Artbrock's Photo-blog and Occasional Ramblings

That is hell to clean up, but that is Awesome! I ...

2009-08-05T10:45:43.262-06:00

That is hell to clean up, but that is Awesome! I made a big one like that in my yard one Halloween. I like yours better--mine was not so complex.

well, love, you know i'm in. :)

2008-09-28T22:18:27.152-06:00

well, love, you know i'm in. :)

Cool dude. You know I'm in someway or another...

2008-09-19T06:57:02.717-06:00

Cool dude. You know I'm in someway or another...

You may be interested in my quest for naturalistic...

2008-09-07T21:15:10.551-06:00

You may be interested in my quest for naturalistic spirituality.

Specifically, my thought is that naturalistic spiritualities tend towards abstraction and "awe," which feel like "weak beer" for the soul.

That is, I have found, by self-introspection, that the imaginative is actually an essential ingredient for the heart to authentically express itself!

I was wondering what to do with this, ("But the real world doesn't operate by imagination!"), and after a time, came up with, "We need to change our attitude towards the imagination."

But what would that mean? How do we do it? This is something I am presently researching.

For an all-volunteer site, dedicated to small busi...

2008-05-04T14:05:49.935-06:00

For an all-volunteer site, dedicated to small businesses who wish to succeed in federal government contracting, please see the above site:

http://www.smalltofeds.blogspot.com/

The federal government will contract in excess of $80B to small businesses in the next fiscal year.
There are over 50 agencies or "Departments" in the federal government. Each of these agencies has a statutory obligation to contract from small business for over 20% of everything it buys.

Contracting officers must file reports annually demonstrating they have fulfilled this requirement. Not fulfilling the requirement can put agency annual funding in jeopardy. Small business has a motivated customer in federal government contracting officers and buyers.

Large business, under federal procurement law, must prepare and submit annual "Small Business Contracting Plans" for approval by the local Defense Contract Management Area Office (DCMAO) nearest their headquarters. These plans must include auditable statistics regarding the previous 12 month period in terms of contracting to small businesses and the goals forecast for the next year.

The federal government can legally terminate a contract in a large business for not meeting small business contracting goals. Approved small business plans must accompany large business contract proposals submitted to federal government agencies. Small businesses have motivated customers in large business subcontract managers, administrators and buyers.

There are set-aside opportunities available for small entities,veterans, disabled veterans, women and minorities. All it takes is navigating the system, persistance, asking questions, registering, marketing, teaming and working hard.

Small Business America is good at that.

Oh! I do so looooove Miss Glenda! Happy to see h...

2008-04-18T06:18:02.580-06:00

Oh! I do so looooove Miss Glenda! Happy to see her here!

Ciao bello! (They actually say that where I live, so it doesn't seem so cheesy, right?)
Rebecca
rebeccaadventures.blogspot.com

This photo makes my chin look HUGE! (or, ginormous...

2007-11-22T00:38:18.476-07:00

This photo makes my chin look HUGE! (or, ginormous, as Jasper would say)

I like how you're thinking...giving yourself a fun...

2007-11-19T16:07:08.866-07:00

I like how you're thinking...giving yourself a fun way to start interacting with your blog, instead of trying to create things that are significant.

Rock on!

hear hear! I'm all for silly content (whether pict...

2007-11-19T14:42:27.535-07:00

hear hear! I'm all for silly content (whether pictured or put into words). Keep 'em coming, Art.

I'll post the Feist photos, but I'm going to reseq...

2007-11-19T11:05:01.039-07:00

I'll post the Feist photos, but I'm going to resequence the dates so that they're on the day of the concert. They will confusingly pre-date these comments.

I really love this photo. The new camera on your p...

2007-11-18T14:05:46.410-07:00

I really love this photo. The new camera on your phone is really great! Did any of the Feist photos turn out well?

Well, apparently it worked and I can now blog and/...

2007-11-03T01:39:19.539-06:00

Well, apparently it worked and I can now blog and/or photo blog from my cell phone. Creepy!