Classic Game Review

As you know I have been on a dry spell recently. I just can't seem to think of anything interesting to post so I decided to do somthing easy, a game review!

Game: Mole Mania

Type: Puzzle
Age: 9+
Dificulty: Very hard

Story:

One day while Muddy Mole was at work, his wife was going about her daily chores while grandpa mole was watching the baby moles play... When suddenly Jinbe the farmer showed up and grabbed Muddys wife and all of his kids, shoved them into his big farmers bag and then left. But not befor leaving a note for Muddy. "Youe wife and kids are mine! If you want them back I'll be waiting in Jinbe land! -Jinbe" Muddy was furious he vowed to get back his wife and children and then set off on his adventure.

Description:

Make it through the 8 worlds of Jinbe land and rescue your kids along the way. The object is to use your puzzle solving skills and muddys super fast digging claws to get through each world. Each world introduces new aspects of the game, from digging holes to get past an obsticle, to throwing a big iron ball into big rock walls to make it to the next puzzle. each new puzzle is harder than the last. To add a little more challenge to the game you must find and steal 20 cabbages, play a frantic Minigame and find all items in each world.

My opinion:

I like Mole Mania because it's very hard. not only do you have fun playing the game but you have a sence of pride upon completing a world with a shining 100%. As far as I'm concerned, the story is ok but its really the puzzles that challenge your very sanity that get me. I can remember there was one level that was so hard that I always had to use my "surrender" to get past. Of course the day I finally figured it out I felt like the smartest man alive.

Rateing:

fun: 8.5/10
story/setting: 6/10
controls: 10/10
replayability: 9/10
Overall: 8.4

Fine Dining

Todays post is about somthing I cooked this month and I am going to try and do this at least once a month. So, Saturday Miriam and I were wondering what we should have for supper and we really didn't have anything in the house that was easy and quick to whip up. Upon inspecting the fridge we came up with the idea that all we needed were some simple additions, obtainable at the local grocery store and we could make shish kebabs. Fortunatly Miriam had thrown some chicken breast meat along with a few left over chunks of raw beef round, into a bowl with some italian dressing to marinade. So, Miriam and I went to Winn-Dixie and got some baby portabella mushrooms, green peppers and some green and yellow squash. After returning home we cut the meat into bite size chunks and skewered them on sticks. Then we grilled the shish kebabs on our nice big George forman grill (thank you Uncle Rod and Aunt Beth) untill they smelled so good we could not stand to wait any longer. Whilst I was fussing with stabbing chunks of meat and various vegetables, Miriam was whipping up some amazingly tasty butter, garlic and parmesan pasta. Here is the finished product try not to drool on your keyboard.


I also took a picture with some pretty things to make you guys even more hungry (notice the pretty candle, and NO I didn't steal it from my next door neighbor). In case your wondering thats Coke Zero in my cup. All things considered I would give this meal a 98%. I think I might have enjoyed it a tad more if I had had some lemon juice to squeeze on my pasta but we just didn't think of it while we were at the store. The after effects of this meal were catastrophic on our breath and I woulden't recomend it if you are trying to impress a date. (Please note that no real Shish Kebabs were hurt during the making of this meal)

And finally! A word from a professional food Critic! Now since this is our first time I thought I might do somthing special. As it turned out however, the only person I could find was a wierd pirate person thingy. So without further adu... or however you spell it, I give you Wierd Beard the pirate!

Arrrr! First I just wanna say that back in me day we hadda KILL our kebab veggies! there was none O' this shoppin at the "Store" for 'em. Yessir, I member the firs time I chased down a wild green squash... I harpooned the beaut right off port bough. Those were the days! None 'O this "Store" shoppin stuff! Yer can have it! Give me fresh killed veggies any day. And as fer yer measely little excuse fer a meal, it woulden't satisfy me hunger when I was a wee boy let alone a grown glorious pirate! Me advice to ye would be ta triple the portions and lay off the garlic. Yer breath could wipe out Black Beard 'imself... Arrrrrrrr!

Bee Swarm!!!

Just Thursday morning I woke up to my annoying next door neighbor squealing like a piglett that's been freshly branded. naturally I went outside to find out why and was met with the sight of a million bees buzzing around my front door. I'm not sure if he got stung or not but he retreated into his house before I could find out. Upon inspecting the situation I found a large swarm of honey bees hanging off the corner of my trailer no more than ten feet away from my front door. her is a picture of the actual swarm, it was about the size of a football.

After plucking up a bit of courage I was able to get close enough to get some decent pictures. also I was able to get a few shots from behind (Via crawling under the trailer from the other side) which is the next picture here. I was not stung once but I did kneel on a sharp stone that put a substantially painful "owie" on my knee. Luckily when bees swarm they pay almost no attention to anything else and are quite calm.
After getting a few pictures I took a video with some narration in the hopes that I might get stung for the amusement of the audience. Unfortunatly, (or fortunatly, I'm not sure which) I didn't get stung during the video either, although a few bees did land on me and crawl through my hair. In retrospect I realize that I should have reached out and poked the swarm, that would have gotten some results. Here is the video, sorry it wasn't as exciting as it could have been.

At any rate I called a bee keeper and he came out and had a look at it. By the time he got to my house though, the swarm had left for the most part. Apparently they found a suitable nesting place and the only bees that remained were the ones that were away when the swarm left. Please reply and tell me what interesting bee stories you might have.

Gone Fishing

Here are a few pictures of me fishing yesterday (May 9) I was the first time I purposfully went fishing spacifically for blue fish. I fished from the hobe Sound public beach from about 8:30am until about 11:00am and I caught three blue fish along with several large chunks of seaweed (not pictured) My sister was the (some what unwilling)photographer. for those of you who want to know, I was using 15lb test line with a mesh wire leader that had a 4oz sinker and a long bait holder hook. my bait was frozen/thawed sardines. (bionic bait)










This was the first fish I caught, I decided to through it back because it was only about 12-13 inches. It did however, put up a good fight. I was very glad that I bought the mesh wire leaders because these things had pretty good sized teeth.

I think this is a picture of the second fish I caught it might be the third though. the second fish I caught ended up being the biggest at about 19-20 inches I really didnt want to keep the third one I caught but it swallowed the hook and I really didn't want to lose my leader so I kept it. In case your wondering why the fish dont look very big its because I'm a huge guy.

Finally here are the two that I kept, on my kitchen counter just before I cleaned them. Notice the Coke Zero bottle for size comparison. I filletted them both and cut the meat into strips, which I then cooked with some "Fish and Chips" batter from Walmart. before I cooked them though I looked up on wikipedia about the strip of dark meat they had along their sides. it turned out that strip of meat is very strong so I cut it off. They turned out very good and even my wife (who hates fish) said they weren't bad. I was not able to get a picture of the fish cooked because it dissappeared very fast. (hic)

A short poem

When I wake in the morning I'm in grumpy mode.
The taste in my mouth is like I've been sucking a toad.
I get out of my bed and I go brush my chompers.
Then I put on my clothes and go strap on my stompers.
Great black hitops they are with strong toes made of steel.
My tootsies feel safe in them, and thats a good deal.
Next I make my huge bed with its bed spread and sham.
Then I clomp to the fridge for immitation ham.
I then go to work where I slave hard all day long.
For a tiny pay check that makes me say, "thats just wrong!"
Then I go home as fast as my big feet can carry.
And I see my dear sweety which makes my day merry.