The Next Napa Valley?
A few friends and I crawled into the van at the ghastly hour of 10am Sunday for a Indiana winery tour, but it was well worth it. We discovered a couple wineries that should not be making wine, but the rest were fabulous. Indiana has a "Wine Trail", that made it easy to find the ever elusive wineries in the middle of the Indiana hinterlands. Some were in a special terrain they have dubbed as the Uplands. These official Upland wineries were amazing with too many wines from which to choose. I can't wait to go back!
Check out Matt's blog for pictures.
25 January 2006
even MORE!
disclaimer: for Babylon fans only
A lack of cable puts my head under the sand for TV made movies, so the discovery Bab 5's Movie Collection put me into a tailspin of excitement. I'm not through all of them yet, but they are perfect for answering those remaining questions from the seasons. The first movie is horrible beyond belief since the costumes have not yet been completely determined, and the set not quite ready, but so far the second finally clears some of the Minbari mystique (and the costumes/set is fixed).
More updates to be posted soon.
27 Jan 06 Update
So, I finished the five TV movie's...and they were awesome! Like I said, the The Gathering (1st) kinda sucks and would never watch it again. In the Beginning (2nd) was a good synopsis of the Minbari-Earth war and what led up to it. Third Space (3rd) was a showing of the Vorlan pride downfall and how they are not quite as god like as they tend to promote. The River of Souls (4th) was really cool if you are into the Soul Takers...guess what! They make mistakes too. Finally, we have A Call to Arms (5th) which has confused me a bit. It has ended with a biological weapon place on Earth by an old Shadow planet killer, and Earth is quarantined. They have five years to find an antidote, and Sheridan's going after older civilizations that might have the answer.
disclaimer: for Babylon fans only
A lack of cable puts my head under the sand for TV made movies, so the discovery Bab 5's Movie Collection put me into a tailspin of excitement. I'm not through all of them yet, but they are perfect for answering those remaining questions from the seasons. The first movie is horrible beyond belief since the costumes have not yet been completely determined, and the set not quite ready, but so far the second finally clears some of the Minbari mystique (and the costumes/set is fixed).
More updates to be posted soon.
27 Jan 06 Update
So, I finished the five TV movie's...and they were awesome! Like I said, the The Gathering (1st) kinda sucks and would never watch it again. In the Beginning (2nd) was a good synopsis of the Minbari-Earth war and what led up to it. Third Space (3rd) was a showing of the Vorlan pride downfall and how they are not quite as god like as they tend to promote. The River of Souls (4th) was really cool if you are into the Soul Takers...guess what! They make mistakes too. Finally, we have A Call to Arms (5th) which has confused me a bit. It has ended with a biological weapon place on Earth by an old Shadow planet killer, and Earth is quarantined. They have five years to find an antidote, and Sheridan's going after older civilizations that might have the answer.
23 January 2006
Finally
You're watching TV and your hand slips out from the blanket to reach for the popcorn. A gust of freezing 68 degree air slaps at you and you quickly withdraw your extended hand without the popcorn. Or...even worse...you're working on your laptop and while your body is comfy under that blanket warmth, your arms suffer the non-blanket temperatures.
Until...a person finally understands the important issues and invents the slanket.
It is true that Da Vinci, Einstein and Gates may have contributed to our society's progression to knowledge and technology, but there is NO POINT to having that technology if you can't enjoy it in the proper way. Slankets are the key to that enjoyment.
You're watching TV and your hand slips out from the blanket to reach for the popcorn. A gust of freezing 68 degree air slaps at you and you quickly withdraw your extended hand without the popcorn. Or...even worse...you're working on your laptop and while your body is comfy under that blanket warmth, your arms suffer the non-blanket temperatures.
Until...a person finally understands the important issues and invents the slanket.
It is true that Da Vinci, Einstein and Gates may have contributed to our society's progression to knowledge and technology, but there is NO POINT to having that technology if you can't enjoy it in the proper way. Slankets are the key to that enjoyment.
15 January 2006
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01 January 2006
Vampires with souls?
Screw Buffy. I wanna watch Angel.
Edit - So I did remain openminded and watched the whole show, but it was just ... too ... High School. Maybe ... too ... 80's. I'm not sure. It didn't flip my switch even though Ellen told me that I'll have to get through some rather painful seasons before it gets good. Is it worth it? At least I get the Prophecy Girl Designs that Ellen named her business.
ANGEL, on the other hand. *slobber* I'm dying to watch that. Not only does it seem like an excellent concept (vampire with a soul), he's such a hottie.
Screw Buffy. I wanna watch Angel.
Edit - So I did remain openminded and watched the whole show, but it was just ... too ... High School. Maybe ... too ... 80's. I'm not sure. It didn't flip my switch even though Ellen told me that I'll have to get through some rather painful seasons before it gets good. Is it worth it? At least I get the Prophecy Girl Designs that Ellen named her business.
ANGEL, on the other hand. *slobber* I'm dying to watch that. Not only does it seem like an excellent concept (vampire with a soul), he's such a hottie.
Twenties and Champagne
We started out at Naked Tchopstix for dinner in order to get parking within a mile of Broadripple, which turned out to be an excellent plan with all of us parking within a couple blocks :)
Sad to say that we had to wait for good drinks until we got home since the Vogue is completely unaware how to make or sell quality drinks; however, the Roarin' Twenties motif was lots of fun. The tuxs and gangsters suits were very sexy. Eric and I even made the final round for the best 20's style dressed couple...too bad there's no prize for second place :(
The biggest entertainment was standing on Broadripple Avenue and watching this VERY happy person getting into everybody's face with a jolly HAPPY NEW YEAR! I couldn't help but notice that he kept a better distance after one girl nearly puked in his face when he squatted down to look up at her. Oh, and one pink shirted guy was pissed to be referred to as Pinky. I think kicking his ass and landing in jail would have been a perfect way to enter 2006, but Mr. Happy got nervous and smoothed ruffled feathers, so we just went home and finally got the much needed alcoholic buzz...
We started out at Naked Tchopstix for dinner in order to get parking within a mile of Broadripple, which turned out to be an excellent plan with all of us parking within a couple blocks :)
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Sad to say that we had to wait for good drinks until we got home since the Vogue is completely unaware how to make or sell quality drinks; however, the Roarin' Twenties motif was lots of fun. The tuxs and gangsters suits were very sexy. Eric and I even made the final round for the best 20's style dressed couple...too bad there's no prize for second place :(
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The biggest entertainment was standing on Broadripple Avenue and watching this VERY happy person getting into everybody's face with a jolly HAPPY NEW YEAR! I couldn't help but notice that he kept a better distance after one girl nearly puked in his face when he squatted down to look up at her. Oh, and one pink shirted guy was pissed to be referred to as Pinky. I think kicking his ass and landing in jail would have been a perfect way to enter 2006, but Mr. Happy got nervous and smoothed ruffled feathers, so we just went home and finally got the much needed alcoholic buzz...
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