The Warped Woodturner (TWW) is a local artist traveling his artist's journey in a suburb of Springbrook, WI (pop. 536). TWW's creative calling is to use a wood lathe to make useless objects from locally-sequestered organic carbon for tourists to bring back to the city to give to people they had to buy something for but do not like that much. His target market is the senior citizens since their vision is not as good as it used to be so cannot see the defects as well. His marketing jingle is: “Bowls as simple as their creator”.

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Abbey's Rules for Successful Freeloading

Abby (not from AZ) was nice enough to pass along some of her rules for being a successful freeloader. All aspiring freeloaders should read her rules carefully. As you read them remember Abbey (not from AZ) is only about 27" tall so that is how she sees the world.


Abbey's (not from AZ) Rules:

1. Be observant. Everything that has two legs is a potential donor (this excludes chairs and tables since they have four legs).

2. Keep your expectations low and do not jump up on people.

3. Always look appreciative when something with two legs notices you even if you have not gotten a handout yet.

4. Never beg, ask favors or tell people how dumb you are by creating a mess you need help with and expect a donation.

5. Use every means possible to show appreciation like looks and tail language.

6. Finally, never leave your premiums in places where people can step on them especially if they are fresh.


Note to new viewers: For more information on the theory of successful country freeloading see this link: LINK

Anthropogenic Global Warming quote for the day


"Divergence problem

The divergence problem is the disagreement between the temperatures measured by the thermometers (instrumental temperatures) on one side and the temperatures reconstructed from the widths of tree rings on the other side, in the northern forests.

While the thermometer records indicate a substantial warming trend, many tree rings do not display a corresponding change in their width.[1] A temperature trend extracted from tree rings alone would not show any substantial warming. The temperature graphs calculated in these two ways thus "diverge" from one another since the 1950s, which is the origin of the term."


Something to remember when the AGW cultists tell you the tree rings prove something about the climate in the past.


source of quote: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendroclimatology

Monday, December 14, 2009

Gourmet dinner white elephant present


This was the first real test of the Beall buffing system seen in the December 2nd post. The thing really works. Bowl is about 1 1/2" by 7" cherry.

A sign of the times?

This sign is outside a homeless camp in Colorado (hot link to http://www.wnd.com/images/091212obamaville.jpg so TWW hopes they don't mind the free plug).

Thursday, December 10, 2009

More proof of climate change

It is below zero up here in December since the climate has changed. In past years we did not get snow and cold until well into January. This AM the wind-chill was too cold to safely take a picture of the thermometer showing the temperature below zero so this will be pictureless post.

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Another sane post on climate change (whatever that is)

http://www.drroyspencer.com/2009/12/global-warming-skepticism-101/

Openess and Transparency


Our Leader promised openess and transparency in government as part of his hoax and change agenda. The Transportation Administration has complied by putting their manual for screening passengers online so anyone can see it in case they want to hijack a plane. TWW has the full document hidden in a secure location but will get you one if you need it before you head south for the winter.


Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Blasphemy

The person who wrote this article thinks our LEADER is a fraud like Tiger.

" December 08, 2009
Tiger, Barack, and the Law of Transitivity
By Lisa Schiffren

As a rule, the revelation that a married athlete (or actor, or rock star, or politician) has conducted extramarital affairs with bevy of "party girls" may titillate, but rarely has the power to shock. In those realms, these things happen. Entitled men. Willing women. Deceived wives. What's new?"

see the full article at: http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/12/tiger_barrack_and_the_law_of_t.html

Heard on the AM radio

TWW was listening today to Rush Limbaugh to learn the truth. After stumbling over something he was trying to say , Rush Limbaugh said " 'sorry folks. My mouth is going faster than my brain today".

Toilet moments


National Public Radio makes a big deal of
Driveway Moments (a link to NPR). They claim their programs at times are so good people who are listening while driving continue to listen after they get home until the program is over. TWW thinks this wastes energy and creates greenhouse gases if the car is running especially if the air conditioner is going. To help save the planet TWW is now promoting Toilet Moments. If a magazine is so good you just can't put it down then you know you have a Toilet Moment (notice the woodturning magazine in the picture). There is already an imitator site out there (http://www.toiletmoment.com ) but TWW Enterprises has nothing to do with them.

Monday, December 07, 2009

Garbin Moraine Christmas Wish List

The holiday seasons present another opportunity to explore getting people to donate to your cause. Charities do this all the time. Children also seem to do this naturally but when most people grow up they feel uncomfortable begging (unless there are a bunch of people with liberal values in their audience). In that spirit TWW has decided to make a holiday wish list -- the adult version of the letter to Santa.

Here are some items on TWW's Wishlist for the betterment of Garbin Moraine and the world:

  • a 4kw photovoltiac array
  • a lefsa rolling board
  • government transfer payments
  • a new vehicle
  • some non-TV beer
  • a faster computer with more storage space
  • some kindling for the masonry stove
Thanks for your generosity. Happy holidays.

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Another bowl for the doublewide market niche

This bowl was made by keeping the center of the tree in the middle of the bowl instead of the center of the tree being at the top of the bowl. The selling point of these bowls is they look like plywood on the outside of the bowl so should sell well with the doublewide crowd who are more used to plywood than expensive wood in their surroundings. You can see the center of the tree if you look at the bowl from the bottom or top. This is another feature the doublewide crowd likes. We are working to get Sarah Palin to do a testimonial for these bowls.




Friday, December 04, 2009

There are a few scientists out there

Here is one down south: http://www.drroyspencer.com/2009/12/climategate-ii-revenge-of-the-climate-modelers/ where it is always warm.

We don't know if he has ever eaten lutefisk or not.

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Lefse Thursday


In another successful freeloading endeavor Mrs. TWW got her friends to come over and make lefse for her. If you are not familiar with lefse, it is a Norwegian taco made from potatoes instead of corn. This is similar to making vodka from potatoes instead of whiskey from corn. They all taste funny but not as bad as fish soaked in lye. Anyway, here are some pics:











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Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Kinky grouse behavior

Buffing wood

A bowl with a bottom to prevent Al's Global Warming (AGW)


This red oak bowl with a bottom (unlike the our LEADER's plans for Afghanistan) is a carbon sequestration present for JPJP mentioned in the recent post about the latest Bowlbama. TWW is exploring getting carbon credits for his work. You may be able to cash in on them so stay tuned.



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