How to Survive A Zombie Apocalypse: Duct Tape

This little guy was made by my friend Jace check her out her stuff here: http://cootietourniquet.deviantart.com/

One item that no House, Car or Zombie Survivor should never be with out is a good old roll of Duct Tape. This handy dandy adhesive is one of the more useful simple things you can carry cause in a pinch it can be used to fix anything or fortify or even be used to make a light weight armor. So make sure that you carry a couple of rolls with you when ever you go out cause the amount of uses is endless

For example if you get injured (not bitten) you can use duct tape as a quick way to stop the bleeding until the proper medical attention can be administered. One of the best things you can do to make impromptu armor is wrap your jacket and pants in a layer of duct tape and instant light bite proof armor. One should always remember the silver rule (because duct tape is silver get it) is that if it moves and it shouldn't then use duct tape. By putting a couple of strips across a window it makes the tensile strength of the window stronger by a significant amount.
This is one of the cheapest and most essential pieces of equipment that an ultimate survivor should have on their person 

My time at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo

Ok so this past weekend marked the biggest event of my year The Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, or as I shall call it from now on C2E2, this is the thing I look forward to every year. For me more planning goes into this convention then almost anything else in my life. This year was shaping to be the best yet mainly because on of the actors who plays my favorite characters from my favorite show was going to be there this year. Who is this mysterious actor, why it is Adam Baldwin the who plays a man called Jayne in the amazing show firefly.

As being one of those geeks who enjoys dressing up every year, this year me and my friends decided it would be hella fun to all go dressed as the crew for an airship. We being the kind of people who do not just do anything half ass we not only made costumes to fit the roles needed upon an massive aircraft but we also developed back stories for everyone of our costumes. Myself I got the prestigious title of Airship Captain because for starters I already had most of my costume already built and because it was my idea to do the steampunk style costumes in the first place.

My Saturday started with me awaking and donning my costume, downing a very tasty timmies that was bestowed upon me by my best friend Kenneth the Third and we were of to the event that had been the predominate thought on our minds for the last three months. Things like always started slow at first with us trying to figure out which incredibly long line we were destined to stand in. Once inside we bee-lined straight for the opposite end of the hall where the actors were signing autographs.



I got my desired autograph and we all regrouped which took quite a bit of time to gather all of us into one local. We then decided since it was now quarter to noon that we should get some lunch, we have a tradition that each year we avoid waiting in the terrible line for like 40 min for food we just leave and come back after lunch. This year that was one of the most terrible ideas that we could have done, for you see this year was the first and last reunion of Star Trek: The Next Generation which means the con was ten time busier then ever before. So much so that upon arriving back we found that no one was permitted in and the fire marshals were planning on shutting the whole thing down. We waited around a bit before some people started yelling and growing angry, in fear of a riot starting we decided it would be our best interest to call it a day and head home so we don't get caught in something like that.

So on the Sunday we figured since it was so extremely busy on Saturday that we would get there two hours early instead of half an hour like we normally do. Boy was I glad that we took that coarse of action because even when we arrived so early the line was around the building. It was crazy how far the line streched so long before the event but then again this is what geekdom is about, waiting in crazy long lines to be sure that you get to where you need to. In half an hour the line had moved and we were waiting in a large holding area where me being who I am I got into a conversation and made a new friend.
Once the doors open I went on the geek shopping spree I had been planning I had a short list of what I was looking for. Since I had not been able to shop on Saturday I only had a small window of opportunity in which to find that in which I had longed for. Alas of the things I was only able to procure one of the items I was looking for which made me a little upset since I think if I had shopped last year I would have found them.
I got a chance to game in the afternoon on Sunday which made me happy because I missed a session that I had signed up for on Saturday. A impromptu film noir style shadow run revolving around a sound that can paralyze was interesting to play, it defiantly gave me some pointers on how to improve my campaigns. Followed by a star wars game where I was a part of the clone army and had to fight my way off of a federation overrun planet.
It wasn't the best expo I have been too but it wasn't the worst ether.

What Am I Watching?: A lonely place to die

 
So I have an affinity with films that are twisted and have a slight edge to them, the kind of flicks that make people jump in their seats. My movie preferences also include action films and a good old blood bath inducing slasher. So for anyone who has read these knows that I am terrible at giving things away and I don't try to hid it so warning SPOILER ALERT! I will say this however I highly recommend people to watch this movie it is truly amazing.



