The coldest winter I ever spent
On November 2nd, there was a talk given at Swissnex in San Francisco titled “Fire Arts and Burning Desires: Flame as a creative medium with Burning Man fire artists”. The presenters were Dave X, Crimson Rose, Lucy Hosking, Wally Glenn, Bill Codding, Louis Brill, and (certainly not least) several Flaming Lotus Girls!
You can watch the entire 100 minute presentation on Fora.tv!
WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO CALL
Here is a list of certain representative occupations, together with times, which have been found to be particularly good for calling and arranging appointments.
Adjuster…………………………. 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Advertisers……………………… acct. execs. and media after 3:00 p.m.
Advertisers………………………. production manager 10:30 a.m.
Architects……………………….. late afternoon
Artist, Commercial…………….. 2:30 p.rn.to 3:30p.m.
Attorneys………………………… before 9am or after 4pm (receptionist is out 12-1)
Auditors (CPA’s)……………….. between 12th and 20th of the month
Bankers………………………….. before 10:00 a.m.
Brokers Builders……………….. after the stock market is closed
Chemists……………………….. .late afternoon
Clergy…………………………….. midweek
Commission Merchants……….. after 2:30 p.m.
Contractors ……….. before 7 or after 5
Dairy Superintendents………… late afternoon
Dentists………………………….. prior to 7:00 a.m. (check for days off)
Department Stores…………….. 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Dietitians…………………………. 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Doctors…………………………… 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. (check for days off)
Executives………………………… early morning or mid-morning
Grocers……………………………. 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Movers…………………………….. from 4th-8th of the mo. or 17th-22nd of mo.
Human Resource Directors… early morning or mid-morning
Pharmacists…………………………. 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Photographers…………………… mid-morning
Printers…………………………… after 3:00 p.m.
Publishers……………………….. after 3:00 p.m.
Publishing Agents……………… first thing in a.m. or after lunch (except Monday & Friday)
Real Estate People……………. mid-morning, mid-week, no Mondays
Retail Store Managers………… urban – half-hour before opening
Retirement Homes…………. 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Surgeons………………………… mid-afternoon
Traffic Managers……………….. 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Wholesalers…………………….. before 10:00 a.m. or Saturday morning
For my friends, here’s the short form:
We’re having a big event at the SOMArts gallery in San Francisco on Friday November 30th from 7pm-1am. We’re setting up at least 1/2 of the Angel of the Apocalypse in the large interior space (the whole thing won’t fit!). SWARM is bringing several robots to entertain people. The focus of the event is that FLG is auctioning off a bunch of signed and lipstick kissed prints of our work. I’ve seen a selection and they’re pretty spectacular! I encourage you to go and oogle at the pictures. It’s FREE. It’s HIP. It’s FUN. See you Friday!
Here’s the invite——–
FLAMING LOTUS GIRLS: FLAMING ART; LIPSTICK KISSES
A Gallery Show
Who: Those mavens of lipstick and accelerants, The Flaming Lotus Girls
What: A Gallery Show Fundraiser for the FLG’s!
When: Friday, November 30th, 2007, 7pm-1am
Where: Somarts Gallery
Why: Because YOU want to see more super giant fire art!
Come join the hot ladies (and gentlemen) of the world-famous Flaming Lotus Girls fire art group for an evening of art, flame and fabulous outfits.
Over 40 different photographers and a handful of local artists have donated their art for a silent auction benefiting the FLG’s, so they can continue their quest for world domination through stainless steel and kerosene.
The FLG’s are taking their spectacular interactive fire sculpture, The Serpent Mother, on a World Tour to spread the gospel of fire art and metalwork empowerment. The Serpent Mother was first seen at The Burning Man festival in
The rest of the world deserves to see The Serpent Mother in all of her 168-foot majesty. Come enjoy the all the art and make this and other amazing projects possible!
The Flaming Lotus Girls are an all-volunteer, all-awesome San Francisco-based group of female and male artists who work hard all year round to create exceptional fire art and provide a resource for learning metalworking and other mad essential shop skillz. The youngest FLG is 18 months, and the oldest is 70 years! The FLG’s enjoy creating fire art on a gargantuan scale, just as you enjoy watching the fruits of their labor! Come support this amazing phenomenon and have a fab time doing it!
See more at FlamingLotus.Wordpress.com
Here are some tips on how to find new businesses in an area
1. California Contractors State License Board Updates daily with newest license numbers. Go
up one number at a time and check the city… the latest number is about 900,000.
2. www.yellowpages.com Select yellow pages, basic search. Enter heading name and area. Scroll down to “all listings” and identify new listings
5. City/County Business Lists РCheck AT&T Government pages (pg 4 for city Offices РFinance Department or Business License Department; pg 5 or so for the county clerk recorders office address and ph #. Some offices will mail/email you directly the list ̦n an on-going basis
6. Newspapers (Sacramento Bee and any free ones out there; Classifieds, Home & Garden Section)
7. Valupak – Coupons (or any other coupons, junk mail or items thrown on your doorstep); Clipper Magazine or other coupons magazines that get mailed to you.
