Memory Lane - Part 1

So Mark left a note on my previous entry that he couldn't find the awesome recipe. I went hunting for it and I came upon one of my most favorite blog posts that I have ever read. Definitely top 10 material, who knows, maybe I'll make a list.

Fragments - Tom Lischke

Props to the Lischkes on T-day

Made the Salsa Blanco yesterday and chilled it overnight. Busted it out for the get together and it was a hot commodity. So, the recipe keeps paying off. Thanks for posting it again.

Girard goes to GenCon Socal 2006

Disclaimer: This post might seem pompous at times, but none of it is directed at anyone or anyone's company specifically.

We win Gracie, we win. - Harry Stamper - Armageddon.

This is my first SoCal event and it was pretty small (compared to the other conventions I've been to). I haven't conned in over a year and I got wrecked physically. So I wanted to apologize to the guys that I was supposed to go out and have fun with, I just couldn't move after each day.

UDE's tournament area was full all weekend. The Dragon was slayed just once, but there was a steady stream of competitors looking to take her down. There were 26 more people in the Beginner's Sealed Deck than the Dream Machine Challenge. The place was packed and soo much new blood in the industry. The Vs. Pro Circuit still had a healthy amount of people (same number as last year) and Yu gi oh had like 600+. World of Warcraft TCG was the talk of the convention and everyone that I talked to loved it. It was cool to see people continue to tweak their decks to try and beat Onyxia.

R&D 1 - True Dungeon 0
I was the Bard and I sang it up.

It was good to see everyone that I did; Evan, Beal, Seth and his crew, Trevor, Peiper, Schoe, Ray, Kelly, Adam, Mr. Bond, Bits. It was not good to see Charles Hickey, that guy is an ass.

In Arizona this week...

Heroes Fan and you like spoilers???

If you don't, don't read further.


They spoiled on IMDB who the actor is that is playing Sylar. I must say that I don't think I have ever seen this actor ever play a good guy. It is debatable if he is evil in a movie that came out a couple years ago where there was a tcg based on said movie.

Could I be more vague?

Heroes - 11/13

Holy Crap...Sylar is a Jedi!!!!


now that you've stopped laughing. I was promised some big stuff this week and I got a Sylar Jedi Mind Trick, a not-so-dead waitress, a "suggestive" hot chick, the "good" side of the dad and a missing Hiro. It was pretty full of stuff, but I'm not as keen on the Mohinder part of the story I guess.

Next week, we get to save the cheerleader and in turn, save the world....OR DO WE??!??!?!?!

FOX Sunday Lineup

A lot of times this lineup is just a bunch of cartoons that try to hard, but tonite...it was pretty much outstanding.

The Simpsons - Had a trailer for the new movie, sorry, it was a teaser. It was a funny teaser though.

American Dad - I thought the 2 Fast 2 Furious joke was pretty damn funny. I remember having street racing days in high school. That and they spoofed up World of Warcraft without having to pay some royalties. At least WoW isn't as blatant as the cartoon portrayed with the obvious ways to kill the monster.

Family Guy - Wow, this is probably one of the funniest Family Guys I have ever seen. Stewie laid it on sooo thick and even Lois got in some good jabs. The bit about the change in voice pitch was pretty good as well. Sometimes there is a little bit of that going on with some people I know.

The War at Home - It has an emo chick and some funny "bedroom" issues. The mom is hot too.

It was sort of a "what would Mike Girard like to laugh at" kind of night on Fox. Zune.net looks interesting as well. It was a nice way to complete a weekend that was packed with about 15 hours worth of Star Wars. I need to get out more.

Just couldn't get enough

When I left Hampton Roads, I thought I would be done with large bridges over water. I had to traverse this beast this morning. My knuckles are still white.

The suicide hotline signs at the top of the bridge were rather entertaining though.

Cinemax is running the taunts

So today is the big day, they are running all 6 movies back to back. I'm enjoying the Phantom Menace and then I'm like..."there are pieces missing" and I realize it.

It's in freaking full screen!! Talk about getting pwned. If it's one thing that I learned at Casa de Heuer, wide screen >>> full screen.

The extended pod race was pretty darn cool, they should have included everything in the first place. It makes his win seem more gratifying and less random.

*shakes the fist at Cinemax*

Expectations..

Why are they ALWAYS a let down?

Pwned for being Diplomatic

So I have picked up a bit of the Diplomacy by email bug. I know, I'm about 5-6 years too late, but a bunch of friends and I have started playing regularly. We play gunboat.

This is my 2nd game. The first one I was Russia and Turkey and I made a good deal and we were dominating when the game broke up and this one started (too many people went AWOL).

In this game, I agreed to stay out of GAL and Austria would help me into RUM then in CON. This is a snapshot of Spring 1902.



Everything was going well. I continued to press for Norway and was planning on helping Germany into Norway for them giving me Sweden. Then this happened -



Yea...I got pwned by Germany/Austria. I couldn't recover.

Heroes - 11/6

Wow...nothing like some free advertising for YouTube (I'm sorry Brad, that totally sucked, if I was working on it, I would have had the kid say "I'm soo putting this up on vsocial.com). Clearly the radiation is bad and we have no backup, but let's go in the room anyway.

I think that goateed Ali Larter could kick my ass.

Whoa...two marks on the shoulder. Radioactive hands and the cop have it so far.

- Save the Cheerleader, save the world.

First Earthquake Experienced

Epicenter just west of Tecate, US-mexican border and it was a 4 magnatude. I felt the building shake. It was kind of scary.

The size of my e-peen is pretty infinite

Wise Words

"Forcing innovation is like forcing romance. It just doesn't work that way." - Brad Defruiter - 11/1/06