Face Painting Fun

A few years back, we hired a face painter for my son's birthday party. It was a big hit, and not long after, my wife Barb began to dabble in face painting. Greta Gonzalez, the face painter at my son's party, was kind enough to take Barb under her wing, giving her tips on technique, introducing her to other face painters, and suggesting conferences that might benefit her.

Earlier this fall, Barb launched her face painting business, Let's Make a Face. She can provide face painting and temporary tattoos. She practices her designs regularly - granted, I'm biased, but I think she's pretty good. Yesterday, she spent six hours painting faces and applying temporary tattoos at St. Mary's School's Christmas Bazaar.

If you're looking for something special for a party or event in the Northern Virginia or Washington, DC, area, let Barb know - she'll make memories for your guests, one face at a time.

Image Search via Gazopa

TechCrunch reports this morning that Hitachi's Gazopa similar image search engine has entered open beta testing. It's a great concept,  but based on a few test searches I conducted, I think it could use a bit more tweaking.

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The above search also returned a photo of two women kissing, with a similarity of 66%. If you consider that I am one-third of the searched photo, I suppose that's pretty accurate.

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Disturbing Update

I just searched on my Twitter avatar - results include two blondes in leather micro-minis and Mel Gibson's mug shot. I'm not sure which is worse...

Support Scouting, Stave Off Shaming

Our six-year old recently became a Tiger Cub. One of his first scouting tasks is to sell popcorn, to help raise funds for his Cub Pack's activities. I placed the following marketing copy with the sign-up sheet that I took to my office. I share it here with the hope that it may result in some online popcorn sales for the little guy.  A tin (or three) of popcorn makes a great holiday gift!

A Cruel Fate Awaits Cub Scouts Who Don’t Sell Enough Popcorn

 

It’s called “butterflying.” A Cub is stripped of his uniform, and forced to wear butterfly wings. See how they made an example of my little brother? And he’s not even old enough to be a Cub Scout!

Help me avoid this humiliation by buying some tasty popcorn. Proceeds will support my Pack’s activities, such as camping trips and our Thanksgiving food drive. You can also purchase popcorn for the troops serving our nation.

If you’d like to help, please print your name, contact info, and order on the accompanying form. You can give the money for your purchase to my dad – checks may be made payable to Pack 301. Please support Scouting, support our troops, and save me from a cocoon of shame.

Thank you,

M. Scheeler