• One and done •
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One particular WWW outing became the inflection point for a feature of the Growlers Group Run called the Attendance Photo. That first photo actually featured someone who wasn’t in attendance. Photoshop them in? Puh-leeze. Why waste the effort when you can use Paint? Keep expectations low I say. For compulsive me, the complete absence of pressure to make things perfect is a life-saving time saver.
Wish you could have made it (packing?!), Terp Adam! Good luck in your senior year!
(2022’08’17’W)
If the emphasis on the attendance photo is attendance, though, a couple of things happen. What do you do when someone shows up mid-run? Paint makes it super easy. And if perfection in the picture is less important than a representation of the people in attendance, you can afford to do One and Done. Blurry? Who cares? One and Done. Someone shows up a second late? One and Done. And Paint.
Sometimes the attendance photo really is about fun, though. F’rinstance, there’s been a whole and continuing series on Poses.
And some person, uh, people, can’t resist making them as ridiculous as possible. F’rinstance, take last week’s photo. Please!* Jason suggested a panorama shot. “Great! Except you all have to make sure not to move, because mutations happen when you do.” >Cliiiiiii… “For goodness sake: Don’t move. I said Don’t move!” …iiiiiiick<
One and Done.
Panorama! Great idea. Just don’t move. Hellish things happen when subjects move during panorama shots. Comically hellish. Bahahahaha!
Attendance: Check. ”As ridiculous as possible”: Hahahahaha! Check.
-CtCloser (Calvinthe), “Negative split or positive splat” #dothedue
*Thanks to old-time comedian Henny Youngman.
FINE PRINT ¶Text and photos (unless otherwise stated): Calvin Wang (Wäng), CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. ¶Cross-posted: (1) Facebook JRC Growlers Group Run (2024’04’24’W Run Message), (2) GGR email list, (3) Cerebruns by CtCloser. ¶This website posting: Cerebrun with added caption and images.
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Love it. Congrats on keeping compulsive nature in check. At work I have to constantly remind people that I’ll take an 80% solution done on time than a 100% solution that is too late to need or breaks the budget. Its very costly/time consuming to get those last diminishing returns. To that end I have a plaque in my office (actually from G. Pa) that says: “Perfection is the Enemy of Completion” and another wall hanging that says “Minimum but Sufficient” – both goals as a system engineer. I’ve seen too many efforts get shelved or become irrelevant because they could not grasp these realities………Good, Fast, Cheap—-pick any 2! Now when we get to heaven…..there is a different balance and we will see all compromises/frustrations a thing of the past. Your brother in the faith,Tom