If you don't want the movie to be wrecked then stop reading now!

Start on a cliff face dangling high off the ground we are introduced to three of the main characters of whom only one will survive. Apply basic horror movie principles to figure out who and continue with the film. Almost immediately we as the audience are mad to dislike one of the characters as he pulls a stupid move and nearly kills two of them.
Move on to a remote cabin in the woods where any good thriller or slasher should take place, the actors do an amazing job making you get a feel for them and begin to make connections. This is where things take a turn off of the well beaten slasher movie track and you discover that all the characters are 30 something's who are generally good people.
Hiking in the woods we find initial asshole is still an asshole, and then they find a little girl buried in the ground. Shit gets really men act like men an make plans of action and women act like women and do motherly things. Thusly a plan is hatched where we split in to two groups, the experienced climbers will go to this place named devils something or other while the newbies go around the long way with the girl so the others can get help. Yup a plan that involves splitting up is always the best plan.
Next we as viewers find ourselves watch as our experienced climbers try to traversed towards a treacherous talus, yup I adore amazing alliterations and a talus is a cliff I looked it up. The lead begins her dangerous descent down the cliff and the suspense is palpable. I was on the edge of my seat as I watched this scene.
Now I don't want to give a play by play on this film as fun as that would be I want people to watch it, because the more people who watch this the more money the folks behind this brilliance get. Hopefully with enough money they can make another amazing movie like this. I had one issue with this film and only one, the dilemma posed by the people who are trying to pay off the kidnappers and fiscally retrieve the girl. They say things about the girl that never really get explained and that bothers me, but otherwise this film is amazing.

What If Wednesdays: Superheroes

What If? So many questions start with those two words, and we all say it especially all of the dreamers, and the neigh sayers too. Every week I try to come up with the best what if's and give five answers to what I would do or who would I be or where would I go. Life is filled with people saying if, it seems like everyday people are always saying if this were to happen or if that were to happen. Well here is me taking all those ifs and saying to myself well I guess in that situation I would want this to happen. This weekend here in good old Calgary is the Calgary Comic Expo, I look forward to this all year and for this week it is pretty much the only thing on my mind. As most of my free time is spent putting the finishing touches on my costume and excitedly tittering about who is going to be there and how amazing it going to be. I decided that since comics and geekyness are the number one topics in my world right now I figured that a very geeky what if was in need for this week. Here it is: "If I could be any super hero who would I be?" For all of those who know me they know how much of a massive marvel fanboy I am, so for those of you who don't personally know me will soon discover consider yourself warned. 1. Wolverine Yes I know that he is the number one known marvel superhero but he is my absolute favorite, so he is my first choice for a superhero. As I have stated before my reason for liking wolverine is not because of his claws, which are still freaking badass, but it is because of his amazing healing ability. I love the idea of being able to just heal any wound and to be quite honest if I had the ability I would be doing a lot of crazy extreme sports. 2. Spiderman Swinging from building to building by webs would by thrilling, feeling the wind rush through my hair as I seemingly free fall in the streets. I have always wanted to be as spry and acrobatic, too move around the way Peter Parker does when is wearing the red mask is something that has always appealed to me. That and being able to straight climb up a wall all crazy girl from the exorcist would be too much fun and a great joke to play on your friends when they are super drunk. 3. Colossus Skin of steel, ya what is not to like because seriously what is not cool about that? You would be a living breathing tank, being completely invulnerable to damage you could walk in and out of every kind of bad situation basically the ultimate super hero. 4. Nightcrawler Poof here and Poof there Poof every where, I would have so much fun just popping up all over the place and scaring the living shit out of people would also be beyond entertaining. The best part about it however would be looking like a blue freaking demon, yup I would do a lot of awesome things looking like that. But let us not forget about his amazing prehensile tail, hasn't everyone always wanted a freaking amazing monkey tail. 5. Iron Man Billionaire playboy with a super suit that is packed to the teeth with gadgets and gizmos. I like the idea of a super hero whose only amazing ability is that he is a genius. The idea that with alot of money and hard work anybody could be a superhero.

Dungeons and Resources: Tabletop

Table top gamers are a rare breed that enjoy to sit around the kitchen table with a good paper game or board game. They like to spend their weekends busting out the chips and dip, cracking a can of coke and preparing to forget the time and laugh and be merry. The gamers in question don't care if it is paper and pencils, tokens and dice or mini figures and terrain because the fun comes from your friends and you being able to kick back and laugh your heads off.
The celebrity face that can be found representing those of us who own more dice then we know what to ever possibly do with is none other then the immortal enemy of Sheldon Cooper of Big Bang Theory, Mr Wil Wheaton. For those of you who like me live in the Calgary area you can catch up with Wil Wheaton this weekend for the Calgary Comic Expo. Otherwise you can watch the amazing geek fantastic himself on his new web-series Tabletop where he gathers with other celebrities to play popular games.
Check it out here: http://tabletop.geekandsundry.com

How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse: Knots

One of my favorite movies that my father showed me when I was growing up is the film "the Boondock Saints" and one line from that film always stuck "you and your fucking rope". It makes me laugh and I say it all the time and my friends say it to me all the time. Truly however is rope is one of the most useful things and is not something to be laughed at, in times of trouble a good length of rope could save your life.
Any survivalist worth his or her weight will always take rope with them, and when the zombies attack your kit should include rope of some sort. Personally I recommend that just for basic principle everyone should learn how to tie knots, all kinds of knots. If you were not a scout or girl guide as a child fear knot ( yup I went there ) for there is an excellent website with which you can use to learn how.

Check it out here: http://www.animatedknots.com/indexiphone.php

In your emergency survival kit you should have a long length of rope. This to me is one of the primary staples for an emergency kit.

Fom Around the Internet: Pokemon Lore

I found this video about the original pokemon lore of red and blue, it gave me a chuckle so I am passing it on for all to see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQfHXToRz-c&feature=g-vrec&context=G23156daRVAAAAAAAAAg

Cooking Concoctions: Brinner, Country Scramble

so I know this is a day later then normal for my Cooking Concoctions but it has been a mad dash to complete costumes for the Calgary Comic Expo. So this is quite a simple recipe that my dad taught me when I was younger. it makes for a very hearty meal and serves 6. For dinner this week i was feeding four so there was a little extra, joining me for dinner this week was Kenneth the Third, Blondie and my lovely Wifey. The potato pancakes that are featured in the last picture they were delicious.

So here you go The Country Scramble


Ingredients:
8 Large Eggs (six pictured but used 8)
half a polish sausage
1/2 cup of green onions
1 large head of broccoli
half a large green or red pepper
1/2 cup shredded Swiss Cheese
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 cup of milk (not pictured but percentage of chefs choice)

Step one is to Blanch the broccoli to do this toss broccoli into some hot water, not boiling, for about five minutes.

Heat a large skillet on the stove

while the broccoli is blanching break the eggs together into a bowel and beat with a fork until well mixed. then add the milk and continue to stir. once well mixed add the mixture to the skillet. continuously stir with a spatula making sure to be constantly moving the cooked egg from the bottom to avoid burning.

once the eggs have started to cook but have not completely cooked add the pepper, onion, broccoli and sausage and continue to cook. sprinkle on some pepper to give some flavor at this point this is optional.

Add both of the swiss cheese and the cheddar once the eggs are almost fully cooked, stir until the cheese is melted and serve.


so unfortunately there wont be any cooking concoctions next week because of the Calgary Comic Expo but will continue the week after.

WTF Hollywood: LOL

The world has seen Disney princess star after star rise and fall, and to be quite honest I don't know if I speak for the rest of the world but all I can say is please for the sake of cinema stop. This is aimed at the newest Disney heiress breaking out of her Mickey Mouse restraints little miss Miley Cyrus. We get it you think you are a serous actress, but please stop and take a look around you.
The "feature" film that you are releasing looks just like every single teen drama ever released. Also naming the flick LOL seems like a desperate attempt to make it seem like the movie industry is actually "hip" and "cool". This film appears to be a very uncreative attempt to recreate a Hilary Duff film that was so bad it went straight to DVD.
Sorry Miley but your daddy is done with you Disney is done with you and all the rest of us were hoping your fifteen minutes were up 30 minutes ago. So please don't destroy the movie industry and just bow out of the spot light gracefully.
Check it out here: http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1592873/

If you dare

What did I Just Watch?: Dark side of the Moon

I am sorry that I missed my What if wednesday yesterday, unfortunately I was sick and drifting in and out of sleep while on my couch. I won't be posting one this week however due to my belief that one cannot undo ones mistakes only choose to look forward to the future. Have no fear because I shall be writing a movie review for you today.

