I was never a big coffee drinker for most of my life, and I have to admit that I'm still not a real big coffee drinker. I don't really go out of my way to get some, and I don't often drink any after noon. Coffee, that is, not alcohol. I drink plenty of alcohol after noon, don't you worry. But, yeah, I've come to find that really enjoy coffee, especially when I get the sugar/cream/coffee ratio just right. I must say thought that the cup I'm drinking right now tastes more like some just ran some water over the beans and into my cup rather than any kind of brewing took place. Can you say weak?
Anyways, what sparked this whole thing is that I spent an hour this morning in the break room with my co workers. Just manging on a delicious cinnamon roll and drinking coffee. An, also tearing up the 40 or so packets of sugar I stole from Starbucks and pouring them into our sugar container. It was a pretty sweet way to make $7.50, let me tell you.
Coffee gets 7 Beards.
Starbucks gets 3 Beards.
Stealing sugar from Starbucks gets 5 Beards.
Spending an hour drinking coffee and making money gets 8 Beards.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
Pregnancy
This is about the funniest thing I've seen in a while. I really want to get to know this pregnant chick.
this gets like 7 beards and a moustache
http://www.theselfishbastard.com/pregnancy-tips-for-dummies/
this gets like 7 beards and a moustache
http://www.theselfishbastard.com/pregnancy-tips-for-dummies/
Friday, May 23, 2008
Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull
Alright, to be honest this post should've been up like 2 days ago, but I've been distracted by three things: the massive archives of Scary-Go-Round, Dr. Apollo von Pizza, and marker fumes. They are very distracting indeed. But, enough wish-wash. We went to the 12:01 showing at our local theater, and let me just say I am very glad we went and saw it before pretty much 99% of everyone else who will ever watch this movie. No, really I am.
So, honestly it's been twenty years since the last Jone's flick, but I am convinced that Harrison Ford gets into this costume on the weekends and pretends to be Indiana like Jews celebrate the Sabbath, dutifully, regularly, and from sundown till sunup. He was pretty swell. Karen Allen's return was pretty swell, and the development of her character was nice too. She was no longer the smarmy, smart-mouthed lush she was in Raiders, but was much more fitting with what had happened to her in between. They also very neatly wrote out some old characters, and added some excellent new characters. These new people being of course Shia TheBeef and Cate Blanchett. I thought both played their characters excellently, and really helped flesh out plot of the movie.
*****SPOILER ALERT******
As for the plot, I thought it was well conceived and an excellent late 40's continuation of the kind of things Indiana Jones had experienced and sought after in the original three films. The transition from Nazis to Russians was (to me at least) the only logical choice and I'm glad it was made rather then going for some kind of rebel Nazi group fighting on in the Fuhrer's memory. This was already excellently done by Hellboy and others and did not need to be reiterated. While the whole alien skull thing may have been a tough pill for some to swallow, I thought it made perfect sense. It fit right in with the scientific and military priorities of Russia at the time as well as many popular, if not decried, theories about early human civilization. Bravo to George and David for bringing us a fine story and a fine script.
******SPOILERS OVER********
Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (forever after to be refered to as Indiana Jones 4) gets Seven Beards and A Mustache.
So, honestly it's been twenty years since the last Jone's flick, but I am convinced that Harrison Ford gets into this costume on the weekends and pretends to be Indiana like Jews celebrate the Sabbath, dutifully, regularly, and from sundown till sunup. He was pretty swell. Karen Allen's return was pretty swell, and the development of her character was nice too. She was no longer the smarmy, smart-mouthed lush she was in Raiders, but was much more fitting with what had happened to her in between. They also very neatly wrote out some old characters, and added some excellent new characters. These new people being of course Shia TheBeef and Cate Blanchett. I thought both played their characters excellently, and really helped flesh out plot of the movie.
*****SPOILER ALERT******
As for the plot, I thought it was well conceived and an excellent late 40's continuation of the kind of things Indiana Jones had experienced and sought after in the original three films. The transition from Nazis to Russians was (to me at least) the only logical choice and I'm glad it was made rather then going for some kind of rebel Nazi group fighting on in the Fuhrer's memory. This was already excellently done by Hellboy and others and did not need to be reiterated. While the whole alien skull thing may have been a tough pill for some to swallow, I thought it made perfect sense. It fit right in with the scientific and military priorities of Russia at the time as well as many popular, if not decried, theories about early human civilization. Bravo to George and David for bringing us a fine story and a fine script.
******SPOILERS OVER********
Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull (forever after to be refered to as Indiana Jones 4) gets Seven Beards and A Mustache.
