Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
"Good Artists Borrow, Great Artists Steal"
Monday January 26, 2009
Thus go words that Pablo Picasso may have uttered, although (1) I cannot find definitive attribution anywhere and (2) a great many other writers, poets, songwriters and visual artists have supposedly said almost the exact same thing. (You can read the last word [pun intended] on that which T.S. Eliot said here, and kudos to Nancy Prager for her detective work.) Anyway.Within the past week I've read about both the source of Shepard Fairey's Obama-HOPE head shot (hint: the artist didn't shoot it himself, nor did he pay to use it) and a lawsuit filed against Richard Prince for lifting a photographer's series of portraits, putting daubs of paint on them and selling the results as his own original work. Now, I am not a copyrights lawyer, merely a visual artist who's always liked to stay on the happy side of the law. However, my layperson's eye, in looking at the original sources for HOPE and the Canal Zone
Friday, January 16, 2009
winter in wisconsin
It's winter in Wisconsin
And the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
At twenty-five below.
Oh, how I love Wisconsin
When the snow's up to your butt
You take a breath of winter
And your nose gets frozen shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around
I could never leave Wisconsin
'Cause I'm frozen to the ground!
And the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
At twenty-five below.
Oh, how I love Wisconsin
When the snow's up to your butt
You take a breath of winter
And your nose gets frozen shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around
I could never leave Wisconsin
'Cause I'm frozen to the ground!
Thursday, January 15, 2009
BURRR!!!!!!
Schools and more close today; minus-40 wind chills feared:
Near record cold
For the next 24 hours, however, much of Wisconsin will experience cold of almost historic levels.
The temperature hasn't dropped into the teens below zero, which is possible Thursday night, since January 1999 in Milwaukee, and the National Weather Service hinted at minus 30 in some parts of the Wisconsin River Valley.
Layers, and lots of them, will be essential for those who do venture out in the next day or two, either out of necessity or bravado.
John Malan, forecaster for WTMJ-TV (Channel 4), also has been putting the cold in some perspective.
At least in Milwaukee, temperatures won't match the cold snap of Jan. 30 to Feb. 6, 1996. The thermometer hit minus 26 on Feb. 3 of that year, tying the all-time record for the city.
Malan calls January 1982 the worst in his recollection. The low temperature was below zero on 13 days that month, and it was 20 below or colder on three of them.
This week has brought dangerous cold, "but we should be happy it's only a two, or three-day blast," he said.
Near record coldFor the next 24 hours, however, much of Wisconsin will experience cold of almost historic levels.
The temperature hasn't dropped into the teens below zero, which is possible Thursday night, since January 1999 in Milwaukee, and the National Weather Service hinted at minus 30 in some parts of the Wisconsin River Valley.
Layers, and lots of them, will be essential for those who do venture out in the next day or two, either out of necessity or bravado.
John Malan, forecaster for WTMJ-TV (Channel 4), also has been putting the cold in some perspective.
At least in Milwaukee, temperatures won't match the cold snap of Jan. 30 to Feb. 6, 1996. The thermometer hit minus 26 on Feb. 3 of that year, tying the all-time record for the city.
Malan calls January 1982 the worst in his recollection. The low temperature was below zero on 13 days that month, and it was 20 below or colder on three of them.
This week has brought dangerous cold, "but we should be happy it's only a two, or three-day blast," he said.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Thursday, January 8, 2009
BBBS workshop
Started in my workshop for matchers,:Here is another in that was just finished by a 8th grader and her BIG SISTER for the BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS fund raiser! they get better and better!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Sunday, January 4, 2009
my opinon:ISRAEL
- I feel compelled to express my opinion: Israel
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The recent developments in Israel can not be ignored and thus I am going to use the wiser words of others to state my opinion and feelings, because I deplore that Israel continues MUST CONTINUE assaults on Hamas in Gaza, attacks that were prompted by Hamas missile strikes on Israel.(read the Jerusaleum Post yourself! http://www.jpost.com/ )
"Wars sickens me, even wars that I support. I support Israel's offensive in Gaza, but watching it on TV -- the images of bombed-out buildings, crying women and, inevitably, the bodies of innocent bystanders -- is a painful experience." Rabbi Eric Yoffie
"Israel's actions in Gaza are justified under international law, and Israel should be commended for its self-defense against terrorism. Article 51 of the United Nations Charter reserves to every nation the right to engage in self-defense against armed attacks." Alan Dershowitz
Adding to the liveability of our home:
FOLLOWING MY HEART and improved out home:I AM thrilled that i decided to enclose our back porch. due to huge over hangs, it's north and east exposures, the area remained always cool and buggy when we wanted to use it. here you see the last of installation. now what is need is to clean up some and get rug, mezzuzah's, and put back wicker furniture. shayna is already learn to use the doggy door!
Happiest event of 2008
I have not used blogspot in ages and still blog at http://360.yahoo.com/laehm..but wanted to show you the happiest of times during 2008! the wedding of #2 son to a wonderful gal.
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