine, huge screen TV and just cool things in a converted warehouse.  They had purchased my 2x7 foot image of a B17 for their conference room and then got an actual propeller from a B17 to hang next to it.  Well they wanted something Andy Warholish with certain celebrities.  There has been a lot of back and forth on this one and I'm 4/5s OK with it.  They are fine but I feel I'm almost there.

ANYWAY - this is the project as it stands now.   I created a faux plywood background to make sure the colors would match in the 5 pieces!

  
I took a look at a bunch of Andy Warhol images . . . . not a fan. 

My hair is starting to look like Albert hair.

I had a real sweet image of Steve Jobs but they wanted a younger Steve Jobs.   Here are two rejections of Steve.

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Pretty consistent amount of rain fell over Wisconsin yesterday.  Looking at the early data almost all stations reported about 0.80 inches of rain.   Here is the Columbus graph as it stands today.

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Anybody else see the special on Discovery about filling that 727 airliner with crash test dummies and then crashing the plane?   It was really interesting.   One thing I learned is you really don't want to sit in 1st class.   Safest place to sit in a plane is near the back.   Also, watch out for those foot rests when you tuck.  They can break your ankles. OF course all accidents are different but a little knowledge is always helpful.   If you ever have a chance to see this 2 hours special it's well worth it.  DJ and I both had heart pounding moments.  We looked at each other and said "Why is this so nerve wracking". 

http://youtu.be/W--dC5kuQ8Q


In fact the one thing researchers have found is that survivors are the ones that actually pay attention.  This is true in everything.  Survivors are the ones that when they enter a room like a theater or something, they identify where the exits are.  Not like they are afraid but just being aware.



Knowledge might save your life.  When interviewed, survivors are always the ones that knew what to do in case the unthinkable happened.    

 . . . . . Weird . . . there are three crows in our yard SITTING in the grass.  And they are in a triangle!  hmmmmmmm  what does it mean. Are they signalling the mother ship?

Also - Blue Jays can make a sound just like a hawk it seems.  I kept looking outside for the hawk but  I see it's a Blue Jay.

NOW - there are literally hundreds of seagulls on the golf course - this is not even a fifth of them.   I think we are having a birdageddon.  The entire 16th fairway is covered with seagulls. 

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Anyone know the number for the Beaver Dam Newspaper.  We still have not gottin it on time.

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There was a comment in Fridays blog - "It's all good that the new Shopko is in Columbus but what struck me when I first walked in was how dated it felt inside and out. Swore I was walking into 25 year old Walmart that was due for an update. Compared to other shopping venues in our area it's very ordinary. If Columbus is a bedroom community as you say the new Shopko will not lure them away from shopping near work."     

True that - maybe that was my problem.  It's like - This is a generic big box store. In the encyclopedia (remember those?) for "big box store" there is a photo of Columbus Shop-Ko Hometown.  I'm not even sure they have music - always real quiet.
  
Have a great Monday
Rod