I never got a chance to do Elainie’s Senior Pictures, so when we did Bennett Family Pictures Day, I also took a few pictures of Elainie. Here are a few of those pictures:

These pictures come from the following folder:

Backup/My Pictures/Godzilla/Godzilla-Transformer Combos

Show of hands: How many of you can’t believe that somebody could take so many pictures of a Godzilla action figure?

Next week’s folder:

Backup/My Pictures/Godzilla/Transformers

To replace RWPE on Mondays this year, I am going to attempt to take a self-portrait every day this year. I have no expectations that I will take 366 winners (or even 66 winners for that matter), but that isn’t necessarily the point.

Although you will be able to see how much weight I gain this year, how much hair I lose, how much more dashing I become, and how many times I shave (over/under is at 10 for you gamblers) that isn’t really the point either.

Although I’m sure a few of the important events of 2012 will be recorded, documenting my life for 1 year isn’t really the point either.

The is a photography exercise more than anything else. An exercise to get me to attempt to think creatively at least once every day. Hopefully there are some winners in there. Hopefully I don’t gain any weight and I know that I will become exponentially more dashing. Hopefully I will have more than 10 reasons to shave this year. Hopefully there are many good milestones in my life worth documenting. But, all of those will be ancillary benefits.

I will try to take all of these pictures without assistance. Meaning, I won’t hand the camera to somebody and say, “Take a picture of me doing X.” But I’m sure that will happen on occasion.

Here are the first 8 pictures from this project.

01/01/12 12:01 AM


01/02/12 11:25 PM


01/03/12 9:12 PM


01/04/12 4:42 PM


01/05/12 6:12 PM


01/06/12 10:24 PM


01/07/12 8:41 PM


01/08/12 6:39 PM

Hopefully this will provide amusement to somebody besides me.

This post is somewhat bittersweet as these pictures were taken before my Mom’s diagnosis and while she was still being treated by the incompetent doctor. However, I want to remain positive and since things are progressing positively, there is no reason to dwell on the negative.

When she saw these pictures she was surprised by how thin she was in them, so we will be retaking these pictures again in the Spring after she has been able to put some weight back on and before Johnathan leaves for the Air Force.

Probably sometime around the time of Onion Ring Night.

This picture comes from:

Backup/My Pictures/Godzilla/Godzilla Portraits

Next week’s folder:

Backup/My Pictures/Godzilla/Godzilla-Transformer Combos

The final submissions for the failed Random Weekly Photo Experiment. SELF-PORTRAIT:

Mike Vest of Waxen Media


Christopher D. Bennett

So what will replace this failure on Mondays? Perhaps another experiment destined to fail?

Scottie D. and I are in constant search of the planet’s best tenderloin. As Iowa is home to the best tenderloins on the planet, we haven’t had to stray too far from our front door.

Recent events have forced us out of those front doors as the BK’s in Ogden was home to what we both considered the best tenderloin on the planet. But now BK’s has closed and become The Lucky Pig. If anybody tries to tell you that The Lucky Pig has a comparable or even better tenderloin than BK’s, that person clearly knows nothing about tenderloins. NOTHING!!!

However, this isn’t a journal entry about what is wrong with The Lucky Pig’s tenderloin. This is an entry about the greatness of the tenderloin served at The Country House in Colo. The New Reigning Tenderloin King!*

Here are a few pictures from our trip to Colo and our tasting of greatness.

Bow before your King!


Scottie D. Showing off the Tenderloin


His First Bite


Me Enjoying the Reigning King!


Our Tenderloin Posse Squaring Up with the House


The Sassiest Waitress Ever!


The 2nd Sassiest Waitress Ever!

If you are interested in trying tenderloin greatness, The Country House is in Colo, right off US30. Next to the Twin Anchors Campground. Be warned, they don’t serve the tenderloin on Sundays, but they are definitely worth eating at on Sundays as well. They serve a giant spread family style on Sundays with flat out the best cole slaw I’ve ever had in my life. It is cheap too. $10.95 for a ton of food.

*The King until we find something better, but the bar has been set high!

These pictures come from:

Backup/My Pictures/Godzilla/Godzilla Layers

Next week’s folder will be:

Backup/My Pictures/Godzilla/Godzilla Portraits

Submissions for HOPE:

Christopher D. Bennett


Mike Vest

The final theme for the Random Weekly Photo Experiment is:

State Fair and more Mamie Eisenhower Birthplace photos.