The other day one of the peeps in my Castle Age guild posted a status update professing his alignment with Creationist doctrine - the way many ignorant sheep do, with a vague ad hominem attack on an actual scientist - in this case, Bill Nye and his Youtube vid debunking creationism. I couldn't resist noting that Creationism is a fringe doctrine that ironically only gained traction in the time since Darwin. The creationist under discussion mumbled something circular about the Bible and pointed to Ben Stein ... (...more)

Bananas: still not a big fan. CA: Scored the last Lava Flask to complete a Lava Inferno Friday, finishing my predation on giants and starting the last leg of my Divine Power gear project: Azeron. Seems Azeron's loot-dropping is patterned like Magmos's, in that I get 3 epics for around 25M damage but only one of them is the alchemy bit I need 18 of. Magmos was less painful because I only needed 11 lava flasks, and at least I got 2 on one early kill. If Azeron continues to be stingy I'll be at this for a ... (...more)

The Pubilx in the strip mall at the SE corner of Glades and 441 did indeed have Muir Glen canned tomato products with expiration dates in the 2014 range. I had to stare at the shelf a while in shock before I remembered that store has a separate Greedwise (organic shading into nutrition quackery) section, but remember I did. havng done it once and thought over procedure, I'm a lot more confident in the recipe now, so I went with double-recipe can sizes. Also a 1.5L bottle of Sutter Home merlot (on sale,... (...more)

If you google the phrase "random Bible verse", the highest-ranking results are websites that admittedly return a randomized selection, but only from a cherry-picked subset of Bible verses. No obscure jewels like this from Jeremiah 49:13: For I have sworn by myself, saith Jehovah, that Bozrah shall become an astonishment, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. (For reference, Bozrah is known in modern times as Busairah in Jordan - a region which, while ... (...more)

Cooked up La Fe chickpeas (12oz bag) and Alma whole wheat fusilli (half bag) last night. Glad I snapped up the fusilli when I did because I haven't seen it at Pubilx since, and Alma's not a brand that Western Beef even carries. Combined half the chickpeas with the whole half-bag cooked-and-cooled fusilli in a 6-cup plastic food storage box, and popped that in the fridge to keep overnight. This morning I slopped on a generous teaspoon (or two?) of Classico basil pesto, and maybe a quarter jar of spicy re... (...more)