Contempory Art Sucks!

I just have not had that much to say lately.

I don't care about NCAA basketball,the Brewers are a week away from the season, and frankly . . .nothing.

For all of you Downton Abby fans here is a not yet releases Arby's commercial which is a hoot.

http://screen.yahoo.com/downton-arby-s-28723019.html

Yea - OK!!   Thanks




OK - I'm going to come right out and say it.

CONTEMPORARY ART SUCKS!

I walk past the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art and am appalled!  Seriously?  That is art?  A boot hanging from a ceiling by long ropes that spins around making the boot flop?  How much? $10,000?    Is this a joke? 

I saw one where it was a big empty room and someone with a roller had rolled a straight line of paint that slowly faded!   WOW - BRILLIANT!!!  A CERTAIN OTHERNESS!!

Contemporary art started as a joke and now people seem to think it's real!

I bring this up because next week at Hydro Street Brewery I'm hanging seven new pieces of art called

"What Was, What Could Be - a impressionistic look at the Columbus Auditorium".  I'm still deciding if Hydro and I will have a press release.  It seems rather  . . . .braggerish but . . . . . .

I have them framed and DJ was looking at them exclaiming that they look so much better framed instead of the raw images and I had to agree.  What got me was one of my "extra" images, one of the ones that was low in the batting order drew her attention. 

Art is so weird.  I liked the image (as I like all of them) but was surprised she liked it so much.

That is the "problem" I'm having with this whole art thing. You just never know what will flip a switch.

So if you have a chance sometime later next week check out Hydro Street Brewing.

In June I'm hoping to have images of Civil War Reenactors which has always been one of my more favorite things to photograph. I took a whole year on the Civil War In High School. Sat through the 4 hour Gettysburg movie (awesome awesome movie). My brother had the original Avalon Hill Gettysburg war game BEFORE hexagons were invented (I believe a Russian invented hexagons accidentally when looking to invent a Sputnik Cap).

So I'm pretty pumped that Columbus will have a Civil War (like Columbus needs an excuse) in June. 

Then there is this whole Pink Slime thing.  All of a sudden we find out that because social media has killed the addition of pink slime in hamburger, which is 100% edible, nutritious and good for you . . . .hey, you puree ANY hamburger it becomes pink slime . . . because they have shut down 4 of the 5 places that make it, we now need to kill 1.5 MILLION more cattle and beef prices are about to zoom up!

THANK YOU!!!    Maybe we should talk about how many pounds of bugs are in Cheerios.  Did you know that we eat TWO POUNDS of bugs a year? 
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The Game of Thrones returns SUNDAY!    There is an Unofficial Game of Thrones Cookbook?  mmmmmmmm  How about  "Khaleesi's Heart".  Yes you can infuse your unborn child with the horse-riding spirit of the Dothraki — it's basically beef heart with veggies and red wine vinegar.  Or The Imp's Wild Strawberry Fool—a dessert light enough to make Tyrion smile

 
   On this day in 1981 President Ronald Reagen was shot.  There was a show on Discovery called "Saving Ronald Regan" that was outstanding.  Actual footage from inside the operating room and I actually liked Ronald a little more afterward.   Then there was a show right afterward about how facts are NOW starting to come out about a VERY VERY VERY close nuclear war we had in the early eighties.

My God.  Were we bumbling buffoons!  Two countries that do not trust each other at all and we have war games that simulate nuclear destruction?  We had operators stationed all around the world transmitting fake messages about starting a nuclear war??   Seriously?  Of course the Russians are listening,    AND THEY THINK IT'S REAL!!!   They think that this is a clever idea and we are FAKING a fake war game!

Yea - what could possibly go wrong!   Reagan - what a bumbling buffoon! 

Well - as I said - I really don't have anything to say so I'll stop before I think of anything!

OH - we also purchased Alaska in 1867.  "Seward's folly," which in turn created Sarah Palin "Mccain's folly".


Have a great weekend. 

Rod

Find the cat.

This might be so obvious to everyone I'm surprised no one as acted on it.

PINK SLIME HELPER!!!

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And another idea is to disallow all politics as actual news! Create a new network, SPIN, and have all politics on that one network!
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We never had weathermen come to our school when I was a kid. But then again, back then weather was all hocus pocus and if anybody actually predicted the weather they would be charged with witchcraft! 

