The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind

9:39:41 AM CDT Today's picture is all about the colors...


The colors on this one aren't nearly as aggressive as they were on the shot of a similar flower with the neon-green, Zima-swilling insect (and no. I'm not talking about the New Jersey Guidos). This one's kind of nice and balanced.

Well, I've got to run. It's kind of a suspiciously busy, but wildly beautiful, morning here, and I've got a heap of running to do before I can sit down and stare at the Tour de France while I wait for a new lens to arrive.

-DP

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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 7/24/2008 09:30:00 AM


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8:24:41 AM CDT Here's DeafCat proudly walking the patio perimeter.


Don't let the cute, fluffy look fool you. She's a lethal guard cat, and if something is foolish enough to wander into the yard --be it a dog, another cat, or a curious leaf-- she will spring into quick action and run up to the intruder to issue a determined hiss before running away.

-DP

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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 7/23/2008 08:01:00 AM


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12:25:27 AM CDT So, wash off the Polo cologne, throw away the Zima and ditch the freakin' neon, man.


I thought this picture was pretty slick. And, to be perfectly honest, I didn't really do anything drastic in Photoshop. I just fiddled with my usual lighting levels and didn't adjust the colors one bit.

The only thing I have a problem with in this picture is that the weird, neon green insect is just a hair out of focus (its head is a bit blurry). But, I'm more into those weird colors and how my flash just brought them all out.

Now, I'm going to ask you all for a favor. It's just a little favor. In fact, you probably won't even think you're doing anything.

Nonetheless, please do me a favor and tell me what you think of this shot. Be as kind or as harsh and as funny or as serious, as you wish. All I ask is that you be honest. Just critique this shot until I'm either walking funny, or I run away screaming to hide in a damp, dark cave somewhere in West Virginia (somewhere close to the H.K. Shivelmeisterkovski compound because Holly's nice and she would take me to the Waffle House).

Other than that, as you can see, this is yet another late night for me. But, that will be fixed in a matter of minutes.

Anyway, share those criticisms.

-DP

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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 7/22/2008 12:07:00 AM


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10:50:26 AM CDT Here's today's picture...


I took this the other day after the fog had lifted.

I'd love to write more, but I just can't. My hands are freakin' killing me, and I've decided to give them the day off lest they start a mutiny.

So, have a great one.

-DP

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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 7/21/2008 10:42:00 AM


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11:29:35 AM CDT Here's your shot for Sunday.


Yes. My goal is to terrify you all. Tremble, people! Tremble in fear!

Actually, this spider's about the size of a peanut, but he's got a mean steak a mile wide. I mean, look at those sharp, nasty, pointy teeth!

Lookit the boones!!!

Run away!

-DP

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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 7/20/2008 11:25:00 AM


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10:12:35 AM CDT Yeah... I'm pretty much just phoning it in these days.


Well, I hope everyone enjoyed my brief flicker as an AOL Guest Editor. It's been a while. In fact, I think the last time I was the guest was way back in the heady days when Jeff was crop dusting the AOL cube farm.

Aside from that, well... Today is a pretty gloomy one. It's just one of those somewhat chilly, gray, drizzling mornings. It's a good day to just stay inside and watch movies, and that is exactly what I plan to do.

In other news, the new air conditioner kick so much ass, I think I may just develop a rather twisted and disturbing relationship with it. So far, it's pulled so much humidity out of the air that I think I could turn my house into a giant RonCo food dehydrator.

I can make jerky.

And banana chips.

And... umm... there's got to be something else I can make. I just can't seem to think of anything since I need a hot, humid cup of coffee.

Well, I'm off. Have a rowdy weekend, folks. Try not to get in any bar fights.

-DP

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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 7/19/2008 09:46:00 AM


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11:29:32 AM CDT I'm beginning to think DeafCat has developed a bit of a dependency problem with the little sprigs of catnip that grow here and there throughout the yard. When I let her outside, it's usually the first, and only, thing she hits, and when she's done rolling around, she comes back into the house all covered in mulch and dirt to sit in the kitchen and stare at the stove.


Ah well.

Aside from that, later today, my AOL Guest Editor thingy goes up, and I picked some pretty spankin' delightful journals to showcase. If you are one of those journalers coming here to thank me for pimpin' your works, don't. I should be the one thanking you. You make this fun. And, fun is, well... fun. I like fun. It makes me avoid work. In fact, I like fun things almost as much as my nip-dependent cat likes her smack.

Anyway, we've got some storms rolling through here today just like every Friday, and I'm kind of feeling their approach in my little digits and big, fat joints. So, this may be the only babble you get from me today. Right now, all I'm planning is to take some pain killers and watch the Tour de France.

So, y'all have a dandy wild Friday. And, as always, please feel free to post your weekend plans in the comments. If any of you are running guns and cigarettes to South American rebels this weekend, could you maybe pick me up some coffee while you're down there?

Tootles!
DP

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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 7/18/2008 11:01:00 AM


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1:21:46 PM CDT Hey! Confucius picked up a DVD, and he's decided to learn how to catch bass!


I don't think he could have picked a better instructor. Look at how gingerly Chuck holds that rod --even with his ubiquitous, stop-sign-sized wristwatch.

As The Chuck always says "Give a long dead Chinese philosopher a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he'll totally want a second date." Which, I think, Chuck will pay for.

-DP

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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 7/17/2008 01:14:00 PM


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10:05:40 AM CDT Purdy, huh?


Sometimes, life along the lake is pretty pretty...

-DP

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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 7/17/2008 10:03:00 AM


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7:53:30 AM CDT Sometimes, sunrises just don't really need a whole heck of a lot of words.


-DP

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Posted By Dan to The Wisdom of a Distracted Mind at 7/17/2008 07:51:00 AM


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