Chapter Two of the Coffee Chronicles
So on the advice of Zdepthcharge (if that is your real name) I went to Max’s Deli and got a “real” cup of coffee, in pursuit of my quest to find another zero calorie beverage besides diet pop and water. They had some sugar free hazelnut syrup so I had her put a shot of that in to give it a bit of sweetness. The small cup was $2 plus change. I got outside and took a swig. I walked the 3 blocks home and put probably a quarter cup of Splenda in it. Okay, now it was sweet, but it still tasted rank. The only thing I could think of was to put a couple drops of licorice extract in it. I managed to finish it the next day after it had been chilling in the fridge all night. I’ve come to the conclusion that I don’t like coffee, but I do like some coffee flavoured things. Well, at least I gave it a try and the next time someone asks me why I don’t drink coffee I can tell them this story.
Special Thickets edition of Radio Free Cthulhu
Greg ejaculates about The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, and plays “Downtown (In the Cenozoic)” on a very recent episode of Radio Free Cthulhu riiiiiiiiight here [http://radiofreecthulhu.com/node/20]
Hooray!
Everything Must Go!
I’ve started piling all the stuff I’m getting rid of on the “dining room” table (I put dining room in quotations because we have never dined there), and the towers are teetering. Books, CDs, DVDs, VHS (movies so far, I haven’t gotten to the cartoons yet) games, and assorted knick knacks. Although I do love the birthday auction, I know I can get better prices on the CDs and books at Zulu/Red Cat & Pulp Fiction. And since it’s pretty much a guarantee that I’ll be moving into a more expensive place, I could use the extra cash. I spent much of my evenings and free time picking at the bookshelves and I’ve barely made a dent. If there’s ever been a time to borrow something from me, this is it!
And also of course if anyone want to take a look at the teetering towers, let me know – I’d rather sell to friends than to stores. Why just yesterday David came by and bought a big stack of comics for ten cents each.
Gamer Nonsense
Our “Burning Wheel” video has made it to the next round, along with three others.
Links to the other three are at http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=883365
Wizard Needs Haircut…Badly
Geisel created this video for the “Ultimate Gamer Test” contest at gleemax.com to show his favourite roleplaying game rule mechanic. John and I helped him, with a special cameo by Neal Bennett!
The Eviction Files: Part 3
Stewie and I have been looking for new places, and this weekend we checked out a couple. Each had their pros and cons, and we’ll continue to try to find some more options since we still have a fair amount of time. In the meantime we’ve been approached by the other people in our building who are mobilizing to fight the eviction. One of them told us that the property company is offering them $2000 to get out – I want that deal!
Where’s a good place to look for places to rent besides craigslist?
Coffee's for Closers
Not long ago I was “addicted” to Ben & Jerry’s Vermonty Python ice cream – I was eating it several times a week. If you don’t know, it’s coffee ice cream with fine cookie crumble swirls and fudge cow-shapes. Now, traditionally, I am not a coffee fan, but I do enjoy coffee ice cream and coffee chocolate mixes and whatnot. So being that I had been consuming so much coffee-flavoured sweetness, I thought perhaps it might be time to reintroduce myself to the beverage. After all, it’s an appetite suppressant, right? Everybody’s doing it, right? And maybe when someone says “let’s go for coffee” I could actually go for coffee – what a world! I was mailing away some CDs at 7-11 so I decided to try a cup. Well, despite the heinous amounts of sugar-free sweetener I put into my coffee, it was pretty disagreeable. I guess it’s not just the same without all that ice cream around it. And anyway, caffeine is the ingredient that supposedly suppresses appetite and there’s plenty of that in Coke Zero anyway.
Podcasted!
Desmond Reddick from Earth-2.net (“Geek Culture at it’s Finest) interviewed me for “The Show 119” and we talked about Lovecraft, film & acting (voice work), and of course The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets. Listen to it at http://www.earth-2.net/theshow/episodes/e2ts_119.mp3
Sequelbots – Transform!
So I just got back from seeing Transformers. Warning: Spoilertron!
Cons:
– Extremely Hollywood (this is only a con if you’re not expecting and wanting it to be Hollywood, which I think at least everyone is expecting it).
– When I saw the early previews I noted that the bots looked excessively pointy and “cool” – I got used to that throughout the movie but I still think they could have been at least distinguished more by colour or shape – they all looked very similar and it was hard to tell who was fighting whom, sometimes.
– Weak plot overall.
– They didn’t get Frank Welker to voice Megatron, and there’s no good reason.
Pros:
– Best robots fighting you’ve ever seen.
– Unexpectedly good jokes.
– Lots of good “wow” moments, if you’re in to that sort of thing.
– They did get Peter Cullen to voice Optimus Prime.
In short, definitely worth seeing on the big screen, and you can’t go wrong with The Rio.
ps – the original Jazz was voiced by Scatman “The Shining” Crothers, who as you may know died some time ago.