Monday, May 19, 2008
Dresden Codak and Rice Boy
Earlier today I was reading the new page on my new favorite webcomic, Dresden Codak, that I picked up on thanks to the Emerald City Comicon. It's a pretty sweet comic, and Im excited to see where this story goes as he's only like 20 or 30 pages in. The art is nice too, kind of reminds me of the E-surance commercials but with more attention to lines and a slight mixing in of anime chracteristics. The writing is witty and smart, including two Wonder Twinesque characters that take on different scientific properties. It's righteous. I would recommend starting here.
Well, anyways, after reading the page I read the news post at the bottom and it told me that a certain comic called Rice Boy had just finished, and that it was probably one of the writer's top 3 favorite webcomics. So, I decided to take a look, and man am I glad I did. The series ran a little over 2 years and took place over almost 40 chapters. The art is elegant, but has a childlike aspect to it which makes it more powerful. The story is an epic arc about prophecies, searchers, fulfillers, friendship, destiny, and doing what has to be done. I read the whole thing in about an hour and a half, it shouldn't take most people much longer unless they're hampered by a slow connection. I warn you though, once you make it through the first few chapters you'll have a hard time tearing yourself away. From the home page, just click where it says "or Start at The Start".
Dresden Codak gets 6 Beards and A Mustache for being promising, having sweet art, and making me giggle a little bit so far.
Rice Boy gets 9 Beards for being beautiful, awesome, and epic. Go read it right now.
Well, anyways, after reading the page I read the news post at the bottom and it told me that a certain comic called Rice Boy had just finished, and that it was probably one of the writer's top 3 favorite webcomics. So, I decided to take a look, and man am I glad I did. The series ran a little over 2 years and took place over almost 40 chapters. The art is elegant, but has a childlike aspect to it which makes it more powerful. The story is an epic arc about prophecies, searchers, fulfillers, friendship, destiny, and doing what has to be done. I read the whole thing in about an hour and a half, it shouldn't take most people much longer unless they're hampered by a slow connection. I warn you though, once you make it through the first few chapters you'll have a hard time tearing yourself away. From the home page, just click where it says "or Start at The Start".
Dresden Codak gets 6 Beards and A Mustache for being promising, having sweet art, and making me giggle a little bit so far.
Rice Boy gets 9 Beards for being beautiful, awesome, and epic. Go read it right now.
Sunday, May 11, 2008
The Emerald City Comicon
Considering this was my very first comicon, I wasn't really sure what to expect. Well, I had an idea of what to expect but no hard concrete evidence, no empirical data, no facts. Let's just say I was pleasantly surprised. Entry was no hassle. I showed up right before the doors opened, so by the time I got my badge most of the massive line had already moved inside and I just had to walk to where it ended and follow it inside.
I'll go ahead and say right now that it definitely was not as BIG as I was expecting, but I think a lot of that was my own fault for having blown it up in my head. There were endless booths, and oddly the three comic creators I was most eager to meet were all right by eachother. The Penny-Arcade and PvP booths were right next to eachother and the Questionable Content booth was right behind the PvP booth. And, considering this, I have to give props to Mr. Jacques in such that even though he was positioned so closely to two of the superstars of webcomics, the line to see him far outstripped the lines at the PvP and Penny-Arcade booths for a good part of Saturday.
The local 501st Imperial Legion "Vader's Fist" was on hand taking pictures to raise money for charity so Star Wars costumes were in no short supply. Vader, Mara, A smattering of Jedi's and Imperial officers and a veritable squad of Imperial troops (mainly stormtroopers [from varying time periods and climates] but a few gunners and pilots as well). There were also quite a few other impressive costumes. My favorite being the Lobster Johnson costume.
I also picked up on some sweet new webcomics to check out as well as seeing some AWESOME artwork at various booths. I'm excited about checking them all out.
There's lots more to say but I don't feel like saying it.
The Emerald City Comic Convention gets 8 Beards. No questions.
I'll go ahead and say right now that it definitely was not as BIG as I was expecting, but I think a lot of that was my own fault for having blown it up in my head. There were endless booths, and oddly the three comic creators I was most eager to meet were all right by eachother. The Penny-Arcade and PvP booths were right next to eachother and the Questionable Content booth was right behind the PvP booth. And, considering this, I have to give props to Mr. Jacques in such that even though he was positioned so closely to two of the superstars of webcomics, the line to see him far outstripped the lines at the PvP and Penny-Arcade booths for a good part of Saturday.
The local 501st Imperial Legion "Vader's Fist" was on hand taking pictures to raise money for charity so Star Wars costumes were in no short supply. Vader, Mara, A smattering of Jedi's and Imperial officers and a veritable squad of Imperial troops (mainly stormtroopers [from varying time periods and climates] but a few gunners and pilots as well). There were also quite a few other impressive costumes. My favorite being the Lobster Johnson costume.
I also picked up on some sweet new webcomics to check out as well as seeing some AWESOME artwork at various booths. I'm excited about checking them all out.
There's lots more to say but I don't feel like saying it.
The Emerald City Comic Convention gets 8 Beards. No questions.
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