Unicorn Poo

Useless KickStarter News:
I saw this on KickStarter last night: Unicorn Poo (as everyone knows unicorns poop rainbows).  I backed it at the $15 level.  I just want something different for the 1st player marker, and this is perfect.  I hope it gets funded.

I might also get in on the Pebble Time smartwatch too.  I'm interested in getting a smartwatch and this could be it.  Looks pretty interesting.

Useless Food News:
I was informed that the Burger King 10 piece chicken nuggets for $1.79 deal will continue until to the end of March.  Works for me :)

Garbage Bag Packaging

Useless Gaming News:
I got a package in the mail.  It was wrapped in a garbage bag looking plastic wrap with a thin layer of bubble wrap on the inside, and a small bulge on one side!

Suspicious Package.

I was my copies of Armymals.  The bulge was the Mecha-Squirrels blister on the outside of the game boxes and they were crushed.  Both squirrels had a leg broken off!  According to the comments on KickStarter, it seems to be a common occurrence.  I'm also missing a set of Beaver Commanders and Active tokens.  The other bonuses will come in a 2nd wave of shipping.  It could take awhile.  It took 2 months to get from Poland to me.

Most of 1st Wave of Armymals Game.

Happy Birthday Katelyn!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATELYN!!!

Found Melorange

Breakfast today -> Creme Egg Biscuits.
Picked this up at Target for 20% off.  Pretty good.  The chocolate melts pretty fast in your fingers, so biting the biscuit in half to to see the white and yellow creme was only done on the 1st one.  After that I ate the whole thing in 1 bite :) 

Creme Egg Biscuit.

Lunch today -> Topokki and Burger King.
Got topokki takeout from Hana Hana.  It was good and spicy.  I also picked up a Whopper Jr and 30 chicken nuggets from Burger King.  Very satisfying lunch.

Good Lunch.

Useless Food News:
Got a couple Meloranges from SuperStore.  A melorange is a cantaloupe melon with very sweet and dark flesh with a hint of orange aftertaste.  I like it.  I couldn't taste the orange very much, but it was really sweet.  It was $3 for 1 melorange at SuperStore.

Sweet Melorange.

Soup-Filled Steamed Buns

Dinner today -> Soup-filled Steamed Buns
I steamed some frozen "soup-filled steamed buns" for dinner today (on sale at Sobey's for $1.88).  I made my own sauce with 1-part sugar: 2-part soy sauce: 3-part white vinegar.  Added a bit of sesame oil after mixing, and poured it over the steamed buns.

Soup-Filled Steamed Buns.

Useless Gaming News:
Peter picked up some Arcadia Quest promo figures for me when he went to Toronto for the weekend.  (Thanks Peter).  He got me Leeroy, Hassan, and Yun.  I'm just missing McHammer (not in stock at Meeplemart).

3 Arcadia Quest Heroes.

Weekend Report: Lost the Light Sabre

Food this weekend ->
Got the 12 dark meat pieces for $12.99 at KFC, plus medium fries and gravy for $5 deals on Friday.  I think this week might be the last week for this deal.

12 Piece KFC, Fries, and Gravy.

Also, since I took Friday off, I dropped by Franks and picked up some sandwiches.  I haven't had these for a long while.  BTW: Still closed on Sundays.

Frank's Sandwich.

Useless Gaming News:
Gaming at Brian's on the snowy Saturday night.  Started with AquaSphere.  An interesting worker placement game.  It took us awhile to read the instructions and setup.  Then after playing 1 round, Paul showed up and we switched to Star Wars: Imperial Assault.
We played 2 missions in Imperial Assault.  The were successful in the 1st mission and got Gordon's character his reward.  Then we failed the 2nd mission for my character's reward.  I failed the final Focus Test roll and lost my character's master's light sabre!  Totally sucks!  No way to get it back :(

1st Mission: Victory.

