Is Any Body Out There

Geez - Madison is a little dead today - seems everyone is taking off.

Yesterday morning I attended the CDA Business Round Table in Columbus but failed to see an actual round table. I think Sobiak was just pulling my leg on that one and I'll have to be more careful next time so I will not be hosed into thinking I'm going to view a unique piece of furniture.  Dan Amato from the Wisconsin largest Antique Mall was there too looking for the round table!  I'm starting to think the only reason Steve invited me so I could help Mr. Walcott wash his windows before anybody got there (which I did).  I'll do anything to suck up.   

But the good part was that I was able to tour Walcott Studios and was floored at what the inside of his studio/house. I believe Universal Pictures could have used his place for some sets. Plus the fact that John has like a few dozen International Awards to his credit I was able to glean some knowledge out of his and his wife. 

In his studio one room is ringed with very expensive sets which include some truly amazing remote controlled backdrops.  When I say backdrops I immediately think of those cheesy ones that you see in TV but these are works of art in themselves. Another room is a natural light room with a waterfall and surrounding his house are all sorts of other sets including a beach! Yea - you would never know it! I felt like a geeky kid with a good (yet aging) camera.  

I'll just continue to do my thing with my little Hawkeye Brownie camera ( the Hawkeye was actually my first camera). 

Many people do not know that the Hawkeye was actually a digital camera that would convert the image into big rolls of paper film.  It was not until later in the century that they felt maybe the "film" part was not actually needed and everything went to digital.  And that is the truthyness.

Here is a collage from the Senior photo shoot I had last weekend.  This is just a demo for the parents as they get to choose the photos and I'll recreate it and fix a few things.

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I hope everyone got to see the Space Shuttle last night.  I was attending home brew club and we were all out watching and waiting for the candy to hit.  We mooned it . . . . perhaps we were sampling a little to much home brew.  I suppose that if they had thrown candy it would of hit us going like 10,000 miles an hour!  NASA probably has a rule about throwing candy.

I read that the ISS is traveling at 17,239.2 mph but seriously, it did not look like it was going over 15,000 so I wonder if their gauge is correct.  My Subaru's gauge is 5 mph fast which explains why I've never been picked up.  Maybe their gauge is off by 2000mph.  Just sayin'.
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Packers - So before the game Indy and GB and sports dudes are saying this is a dress rehearsal and the closest thing to a real game before the real games start.  But after the game Indy is all like well, it was only a preseason game and we were not really like trying or nothing and we had lots of guys we don't even know their names in the game and one dude didn't even wear shoes.   

Yea - OK, me too!  The last time the Packers had 59 points was against the Cedar Rapids Crush in 1938 or something.  So Indianapolis is as good as the Cedar Rapids Crush.

Now remember - this is only Preseason and remember last year when the Packers looked crazy good and then Rogers was sacked 40 times in the 1st game.  So while it's all good to get pumped - remember - it's preseason.
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Brewers - . . . . nevermnd
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In 1883 the most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history occurs on Krakatau.  When we were looking for a name for our rock band in the 70s I thought  Krakatau (or actually Krakatoa) and thought it was a perfect name . . . .but we settled on Wonder Horse which doomed us.  Wonder Horse?  Are you kidding me?  Wonder Horse?  sigh!!   

When Krakatau exploded the sound was heard 3000 miles away and created a 120 foot tsunami.  The event blew dirt and dust 50 miles into the air which then covered the earth and lowered the temperature 3 degress for years.  Awesome sunsets for a few years I guess.  Everything I read they always mention the sunsets.  If you can remember sunsets for 120 years they must have been good!
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Heat but not humidity will build and peak out Sunday, then a cool down to the low to mid 70s by next weekend.

talk at ya later. 
Rod