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1. Hang head in boredom 2. Hang head in shame

I spent four hours tonight at an awards ceremony. It was a good-hearted thing done by good people honoring other good people, so the last thing I want to do is bad-mouth it. But it was not even slightly fun. As far as work goes, it wasn’t bad — I’ve definitely had worse jobs — but by college standards, it was pretty darn tedious.

On top of that, I did a lousy job. The best I could hope for was a couple decent podium shots, but instead I got some horrible compositions with bad flash effects. Of all the moments in the subject’s 50-year coaching career, I’m sure he’ll remember this one as the most harshly lit.

I will not dignify this shot with a caption.