Shameful Plug

Young Adventurer is selling stuff for school. This always happens this time of year. The kids are selling overpriced stuff to raise money for something or another. At the previous school it was always cookie dough for sale, with an occasional jelly roll thrown in for fun. This year, at new schools its...

Cookie Dough!

...with chocolates and jewelry and an entire online catalog of random stuff thrown in for fun. Also, in case you like the previous brand of cookie dough, or you're looking for a bargain, Venom is selling cookie dough too, to raise money for her school orchestra. Her cookie dough is cheaper.

All of that is pretty much irrelevant though, except the part about chocolate. You see, Young Adventurer's catalog includes Funky Monkeys:

Monitos Raros

You'll go bananas for these cute chocolate monkeys

with yummy banana cream on the inside!

6oz. Boxed. $10.00

I have to say, they really are cute. I'd order them, but I don't like banana cream. I sprung for the Green Mint Frogs (ranas verdes de menta) instead. Also cute. Also 6 oz. Boxed. $10.00. Someone please order the monkeys. They're only $26.00/lb. They're really cute. Honest. Just contact Young Adventurer for ordering information (They aren't available online). He'd be happy to help you.

Yes, I'm sure the school would profit more if you just donated $10.00 directly, but then my son wouldn't get to bring home plastic ducks on a lanyard as a prize for sales.

Even if you don't buy anything, you've at least had the opportunity to learn how to say Funky Monkey in spanish.

Dragons and Pirates and Mustard and "Week!"

A bedtime story that I read tonight to one of my kids. I think I needed a good bedtime story as much as "Belinda" [name has been changed to protect the high schooler] did.

[The everyday bedtime story for all the Adventurers (when all are bed-timing at the same time) and me is North! Or Be Eaten by Andrew Peterson, who also is busy Dancing In Minefields and Counting Stars and blogging about floods and rabbits and art and death and hope in addition to writing very entertaining books, possibly because he's not just a fool with a fancy guitar...]

Truth in Metering

The aim is correct exposure. The middle column and lower right should all be the same. Why the minDoF exposure on the black test is different, I do not know. I checked my calculations and the camera settings and can't find my mistake. I think it may be actually the best exposure, according to the all-important histogram. Go figure. Great fun though!!

I also tried this at home with a collection of white Webkinz (good for something after all!) and a table cloth. :-)

Reflections

Hope you weren't expecting a wordy post. I have one planned, but this isn't it.

Excellent use of a stringed instrument