A thread like that would be nice. I just hope it won't be just the three of us playing.
Quite a few people participate in Aurora's crossword games. Would any of them translate over to a running pass-the-baton game like that? I have no idea. I'm sure a few people wouldn't play for fear that if they got it right, they'd be expected to come up with the next puzzle and wouldn't want to.
Would you or Aurora like the honors in making it?
I suppose you could come up with whatever title you like. I'm sure something the likes of "Aurora's Cryptic Word Game" would suffice, but the choice is up to you really. Also the rules would be up to you too since it's your baby after all.
Right now, I'm on a computer that I don't get on very often and found some more old pictures to upload.
Here's me as Borat for Halloween before anyone knew who Borat was. Most people thought I was either Gene Shalit or Groucho Marx.
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You guys knew that I used to review movies for the Mick Martin & Marsha Porter DVD and Video Guide, right? (2000-2006)
If you ever get your hands on one, let me know and I can tell you which ones I did the reviews for. (Over 100 of them)
I'm also organizing all of my pictures from 2010 and decided that I should share some picture of my swords & daggers collection. Here's a few of the items that adorn my wall in my home office.
I haven't cleaned up in here since before Christmas, and everything is kindy dusty and cobwebby.
The first sword (bastard) I bought off a guy (who wasn't actually a bastard himself) that actually made the sword by hand--he forged the blade and everything, so it's one of a kind. He hand-carved the end of the hilt out of bronze. All the rest were picked up at Ren Faires and the like over the years. I have more, but the max upload is five pics.
I had a really nice one with a coiled dragon as the hilt, but it got stolen when our house was broken into four years ago.
Little did the thieves know that it was likely the least valuable sword they could have taken.
Here is my favorite and my wife's favorite in the daggers/knives division.
If you notice my ad hoc hanging system allows for items to come off the wall really easily in the case of showing off or if a demon suddenly appears out of nowhere.
I have shelves too, but they're not really interesting. A bit disorganized (with many different things like papers, notebooks, and CDs), but not much of note.
Wall stuff! I've got a picture made by my brother and a self portrait of me in a cow suit.
We'll soon have some Oz pictures that are around 100 years old up. My wife loves that series and found a small set of illustrated pages from a destroyed early edition of the Wizard of Oz. We just need to find/make suitable frames.
We might be hanging up my wife's weapons soon too, I think our friends are almost at the point where I would trust them to be drunk in a room with weapons on the walls.
I have a large collection of spent cardboard sprue sheets from board games that I've been meaning to put up on my walls. Fantasy Flight Games produces spectacular examples - Arkham Horrorites here should know - that use a lot of neat shapes and colours. As soon as I finish getting rid of as many big items as possible (possibly including the bedframe) I'll get to work on that...
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I had fresh shaved truffles for the first time Saturday in a risotto. It was amazing.
Of course, that whole dinner was great:
Bruschetta with roasted zucchini and pancetta
Risotto with fresh truffle
Prosciutto, salad, and fig jam crostini
Whole spigola roasted in wood-fire oven with roasted endive, spinach, and ... something else
Panna cotta with saba (reduced balsamic sauce)
Cheese plate with various sweet and savory accompaniments
The risotto was easily the best I have ever had even without the truffle. Just perfect texture, and the truffle just made it one of the best things I have ever put in my mouth.
The fig jam crostini was everything that a fig newton should be - but hard to describe better than that.
The spigola was really, really delicious. It was a very salty fish and the roasted endive and spinach was addicting since they had the flavor of the fish melded in them.
The panna cotta was superb. Out of this world good, and the saba sauce took it to another level. My new favorite dessert.
Other than weapons, my office is covered with movie and video game posters as well.
Aaaaaaaand Emo brings back the foodstuffs!
Wow! That sounds like a very expensive outing!
The most exciting thing I made this weekend was baked chicken breast with mashed potatoes. On Sunday, we went over to friends and they made some decent homemade chili and I watched most of what I expected to avoid which was the Superbowl.
{Favorite commercial: Lil' Darth Vader}
Other than Emo, did anybody else do anything cool foodwise or otherwise over the weekend?
Quite a few people participate in Aurora's crossword games. Would any of them translate over to a running pass-the-baton game like that? I have no idea. I'm sure a few people wouldn't play for fear that if they got it right, they'd be expected to come up with the next puzzle and wouldn't want to.
Would you or Aurora like the honors in making it?
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Right now, I'm on a computer that I don't get on very often and found some more old pictures to upload.
Here's me as Borat for Halloween before anyone knew who Borat was. Most people thought I was either Gene Shalit or Groucho Marx.
<see attached>
You guys knew that I used to review movies for the Mick Martin & Marsha Porter DVD and Video Guide, right? (2000-2006)
If you ever get your hands on one, let me know and I can tell you which ones I did the reviews for. (Over 100 of them)
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I haven't cleaned up in here since before Christmas, and everything is kindy dusty and cobwebby.
The first sword (bastard) I bought off a guy (who wasn't actually a bastard himself) that actually made the sword by hand--he forged the blade and everything, so it's one of a kind. He hand-carved the end of the hilt out of bronze. All the rest were picked up at Ren Faires and the like over the years. I have more, but the max upload is five pics.
I had a really nice one with a coiled dragon as the hilt, but it got stolen when our house was broken into four years ago.
Little did the thieves know that it was likely the least valuable sword they could have taken.
Here is my favorite and my wife's favorite in the daggers/knives division.
If you notice my ad hoc hanging system allows for items to come off the wall really easily in the case of showing off or if a demon suddenly appears out of nowhere.
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We'll soon have some Oz pictures that are around 100 years old up. My wife loves that series and found a small set of illustrated pages from a destroyed early edition of the Wizard of Oz. We just need to find/make suitable frames.
We might be hanging up my wife's weapons soon too, I think our friends are almost at the point where I would trust them to be drunk in a room with weapons on the walls.
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Anyways, attached are five "faction crests" I've created... (the outlines were sketched by hand in pencil, colors added in Photoshop).
(I can't really draw anything accurately. But I can just randomly create designs like that in not too long...)
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Books. Some doodads. Some 3D puzzles, assembled.
Of course, that whole dinner was great:
Bruschetta with roasted zucchini and pancetta
Risotto with fresh truffle
Prosciutto, salad, and fig jam crostini
Whole spigola roasted in wood-fire oven with roasted endive, spinach, and ... something else
Panna cotta with saba (reduced balsamic sauce)
Cheese plate with various sweet and savory accompaniments
The risotto was easily the best I have ever had even without the truffle. Just perfect texture, and the truffle just made it one of the best things I have ever put in my mouth.
The fig jam crostini was everything that a fig newton should be - but hard to describe better than that.
The spigola was really, really delicious. It was a very salty fish and the roasted endive and spinach was addicting since they had the flavor of the fish melded in them.
The panna cotta was superb. Out of this world good, and the saba sauce took it to another level. My new favorite dessert.
Aaaaaaaand Emo brings back the foodstuffs!
Wow! That sounds like a very expensive outing!
The most exciting thing I made this weekend was baked chicken breast with mashed potatoes. On Sunday, we went over to friends and they made some decent homemade chili and I watched most of what I expected to avoid which was the Superbowl.
{Favorite commercial: Lil' Darth Vader}
Other than Emo, did anybody else do anything cool foodwise or otherwise over the weekend?