Mister Muhmelman
A few days ago we were listening to one of the music stations on the TV in the playroom (Throwback Jamz probably; there’s a bunch I scan through, though Classic Alternative is usually a good place to park it), and “People Everyday” came on. The kids often ask “What’s the name of this song? Who sings it? What’s the name of this song? What band is it? Who sings it?” Sometimes I tell them preemptively.
Me: This song is by Arrested Development.
(One minute passes as they continue playing…)
Will: Is Mister Muhmelman a bad guy?
It took me a few moments to realize that “Mister Muh-mel-man” was the crazy three year old interpretation/bastardization of “Arrested Development.”
(They are somewhat obsessed with bad guys who make bad choices as of late.)
And for the record, no, Mister Muhmelman is not a bad guy.
Do You Want to Be a Bobo?
One offhand comment around friends about a hobo and that quickly gets transofrmed by our kids into a “Bobo” (by way of “homo,” which was thankfully short-lived).
Queue several minutes of our kids and the neighbor kids asking each other if they want to be Bobos, followed by crazed laughter.
Naturally, we were curious what they thought they were laughing about.
Q: What’s a Bobo?
A: A boat that carries oranges and lemons.
Q: Okay… so, what do you call a boat that carries watermelons?
A: A carrier boat. (Duh.)
Alaska Photos, Part 4 of 4
The final set of Alaksa photos are up, from the Arctic Circle add-on tour with Norm, Phyllis and Alan. (Yes, we ditched everyone else.) 162 photos are up in their own album, including Barrow, the Arctic Ocean, Deadhorse, the Dalton Highway, a wild bear, a moose and the best road sign ever created.
Here’s a good map of the Dalton Highway for reference.
Summer Photo Deluge
So apparently I haven’t posted any non-Alaska photos from July onwards, so here are 109 photos from this summer. A quick recap…
We hit Remlinger Farms a couple times and picked blueberries (home and away):
We played in the pirate ship, pool and bounce house in our backyard:
We got new bikes and went swimming:
We had an early birthday party in California:
And we saw our family:
Alaska Photos, Part 3 of 4
51 new photos from our glacier landing in Denali have been posted, starting on page 7.
New Lights!
After going back and forth for a very long time about upgrading to studio strobes, I finally pulled the trigger. I got:
- A pair of Einstein E640 strobes
- A Vagabond Mini power pack
- 2 reflectors and a stripbox with grid
- A CyberCommander transmitter, receivers for the Einsteins and 3 more for my small flashes… I’ll probably sell my now-unneeded PocketWizards
- Another Pelican 1510 case to tote it around in (to accompany my existing one which holds all my primary camera equipment and lenses)
- Some other doodads and knick knacks
Naturally I had to break them in, so I took a few self portraits and uploaded them to my semi-dormant Flickr account. Here are 2/3rds of them: me jumping around and a boring head shot.
(And, yes, I did in fact change out of my typical t-shirt into something slightly more respectable for these. 😉 )
Alaska Photos, Part 2 of 4
35 more photos have been added, starting on page 4. These photos span the trip from Seward to Anchorage, mostly of the Alaska Wildlife Conservation Center.
Alaska Photos, Part 1 of 3 4
At long last, here is the first set of photos from our Alaska trip last month. These 45 photos cover the cruise portion of the trip. Requisite previews:
The rest of these won’t take 11 months to get up in their entirety, I promise. 😉
Japan Photos, Part the Last
Apparently I never posted the last couple days of the Japan trip, so here they are, before any Alaska pictures go up. (= 81 new photos, starting on page 16 brings us to 313 total. And as before, a big preview of one of my favorites:
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PJs, Beaches and Playgrounds
At long last, here is a set of 16 new photos of the boys.
