Today Madalynn brought home her 2007-2008 school pictures and begged us to buy them. Now, I’m pretty much inclined to buy all of that crap for my kids—the pictures, the t-shirts, the yearbooks—because I’ve learned the value of fitting in with your peers. Something I was never very good at when I was young.
When I looked at the prices on the envelope I was shocked. I’m not going to tell you how much it was—largely because I can’t remember as I’ve blocked out those traumatic few moments—but you can believe me when I tell you it was a lot.
So being me I said, “Maddie, I’ll just scan them in and then we don’t have to pay for them.”
She immediately responded by emphatically stating that it wouldn’t work. We couldn’t copy them. I asked why and she showed me this:
When I looked at the prices on the envelope I was shocked. I’m not going to tell you how much it was—largely because I can’t remember as I’ve blocked out those traumatic few moments—but you can believe me when I tell you it was a lot.
So being me I said, “Maddie, I’ll just scan them in and then we don’t have to pay for them.”
She immediately responded by emphatically stating that it wouldn’t work. We couldn’t copy them. I asked why and she showed me this:
...which I found terribly amusing because instead of reading, "Professional portraits. Do not copy.", Maddie read, "Professional portraits do not copy."
At any rate, we had a good laugh about it and then I scanned it in, adjusted it with Photoshop (which I downloaded for free) on my Windows XP operating system (which I downloaded for free) with my keyboard and mouse (that I got for free from work). Obviously there's a trend here. You might say that I'm not a big fan of the words "intellectual property".
Regardless, here, for your viewing pleasure, is my beautiful Maddie:
