I have a brilliant idea!!

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optimism running rampant (at some point)

I should not even post this because any good photographer is not THAT good - he/she just only shows you the good photos and not the bad ones. For every good shot there are 10 bad ones, at least for me.

But for many years I have wondered HOW a certain photographic look is achieved. Then Monday I went to the Madison Post Office on the Isthmus (did you know Madison is one of only two cities in the world built on an Isthmus . . .what does THAT tell ya?) and there was a display and my mouth dropped open.

So for the last two days I have spent 99% of my waking non-working hours obsessing over HDR with Tone Mapping. The PROBLEM is that I only have one set of photographs to work with. You see for this technique you need a LOT of contrast and if you remember yesterday and the heavy fog . . . . not a lot of contrast for photos.

With that said here is the one and only photo I could use, Shot late Monday just before the Public Enemies meeting and I used my free (now purchased) new software.

Rather amateurish but give me time. You can see where I had to delete advertising off the photo and I really did a poor job but - it's just a practice photo.

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We had Invisible Fence people come out and they gave us an estimate ($1,500) for putting in a fence and training Blake (should take 5 minutes) and Milo (weeks). After the woman left we figured we should TRY to put a collar on Milo. So we picked a nice blue cheap one up and attached it to Milo next.

That is Milo on the right - he looks totally evil doesn't he.

Not one single problem. It's like he didn't care at all. We had tried a harness and he FREAKED out with that but a collar was a non-problem.

The PROBLEM was going to be when Invisible Fence attached a large cell phone to it. Milo would not be able to raise his head off the ground.

As luck would have it adubya said he had a friend that had a Pet Guard business. I was looking around their site and in the testimonials I noticed a last name I recognized, reading further this couple recently moved to Sun Prairie with a Beagle. WAIT A MINUTE!!!

I contacted Strangebrew, my home brew buddy - "is that you?" I asked - "yes it is". Small freaking world and the power of the Innernets.

So we're having an estimate from him. Seems THEIR cat collars come in many different sizes.

Now for my brilliant idea.

Why not have an Invisible Fence at the border between Mexico and America!!!! We could sell pretty necklaces to the Mexicans and when they get close - BAM ZAP- Stunned!!! Not that I'm against Mexicans as they do all the jobs lazy Americans don't want to do but I'm always pro taz-ing anybody. I was disappointed that my friend here at work was not tazed at a Hockey game he went to.

So there ya go. Mr. Obama, build that Invisible Fence.
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Speaking of the new website. A few of you have given articles to me and I'm sort of sitting on them. Reason is I'm planning a media blitz, full page ad's in the USA Today and New York Times (if I can work a deal at under $50) and if I could figure out how to contact the Columbus Journal (they have no email????) I would have something there.

So just hang tight - I know what I'm doing. Remember - I'm the guy that purposely picked a fight over at Imdb to get attention for this place. Yea - you heard that right! Worked didn't it. 360,000 hits can't all be my accident.

As I have always said - life is a big game - ya just gotta figure out how to win it without somebody grabbing your thumb and bending it the totally wrong way backwards and then going to the hospital and waiting for an hour and then having med flight come in at the last second and putting you back on hold as your endorphins start to go away and the pain is kicking in and the Doctor finally comes in after two hours and he is all "How are you with pain" and I'm like "I'm about to find out aren't I" and then finding out what REAL blood curdling wrath of God pain really is all about but only for 15 seconds until relief kicks in and now I can not throw darts but I can bowl better with a thumb that looks more like a Manatee.

So - just hang tight. I have a plan.

Speaking of bad timing - I contacted (or tried to contact) the Principal of the High School asking about writers and I THINK I mentioned this blog. Of course she probably looked at it for the first time Monday.

Probably not the best blog for impressing school Principals.
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Have a great humping day.

Rod