I have no clue on the superthrive scenerio...
And yet, here you are, talking about anything but.
Where did I post this??
"Originally Posted by JasonG
....meaningless drivel...."
Or did you just remove my comments and put this in there? If you did then that is wrong, and if you think that my post about treating sponsers with respect is drivel then you are crazier then I thought.
I posted what I seen. Not speaking the documented facts about a product just because they once donated a single bottle of superthrive to a contest I created would be wrong. The truth can not be bought. I still thank them for their prize donation, but I also still present the facts on the product. We also have many potters who donate pots to the contest, and trust me when I say that if I learn their pots do not withstand freezing temps, if they do not have drainage holes, or otherwise fail as quality bonsai pots, I'd make it known as well. This is called presenting the truth, period. Sponsors, friends, foes, big names, nobodies, it doesn't matter.....the truth wins every time. If that's crazy, then I'm a frigging basket case.
I will continue to actually do bonsai with my hands and not get caught up in such time consuming nonsense.
And here is more meaningless drivel.
Contrary to what you and Weird Al would like to believe, no, desperately want to believe, I also
actually do bonsai with my hands. Three first place ribbons, two second place, and one third place ribbon at local shows, one first place awarded by William Valavanis himself. I have over 500 trees in the ground and a hundred more in various stages of development. I do not buy pre-bonsai, nor do I buy bonsai that have all ready been designed. I do not hire others to do my designing, growing, maintenance, or care. I do not hold this against others who choose to do so, as long as they do not act like they are responsible for the outcome of their bonsai. Checkbooksai is just not the way I want to do bonsai, but others can take their own path, just don't devalue mine.
Besides bonsai, which I have shown on at least four bonsai forums, including this one, I also study bonsai and bonsai history, I currently teach introduction to bonsai classes at a local community college, I give workshops and demos at our All State Show every year for the last three years.
I helped to launch two serious bonsai forums (more like on-line magazines) that have received high praise from some of the most advanced people in bonsai and which are the only non-commercial bonsai forums on the net. On
KoB we created the only collection of
bonsai professionals blogs, and a
who's who in bonsai that anyone can use for free to find headliners for their shows and events. On
AoB we created the webs only collection of
galleries and
interviews by some of the best artists of our time.
I have created
Internet bonsai contests that are without a doubt the best on the web and which have set records for participants, prizes, and entries, that no other bonsai contest has ever matched.
To add more, I write
articles about bonsai, many of which have been published in
some of the most premiere bonsai publications in the world and some have been translated into three languages. I am currently
editing a book for one of the best bonsai artists of our time and I am in the middle of completing a book on bonsai that covers (withheld for now).
So, you see, I do far more than just actually do bonsai with my hands, I contribute to the bonsai community every day.
Oh yeah, I have about five years in bonsai, what's your excuse?
So you, Al, and others can continue to whine, cry and throw little hissy fits, like you have for the last four years. Its never hurt me, never slowed me down, and hasn't accomplished a damn thing. I have listen to you and people like you complain when my articles get published, when a contest is successful, when a award is wion, when anything succeeds, when I post trees, when I don't, when I post, and when I don't. I have seen the Will bashing threads at BT, and I watch you and those like you flock in to threads such as this, which you had nothing to say in, just to toss jabs at me, PM moderators to complain, write letters, bitch and moan and guess what?......Four years later and I'm still getting published, I'm still invited to teach and speak, I am an editor at two forums and a moderator at another, my book is doing well, AoB and KoB are still up, who's who has been launched, we were at the first National Exhibition as sponsors, and we will be at the World Bonsai Convention this July, as sponsors.
Oh yeah, and after my few years in the art, my bonsai are also doing quite well.
(What this forum needs is a
Trunk Monkey so we can keep on topic and get rid of the master baiters and trouble makers)
Living the dream,
Will