8. Have lunch/drive in parking lots of building materials, hardware Stores, lumber Stores, plumbing supply Stores, landscape supply Stores, etc. Where contractors get their supplies.
9. Have lunch/drive in parking lots of Fast Food restaurants at lunchtime. Great time to catch contractors eating lunch/collect numbers on trucks.
10. Attend Chamber Mixers, Community Events, Home Shows
11. Pick up monthly chamber newsletters at the beginning of each month for new members, upcoming events, i.e. ribbon cutting ceremonies.
12. Check community/bulletin boards, Collect cards and post your own. Coffee shops, churches, gyms, bakeries, car washes, pet supply Stores or warehouses, etc.
13. Join a local association – NETWORK!
14. Look for signs. ‘Grand Opening’, ‘Under New Management’, ‘Corning Soon’ This includes signs that contractor stick in the ground or set up on a Job site.
15. Reference USA. You can get free access through the San Francisco Public Library… here.
From Amaker
As some of you might know, a friend, Todd Blair (toddblair.wordpress.com), was seriously injured at the last SRL show in Amsterdam.
I’m asking for donations from artisans, crafters, and technicians to sell at a benefit on December 1st, 2007 (http://www.srl.org/shows/events/todd/). 100% of the sales will go to Todd’s recovery fund. The benefit will be held at SOMArts please come.
(Please feel free to donate items that could be sold, even if you didn’t make it.)
Please send donations before Nov.26th to:
Todd Blair
c/o Munroe Motors
412 Valencia Street (@ 15th)
San Francisco, CA 94103
Please include:
* Your Name
* Website and/or Email
* Suggested retail price
* Item description
The event website will include links to your work. We are hoping to drum up attention before, during and after the event – so this is a gift that would give exposure back to you.
Please help us by forwarding this to your friends and colleagues.
Please contact Judy email: bigmo[nospam]nster@pon.net if you have any questions.
Thank you in advance for helping.
Don’t look at these. They’ll hurt your eyes.
Update 10-13-08: Don’t use the following instructions. AT&T has changed their program. Instead follow this link and use these instructions.
If you are signing up for AT&T Wireless, you can get a $25 gift card directly from AT&T by signing up for the Refer-A-Friend program. $25 free money.
Here’s what you should do:
That’s it! AT&T will send each of us a $25 gift card in about 3 months
This AT&T referral program is just like getting at $25 discount on your first wireless bill. The coupon comes in the form of a credit card / gift card that you can use to pay your AT&T telephone bill or at AT&T company owned stores
Since 2006 I’ve been using one of those “little” long distance phone companies that you’ve never heard of. I’m very happy with it and can recommend them to you.
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My long distance telephone bill went from $15-20 per month to $4-7 per month.
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I’d appreciate it if, when you try them, you tell them I sent you. I get something like 5% of whatever your phone bill is. Here is how to sign up:
Their in-state toll rate depends on what state you live in. Look on their website for your state. Some states are inexpensive ( California is 3.9 cents/min) and some are more expensive (Idaho is 14.2 cents/min). I don’t know what competing rates are like in your area so look out for it.
Went to this last night. It was cool. They said a video of it will be on fora.tv really soon. Fora.tv looks cool too….. “There are brilliant ideas, expressed everyday in public discussions and events, all over the world. Don’t miss them”
Fire Arts & Burning Desires
Flame as a creative medium with Burning Man fire artists
02 Nov 2007 from 6:30 PM to 10:30 PM Pacific Time
Practical Information:
Location:
730 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94111
Cost:
Suggested donation $10
In partnership with:
LEONARDO
In collaboration with Burning Man and Leonardo Journal, swissnex San Francisco presents an evening symposium entitled “Fire Arts and Burning Desires” with presentations by several Burning Man fire artists who will discuss the use of their work with fire as a creative medium.
From a pyrrhic highlight to a transcendent interaction, when is fire an appropriate part of a sculptural statement? How to use fire in a safe way for both the artist and the audience? Get a peek behind the scenes of the creation of previous Burning Man fire art spectacles.
Fire Arts & Burning Desires is hosted by swissnex San Francisco and presented by Burning Man and Leonardo Journal, who recently collaborated in publishing an exclusive collection of essays and photographs on the Fire Arts of Burning Man (LJ Volume 40 issue # 4).
Speakers attending the symposium will include Crimson Rose (The Fire Goddess), The Flaming Lotus Girls, (TBA), Bill Codding (The Burninator), Wally Glen (The Zen Fire Garden), Lucy Hoskins (Satin’s Calliope) and DaveX who will discuss the safety parameters of working with fire in an artistic way.
For fore information or questions please contact event producer Louis M. Brill.
Program
6:30pm: Registration and aperitif
7:00pm: Introduction by Louis M. Brill, swissnex San Francisco and Leonardo Journal
7:20pm: Symposium starts
8:50pm: Q&A
9:15pm: Networking and finger food
10:00pm: Doors close
