Dobro Blog!

The word Dobro is, in popular usage, the generic term for a wood-bodied, single cone resonator guitar. It is also an American brand of resonator guitar, currently owned by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. - Wikipedia

A Dobro is a type of guitar. Actually, it uses the body of a guitar, but it can be so different depending on the type. Their are three types of stringing for a dobro, let alone the different bodies. The first type is for picking, which creates a singular deep pluunk. The second type is for a slide-rule, which creates a pluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunk. And a type which can be used by both, a pluuuuuuuuunk. And then the different resonators and body types also change.

A Dobro is a much different instrument then a guitar. It can be (and is) very hard to transition from a guitar to a dobro. Guitars strings are half metal, half plastic. Dobro's are all metal and raised from the fretboard so that you can slide them, but not pick them.(Easily.)

All in all, if you need to play loudly without electricity, this is the guitar!

200th post!

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But seriously, thanks for supporting me this far!

Martin's Fantasy Island/Polish Dance

Heya, Adventure Van here, and I'm about to talk about rides, dances, and phone dooooom. All wrapped into one blog, here is the saga about: Dancing at Martin's Fantasy Island, while part of the Polish Harmony Dance Group. Now, let's start.

RIDES:

Fantasy Island has a lot of rides, and they are all great! Ranging from Bumper-Cars to The Devil's Hole, Sky High to the Crazy Mouse, and all of it leading up to the Silver Comet, an AMAZING roller coaster. Only downside? Screaming. Comes from almost everyone. Other then that, the rides are AMAZING!

PHONE DOOOOOOM:

I lied. Another downside is losing your phone. I lost my phone on the Silver Comet. It runs so fast and bumpiness is maxed to 11. I was lucky enough to have it jump out of my pocket into the car, but if you DO go on it, be sure to take off anything that might fall out. Stuff is literally scattered on the grass from people who said "It won't fall out." Don't be them!

DANCE:

I got in for free. Want to know why? Because I performed there. Performing gives you free tickets for close family. And since I'm part of the Polish Harmony Dance Group, I exchanged being in ten dances/30 minutes of time for a full day of free rides! Speaking of dances/shows, did you know that Fantasy Island has several shows?

OVERALL:

Martin's Fantasy Island is a great fun park that if you're in the area, you should go see. It's not 'free' but the rides inside are. Overall, it's amazing, and for only $ 27.95 for the day, it's worth it.

Talk to you later! Got rides to ride!

WNY Edible Books

Hey, it's amateur blogger and chef Adventure Van, and today I'm blogging about a cake. Not just any cake, but MY cake.

This one, in case you're wondering.

If you want to know why I'd just make a Moby Dick Cake, it's for the WNY Edible Books contest, where you make food, have it impersonate a book, and get judged for it. And then eat like crazy, because 20 other people brought amazing food too. The judges judge by Most Booklike, Most Tasty, and Most Creative. (Cake above won Most Booklike in the Youth Category.)

Just talking about this for the sake of saying: I WON. Goodbye.

Economy: Prices rising up this April.

Inflation is picking up again. Being shoved upwards by rising gas prices, the amount of money needed to buy items is going to increase this April, by 0.4%, the fastest rate in the past three years. Core prices, (which don't include food) were up by 2.1% a year ago, making  a five-month streak of growth  over 2%. The numbers could make a central bank raise rates this year sooner rather then later.