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Get in losers, we’re going to do science! This is my job...

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:54:00 -0400

Get in losers, we’re going to do science!

This is my job hunting motivation.

(via: emoastig0122)

Since reading Supergods, seeing things like this gets me so...

Sun, 13 May 2012 23:26:13 -0400

Since reading Supergods, seeing things like this gets me so excited!

(via Looks Like Phoenix Jones Has an Archenemy Now - Topless Robot)

Where can I get these? I’m getting a great idea for...

Fri, 11 May 2012 16:03:14 -0400

Where can I get these? I’m getting a great idea for Voltorb flip.

thedrunkenmoogle: Vera (Firefly cocktail) Ingredients:2 oz....

Fri, 11 May 2012 13:49:18 -0400

thedrunkenmoogle:

Vera (Firefly cocktail)

Ingredients:
2 oz. Bourbon whiskey
1/2 oz. Bacardi 151
1/2 oz. Sake
3/4 oz ginger syrup
3-4 dashes Angostura Bitters

Instructions for Ginger Syrup:
1 cup of water
1 cup of sugar
1/2 cup fresh diced Ginger
In a pot or large pan, add the water, sugar, and half of the ginger in the beginning. Boil for 1-2 minutes while mixing. Then add the other half once the first batch gets mushy. This makes it nice and spicy. Let sit until everything is nice and syrupy, then remove from the stove and let cool.

Directions: Add ginger syrup and bitters to an Old Fashioned Glass. Next add the rum and whiskey. Fill with cubed ice then float the Sake on top. Before drinking, give the glass a quick swirl to lightly distribute Sake.

Note from the creator:

I figured if Jane would drink a cocktail, it would be one of the original and manliest of cocktails, and Old-Fashion. But in the Firefly universe, American and Chinese cultures have mixed, so I felt it needed an Asian twist. This is where the ginger syrup and Sake comes in. The Bacardi 151 bumps the manliness factor of this drink up by giving a much higher alcohol content, plus the Bacardi gives an extra spicy, smokey flavor. Enjoy yourself a Vera.

“This is my very favorite gun… I call it Vera” -Jayne Cobb

Drink created and photographed by Eddie Strickland.

Goin to the party, sippin on Bacardi!

In case you didn’t know, there’s a Tumblr that just...

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:06:54 -0400

In case you didn’t know, there’s a Tumblr that just blogs photos of tea, coffee, and books. Ohh…it’s so hot.

"The only way to find interesting things to talk about is to be open to the world as possible, and..."

Wed, 09 May 2012 19:21:26 -0400

“The only way to find interesting things to talk about is to be open to the world as possible, and tune your machinery to bring as much of it to you as possible, without getting to the point where you’re getting no time to process it. At some juncture, you have to stop reading and start writing. You have to have it in yourself to know when to close the window and say, no, okay, I need to actually think about this now. It is seductive to let successive ways of incident and ideation just wash over you, and a fascinating way to spend your time, but until you use the information, it’s not a productive lifestyle.”

- Warren Ellis

Hello World x3. Welcome to the third iteration of Toaster Labs.

Wed, 09 May 2012 19:16:29 -0400

Hello World x3. Welcome to the third iteration of Toaster Labs.

Ceci n'est pas une...uhh...copyright infringement?

Thu, 03 May 2012 21:46:00 -0400

Ceci n’est pas une…uhh…copyright infringement?

[by Aled Lewis]

"In the 19th century only the mentally insane had blogs."

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:54:00 -0400

I think most of the humor is lost in translation, leaving something distinctly surreal.

If you need a bit more of the Soviet Holmes -> link

So where do these three fall in your ranking of favorite Holmeses?

Just a Minute TV, Day 2

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:35:00 -0400

Now, I promise not to post the episode every weekday for the next two weeks, but this second episode was so much better than the first, I thought it deserved some more touting. Benefits of the doubt, much Stephen Fry - what more could you want?

Just a Minute TV

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:05:00 -0400

The set, it makes my eyes bleed.

The thing that hooked me on Just a Minute right away was Nicholas Parson’s welcome to listeners around the world. Someone please point out the existence of YouTube to him so that he can include his customary greeting in any future TV recordings!

Everyone seems so well behaved, and not a single benefit of the doubt was given. But really, I’m just glad to be able to finally see an episode of Just a Minute.

The Revolution Will Be Televised

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:32:00 -0400

Completely appropriate reaction to Enjolras? Yes.

"They took him in the dead of night, beneath a moon of gray..."

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:56:00 -0500

“In a fading town, far from anyone he knew or trusted, a young Lemony Snicket began his apprenticeship in an organization nobody knows about. He began asking questions that shouldn’t have been on his mind. Now he has written an account that should not have been published, in four volumes that shouldn’t be read. This is the first volume.”

October 23, 2012
(I am so happy right now.)

Settlers of Star Trek?

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:42:00 -0500

[via: BoardGameGeek]

Greetings of Various Seasonal Appropriateness

Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:50:00 -0500

Merry Christmas and other winter holidays all.

Because of the difficulty I seem to have in keeping up with radio, I’ve never gotten to plug this on time in the past three years. Therefore, in completely unrelated news, you can catch the last episode of the Man in Black. Pure radio horror stories, bookended by comments from the Man in Black, here the purring Mark Gatiss.

“Please, take care.”

Katawa Shoujo Release Imminent!

Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:57:00 -0500

Celebrating the 5th anniversary of the post that brought a bunch of determined 4channers together to create a visual novel. Based on what I saw from Act 1, this game should excel in every metric by which you measure a quality VN. I can’t wait to play.

-> Katawa Shoujo Will Be Released on January 4th

Bittorrent Find of the Day

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:09:00 -0500

The magic of filesharing is not fr33 mu5ic& mov1ez!!!, it’s people coming together to create a library of otherwise unavailable things.

Love Plus English Patch Released

Sat, 05 Nov 2011 09:27:00 -0400

Just wow. I didn’t know this project was even happening. I’ve been curious about this game for a while and I can’t wait to finally play. Congrats and thanks to the TLWiki team!

-> Love Plus English Patch
-> GBAtemp Discussion

What Zelda Is

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 08:43:00 -0400

“You find yourself in a dungeon, possibly unsure how to open a locked door. You can trust that the people who made the game only allowed you to enter the dungeon because you had everything you needed to get through it…That’s Zelda.”

-Stephen Totilo, Kotaku

"Is there anything else you can learn from your scrapbook of thecircus?"

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:57:00 -0400

Failbetter Games, makers of the engrossing Echo Bazaar, have opened their newest interactive fiction - The Night Circus.

For those of you interested in joining, use my -> Diary link so I can get some mysterious “Rêveur Ranks.”