Let's visit on the Porch II (Helena: designs, pickup, downtown)

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by rickers

I am happy to report that for the first time ever, we are driving a rig that was actually made in this century !

Remember, the Twenty-first century began just after midnight on January 1, 2001.

[Rickers]

Originally Posted by Reziac

Rickers, your meals always looks great, even when it's something I wouldn't eat (spicy Mexican food, ugh!) Wonderful eye for presentation, really. Sometimes I wonder why you're not getting rich running an artsy-fartsy restaurant!

I don't want to be rich and I don't want to work as hard as one must running a restaurant. I just want to be a big shot and order a bunch of cast members and shooting crew personnel around from the directors chair with a megaphone. I did produce a film once way back when I was a teen and I have the itch to do some more filming. It really takes at least three people to make a film that may fly.
I am working on several screenplays at this time and need to get some other business out of the way before I can start filming. I also need some equipment that I won't be able to afford for another year or two. I will make another film by hook or by crook eventually.
My first one was lost but we had a big neighborhood screening when I finished it. I was the actor, writer, director and co producer of that film about a cape wearing super hero.
My zombie like friend was the other co-producer and camera operator. He is more zombie like now and wanders the concrete boardwalk of OB InSainDiego eating out of the trash cans along with the hoards of other extreme substance abusers that somehow didn't survive the temptations of overdoing it.
I'll be yelling "CUT" a lot with a frustrated look and I'll practice that look in front of a mirror until I have it just right.
We were going to try to have a Mexican eatery in our building but we need to do some remodeling before that would ever happen. We would need to make the restroom handicapped accessible and install a certified kitchen, nothing that about ten grand couldn't make happen. Then we could sponsor a Mexican family who wants to run a restaurant, they could lease the building from us and run the eatery themselves.
We may do that or we may just flip the building when the time is right. We may use it as an art gallery. Just don't know at this point. Our plans change daily it seems.
Other than trying to start producing films I basically just want to make a few bucks selling photos framed at our store or at shows like the ones I've been posting and like the one shown below. I'm tired of trying to sell kayaks to barley farmers and loggers. ! They are selling too slowly but they are selling. I have never sold a photograph yet but I am building an inventory of framed stock as well as a few other artworks of rock paintings and mini petroglyphs. I am wanting a very expensive printer that can print on thick uneven surfaces to further my goals. I have way too many goals also.
I call that little spin off business, ~♥~ Dont Look Petrographicsâ„¢ ~♥~

This photo I took of a small part of an antique vase. Picasa/picnik provided the digital effects, text elements and the quickie digital framing.
The copyright does little to secure my photo (if you post it on the web, consider it stolen) but it sure strokes my huge ego.
The background was the inside of a "security" mailing envelope.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_9a8nDInPVGE/TUxInKVmnhI/AAAAAAAAJs8/p13zjBXzaG4/s512/IMG_2491-4.JPG (broken link)

[Threerun]

Originally Posted by janab

It's better after a couple days old too!!
wow, 40° this am!! gentle breeze up here on "WindyHill" ranchette so far

It was pretty windy in town Helena this morning. Had to angle into it to walk into the office!

[Rickers]

Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

Remember, the Twenty-first century began just after midnight on January 1, 2001.

That did make it easy. Did it not ? ~♥~

[montygarlic]

Originally Posted by Threerun

It was pretty windy in town Helena this morning. Had to angle into it to walk into the office!

This condition will prevail until the Legislative session closes, I'm afraid.

The weather may be adverse during this time as well...


mg

[Clark Fork Fantast]

Originally Posted by montygarlic

This condition will prevail until the Legislative session closes, I'm afraid.

The weather may be adverse during this time as well...


mg

Good one!

[Reziac]

Originally Posted by montygarlic

This condition will prevail until the Legislative session closes, I'm afraid.

The weather may be adverse during this time as well...

Hmm. That explains the heat wave.

[Rickers]

I know it got up to and perhaps over 34 deg. F. today in our little corner of the county and my snow started to slush out but I'm thinking it will refreeze tonight.

[Reziac]

Here's some fun archeological stuff:

Saudi Aramco World : Desktop Archeology

[Rickers]

They (The Russians) are getting real close to this sub-glacial lake.
I'm wondering how much pressure the lake water is under and if they can keep it from inter mingling with ocean water. And we thought knapweed was bad.
Is this on anyone's radar ? I bet it gets on the news when they break through, they are very close, only a few meters left. There are British and American teams drill to other lakes as we speak but the Russians are going to tout this as their flag on the moon if it doesn't turn into a catastrophe.