Transformers: Dark-side of the moon

I am just come right out and say this, I liked this movie much better then rise of the fallen. The only part I liked about Rise is when Optimus died I found that to be well done and it actually brought a tear to my eye. However plot wise it sucked but alas I am not reviewing that flick so on to Dark Side of the Moon.
To begin like every transformers flick so far we start with Sam Witwicky right back where he started being a looser and having to go against the "evil" bureaucratic government. Once again Sam is dating a chick who is way out of his league but at least this time it is not played by the terrible Megan Fox and is instead played by Victoria's Secret model who has better acting chops.

Then he aligns himself with some off the beaten trail colourful characters and that brings me to my first positive thing about this movie.
Introducing Alan Tudyk as Dutch the crazy reformed German hitman. As a massive firefly geek this makes me happy to see Wash on the big screen again and this in my mind a win for the film.

Now the ploy for this film revolves around Optimus Prime finding the lost former leader of the Autobots. Sentinel Prime is again awesomely voiced by the one and only geekgasim inducing Leonard Nimoy. This choice in voice acting actually is again another plus for the film.
The plot continues to have everyone find out that the new leader of the Autobots has teamed up with the leader of the Decepticons to enslave the human race. With a small group of humans joining them so as to not be killed or forced into hard slavery, this group is lead by Mr. McDreamy himself Patrick Dempsey. I do enjoy when Patrick plays a rich douchey bad guy.

The biggest reason that I liked this film is that the got rid of those annoying stereotype boys from the second one. Instead having a pair of awesome Scottish type assholes who have an affinity for weapons.
This film is not the best in the world but it is ten times better then the second one and I believe that for an action flick it is pretty good. Visually speaking this film kinda knocked my socks off. I give it one thumb up to be terribly cliche.

Dungeons and Resources: Donjon

As I talked about yesterday the Internet is a fabulous tool for learning and doing many things. For the most part people today use the Internet as a means of social networking, and to keep themselves up to date with the media.
As a gamer I utilize the Internet for it's many gaming resources, wether it is a walk through for the game I am currently playing or a forum to swap ideas and tips on my favorite table top game. I am always looking for good sites to help me to flush out my table top games, to add an element of realism and make the players feel more immersed in the world I have created. Sometimes I find myself struggling to come up with something new, so I find myself turning to the Internet for new and exciting things.
This is when I discovered my first random generator and my love affaire began. First I discovered a simple random name generator, nothing super special just a simple code that spewed out a random name from a list of maybe a hundred. Over time I tried dozens and kept moving on to bigger and more advanced generators to fit my needs.
So now to share with you one of my most frequented, this one I use for magical treasure and to create monstrous dungeons.
Are you ready for this?

Here: http://donjon.bin.sh/

This I find to be a spectacular site.

How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse: Maps

The Internet is such an amazing tool that can do so much we don't even realize it. This simple network has brought us into the age of the geek and makes it so that an un-fathomable amount of knowledge is merely a few key strokes away. The most wonderful thing about the Internet is that because it is created by the geeks there is a lot of useful things for the geeks, including prepper geeks such as my self.
What is a prepper geek? Well we are a unique group of geeks who believes that if a nuclear fall out doesn't claim the earth then a zombie uprising surely will. So this means we commit a significant amount of time to learning what to do in such a cataclysmic event. It means we have well laid out Initial plans, Aftermath Plans and numerous back up and contingency plans.
But for those who don't think about stuff like this have no fear for some of the prepper geeks have built an amazing tool for you. This was shown to me by a frien and i find it to be very informative. By cross referencing yellow pages and google maps they have put together a live map. This map outlines major infection zones as well as numerous businesses in which to loot supplies. If you don't have a plan or know of someone who doesn't check out this link here: http://www.mapofthedead.com/

And always remember to use your head and destroy theirs.

Cooking Concoctions: Bloody Sausage

IT IS FRIDAY THE 13TH!!!!! what does that mean exactly, well in my happy land it means that is time for a movie marathon. The movies of choice are the Friday the Thirteenth movies, naturally. Since it is my cooking night I decided to search the internet for some spooky recipes. Alas it is quite a challenge to find a recipe that is not baked or involves pumpkin. I know it is not Halloween right now but the day is of grand significance and thus needed a very special meal.
Then it hit me to make my own bloody recipe, I found a vegetarian beet soup recipe and made it into a sauce to put on some sausages.
For cooking this week I had some help from little Blondie, and my special meal was enjoyed by good friend Kenneth the Third and my sweet Wifey.

