This & that

Ok... Bankers and hedge fund operators, all the ones that got bailed out and gave themselves bonuses. Arrest them for treason! Right now. Shoot one. Guess what'll happen?

Darts... Old guys continue to kick the youngsters butts!

Road trip... Taking too long to start for various reasons. But it's coming and I'm ready and looking forward to it.

...and thinking about all sorts of stuff, having fun doing it too, Hedge

Posting of Intensive One-on-One Lessons below

The nature of blogs...

The Craigslist report masked the Intensive Lesson post, it's below, starting at August 31.

Thanks for looking, tell your friends, tell their friends. Hedge

A Posting to Craigslist got Interesting...

So one day I placed this ad in Craigslist....

austin craigslist > for sale / wanted > barter

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Avoid scams and fraud by dealing locally! Beware any deal involving Western Union, Moneygram, wire transfer, cashier check, money order, shipping, escrow, or any promise of transaction protection/certification/guarantee.More info

I'll trade this sculpture for an iPad - $1 (78704)

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Date: 2010-08-15, 10:27AM CDT
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I'll trade this sculpture for a 32 or 64GB iPad in good/new condition. 3G is NOT required.

The sculpture is called "UP". Always positive, always points up. It's 12 x 24h x 3". Made of wenge, spanish cedar, steel and copper. Pivots between base and elongated oval, arrow spins with gravity.

I make things. Art/studio furniture, table top pieces. Thanks for looking. Hedge

e-mail or call 512 / 294 - 1812

• Location: 78704
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Why did I do it? Don't know, a whim, or folly, not expecting anything. Then I got a responce, huh... ok... Here it is:

I have a 64gb ipad that's new, wifi/3g.

Can you provide a track record of successful sculpture and/or art sales from this artist, recently, in the $700-$900 range? Also, list the artist's full name and studio or gallery that they are from. Thanks.

scottd.

Well, first off I thought it was a scam. Of course it was a scam. "Design" and "lic" were part of the domain name, sure, sell me something, promise the moon, get that good address for more scams. But, you know, it sort of looked ok and my e-mail is fairly well protected. OK, and there's a lot of people that think like that. My response:

Hi Scott Thanks for the inquiry. The iPad sounds nice. This is my work, you may come and see it, decide the value for yourself and go from there. I'm near S Lamar & Oltorf, we'll set a good time. What's Kaizen Design Lic? Just curious, Thanks Hedge Surprise, I got a real reply, color and everything: a design studio. Thanks for the reply but without verified values or sales from your work, the piece could not be valued at anything near the ipad. This is not shock to you, as an artist, I'm sure. Until your work commands value from the market, it has little. Take care and good luck. scottd. Ummm... ok... I can be a prick too, rather not... Five words: A lecture, thank you, Hedge Scott's reply made things worthwhile: Yea, sorry. Take care and good luck with your work. My reply: Thanks ...and (truthfully) thanks for looking. Hedge