And the laugh was genuine, too. I could tell.

Last night I went to a photography workshop hosted by CapMac, with special guest Trey Ratcliff of stuckincustoms.com on the HDR method.  Check out his site and browse the images if you're unfamiliar with HDR, it's pretty fascinating.  His presentation was nothing if not riveting, touching on every topic from how the eye processes lines, to the superiority of one software's algorithms to another's, to the future of vocation/avocation trends, ending with a well-reasoned philosophy of open-source.  Seriously this cat was impressive.  He walked us through the process of creating an HDR product, then stayed after long enough to answer "I've never heard of that" to my question, "what do you know about EDR photography?"  Then I broke the weird silence with the one-two punch of a witty comment and some subtle non-verbals which said, "that was sarcasm, please laugh!" And he did.  And he did.  It was awesome.

Capitan's log

Stardate 03.07.08 Friday
4:30pm Leave Abilene. Destination- Austin
4:35pm Restroom stop
5:00pm Gordan predicts arrival time of 7:55
7:55pm Arrival
8:00pm Seated at Chuy's
8:02pm Order food and meet our grumpy, dazed waitress
8:03pm Waitress walks away. I comment on the crappiness of our waitress, then realize her exceptional hearing ability
10:30pm 10,000 B.C.= Top ten worst films of all time
1:30am Sleep

Stardate 03.08.08 Saturday
7:00am Rise
7:45am McDonald's Drive-through
7:47am Regret McDonald's decision
7:50am Arrive at Frank Erwin Center
7:55am Do some business with a scalper
8:30am-12:00pm Go 3 for 3 in my predictions of the 1A, 2A, and 3A Championship games.
12:30pm Lunch with Bo and Marie at some garbage burger joint
2:00pm-6:30pm Predict 4A and 5A games for a combined record of 5 - 0
6:45pm-7:45pm Nap
8:00pm Rainbow Trout with a subtle Cajun sauce, rice and steamed broccoli
9:30pm Sadly watch Duke game
10:30 "Earth Quake" from Amy's Ice Cream
10:31 Regret Earth Quake
11:30 Coma

Scouting Report: Willie Warren; 6'4" guard from Dallas North Crowley. He put up 29 in the Championship game (19 in the second half). In the Regional Championship game a few weeks ago, he put up 47 and only played 3 quarters. Watch for him next year at OU.