Check out Blondie on DA here: http://blissful-melancholy.deviantart.com/

and check out my wifey's blog here: http://niklea-thenothingness.blogspot.ca/

Here it is my bloody sausages.

Ingredients:
1 can of sliced beets
1 large can of diced tomatoes
1/4 of a red onion diced
1/4 cup of olive oil
1/2 cup of flour
1 tbsp of chili powder (more if you like it spicy)
1 cup of cream
2 tbsp of liquid honey
2 cloves of crushed garlic
6-10 Sausages



To start using a medium sized sauce pan heat up the olive oil for about a minute or so. Then add the red onion and garlic and heat until soft. Once soft add the chili powder and continue to cook for another minute, use your best judgement on the heating times. Next turn down the temperature to just above a slight simmer and add the tomatoes to the mixture. Stir regularly.

In a medium sized pot pour the cream and beats, and bring to a simmer then add the honey and any extra spices you might enjoy, this includes salt and pepper witch should be added to most meals. Next add the tomato mixture and stir together, and add the flour a bit at a time while stirring. At this point you have made a hardy vegetarian soup if you choose not to continue.


Next cook the sausages in a medium skillet, and use the soup to base the sausages. continue to turn and rotate the sausages while brushing on the mix until the meat is cooked thoroughly. Serve by plating the sausages and pouring a ladles worth of the soup over top of the sausages.


I choose to serve with asparagus... and enjoy

Recipe Minion is an awesome app

Gone are the days of recipe cards of yesteryear with hand written cue cards depicting the recipes bestowed upon us by our admiring grandmothers. So to keep with the times I decided that I needed to find a way to digitize my personal cook book while still being able to add to it.
My biggest need however was to make it portable so I could look up a recipe and what it needed while wandering about the local grocery store.
I have been on the prowl for a while now, hunting and searching for an illusive treasure. My goal, to discover an app with a purpose but not just any old purpose but one that allows me to document my recipes. At first I thought that would be an easy task because if I had thought of it then surely so had someone else, someone who possessed the skills necessary to create the product for which I need. Alas that for weeks I searched only to find apps filled with many a recipe but non where I could create mine own.
Until yesterday when I finally found my rosette stone hidden in the app store. Recipe Minion! If you are like me and make your own recipes or even just compile them from around the net then this is the app you need. No sharing with others just, or making user names or just an already built cook book.

The app is fairly straight forward and gives appropriate sections to add all the details necessary for any good recipe. The bright colours make it fun for me to use and I absolutely adore the adorable little recipe minion who is the mascot for the app.

I seriously think that all the chefs and recreational cooks should get this app for themselves.

What did I Just Watch?: Immortals

For a couple weeks my close friend Kenneth the third has been trying to get me to watch the action blockbuster Immortals. Now I was not violently opposed to this film in any way or shape, in fact I actually wanted to watch this film. See I love Greek mythology truth be told I already have a tattoo of Poseidon on my forearm, and I have plans for a couple more of the gods to find themselves inked onto my skin.

(Spoiler Alert Ahead)
First five minutes of this film the narrator filled us in on what is a very accurate depiction of the events of Greek mythologies. Then they preform their first infraction, they use common un-painted rebar in the Titan's cage in Tartarus. I understand the visual appeal of rebar and how it can set the the atmosphere but this for me raises to problems. The first being historical accuracy, there was no rebar in ancient Greece so this is just so fucking wrong. No my second reason for being bothered by this is that it is such a cheap prop in such a big budget film I feel like they copped out and filmed the scene after a majority of the budget had been blown.
Now the one thing I found about this movie is when there is no fighting it is boring and the acting is terrible. When it comes time to fight this movie becomes very visually impressive with excellent camera angles that leaves the viewer ultimately breathless. The well timed and intricately choreographed fights leave your jaw dropped to the floor.
One of the things about this film that they did that I did find very interesting is how they modified the legend of the Minotaur. According to myth the mighty Minotaur is the body of a man with the head of a bull, and with that head comes brutal power. Someone in their writing staff is a genus to change that to a man who wears a helm made to look like a bulls head, cause well let's face it that is probably how it actually was when that legend came to be. That is unless someone has seen one and has just decided to not tell the general public.

