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optimism running rampant
optimism running rampant
With baseball season approaching I figure I'll start an online FREE Fantasy baseball league. So if you are interested go to the CBS Sports Public Enemies, (NOT Public Enemies Columbus) it's in the 1050 area. (Winner gets free beer) It's will be a head to head league meaning you go against another team each week. I believe you set your roster before each week??( some one chime in here). I've never been in one like this before so . . . . . . . Password is PEC. The draft will be live but I'm pretty sure you can automate it and I can change the date and time. I just defaulted it to Monday the 6th which is raising red flags now that I type it . . . . hmmmmmm why is my red flag warning lights going off in my head. Open to suggestions = any day but Sunday the 5th which for some reason I can not click on.
If I don't get enough people that read this (I doubt I will) I'll go over to . . . . . gulp . . . Imdb.
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DJ and I were eating at the Argus yesterday ( great great food BTW under new ownership) and I took this sort of random, under my arm, RAW photo. I'm having fun shooting RAW. RAW is a format that does nothing at all to the photo (unlike jpeg). RAW image files are sometimes called digital negatives as they fulfill the same role as a negative in film photography, that is, the negative is not directly usable as an image, but has all of the information needed to create an image.
Thus - it's a whole new ballgame for me and I'm having a blast.
You don't see all of my swing and miss photos!! LOL
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Public Enemies Parade Float. I suppose we should, at SOME POINT, have a tiny meeting to discuss the float in the 4th of July Parade. I have several Picture Cars Drivers planning on attending(with their cars). Not that I know who they should contact about the parade).
It also seems I'll have to call people about the July 25th event. Email is getting no response and I wonder how many people really look at email. They HAVE email accounts but do they READ email accounts.
April 6th is our next Celebration meeting . . . . . hey! wait a minute . . . . . April 6th??
AHHH HAAA!!!
Cancel the April 6th draft day. suggestions? Maybe automating would be the way to go?
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I got this from Chris C. I believe he was security up at Little Bo and down here at Da Dells.
This has to do with the movie "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" and it's villain John Travolta . . . . . . wait a minute, is that John Travolta??
no no - THIS is John Travolta. That other guy is A.J. McLean from the Backstreet Boys.
Now Chris said it was scary how close they matched. I said it was scary that he knew what A.J. McLean from the Backstreet Boys actually looked like.
Thanks Chris.
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Did I mention that the Red Bud Bakery location will become a Hamburger joint? I think this is an outstanding location for this kind of place. The James Street Dining location I think just sucks. Wrong side of the street. Facing north on a hill is one bad thing but you have a giant eye catcher in the City Hall that draws you attention away.
That giant eye catcher works perfectly for the Red Bud burger joint. Your eyes just travel up the street to the tower. People need to look at locations like it's a photo, where do your eyes travel and why. How can you make it work for you!
Speaking of the Uday Dam. I'm going to say this once and let it go away as I know I am in disagreement with 50% of Columbonions ( yet in agreement with 50%).
I am pro destructing the dam. I feel the river should be allowed to run it's course naturally. A navigational river flowing through Columbus would make it possible for more small business. Another point is it would release all the toxins built up over the last 100 years that are laying behind the dam.
The dam has no purpose and while I'm 100% for keeping history, this piece of history is not beautiful and has no purpose. By keeping the dam we will only be passing on more problems to future residents of Columbus. Fix the gate now and in 50 years we will have to fix it again. Who is responsible for raising and lowering a meaningless gate. And if it is open or closed at the wrong time will also open the flood gates of bickering and decision making about WHY it was open of closed at the wrong time.
Taking the dam out now will eliminate future problems.
I'm not going to be jumping on any big band wagons on this because I'm trying to stay away from band wagonizing. It just stresses me out and I have too many other projects in the works at the moment.
I will voice my opinion if anybody cares though.
If I don't get enough people that read this (I doubt I will) I'll go over to . . . . . gulp . . . Imdb.