Seems a weathermen (also called meteorologist by some people who are trying to be "smarter" then the rest of us) went to a school and a little boy wrote a nice thank you letter back.

That has to be the best compliment and I think I need to repeat it.

“You’re more awesome than a monkey wearing a tuxedo made out [of] bacon riding a cyborg unicorn with a lightsaber for the horn on the tip of a space shuttle closing in on Mars while ingulfed in flames.. And in case you didn’t know, that’s pretty dang sweet.”

And here is one of those always entertaining

CAN YOU FIND THE CAT photos

And my answer is - NO - freaking wast of time and it was not that much fun in the first place. 

Hunger Game of Thrones!

WELL - I'm certainly glad THAT week is over. It took almost exactly one week from system shut down to systems running as expected (last night). I purchased Papaya tablets to aid digestion and that seemed to help a bunch to get things running smoothly once again.
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I'm going to try to make this a politics free zone since it seems it is now GAME ON for redundant political advertisements. We not only a Presidential Race which is pretty decided already, but the GOP bickering for nominations AND the RECALL's so it'll be non stop spin for the the next 8 months.

However - one tiny thing I have to bring up is the fact that while Walker is lawyering up with some of Wisconsins most expensive lawyers (which he boast's is all from his personal money) the feds (who he is is lawyering up against) are labeling this little inquiry, a RICO Investigation.

In case you don't know what a RICO investigation is. RICO stands for "Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations". There was a loophole you see that has been closed. For instance. If you ordered a hit on a guy and the hit man was caught, BEFORE, you would not be guilty. Now since you ordered the hit you are as guilty as the hit man.

You seem the implications? When what's her name, the woman Walker personally hired, although he claims he did not have a clue what she did 25 feet from his office, pleaded not guilty, she HAD too. If she took the bullet and said guilty, HE would also be guilty.

If the RECALLS don't work, he will be lead away in hand cuffs at some point anyway. All these people with "I Stand By Walker" signs in their yard can stand by him in jail!  Freaking corrupt SOB!
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Mowed the yard yesterday, March 25th. The yard looks GREAT. I had the mower up at it's highest settings.

One thing I learned while working up on the square in Madison is that yard grass is awesome lush, soft and barefoot worthy when you mow at the highest settings. I can not see why people scalp their yard down to a 1/4 inch. Makes no sense at all. It burns the ground, feels scratchy and you actually mow more often. So it's more work, looks bad AND feels bad.What is the upside? 

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Did I hear that DUC Computers has close their Internationale offices in Columbus? I didn't tell you that a couple weeks ago I was driving by and saw a guy in the store. So I slammed on the brakes and walked in. Brad Frye says "Hi I was just thinking about you, I need your phone numbers" and yada yada yada. I asked about my computer and he said I could pick it up tomorrow. I said when (not really believing him)and he said let's set up an appointment. sigh.

I said OK 10:00. Next day I'm there at 10:00 and SURPRISE! He's a no show.

Well the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection called me the other day and asked all sorts of questions, asked for copy's of the checks and they are building a case. I hope he has not disappear. It was all on a very "need to know" basis but this investigator seemed to have it together.

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Working on the 2012 Antique & Classic Boat Show poster which OF COURSE, will be on the weekend when EVERYTHING in the world is happening. It seems that August 4th and 5th is the BIG BIG day for all events! DJs dad has a big big tribute at Miller Park in Milwaukee on the 4th, I HAD a large art fair on the 5th, the Classic Boat Show is on the 4th, The Great American Time Machine Festival in Columbus starts on the 4th. Hydro Street has their Beer Fast on the 5th. sigh

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Hunger Games

Well, not a bad 1st weekend with $155 million. I went to the best place for reviews, The Golf Forum. I wanted to see what Republican Males were saying about the movie (golfers are a high percentage of conservative Republicans) and while most said the movie was good they also said the book is SO much better (of course)!!

I'm in book two of The Game of Thrones and know that the HBO series is right smack on the book. Season Two starts in a week and from what I have read it does depart a little from the book - HOWEVER - double the huge budget, more blood and more sex, wow, can't get better then that!!

http://youtu.be/VVkr9oYsIbo



I'll have to wait on The Hunger Game book. Amazon is just over the top with reviews so I can't get a good idea on it.

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Have a good average Monday