The next infraction this film commits is the helm the give to Poseidon when is just bumming around in olympus. The helm is suppose to look like a fish but it looks like they go it out of a going under art gallery 90% sale. The two shells on it make Poseidon like the god of the Bugs, who is part praying mantis.

Speaking of helms however if some one were to say that Apollo is wearing a sun shaped helmet you would probably think of a lame hat you would normally see on sesame street. Nope not this time it is bad ass three feet of spiky death Mohawk sun helm, yup it is beyond badass right there. Then Mr. Punk rock sun god descends from the heavens to save our heroes by blowing up a small army's heads with a bad ass mace before Zeus kills him with an improvised weapon made from a log pulled from the fire.

From there the movie takes a twist it is epic battle after epic battle. Well except for the final battle between the mighty hero and the evil king. It was very anti-climatic and not very excited compared to the epic battle the gods are entangled in that the movie keeps flashing to. I have a feeling the reason this fight was because of Mickey Rourke for two reasons. First he is old and tired so he won't be able to preform elaborate and intense fight scenes, and second he wanted his character to not look like a fucking pussy so he had to almost win.

My third and final problem lies with the end of the film the very last scene is the main hero battling in the heavens along with all the gods that died during the film to which all I can say is... Does nobody actually die in this film. I understand the film is call Immortals and therefore they are "immortal" but when you try to evoke an emotion when some one dies then they should stay dead.
This film was good about fifteen percent of the time no more. The action was excellent but over all it left me feeling disappointed.

What If Wednesdays: Super Powers

What if, what if, what if

To keep up with my organization plan to keep on blogging every week I set my days into what I am talking about. Today being a fabulous Wednesday that means it is time for What If Wednesdays. This week the app I use to come up with my "what ifs" has given me a question that I have discussed with my friends, and anyone who will lend me their ear.

Now for the question:

"IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY SUPERPOWER WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY?"

Every comic book or film geek under the sun has at some point or another really thought about what power they would want if they could have any. This also comes at a perfect time because over the weekend I watched a show called Misfits. How did I spend my Easter that's right on the couch with Mr. Devo watching a British show about teen delinquents gaining super powers. I digress back to the subject at hand however.

1. Enhanced regenerative abilities


This is not just because (SPOILER ALERT) Nathan gains that ability at the end of season one. I have always wanted this ability ever since I started to read the X-men comics and learned of Wolverine's power behind the claws. I would use this power to jump from buildings and do all sorts of crazy stunts that should kill me, even if I felt the pain of such things I figure eventually my pain senses would dull themselves.

2. Elemental Powers


I don't really care what element, I do have a preference to wind or earth because I feel those would be the most fun. This desire came about after watching Avatar the Last Airbender, with all the different benders in that show it made me wish that by performing a martial art I can bend the elements to my whim.

3. Teleportation


I have said before and I will say it again Nightcrawler is the shit. I would really abuse the shit out of that power, I would become super lazy. Depending on the reaches of the ability I would travel the world like Hayden Christensen in jumper.

4. Muscular Memory Mimic

This one is a little weirder, in season two of heroes there is a girl who has the ability if she can see some one do something she can do it. I would watch so many parcour videos until I could just free run to work. YouTube would become my very own portfolio of things I am capable of.

Read more here: http://heroeswiki.com/Adoptive_muscle_memory

This last one was a harder choice

5. Super Speed


If I could run anywhere I wanted it would just be amazing. No need for a car when I can get anywhere faster by foot. I would be like Brian from Family guy when they got the powers "ask me how the queens doing." "how's the ..." "shes good"

I love super hero comics and movies so this one was easy. One day I plan on doing a blog on character Bios on the league of super douchebags, the super group of my friends

Dungeons and Resources: Elements of power

Every good DM knows that it can be hard to come up with half decent loot all the time. Especially when your crew decides to raid every single dead body after decimating an army. Some DM's myself include love to keep their players and themselves on their toes with complete and utter randomness.
Some people turn to random Internet based random generators, or random loot tables to put a bit of chaos into a run. Myself being a more visual person I like to see a picture of an item, as a player an a DM when I pick up an item I like to describe the hell out of it. The more intricate the weapon the more I feel it flushes out a character.
So when I was browsing through my local gaming shop, Sentry Box, I cam across this very helpful little item. Upon finding it I thought I had natural 20ed my search check and discovered a hidden treasure trove. What I had discovered was deck of cards, but not just any deck of cards this was a magical deck filled with images of powerful weapons and items. The deck so rightfully boasted it's name to be, The Elements of Power

It turns out that a company called Paizo most famous in the table top community for its RPG called Pathfinder. This company may not be affiliated with the actual Dungeons and Dragons RPG but they are a very similar fantasy game so a lot of the resources can be used with any fantasy style campaign.
Now the cards themselves are pretty basic with just an image and a simple weapon name, with a space for notes on the back. This is very helpful because it allows for the DM to be in charge of the stats and effects of the item on the card. The images that are on the cards are very detailed which help if players are imagination impaired and also can help a DM to spice up his campaign, we all know that everyone's imaginations sometimes can get stuck in a rut.


