BUT A POOR REFLECTION: And the winner is...

Monday, October 15, 2007

And the winner is...

Me (of course). Check Vicki's blog for the official announcement. Wow, what a competition this was. I'm glad it's over, because I could barely stand the tension and excitement. And I didn't really try to get in touch with the people on Easter Island. I think they are too busy carving new sculptures anyway. But hey, it was fun.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...: Congrats, Paul! I realize that you didn't get in touch with Easter Island residents, but I had to mention that since you did make contact with the residents of our previous travels. We've all been so busy lately that this sort of slipped by the wayside - in fact, I nearly forgot that the competition ended today!

We're leaving first thing in the morning, so this is it for me for a while...gotta go pack!; 10/15/2007 10:52 pm
Art said...: Hey! I think this contest might have been "rigged" LOL...; 10/16/2007 9:19 am
Carol Douglas said...: I concede defeat. Am crying in my beer right now.; 10/17/2007 2:31 am
Paul said...: At least you have a beer. But thanks for competing. It feels so good to defeat an artist in such an artistic way. Does that make you feel any better? No? Have another beer on me.
Cheers!; 10/17/2007 9:19 am
Carol Douglas said...: Actually I didn't even have a beer--I really don't drink because of colon cancer. But I bought Doug a Chimay Ale from Belgium on my way home from NYC because he had such a terrible week--dog bit phone guy, transmission on van went, and Mary ran up $52 in library fines. Man deserved a treat.

PS: I didn't get to see either Dutch show while in NYC--was actually working too hard. Sigh.; 10/20/2007 7:46 pm

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