Lohan, Jolie, Douglas, Quaid

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

The summer has begun! Let all bow down and worship its sunny majesty. Unless you live below the equator, in which case, heeeeere's winter!

Summer and winter, of course, have nothing to do with this week's quiz, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't play. You should. You must! The fate of the universe is in your hands! Well, maybe not... but still. Playing is a good thing. A fun thing. It's right there before your eyes. Do not resist. Give in to your hunger. Play, or zombies will rise from the earth and nibble your ears off.

In other news, I had pudding this weekend. vulgarbarbarian has a well-stocked fridge, and so marasca and I were able to sample tapioca, caramel-vanilla, and triple-layer-chocolate Jello Puddings. Yum. Then marasca taught us an insane drinking game and we got loaded. Booze and pudding in the same night? What could be better?



That's right, eating something cute. Booyah.

PS- If any of you are gamers, I'll see you hard-core types at Origins next week. Bring it.

Comments

[cpip.livejournal.com]

Damn you! You'll be at Origins, and I can't make it this year! I weep. I weep bitter tears.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Ah well. There will be another day, another way, another shiny game to play!

[ckirkman.livejournal.com]

God, I wish I could be at Origins this year. I have too many other trips to afford it. :(

You going to DragonCon?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

DragonCon is always a terrible time for me. I can never get enough days off around it because that's the middle of work's Helluva Busy Season. One day maybe I'll manage the weekend. I'd like to, that's for sure.

Also, I've never made it to GenCon. Have to do that one day as well.

[ckirkman.livejournal.com]

Only been to GenCon once, but it was fantastic. I want to make it back again soon. I also need to make it back to Games Day Baltimore sometime. So many cons, so little time!

[blu-matt.livejournal.com]

GenCon? Is that something to do with transsexuals and others with gender confusion?

[deltashade.livejournal.com]

Transsexuals et al. who are in trouble with the law.

[puredeadthingy.livejournal.com]

I hate summer, I'm on my Work Experience and the place is not air conditioned.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Heh. I hate summer too, really. Heat and humidity are not my favorite flavors. Give me spring. Or autumn- a bit less rainy than spring. That's nice. Pleasantly cool, but not searingly sweaty like July and August. Yuck.

[dubh-ceol.livejournal.com]

Summer is good. No more socks and shoes for me! It's bare feet and sandals until the snow falls again!

Apologies To Boromir...

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

One does not simply walk barefoot through nature. There are insects there that do not sleep. A field of poisonous, scratchy, itchy, biting greenery stands between you and safety. Not with ten thousand Benadryl tablets could you do this thing!

Brunswick Stew w/Raccoon

[cefirus.livejournal.com]

2 quarts water
1 (3 1/2-pound) whole raccoon, cut up
1 (15-ounce) can baby lima beans, undrained
1 (8-ounce) can baby lima beans, undrained
2 (28-ounce) cans whole tomatoes, undrained and chopped
1 (16-ounce) package frozen baby lima beans
3 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
1 large yellow onion, diced
2 (15-ounce) cans cream-style corn
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup butter or margarine
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
2 teaspoons hot sauce

Bring 2 quarts water and raccoon to a boil in a Dutch oven; reduce heat, and simmer 40 minutes or until tender. Remove raccoon, and set aside. Reserve 3 cups broth in Dutch oven. (Reserve remaining broth for other uses.)
Pour canned lima beans and liquid through a wire-mesh strainer into Dutch oven, reserving beans; add tomato to Dutch oven.

Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; cook, stirring often, 40 minutes or until liquid is reduced by one-third.

Skin, bone, and shred raccoon. Mash reserved beans with a potato masher. Add raccoon, mashed and frozen beans, potato, and onion to Dutch oven. Cook over low heat, stirring often, 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Stir in corn and remaining ingredients; cook over low heat, stirring often, 1 hour.

Prep: 30 min., Cook: 6 hrs

Re: Brunswick Stew w/Raccoon

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Strangely enough, the local Shop-Rite does not have any "raccoon" in its frozen mean section. Damn shame, that.

Re: Brunswick Stew w/Raccoon

[cefirus.livejournal.com]

Dats why yu gets yerself unna dem nice shiiny guns an' finds yerself a coon dog.

Re: Brunswick Stew w/Raccoon

[active-apathy.livejournal.com]

And reading that, I managed to mistake your icon's puppet!Angel for the Swedish Chef.

Would that make the Zombie say "Grr! Arrg! Børk!"

Re: Brunswick Stew w/Raccoon

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

Youse gotsta go deeper into Sussex to gets the Shop Rite wits the raccoon. Like Layton.

Re: Brunswick Stew w/Raccoon

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Hah. Even I won't go that deep into Sussex. That's scary-north side. Worse than Sandyston, even.

[grayhawkfh.livejournal.com]

WOO! Origins!

I'll be there as well. I'll be spending a fair amount of time running events either in the Looney Labs Big Experiment Lab or the Steve Jackson Games room, so feel free to stop by and say "hi"...

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

I love the Looney Labs room. Nanofictionary is my favorite. One of these days I might learn how to do something with those shiny plastic pyramids that does not involve the word "caltrops".

[thurdl01.livejournal.com]

There's a Looney Labs room at this place? Oh great, now I need to know when and where this is.

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Origins Gaming Convention, June 29-July 3, in Columbus, OH. As Obi-Wan Kenobi once said, "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy, unless you visit New York City."

[dv8dragonfly.livejournal.com]

Aha!! I knew it had to happen! I knew after hearing you mention Origins that you and I would have a link other than ljdq!! I used to work with one of the people who IS Looney Labs.

Icon Love and something else...

[jered-cain.livejournal.com]

Answers submitted already.

And I don't eat racoons. They're too gamey.

Re: Icon Love and something else...

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Gamey's ok. And its nothing a bit of oil and fondue cheese can't cure!

Re: Icon Love and something else...

[jered-cain.livejournal.com]

It's certainly something that you don't deep-fry, though.

Re: Icon Love and something else...

[utforsker.livejournal.com]

what?! no coon fritters to go with your deep fried okra?

[lovellama.livejournal.com]

Did you get the pudding I left for you at the foot of the statue in the park in front of the courthouse in Newton that commemerates the noble Northern boys that died in the War of Southern Rebellion?

[chaosvizier.livejournal.com]

Indeed! Mmmm, pudding depository... And rightfully so. Those cheeky southerners tried to take our pudding, but we fought them tooth and claw!