C7YB: Holy crap it's Wednesday!

by Bill Cable
on 2012-05-16, 12:51:31

So yesterday I went home about an hour after getting to work because I didn't feel well. I spent the rest of the day working from home.

And that totally screwed up my internal weekly calendar... I've been operating all day as if it was still Tuesday. And I completely forgot to post my comic! ACK!! So... better late than never, here it is!

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Well it's about time!!!!

by Darth Danno
on 2012-05-16, 12:56:26

It took until May the 4th for some SW guests to be announced. Now I'm not in any way putting down said celebrities who are currently scheduled to attend, but you'd think they'd have announced a whole lot more than this? Going on Official Pix's website, the CVI Autograph Hall ...

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Action Figures & Their Beers: I recognised its fine aroma . . . .

by Beedo Sookcool
on 2012-05-15, 14:58:16

THE GOVERNOR

This beer is named after a greyhound the head brewer’s father rescued, and which went on to become a triple record-breaker. I do not have any greyhound-related toys, not even a Santa’s Little Helper, so I have to go with figures based on the name “The Governor” itself. Surprisingly, I don’t seem to have any Jesse Ventura or Arnold Schwarzenegger figures, so the best gubernatorial toy I have to go with this ale is the governor of Oversector Outer, Grand Moff Tarkin. I chose the POTF2 version because I think it’s got a much closer facial resemblance to Peter Cushing than the later, ROTS-style Tarkin, which is basically Scorpius from Farscape in a Spitting Image Cushing mask.

The Governor is an all-malt British beer with a 4.1% ABV potency rating. Brewed by the J. W. Lees Brewery of Manchester (Est. 1828) around a recipe by Marco Pierre White (whose father owned the aforementioned greyhound), this is a really, really malty ale. Ice cold, it’s refreshing, and yet very smooth and satisfying. Warmed up to about 40° F / 4° C, it’s full of flavour, mellow, and still refreshing. There’s no tinge of hops, so the flavour is utterly dominated by the malt. As such, there is no bitter aftertaste, only a lingering toast / danish sort of flavour which fades to a mouth-watering nothing after a couple of minutes. If beer can be described as liquid bread (and it has been), The Governor is a bit like drinking liquid raisin toast. It’s so lovely and relaxing and low-key as a recreational beverage, it’s pushed itself into the Top Fifteen rankings. And like, Wilhuff Tarkin, it rules. A lot.

Drink this if you also like: Really malty, smooth, satisfying beverages. Raisin toast or prune danishes.

Where's Tresob?

by Tresob Yr
on 2012-05-10, 00:39:58

At the moment-- he's packing.

And, man, does he have a lot of junk to pack.

Budding collectors, let this serve as a cautionary tale. Making one action figure purchase a week, every week, for seventeen years...adds up to a big pile of plastic when it comes time to relocate.

What have I wrought?!?

The Force Among Us II

by Darth Danno
on 2012-05-09, 09:34:54

Some of you may remember that I was in a SW documentary a few years back (5 to be exact) called: “The Force Among Us”. Well now, in 2012, director Cris Macht is moving forward with the sequel! Here's a brief synopsis (which I wrote myself at Cris’ request. The ...

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Action Figures & Their Beers: Lightning Strikes

by Beedo Sookcool
on 2012-05-07, 09:57:23

SUMMER LIGHTNING

We have a multiple award winner this week: one I’ve been wanting to review for a while, but didn’t have a decent figure to match it up with. This is the second beer for which I’ve picked up an action figure especially so I can pair it up and ...

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Action Figures & Their Beers: Hopped up to the gills

by Beedo Sookcool
on 2012-05-04, 12:28:24

Yeah, again, sorry about the late posting this week. My work schedule's all over the place, and I lose track of time when I go from day shifts to night shifts and back again. Anywho . . . .

HOPPING HARE

From Badger Ales of Dorset comes this thrice-hopped summer ale (Goldings, ...

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"Happy" Star Wars Day...

by Bill Cable
on 2012-05-04, 09:16:16

Today is a day I dread. May the Fourth. "Star Wars Day." I find the concept repulsive. I oppose it at a moral level. It offends my sensibilities.

And it's not that I have anything against Star Wars... obviously. I mean... what 11 years no running a Star Wars comedy site? ...

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Something Sidious comes to Athens

by Darth Danno
on 2012-05-02, 08:00:40

At my request, a friend of mine was able to get tickets to the first preview night of “Timon of Athens” starring Ian McDiarmid down at the Chicago Shakespeare Theater at Navy Pier last Tuesday night. The seats surround the stage on three sides, plus there are a couple of ...

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What's next???

by Darth Danno
on 2012-04-25, 07:28:19

So, we've had the films released in theaters, they've been re-released, released on VHS and laserdisc. Special Editions of the films were then released in theaters years later, and versions of those were released on VHS, and on DVD, and now Blu-Ray. The films are starting their return to the ...

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Action Figures & Their Beers: Lookit the chrome on that!

by Beedo Sookcool
on 2012-04-24, 14:23:35

Wa tetu dat uta, gang! This week's entry is a day late because of new computer hiccups. After giving in to peer pressure (and the fact that many sites like YouTube and Toy Palace wouldn't work with my old machinery and software), we got a brand-new computer and software and ...

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