I got a surprise four-day weekend, so I decided to use the time wisely and make some hearty stew!

You’re looking at 2.5 lbs of chuck dredged in seasoned flour, paprika, a dash of chili powder, kosher salt, and pepper, then seared in a little bit of olive oil, butter, Worcestershire sauce, and some crushed rosemary. As for the rest of the ingredients: 16 oz of beef stock, three russet potatoes, three cloves of garlic, half an onion, half a ginormous green pepper, a ginormous portabella mushroom cap, and one jalapeno sliced into quarters for easy removal/avoidance by Brittnie.

As for spices in the stew itself: kosher salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, three bay leaves, tarragon, paprika, thyme, cumin, and a ton of crushed rosemary. It all spent about 6.5 hours in the crock pot on low. I just gave it a taste test, and it’s freakin’ INCREDIBLE.

On a recent episode of the Nerdist Podcast, a discussion was had about The Dark Crystal and the lack of parody videos/songs based on it. One of their listeners took it upon themselves to put together this simple yet hilarious video as a response. Check it out below:

Here’s a link to the original post that appeared on the Nerdist website. In case you’re a Nerdist novice, don’t miss our favorite episodes article.

Earlier today, someone on the [H]ard|Forum was talking about how AMD’s Bulldozer architecture is forward-thinking. Their reasoning is that because AMD can fit more Bulldozer cores than Thuban cores on a single wafer, they can theoretically have really high-yield, high-quality runs once the manufacturing kinks get straightened out. Given Bulldozer’s lukewarm reception and the poster’s…unique…sentence structure, I couldn’t resist making this picture in response. FSM forgive me.

I just got my signed copy of Blamimation Season 1, to go along with my signed copy of PATV Season 1. Not only did it come signed, but it also came with a map of Rivenshyre, home of Flindell and Kadath. It’s too late to get a signed copy now, but you should still order it…the Blams are totally worth your money.

We’ve got some items up for auction on eBay again, ranging from Manga, to books, to video games for three different systems. Check out what we have up! We have a rating of 147 at 100%, so you can buy from us with confidence

Sorry folks, it looks like the continuing story of Belt, Svenn, and Rhoderic will have to wait…one of the people in our gaming group will be unable to make it this evening, so our Dungeons and Dragons adventure will continue next week instead of tonight. However, we’re going to be spending some time with the Lord of the Rings Living Card Game, so I’ll be writing up my impressions on that. We will also likely discuss our post-DnD plans, which will include various card games and a Shadowrun campaign organized by our very own Rhoderic. Stay tuned!