IKEA Pencils

Useless News:
Last night when I was at IKEA with Susanna, I picked up an IKEA pencil and told her "2.70 right here".  She was like, "What does that mean?!?!".  It meant that each IKEA pencil is worth $2.70US, and all because of this article I read.

Useless Toy News:
Checked out some of the Toyfair 2015 pics from last weekend in New York.  Previews of the Transformers: Combiner Wars include Defensor,

Defensor.

and Devastator.

Devastator.

I'll probably pick up the Rogue statue too.  It'll match well with my Psylocke one.  I wonder if the Sentinel's hand will light-up too?

Marvel Statues.

The new Karate Kid figs are awesomely hilarious.  You can't even pose Daniel-san in the crane-kick pose.  And what!  No "bodybag" character!

Happy Chinese New Year!!!

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!

Dinner today -> Chinese New Year Food.
My mom, Susanna, and I made some of these dishes, and the rest we bought from T&T.

Chinese New Year Dinner.

Susanna and I went to Micheals, IKEA, and then Bayshore tonight.  I had to grab some discount Thailand 360 food.  $4.99 a box.

Discount Bayshore Food.

Useless Food News:
Tried the limited edition Lay's Chocolate Covered Potato Chips.  It was actually really good.  The layer of chocolate was thicker than I thought it would have been.  The chip gave it a nice crunch, with a nice savoury, salty-sweet taste.  I'll have to get another bag.  Highly recommended.

Chocolate Covered Chips.

Yummy Korean Food.

Lunch today -> Korean Food.
Went to a new Korean takeout place in Kanata, called Hana Hana.  I ordered the Seafood Pancake, Jajang, and Topokki.  The Jajang was OK.  It's abit sweet, but Ben said it suppose to be like that.  I do really like the seafood pancake and the topokki was amazing.  Really spicy.  Better than the place on Bank St.

Korean Food Takeout.

Useless Gaming News:
Got my KickStarter copies of Tiny Epic Defenders today, 1 for myself and 1 for a gift.

Tiny Epic Defenders.

Useless Toy News:
My Toys R Us packages also arrived.  Got my Masterpiece Sunstorm and some Amiibos: Princess Peach, Yoshi, and Luigi.  Used the "CineplexHoliday" code to get $10 off both orders.

Sunstorm, Princess, Yoshi, Luigi.

Long Weekend Report: Happy Valentines

Food this weekend ->
Got some fresh rice noodle wraps on Friday for lunch and dinner.  These are cheap and good.  $5 a box.

Fresh Rice Noodle Wraps.

Baked a box of M&M Louisiana Wings on Saturday.

Louisia Wings.

Went to Panda Garden Buffet with parents and grandparents.  We were planning on going to the Chinese buffet on Merivale (can't remember name), but apparently they had a fire and are now renovating again.  Bad Luck, as Chinese New Years is this week.  Anyway's Panda is an alright buffet.  I ended up eating alot of mussels again.  I find the selection only so-so.

Plate #1.

Plate #3.

Made a big bowl of instant ramen with red curry clams.

Ramen and Clams.

Steak Monday night with corn, garlic sauce, and a couple pickled quail eggs.

Steak.

Useless Idol News:
AKB48 2-Shot event this weekend was Valentine themed.  I'd get one with Rie

Kitahara Rie 2-Shot Poses.

and Kashiwagi :)

Kashiwagi.

Useless Gaming News:
I finally found a copy of the base Dixit game.  I found it on the shelf at "Out of the Box" in Bell's Corners!  I never would have guessed I would find it there.  I was just popping in to buy some deck boxes too.

Dixit

Gaming at Brian's place Friday night.  We started with Wyatt Earp.  This is a really simple and fun game.  I think I want to pick up a copy.

Wyatt Earp.

Then we did the next mission in Star Wars: Imperial Assault.  Since we lost the 1st mission last time, this mission seemed weighed heavily against the Imperials.  We Rebels won, even with Vader appearing.  I even Force Threw him away!

Rebels defend in Mission 2.

