A Great Victory

 Making sure that I post with some kind of frequency. Lets begin this time with:

Other
-Let me begin saying "I HAVE DEFEATED THE OVEN!!!". Now to put that into context. When we cook something, the oven smokes. It sets off the detector, and clouds the kitchen. Finally bought some oven cleaner and cleaned that sucker out. it was kinda gross. The oven cleaner makes the dried stuff into a brown sludge.I was surprised at how much there was. but it's gone now (I think) and we can all rest easy.it's very exciting.
-Now, on to more environmental matters. The weather  here has been insane. There was a good deal of snow and the kids haven't gone to school (the kids I work with, not my kids, I don't have kids) since Monday... I'm not even really sure they'll go to school tomorrow (Monday). Our driveway is kind of long and up a hill to get out. (by kind of long, I mean about 30 feet) We had to shovel for about five hours to get through all of it over a span of two days, and there were to of us working. I was little more than a knot of pain and suffering. But we finished it and went out to dinner to celebrate. This will be elaborated more later.

Entertainment
-Just finished the eleventh Dresden Files book: Turn Coat. There is one more out right now (Changes, I believe). Then I have to wait until June for the thirteenth book. For anyone who hasn't read my other posts. You should. Beyond that, you should read the Dresden Files. The first book is called Storm Front, and the author is Jim Butcher. It's a fantasy/mystery series about Chicago's only advertised wizard for hire, PI Harry Dresden.
-Reading the Percy Jackson series, which is a fun read. It's not mentally taxing and is obviously intended for people under 15, but I am enjoying it so far. I'm on the third book right now and there are five in the series. They're about a young boy (Percy Jackson) who has been the center of strange occurrences for much of his life. Finally when matters become too dire, he finds himself at a camp full of mythical creatures of the ancient Greek origin as well as Half-Bloods, children of the gods (gods, with a lower case 'g', lets not get metaphysical) themselves.
-What should we call this masked villain? The Green Bee? No! The Green Hornet! I saw the Green Hornet (in 2D, thankfully. This whole 3D craze is stupid, but I digress) with Seth Rogen. It was hilarious. Went with a couple of coworkers and the lady. She even enjoyed, despite expecting to be going purely for my benefit. The action sequences were compelling and the jokes were actually pretty funny. all in all I think you should watch it. There was a preview for Thor, which I'm also excited to see.

Food
-Lets begin with food from other places. (restaurants) Ruby Tuesday, always a hit. I had the New Orleans Seafood, which consisted of a breaded fillet of fish, topped with a few shrimp and a parmesan sauce, which was delicious. I always order the white cheddar mashed potatoes, simply because it's the best side they have. I went with the risotto this time time as my second side, which nicely complimented the parmesan sauce.
-The aforementioned Korean place. This time I had some other kind of spicy beef soup (Koreans eat a lot of soup, from what I can tell). The place consistently has good food, so I enjoy going there and there's a good bit to it, so I feel full.
-This may not quite be FOOD per se, but there is this pub two blocks from my house that sells over 60 brews on tap. If you get your card punched with all of them, they make you a plaque to put on the wall with your name on it. I'm pretty excited. One down....
-home food. Breaded and baked chicken. My main advice for that is to use cereal instead of breadcrumbs. Any not super sweet cereal should do (that means special k or chex, not cocoa puffs.... but maybe.... NO, never mind)
-We found this amazing recipe for tortellini soup and it was better than I expected, seeing as how there wasn't any meat in it. but it was quite tasty.
 -Additionally, there was more of the frozen chili and soup. No one ever asks for the recipes to anything....

Pathfinder
-Last night, we encountered the fiend-lord Arkas, in his castle. We had ascended his many traps and puzzles and found ourselves face to face with the man who's actions needed to be accounted for. As we pressed forward past his henchmen and guards, we lost one of our new party members. Their death was retributed for in folds. Also, unfortunately, the rogue was turned into a bunny. There was a significant worry that she would get trampled while a bunny. We finally managed to bludgeon the bastard to death and save the day. Hurray!
-After we defeated the dark figure, we found evidence that there may something of merit in the cellar. As we arrive, we find a giant living robot, imprisoned. He warns us of a proficey and escorts us outside so that we may see proof of what he says. As we emerge from the castle, we can say a large red ball above the horizon, slowly growing in size (getting closer). dun Dun DUN! Until next time for that.

Call of Duty
Two of my friends who I don't get to talk to very much got the new Call of Duty game. I was quite excited, I have now had significantly more conversations with them then I did last week. That's about it, folks. have a good time. =]