I highly recommend that every group has a set of cards like this just to keep the game spicy and fresh. And who knows maybe the items on the cards have shady backgrounds. So order them here: http://paizo.com/products/btpy7yi6?GameMastery-Item-Cards-Elements-of-Power-Deck

How to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse: Blunt Weapons

Melee weapons come in two shapes Blunt and Edged and every survivor should carry at least one of each type. so lets start by getting to know the basics. The reason that melee weapons beat out fire arms is that a melee weapon doesn't need to be reloaded.First thing first there are three major rules when it comes to using melee weapons.

1. Train Yourself.
become proficient in your weapon of choice, weather you choose a machete or a katana, if you don't know how to use it properly then it is next to useless. so make a target, go out to your backyard and practice with your future survival tool.

2. Take Care of your tools.
If you don't make sure that your weapons are well maintained they will break down on you at an important moment. which could mean life or death this applies to anything that is necessary to your survival.

3. Always have a backup.
like the old saying goes two heads are better then one, so can be applied to your arsenal. granted that carting around extra weapons could become tiresome but in a pinch and extra can really save your life.

caution needs to be headed however when buying weapons like swords, make sure they are not just display or decorative swords. Remember that almost anything can be improvised as a blunt melee but if it is improvised then it wont last longer then one encounter. like a two by four is good for a while but you would be better off with some thing that is meant to deal a beating.


on to the subject at hand what to do when picking out a blunt weapon.

One of my top choices for a blunt weapon would be a sturdy piece of sporting equipment such as an aluminum baseball bat or a wooden cricket paddle. These types of equipment were designed to take quite a bit of abuse so they wont break to easy. With these types of gear try to avoid anything made out of composite materials they tend to weigh less but they have a much weaker breaking point.

Something that is multipurpose is usually what would do better in a situation where you are going to need to do a lot of things while carrying as little as possible. So my recommendation if you want to travel light then pull a half life and bust out the trusty old crowbar.


If you are strong enough and want to use a blunt weapon as your primary weapon you could probably do a lot of damage while wielding a fifteen pound sledge hammer. Cracking zombie skulls would be a breeze toting one of these things around with you. The only down side is that lugging that around could be very tiring after an extended period of time,

Cooking Concoctions: Veggi Quesadillas

this week for my cooking on Friday night i was craving Mexican food but i wanted to keep it as healthy as possible. I pondered upon how to make Mexican food be very healthy for quite some time. Finally the I decided that the best way to make Mexican as healthy as possible is to cut the meat out and make them vegetarian. As per my usual cooking nights I had company, and I soon discovered that one of my guests, Blondie, wasn't very experienced in the kitchen. So I asked her if she would like the opportunity to learn and she agreed.

so Now for my awesome Vegetarian Quesadillas

first thing first the Ingredients

Tortilla Shells
1 lb peeper Jack Cheese Shredded
1 lb Cheddar Cheese Shredded
1 Large Zucchini Cut
2 Cups of Frozen Corn
1 half a Red Onion Diced
1 Red Pepper Diced
1 Jalapeno Diced
1/2 cup of Cilantro Chopped Up
Lime Juice
Lemon Juice
Salt
Pepper


To start combined all of the veggies, the Zucchini,Corn, onion, red pepper, and the cilantro into a large bowel. Then with your hands mix it all together and spray on the lime juice, lemon Juice, salt and pepper and continue to mix thoroughly until it is a bright and colourful mixture.


heat up a skillet with some oil. while the skillet is coming to temperature prepare a tortilla shell. On one half of the tortilla cover with the corn salsa and both kinds of the cheese.


Once the skillet is up to temperature place Tortilla with contents on the skillet and cook evenly. Flip occasionally.


Serve with Sour Cream and Guacamole and enjoy