Benny's Spaceship Clearance

Dinner today -> Steak, Spinach, and Rice.
Felt like steak today.  Pan cooked it and topped it with a big blob of steakhouse garlic sauce from Farmboy.  I also made spinach in the steak drippings.  Added a side of leftover rice.

Steak Dinner.

Useless Toy News:
Picked up Lego Movie: Benny's Spaceship for the clearance price of $59.  Had to print it and price match it at Centrum Walmart.

Benny's Spaceship.

Useless Gaming News:
I shipped my order from Meeplemart Monday night and it showed up today :)

New Boardgames.

I didn't realize the Zombicide: Gaming Night #3 came with 6 Promo figs (Gordon, you can have one of the extra sets.).  I also wanted Tanto Cuore #3, but it got sold right before I could checkout.  Hopefully it will restock before Smash Up: Pretty Pretty expansion is released.

Happy Retirement Jim!!!

HAPPY RETIREMENT JIM!!!

Dinner today -> Graffiti's Carne Burger.
Jim's retirement party was at Graffiti's tonight.  It was a good turnout and plenty of food.  Andrew and I ordered the Graffiti's Carne Burger.  It is one huge burger!  The meat is a mix of beef and veal, topped with focaccia, capicola, provolone, lettuce, tomato, and pickle.  I think the bun was topped with garlic butter too.  A very tasty burger with generous portions of meat and cheese.  The fries were good too.  I would definitely get this again.

Graffiti's Carne Burger.

For a gift, I got Jim an engraved Swarovski pen/ipad stylus.  I got it engraved with "Happy Retirement Jim".

Retirement Pen.

Useless Idol News:
The man who attacked AKB48 members Kawaei and Iriyama with a saw blade at a handshake event last year, only got sentenced 6 years in jail.

Sir Lovesword Promo?

Useless Gaming News:
Got a package in the mail today.  Finally got my KickStarter games from Mayday Games.  I got Hold Your Breath with 5/6 player expansion, 2 copies of Dead Man's Draw and 8 playmats.  I'm not sure what the Dead Man's Draw promo "Sir Lovesword" is for?  It's has lighter colour, cut larger, and the card's ability is not included in the box or KickStarter site.

KickStarter Games.

WWE Network is Free for Feb

Dinner today -> Discount Foods
Susanna and I went to T&T tonight.  I got some discount popcorn chicken, sweet & sour pork, and female capelin.

Afterwards we went to Bayshore and we got more discount food.  I got a box of fried shrimp and fish with fried rice for $4.99, and a box of sushi (2 for $12). 

The one good thing about the new Bayshore is the food court.  Lots of selection and the discounts at the end of the night :)  The parking lot is still STUPID.  Why is there a pillar at every other spot!?!?

Useless TV News:
WWE Network is FREE for February on Rogers Cable.  Channel 512.  I've been watching it alot.  The old matches are the best: Bret Hart, Razor Ramon, Shawn Micheal, Earthquake, Macho Man, even 1 2 3 Kid!  They are replaying old Wrestlemania events too.

Weekend Report: Toys R Us Coupon

Useless Toy News:
ToysRUs.ca coupon code for $10 off a $40 order is: CineplexHoliday
The code expires March 31.  I picked up Transformers Masterpiece Sunstorm as it was already on sale and added another $10 off with free shipping.  I'm tempted to get some Wii U Amiibos too.

Food this weekend->
Went to Spuds on Friday in Barrhaven.  Got the Piggy Gone Wild with beef gravy.  So much sausage and pulled pork, but I didn't get very much bacon (or I didn't notice it).  Ate it for lunch and dinner Friday.

Spuds.

Saturday I made Red Curry with a variety of hotpot dumplings.  We should use red curry for regular hotpot.

Red Curry Hotpot.

Went to work Sunday afternoon.  Then I picked up a Whopper meal with 20 chicken nuggets from Burger King.  The 10 chicken nuggets for $1.79 ends at the end of the month.

