Last year’s Battle for the Cup came down to a tie again this year. Instead of having a rigged turtle race to determine The Witch, the two tied combatants decided to roll with an old fashioned Pie In Your Face competition.
Here are a few pictures from the battle:
Michelle is the new The Witch. There was a peaceful transfer of power from Cathie to Michelle at Zeno’s in Marshalltown. A good time was had by all.
I remember this beatdown Iowa State put on Iowa like it was yesterday:
There are a ton more pictures that I didn’t include in this post. If you are interested, you can check them out in the following gallery:
Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will include Thomas the Tank and a building that has recently fallen apart.
Most of the pictures from the folder called 09-09-07 are from an Iowa State football game with UNI. The others are from Pufferbilly Days.
Next Saturday’s folder will have lots of yellow flowers!
The following images were found in the folder 08-31-07:
Next Saturday’s look down memory lane will include a 5K and Iowa State playing UNI. I’m not sure if UNI is still around. I think they might’ve went bankrupt.
Here are some of my favorite images from the Selfie Project for the month of April:
April 2
April 4
April 5
April 7
April 8
April 9
April 11
April 14
April 15
April 17
April 21
April 22
April 23
April 24
April 27
April 29
April 30
Of course, remember that I publish these on the daily on Instagram and you can follow me over here: @christopherdbennett
Before the Iowa State-Kansas State game we had our annual Taco Tailgate. Here are a few images from what was not a well executed event.
In the end, the tacos were still delicious. That is all the matters in the end.
The collection of images in the folder 04-14-07 includes one of Alexis’ many hamsters, The Chiz’s first Iowa State Spring Game, and lots of squirrel!
Next week’s collection will include June and Dean Miller and maybe a tulip.
There was a bit of a falloff in participation this week, but that was to be expected. I fear this week’s theme will really scare people. That is okay, everybody needs to get out of the comfort zones once in a while.
This week’s submissions:
Kim Barker
Laura Miller
Michelle Haupt
Mike Vest
Shannon Bardole
Christopher D. Bennett
Angie DeWaard
Becky Perkovich
This brings us to the time where we reveal this week’s theme…
I told you it would be something that isn’t in everybody’s comfort zone. However, I hope there is still a good amount of submissions.
Time for a definition:
religion – noun – a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
And of course… time for a couple of housekeeping notes from PHOTOGRAPHY 139’S SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION.
Michael Houlihan has become the latest person to show taste, class and sophistication by becoming a Photography 139 subscriber. So if you see Michael prowling the mean streets of Ames, Iowa you can give him a knowing glance and of course, the super secret Photography 139 handshake.*
Other sidenote, only 1 person responded positively to the return of the Proust Questionnaire, therefore it will not be making a December return. Take that Proust!
*A loyal subscriber has volunteered to create a Photography 139 handshake. They will then run their creation by my handshake expert. It is possible, that there will be a video on how to do the handshake in the nearish future.
In honor of Tacoctober a few friends from the mine and I held a taco tailgate before the Iowa State-Texas Christian football match recently. It seemed like a good time to squeeze off a few shots on the new toy.
Here are a few shots from Taco Tailgate 2015:
Jorge and Joe, placing the goodness on the grill.
More goodness.
Waiting for the goodness.
Houlihan chopping up the meat.
One of the mascots of Taco Tailgate.
Taco goodness!
Most of the tailgating equipment in years past has been provided by the Brog Frog Tailgating Company. Since they have closed down for business, I had to scramble for equipment this year. I found this table in my Mom’s garage. It is the perfect size for the trunk of my car.
Plans are already in motion for Taco Tailgate 2016.Play your cards right, you might just wrangle an invite. We are going to add a second taco recipe and hopefully upgrade some of our equipment. High on the want list is a tailgating canopy and a better grill. The fight goes on.
We recently held an auction at the Computer Mine. The one thing in the auction that I really coveted was a blue Canon A4000 IS. I’m not a Canon guy at all. However, I’ve been sans point and shoot for a couple years now and there are times (like mission trips) where a little point and shoot would come in handy. While it isn’t the most powerful camera, I thought if I could get it for $50 bucks (while it retails for $150) I could slum and add a Canon to the arsenal.
I am notoriously tough on point and shoots, so hopefully it will last me a couple years or so.
I thought I would crack it out and document my weekend, to get a feel for it. Below are those pictures.
Spirit Week Gyro! (Photo by Joseph Lynch)
Seriously! Data migration call 10 minutes before I’m off!
Houlihan takes over my data migration! (Photo by Joseph Lynch)
Commitment to consumerism.
Supplies for Friday Night Supper Club
Willy grilling. Naima observing.
Firetub Swan Song… Or is it?
Breakfast with Mom at The Legal Limit. She loves having her picture taken.
Finally getting the studio put back together. Might re-do the 9 Emotions Project.
This is what $150 or so looks like.
Helping paint Teresa’s house.
Yeah. Nice try Cyclones.
Happy birthday Greg!
Worshiping an Awesome God!
Thinking about Fall Project #1.
Assisting with Jay’s Ice Skull Project.
Preparing for the Weekly Photo Challenge Photo Shoot.
Stan bringing over some firewood. Naima greeting him.
John grilling at the event formerly known as The Methodist Men Steak Fry.
Monday morning. Back to the grind.
I couldn’t wait for Monday night when I finally got a chance to breathe and have a small bit of free time again.
