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My first posted shot with the new cam...

1/250 sec, f/32, ISO160, 100mm w/500D, 550-EX 0EC/0FEC M1/1, manual focus/handheld

I put a lot of work into this one. I'm battling some serious sensor dust right now, so that is something I need to address. I'll try to post some more later. Let me know what you think...

Lunch with Bob and Joe was nice. It's truly a beautiful day outside. I have so much work to do, but I can't help but daydream of the weekend freedom jut around the corner. I can't wait.

The 1Ds RAW TIF converted to 16 bit TIF for PS editing works out to 65MB per image at 100% crop. I need a faster computer.

Photo history.

So the local boys are being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, eh? It's a small world. The lady that I buy coffee from in the morning when through elementary and middle school in Billy's class and still play bridge with his mom. I ran into him at a local restaurant last year... having drinks right next to me. He fit the part. Rock and Roll duds from head to toe. You just can't get away with wearing shit like that unless you can back it up with 12 Gold, 7 Platinum, and 4 Multi-Platinum records. Put that it your pipe and smoke it.

A lady walks into a drug store and tells the pharmacist she needs some cyanide. The pharmacist says, " Why in the world do you need cyanide?" The lady then explained she needed it to poison her husband. The pharmacist's eyes got big and he said, " Lord have mercy, I can't give you cyanide to kill your husband! That's against the law! They'll throw both of us in jail and I'll lose my license." Then the lady reached into her purse and pulled out a picture of her husband in bed with the pharmacist's wife and handed it to the pharmacist. The pharmacist looked at the picture and replied, "Well now, you didn't tell me you had a prescription."

I must sincerely apologize for my falling off the face of the Earth... not that it really matters to anyone, but I've been... umm... busy. First off, work has sucked major ass recently. Calls after hours, night time, boss over reacting about shit he doesn't understand... you know... typical life of an IT type person. Although I have everything else under control and ends used to being loose of recent tied up, I'm now working against a ridiculous deadline to write some standards documents that are relatively meaningless in the current structure of responsibility at my (dis)organization. I have four (yes 4) business days to write about a month's worth of verbiage. It sucks. The CEO of my (dis)organization rolled in this morning and gave an impromptu speech on my floor. He comes across as a very intelligent man with a plan and I'm sure that I could deeply respect him as a leader if given time. Unfortunately, I don't plan on staying here for the long haul. The crazy weather in Houston caused all sorts of wind related chaos in my neighborhood. Pieces of trees litter the streets. Outside of all the hustle bustle recently, I am happy to announce that my replacement camera is in hand. Dream a little dream. I am both utterly and completely amazed at this fine piece of state of the art technology before me. It represents a mountain of challenges to climb as it is much more sophisticated than I ever expected, but between my love of nature photography and the commitments I've made to do holiday photos of friends' family young-uns, I'm sure I'll get plenty of practice over the next month or two. The goal is to be proficient in navigating this starship by spring when mother nature wakes up. I have a meeting with my boss and his boss in like 10 minutes... gotta run... more later...

The age old question unravelled.

Un-real.

Damn sensor dust!

Today's Stock Market Report: Helium was up; Feathers were down; Paper was stationary; Fluorescent tubing was dimmed in light trading; Knives were up sharply; Cows steered into a bull market; Pencils lost a few points; Hiking equipment was trailing; Elevators rose, while escalators continued their slow decline; Weights were up in heavy trading; Light switches were off; Mining equipment hit rock bottom; Diapers remain unchanged; Shipping lines stayed at an even keel; The market for raisins dried up; Coca Cola fizzled; Caterpillar stock inched up a bit; Sun peaked at midday; Balloon prices were inflated; and, Scott Tissue touched a new bottom.

Today is the day. November 18, 2003. The new site is up. The national release of Buried in Your Black Heart is today. Today is the day muthafukkas. Go spend your money on all that is good about Rock. Spend your money the way Gawd intended.

Home at last. Oh yes... weather = bad.

Weather = Bad They just called to evacuate my building. I'm swimming home.