Bear is Driving??

I just read a news story which contains the sentence:

"Washington said it was a black bear, which at one point even stood up in front of the car he was driving."

Probably just a misplaced antecedant, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that a bear was driving.

http://www.progress-index.com/articles/2009/05/20/news/pi_progindex.20090520.a.pg1.pi0520bear_s1.2536537_top2.txt

This is why you're fat

Considering our recent super-sized ventures, I feel it fitting to pay tribute to another site dedicated to ridiculous meals.

http://thisiswhyyourefat.com/

For some, an optical "syrup of ipecac" if you will, for us, a recipe book. Perhaps we will have to contribute one of these days. Anyone have any ideas of what we could make?

Eff it.

This, my friends, is a burger from Effie Burger in Lewiston, ID. Not just any burger though, but the double cheeseburger. My buddies and I went there for lunch. As you can see by the can of pepsi sitting by it, you know right off the bat that this is one hell of a burger. Loaded with swiss and cheddar and all the fixin's. The thing cost $15 and must've had about 3 or 4 poinds of meat on it. Basically you had to cut this burger into 4 slices and pretending you were eating 4 double-half-pound burgers.

The end result?

I ate it all. That is my plate, minus a burger plus tomates, napkin, and empty pepsi can. The tomatoes made for a nice stand to stab the knife into that I used to cut it.

I should've gotten a shot of it next to my head, so I could prove to Evan that you CAN eat something bigger than you head. Suck it!

Also, it was delicious. I ate some tater tots to help keep it down.

New Shoebaru!

Positively better shoebaru.

Subaru

Stevo: The dots make a subaru..

Tom: Shoebaru?

I haven't missed Evan's birthday once. Nope.

And to prove that I've never missed his birthday once, here's a picture of a pizza with candles in it. Happy Birthday Evan!

Taco Devil Mar, part 2 (this time with pictures!)

There's not a lot to say about the 5 pound burrito fiasco that Tom didn't say in his retelling. So I'll let the pictures do the heavy lifting. Look at how, the further down you look, the worse we look. It's the deadly trifecta of stomachache, failure, and realizing you're out 20 bucks.

It takes two people to lift. Seriously.

5 Pound Burrito>Tom's head.

I can't say I understood the strategy behind the burrito ball.

Needless to say, we're all failures.

Props to Alex for bringing the camera, and to Steve for being too big of a woman to participate, freeing him up to take pictures.

Taco devil Mar

This is truly a sad day for the YNTEers. We entered the Taco Del Mar on Meridian and 112th with a spring in our steps and a twinkle in our stomachs, though left saddened and $20 dollars poorer when we entered the 5 pound burrito challenge.

Starting out strong, Evan, me, and some random kid named Alex ripped mercilessly through the four-tortillaed demon for over fifteen minutes. This one was strong with the force (and tomatoes) and wore us out just a little over halfway. I stood up to pace the table and decide my next move, while Alex rolled his up into a condensed ball and Evan kept a steady, grueling pace. This man was surely a champion. Conditioned for such events with various heart attack burgers and donut holes, we watched in awe as Evan slowly but surely edged towards the win with just under 3 minutes left.

"yeah.." Evan timidly burps, trying to hold in the pounds and pounds of ricey innards of the tenacious devil, not quite wanting to admit defeat. 1 minute, 30 seconds, 5 seconds... We had all lost.

The torturous cashier laughs maniacally as we droop our heads, wanting nothing less than a swift death, or a breath mint.

Lets put it this way: Cinco de Mayo is no longer fun..

We will have official pictures of the brutal defeat soon so stay tuned

Achievement Unlocked: VOOT!

Virtual On Oratorio Tangram came out for XBLA a few days ago. Since Virtual On is, of course, the best game series ever, you should go download this and get an easy 200 points added to your gamerscore.

Gogo Giant Robots! (Oh, sorry, the picture I posted with this is the original ad for the first game. Epic!)

I have no idea why Evan hasn't jumped on the opportunity for really easy points on this yet. Maybe he hasn't been eating enough. Or maybe he ate Spider Pig, and somehow got swine flu. Not to mention that this whole swine flu incident is just a big media hype, and I'll give into it when pigs fly... then we'd have to worry about avian swine flu. Crap.

Free Comic Book Day was today...

...and you missed it. It was a blast and you all should go next year!

I picked up a bunch of free comics, including Avengers, Wolverine, Simpsons, Clone Wars, and a special 25th Anniversary reprint of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Number 1. I also got some classic Punisher trades, and two Wolverine graphic novels, so now I can read up and see just how inaccurate the movie was.

But the fun part of it for me was dressing up in my Rorschach costume. Picture time!

Myself, Batman and a mini Boba Fett

Some Stormtroopers from the 501st were there to keep out the troublemakers.

Me vs. Batman, who will win? (Hint: totally me.)

Jango Fett and a Clone Trooper were also on hand to keep us safe.

All in all, a fun event as always. Probably the best FCBD yet. Next year, I'll see you there!

You can check out Atomic Comics' website for more pictures. As of this writing, they're not up yet, but they should be soon.