Those paper samples showed up the very next day, pretty damn good service I'd say! Not ready to print on them yet but I have been playing with the printer some on the cheaper papers that I have. Mostly the 4 x 6 semi-gloss in b&w. Realizing that my monitor settings and the printer output are not on the same page and having to learn to adjust for that.
I went to the river earlier today and snapped some shots of the Doris Miller memorial/statue. Nice installation and worth a visit if you're ever in Waco. Pretty much just a 1 block walk from the downtown Hilton.
I don't know if GM's and scouts who have been in the NFL for multiple decades know who will or who won't succeed in the NFL. I say give the guy a shot. Gilbert got a roster spot.
One of the "conversations" the John Cornicello guy had a while back was with an exec at Red River paper. I checked out their website just now and bought a couple of sampler packs of their photo paper. Prolly 15 different papers in all, 2 sheets of each in 8.5 x 11. I figure I'll find two photos, one color and one b&w and just see what i get. Also they have free paper profiles there for my particular printer so I'll download those too. TOYS!!
This Harrigan novel I'm on now is sucking ass, bad. The Alamo book was alright I think because he had a historical event to work around but even then the characters and created story were pretty clunky at times. This one is just weird. Seems like there's some common themes in his work with some odd attraction to art and Catholicism and neither is really exciting as subject matter to me. The essays/magazine articles were good but as a novelist he's not rceally a great story teller. JMHO.
A few weeks back I bought an Epson XP 15000 to print some of my photos. My old printer was a laser, was only b&w and wasn't wireless so i tell myself I needed a new printer any damn way. Been kind of fun though actually getting something I can hold in my hand other than my pud. I did the maths (against the advice I've received from Surly) and it comes out to a few cents more per print doing it this way but whatever, it was my birthday and I wanted a toy! I bought a few different sizes and types of paper to play with too and might get some more. If I decide I like it I may upgrade to a pigment dye printer on down the road.
I think that most of my deployments were extended, that was between '80-'84. World events happen all the time and most folks aren't really paying attention unless they have some stake in the game. Luckily none of it ever directly impacted me other than not coming home on time, it's just part of the job. Seemed like no matter where we went someone was always fucking shit up. Hope Junior stays safe.
What sort of AIDS is there for folks whose idea of a careless rendezvous at Mardi Gras is sharing needles after sucking dick in a dark alley for drug money?
Asking for a friend.