Lens Cap Man Averts ISS Disaster

It has been nearly ten years since yours truly had to leap into action to maintain the safety of the International Space Station. Media sources would have you believe that the scientists at NASA were responsible for moving the ISS in order to avoid collision with an object that was hurtling toward its destruction. 

Read this story from the Daily Mail if you don't remember this legendary day in Lens Cap History.

The truth is that I, Lens Cap Man, averted this disaster. 

The amazing coincidences of this story are truly unbelievable. I was enjoying a day off when I received word that a youngster was having lens cap issues while touring the NASA facilities. During a field trip with his eighth grade class, young Kyle was snapping memory after memory on his Smartphone with his finger firmly placed over the lens. Knowing that this would end in a lifetime of remorse for the student, I quickly flew to NASA and pulled young Kyle aside to show him the proper way to take pictures with his phone. Once this was accomplished, I prepared to leave and return to my well-deserved day off when I learned that NASA officials were engaged in a life and death struggle between the ISS and a lens cap that had fallen off of a Chinese spy satellite. After days of attempting to move the ISS out of the way of its impending doom, they were now only minutes away from its destruction.

Leaping into action, I quickly calculated the orbital path of the ISS and took off to intercept the lens cap before it could hit the station. Moments later, I had the lens cap in hand and returned home to add it to my collection. I understood the embarrassment this entire episode would cause for NASA, so I arranged for my press agent to connect the Daily Mail with the NASA PR staff to provide the cover story. Much like the espionage that led to the spy satellite landing at the center of this story, I knew that secrecy was needed to keep everyone calm in such diplomatic hotbed.

Just another day on the job for Lens Cap Man, saving the world from disaster one lens cap at a time.

Zoom Reunion Disaster

This morning, disaster fell upon a group of coworkers. As they attempted to have their weekly Zoom Meeting, the guest speaker began to talk and no one could see him. The group spent 30 minutes attempting to adjust settings and reset the computer's camera software. Finally, the guest realized that a post-it note was stuck over his computer's camera lens. But by then the time allotted for the meeting was over. Now the group will never know the secrets to how to play Pickleball.

You are not alone, Julie Powell

This photographer's "dumbest mistake" would never have led to everyone laughing at her if only I had not been dealing with a massive lens cap fiasco at the San Diego Zoo on that same day. A field trip for 23 high school students with old school cameras, massive amounts of Mountain Dew, and an exhibit full of ring-tailed lemurs - don't even ask.

https://juliepowell2014.wordpress.com/2015/07/31/10-dumb-photography-mistakes/

Never Leave the Lens Cap On...IN SPACE!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2834434/Did-Chinese-LENS-CAP-destroy-ISS-Station-dodges-space-debris-spy-satellite-avoid-disaster.html

Where Are All the Athletes At?

 Luckily for the 2012 Olympians, this mistake didn't cost anyone a medal.

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But how soon we all forget the controversial finish to the 25 mile cycling event during the Games of the III Olympiad held in 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri. Sure, everyone remembers that the Gold Medal went to Burton Downing in a race that was not even close. But no one remembers that the Silver Medal went to Arthur F. Andrews and not to George E. Wiley, even though all those who were there were sure that Wiley's last second push gave him second place by the slimmest of margins. Unfortunately, the photo finish evidence presented by Mr. Wiley was disallowed because the lens cap was not removed when the picture was taken.

The 1904 Olympics marked the end of United States dominance in Olympic cycling. Many claim that this is due to the large increase in Olympic participation by other nations beginning in 1908, but some of us know that this Lens Cap Issue was the main reason that US cycling lost its foothold and has never recovered.

This is NOT Funny!

Lens Cap Man likes to laugh as much as any other law abiding super hero. And Mr. Bean has always been one of his favorites. But this is no laughing matter. Oh, the horror!

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Dark Military Maneuvers

Lens Cap Man keeps his nose out of political debate, but stories like this one show just how much of an international crisis the Lens Cap Issue is.

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I distinctly remember getting a call to come to Israel's aid in February 2007, but I was stuck in a massive Lens Cap Fiasco at a West Texas Middle School. Thirty eight telephoto lens cameras being operated by twelve year old students during a photography lesson always leads to trouble!