04.05.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:49 am by Super K
WOW, That must be some Chicken!
Here’s the tradition- The family decorates eggs for the Holidays, since there are no children to pack baskets for, this is what they came up with. It’s a friendly competition where each person selects an egg from the collective basket, and then one pair at a time they rap the pointy ends of the eggs together to see who’s egg is strongest. If your egg cracks you’re out. This year we thought we’d stack the deck just a bit. Since baby ostriches need help from Mom to get out of the eggs, I figured that would be a great way to win this year. We ordered an egg on line- it came to us cleaned out and with a 1/2″ hole in the big end- Man is that shell thick! JoAnn painted it with the Face paints and we tucked into the very bottom of the basket. Covered up with a piece of Bright Easter Material, the grass and other eggs were then placed around it so no one would be the wiser. JoAnn then passed the basket around and once had everyone choose their “winner”; JoAnn would graciously choose last. She reached under the cloth and casually said, ” I guess I’ll have to settle for this last one…” no one was ready for the Ostrich egg! They all had a good laugh and JoAnn grabbed a regular egg and we still lost to her brother Frank. I still say she should have used the big one!
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03.25.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 1:28 pm by Super K
Thanks Mr Dave and Shana- 3 Ring Entertainment
I am still in the middle of organizing my 4 part Series of Balloon Flowers for Professionals and I came across this- I had to take a break and post! What a talented pair of entertainers- If you want to find out more about them, click here: http://www.3RingEntertainers.com
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03.19.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:13 am by Super K
Brass Fanfare Click here for Music
Well, I have been through a few wringers and what has resulted is a new idea for web content, new Site design and of course I have found a new email program. Well, new to me. I am now using Outlook. The old pain in the keister Outlook. I have realized that is now does almost everything I need my Email program to do, and even more!
I have been looking for a graphic friendly program for a while now and there it is, right under my nose. Cool signatures, E Business cards, And a graphic interface that allows me to put Graphics right in the body of my emails. Ho,Ho, you say, that’s always been there. Sure, but I hated the ungainly way it handles email. I still do, but My business is a graphics Rich one and to be able to include examples of my work right in the body! wow! No more unwieldy attachments(well, Less anyway) and the colors and options I can now use are already getting my head spinning.
So excited, had to post about this. I hpe one day you all can get as amped up about something.
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02.24.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 2:19 am by Super K
Wow, what a ride! I just got home from, for me, a marathon plane ride. From Kenosha to Milwaulkee (via Lexi’s Generous Taxi Service!) from there, scanned, wanded, patted down, both carry on and checked luggage searched! I expect to be wanded it because I do have a Titanium Rod in my leg from an old Motorcycle accident, but I have never had a bag neither checked nor carried on searched. Odd feeling- but oh, well. its for my safety right? Hummm…. Then into the terminal to sit for the prescribed 2 hours of preflight. From there, my Flight to Baltimore and a 20 minute layover, then off to Denver for another 20minutes, then home to Orange County. Actual time on the plane? I haven’t got a clue! I started at 1:25pm Milwaukee Time, then to the east coast where it was an hour and a half flying time and a one hour time zone loss- then a 5 hour flight to Denver and a loss of 2 more time zone hours, then to OC for one more time zone after 3 1/2 hours of flight time. So total = ? Again, who knows? I felt like it was two days! And when I was picked up, just to add to the wonderful excursion, my sweet girlfriend pulls up in her Mercedes (the luggage fit on the drop off!) with a trunk full of Face painting gear- turns out she thought she’d cleared the trunk after the gig on the Saturday before. – Oh, well, a quick 40 minute round trip to drop off one bag of mine and the face painting gear, then back for me. I was whooped.
Though thouroughly tired, it was a hugely successful trip- I not only got to visit my Grandchildren, got to teach my Maddie a few new twists, and got to Jam with wonderful friends and show off my Daughter and Son-in-law to them at Twist and Shout, I also was able to do an out of state birthday party to expand the publics awareness of the things we can do with balloons! Happy Birthday Maddie, Emilie, Maya and Lauren!
Huge thanks to : Chris and Lexi for their Hospitality and love, the Grandkids for being themselves, to Miss Sharon and Abba for sharing and extending trust to their daughter’s party entertainment to a far a way stranger and to all the new friends I met at Lexi’s and at the Party! What Wisconsin lacks in temperature, it makes up in friendly open arms. Going back, I will do two things though, 1. Spring! I won’t go back until the snow melts— and 2, a direct flight there and back! One can OD on Peanuts and Pretzels- not a good thing.
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02.11.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 2:04 pm by Super K
Just got a photo of my 6 year old Granddaughter and her balloon dog. She blew up the balloon, Mom tied it, and then she twisted the head, front feet and back feet. A little marker work for the face and viola! Pretty good dog. I am heading out that way, from what we in So Cal consider a cold 59 degrees to a FRIGID 27 (thankfully!) above zero. They are in Kenosha Wisconsin, Home of the Chrysler Engine plant, DJ Elert and the Majiloon Pump, some of the quaintest little restaurants you ever could imagine and my daughters family. I am flying out for a visit and a Birthday Party. I was going to go solo as the balloon artist for the party, but now I see that I either have a cute-able assistant, or a little competition. It’s going to be a great party. I have included the photo so everyone can see what a cutie she is. Yup, takes after her Grandfather.
Look at the Cute Faces!
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02.02.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:43 am by Super K
Larry Moss is trying to secure funding for his latest project. A huge undertaking, this will invovle lots of people, lots of twisting and lots of balloons. For the full story mosey on over to his site http://airigami.com Basically this is walk on the wild side- Prehistoric wild side that is. In a scalable and flexible museum exhibit type event, this would take the spectators on a walk through time, yup, Dinosaurs in their full Latex Glory. A full sized T-Rex? perhaps, a Velociraptor? , Brontosaur? Pteradon? I don’t know the lineup of animals but I sure hope that it comes to the West Coast for a visit. What Larry needs is funding. I am sure that donations will be accepted through his site- please go there if you want to donate, but he is also asking us to vote-
Pepsi is holding a competition for funding- A whole lot of money, with the top ten vote getters get funding! So Larry also needs us to vote for the project. You can do that by going to http://www.refresheverything.com/ElasticPark once per day and vote. From Feb 1- Hey thats today!- to Feb 28 visit and vote each day. Lets get Larry his funding and get this history project heading in the right direction!
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01.29.10
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:30 pm by Super K
Okay Balloon Fans, here goes nothing. There are two Conventions coming up: Twist and Shout and World Balloon Convention. If there are others I did not mention, feel free to set me straight. I met Patty and Royal Sorrell last year, what a treat. Two of the busiest yet nice people I have seen in a long while. I have yet to meet the Vlamis’ but I understand that they to are very nice people to be around. I am headed to Chicago in three weeks or so, but I am not going to be able to go to most of the T&S convention. I will be there for a few Jams, but I have a scheduled Gig in Kenosha Wisconsin on the 20th and I was thinking two birds, so to speak. I am going to be at the entire WBC event as I am working there! I was extended he honor of the post of gofer- A private in the Conventions army. I will be responsible for , well, nothing- I will betold where to go and what to do once I get there. I am looking forward to working with everyone and meeting every single person there. PLease post below whether you will be ther or not. I will look for you specifically.Now to see if I did this right.
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