Brihogan.com: My evil plan worked!

7/28/2007

My evil plan worked!

Hello. My mom tried leaving us this morning. Her flight left early so
we all were up at 5. Denise came into the hospital and the rest went
to the airport. We did get lost and the iPhone wasn't helping us
much. Or it could have been me trying to be sneaky and made us lost
just kidding =) so she missed her flight. We have my mom here one more
day. Yay!

Rob is doing well. They tested his voice this morning. There is a
little bit of a difference but it will take awhile. He was told not to
talk in loud places like airports and restaurants. He is sleeping well
right now.

Sent from my Rob's iPhone but marla did this post

6 comments:

Jen Trost said...: That'll be nice to have Diane for another day! Good to hear Rob's voice is doing as expected. I might need to start saving up to buy an iPhone so I'm not such a loser :); 9:16 AM
Anonymous said...: How frustrating to miss your flight, after getting up so early! Marla enjoy your Mom for another day. Glad Rob is resting well. We need his voice back for his funny wit that keeps all of us in stitches. Hope you can all come home tomorrow! Love to all of you; 10:02 AM
Anonymous said...: Glad Rob is getting a little bit of his voice back. Wonderful to hear. Keep resting up down there. Hope the weather isn't as hot as here!!! Hope you'll get to come home soon.
Love
Auntie Becky and family; 10:22 AM
Anonymous said...: Now Marla, no tickling the poor guy until they say he can talk/yell/scream/giggle in a regular voice! (No other "things" that would cause him to yell out either. ;) Yeah Diane!! I'm sure you want to get home, but if I know you, you also want to be there to the end. I wonder who will take your place tmw in Lamoille (?)? Love y'all.; 1:23 PM
Anonymous said...: Okay so I guess no NEW news is good news....
I love that your evil plan had such a positive result. But dad, I'm shocked that you got lost...maybe you were "in" on the evil plan too....
Have a good night,
Melissa & Fam; 10:09 PM
Brett said...: Are you guys home yet? We really want to bring you taco bell. We are glad to here that rob's voice is coming along. On a side note here is a little something for all you Mac fans, I know your out there.

p.s. - I own nothing mac/apple but thought this was interesting

http://macdailynews.com/index.php/weblog/comments/14397/; 10:33 PM

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Timing
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The idea behind handicapping is to keep the competition close. It is also there so that we can practice photography with limits - since limits might make us more creative. Lastly, it is there to keep players with more resources from having too much advantage.

Since the winner will not be determined until Thursday night, the handicap will be for the following week's assignment. So, basically, the handicapping will always be a week behind.

When a photographer gets first place he will receive one handicap. Handicap is decided on by the 2nd, 3rd and 4th place photographers (majority rules). Handicaps for a win must be of the "basic type". If a photographer is winning over the last place person by 3, 5, or 6 wins then he will get +1, +2, or +3 handicaps of the "extreme type".

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For example, if "Player A" just won a round and has a score of 18 and "Player B" has a score of 0. Then "Player A" Would have 1 basic handicap and 3 extreme handicaps. If a player is more than 18 points over the lowest player than he will get +1 basic handicaps for every single point over 18.

Basic Type Handicaps
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Extreme Type Handicaps
Ouch! Extreme handicaps are assigned to any photographer that are 9, 15, or 18 points above the last place player. Extreme handicaps are reset each round. The handicap is decided on by the bottom 3 players - but not including the player being handicapped (majority rules). Extreme handicaps can include limiting fundamental photographing "rights". For example, "full manual mode (M mode and manual focus)", "No post production at all (not even CC)", "Shots only between 8 & 10pm", "No looking through viewfinder or monitor", etc.

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