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DJ and I were eating at the Argus yesterday ( great great food BTW under new ownership) and I took this sort of random, under my arm, RAW photo. I'm having fun shooting RAW. RAW is a format that does nothing at all to the photo (unlike jpeg). RAW image files are sometimes called digital negatives as they fulfill the same role as a negative in film photography, that is, the negative is not directly usable as an image, but has all of the information needed to create an image.
Thus - it's a whole new ballgame for me and I'm having a blast.
You don't see all of my swing and miss photos!! LOL======================================
Public Enemies Parade Float. I suppose we should, at SOME POINT, have a tiny meeting to discuss the float in the 4th of July Parade. I have several Picture Cars Drivers planning on attending(with their cars). Not that I know who they should contact about the parade).
It also seems I'll have to call people about the July 25th event. Email is getting no response and I wonder how many people really look at email. They HAVE email accounts but do they READ email accounts.
April 6th is our next Celebration meeting . . . . . hey! wait a minute . . . . . April 6th??
AHHH HAAA!!!
Cancel the April 6th draft day. suggestions? Maybe automating would be the way to go?
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I got this from Chris C. I believe he was security up at Little Bo and down here at Da Dells.
This has to do with the movie "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" and it's villain John Travolta . . . . . . wait a minute, is that John Travolta??
no no - THIS is John Travolta. That other guy is A.J. McLean from the Backstreet Boys.
Now Chris said it was scary how close they matched. I said it was scary that he knew what A.J. McLean from the Backstreet Boys actually looked like.Thanks Chris.
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Did I mention that the Red Bud Bakery location will become a Hamburger joint? I think this is an outstanding location for this kind of place. The James Street Dining location I think just sucks. Wrong side of the street. Facing north on a hill is one bad thing but you have a giant eye catcher in the City Hall that draws you attention away.
That giant eye catcher works perfectly for the Red Bud burger joint. Your eyes just travel up the street to the tower. People need to look at locations like it's a photo, where do your eyes travel and why. How can you make it work for you!
Speaking of the Uday Dam. I'm going to say this once and let it go away as I know I am in disagreement with 50% of Columbonions ( yet in agreement with 50%).
I am pro destructing the dam. I feel the river should be allowed to run it's course naturally. A navigational river flowing through Columbus would make it possible for more small business. Another point is it would release all the toxins built up over the last 100 years that are laying behind the dam.
The dam has no purpose and while I'm 100% for keeping history, this piece of history is not beautiful and has no purpose. By keeping the dam we will only be passing on more problems to future residents of Columbus. Fix the gate now and in 50 years we will have to fix it again. Who is responsible for raising and lowering a meaningless gate. And if it is open or closed at the wrong time will also open the flood gates of bickering and decision making about WHY it was open of closed at the wrong time.
Taking the dam out now will eliminate future problems.
I'm not going to be jumping on any big band wagons on this because I'm trying to stay away from band wagonizing. It just stresses me out and I have too many other projects in the works at the moment.
I will voice my opinion if anybody cares though.
Where is Uday Dam? Is that the dam over by Habib's place?
ReplyDeleteLOL!! THAT is funny (but only if you have read the blog for a while)
ReplyDeleteI went to Argus once. I loved it! I just don't get downtown much :(
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you about the dam. It serves no purpose anymore and it is going to cost A LOT more to fix it than to take it out. I do not want my tax $$ going to that useless project.
ReplyDeleteDonna Leisses is the person to call about the 4th parade: 623-3971 It may take more than one call....
Good for you Rod... taking a public stand on political issues... good for you!
ReplyDeleteAnd I am planning to begin flying random flags on MY flag pole which has been the subject of much debate. The British Columbia one is top of the pile in the garage so it will likely get first dibs... followed perhaps by a pirate flag, an Australian flag, and who knows what else
When I'm stressed out I like to create new words too... ;)
ReplyDeletePublic Enemies Fantasy Baseball & Uday Dam>>>>>>>>>
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