BTW, how many dogs were you left with at the end of the day? lol !
Val,
I was thinking that maybe if I barked a lot I could just stay in Clay's darkroom and he'd think I was another dog

WOW!!! Yeah, that's about all I can say and that doesn't begin to scratch the surface.
After speaking with Kerik and zebrahead (both are super nice guys!) I've decided to pursue wet plate and hopefully (if I eat enough ramen) I can take a one-on-one workshop with Kerik next year.
I've got some digi-snaps of people looking through work and I'll post them up here once I get the card downloaded.
Clay, thanks again! (and again and again and again).
Also, thank you to everyone who shared work and commented on the TCP project.
Inspiring day. Humbling day. Encouraging day. Great!