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Signal Boost Nate Bucklin's New Album, "My Favorite Whirlwind" Kickstarter
Nate Bucklin is doing a Kickstarter for his next ablum so I thought I'd post it here to help him get the last $350 for funding.
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Wheaton Chili Cook-Off 2014
It's that time of year for the Wheaton Chili Cook-off. Thankfully my gaming group didn't meet today so I could attend. There were 13 entries, some new ones and some long-standing entries. Instead of breaking down each restaurant, I grouped them together and ordered them in favorite from most to least favorite.
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Guardians of the Galaxy
I loved this movie. It's more of an epic sci-fi saga than a super-hero movie. In a way it's more like Star Wars if you take out the Jedi and whiny actors while keeping the setting and kicking the "sense of wonder" up a notch. It is set in the Marvel movie-verse but you don't need to see the other movies to enjoy this one. Conversely if you don't ( Read more... ) -
Business annoyances
There's some thing I wanted to mention in the last post but forgot ( Read more... ) -
Annoyances
This post is mostly going to be me venting about some annoyances I faced today. They're pretty small compared to the real problems other people are facing, but sometimes a man's gotta complain ( Read more... ) -
Ender's Game, its creator, and protesting
Tom Smith recently did a LJ post about Ender's Game he wanted to just stay focused on the movie and not the person who wrote it nor his views. It's his blog and his right. But this is my blog so I'm going to go a bit further. OSC is a horrible human being. If you don't like the idea of two people of the same gender getting married, fine don't marry ( Read more... ) -
Wheaton Chili Cook-Off
Last Saturday was the 5th Wheaton Chili Cook-Off so like some years before I'm going to give my impression of the different offerings. The prices were raised this year to $15 but it was worth it. About 3/4 the chilis were OK in the sense they didn't make me want to come back immediately. Looking back it might have been because I added too many and ( Read more... ) -
Zapatista
Zapatista
1703 Freedom Dr
Naperville, IL 60563
(630) 904-1703
zapatistarestaurant.comI felt like going out to dinner and had a choice between Naff Naff Grill and Zap. I went to Naff for lunch and thought I'd try something new and let myself be surprised. Zap is an upscale Mexican restaurant. For those familiar with Cozy Mels, it's what Cozy Mels ( Read more... ) -
pot gardening
Today was the local Prairie Plants sale. I picked up a sensitive fern, two turtleheads, and an elm goldenrod and planted all of them in pots. I also planted seeds for rosemary and lavender in my larger pot and finally used this herb growing kit my parents gave me for Christmas some years ago. I don't know how well these plants are going to do. The ( Read more... ) -
Third Annual Chili Cook-off
I forgot to go to the second cook-off last year. I remembered about it the day after. This time there were twice as many restaurants participating. I did manage to go to all twelve. The portions were smaller this time so people could try all of them without much trouble. The restaurants were spread out over several blocks and I'm sure some places ( Read more... )