BK Food.

Jimmy Fallon Remakes

Took Friday off.  Just because.  I think I might go get some Frank's sandwiches.  Haven't had it for awhile since they don't open on Sunday's anymore.

Dinner today -> Steak
Defrosted a steak and ate it with some spinach and toast.  Found out that I'm out of ketchup.  I thought for sure I bought a new bottle a couple of weeks ago?

Useless TV News:
Jimmy Fallon made a reunion spoof of "Saved By The Bell".  LOL.
He also did a really good spoof remake of the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" opening.  Check out the cameos.

Cleared Driveway Before Getting Home

Just got to say that having snowplow clearing service is awesome!  And having a good service that clears the driveway "before" I get home from work is even better!  I have Capital Services and they are the best.  Just wondering why they've been clearing my neighbour's Kodiak's driveways?  (Kodiak was so awful last year.)

Cleared Driveway.

Dinner today -> Spinach Chili Fries.
I re-heated leftover chili and added some spinach to it.  I scooped it on top of some 5-minute fries.

Spinach Chili Fries.

Polish Sausages

Lunch today -> Polish Sausages.
Ed and I went to Costco at lunchtime and I picked up some stuff.  Afterwards, I got 2 Polish sausages and a Pepsi for lunch. 

Polish Sausages.

I was hungry today.  I destroyed the sausage dogs, drank all the Pepsi, and even ate all the chopped onions.  I was still hungry after that, and had some Roulette Doritos.  I'm sure I could have ate another sausage dog too.

Dinner today -> Chili.
Made chili tonight.  I was planning on making spaghetti with meat sauce, but beans were on sale at Sobey's.  So I bought a bunch of cans of beans and made 8 bean chili with ground beef, quail eggs, and corn kernels.

Chili.

Happy Birthday Mark D!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK D!!!

Groundhog Day 2015

Groundhog Day today.  Ontario's Wiarton Willie didn't see his shadow this morning, so it means a short winter!

Useless Food News:
Not nuch going on today, but I read this interesting bit of news.  Apparently instant coffee tastes better when you mix it with a bit of cold water before you add the hot water!  This is due to science.  I think I'll have give this a try.

Useless Toy News:
I want to get this sushi snow globe.  Salmon roe sushi is my favorite sushi.

Weekend Report: 2 Minute Warning

WOW!  The ending of the Super Bowl was incredible.  I only started watching at the 2 minute warning, and that's when everything happened.  Glad I watched that part and not the rest.  I wonder if the half-time show was good?  I watched Simpsons/Family Guy instead.

Food this weekend ->
Got another bucket of dark meat from KFC on Friday.  Munched on this most of the weekend with rice or toast.

Dark Meat KFC.

I did go to FarmBoy for groceries and I my plan was to get a salad, ut I couldn't resist getting some extra toppings.  I topped my lettuce, spinach, broccoli, cucumber and onions with quinoa chili, steak, meatballs, lemon shrimps, lemon salmon.  It was good.

Salad topped with Meat.

Useless Gaming News:
4 player gaming at Anthony's Friday night.  Retro Boardgaming was cancelled, so we played alot of "Smash Up".  A really fun game where anyone can win (except on Friday where Jeff didn't win).  Need to get the Pretty Pretty expansion and the Munchkin expansion when they are released.

4-Player Smash Up.

Also did gaming Saturday night at Brian's.  Started with 3 play Pandemic Dice, then 5 player Metro, Star Wars: Imperial Assault campaign, and Laser Kittens. 
In Imperial Assault, I knew if we all didn't follow Brian's orders he would pretty much quit/give up; which is what happened.  I still regret attacking the door instead of 2 Stormtroopers.  Anyways, I died trying to complete the mission instead of hang back and failing. 
I do like Metro.  It's an advance version of Tsuro.  Pretty fun.  Will need to bring it to work for Gaming Thursdays.

5-Player Metro.