dippin' dots from the sky

the sky let out something this evening that i can only possibly describe as dippin dots...not quite snow, not quite hail. coincidentally, when we were at blockbuster, i saw a box of "baskin robbins soft candy" that resembled starburst but laid claim to some sort of ice cream affiliation. i was briefly excited at the notion that it would be freeze-dried ice cream, but realized it was not.

i remember trying neapolitan astronaut ice cream at some sort of science fair when i was about five or six years old, after school...with my mom. andrew says he's never had it, and i'm tempted to buy a pack or two...it even comes in the ice cream sandwich variety!