Tag: knives

In which I cannot be trusted with adult money

On By Luther M. SilerIn Geek6 Comments

Technically, the rapier is a birthday present for the boy, and the zweihander and seax are mine (the zweihander is nearly as tall as I am, thus the picture with the quarterstaff for scale) but the Siler household acquired a lot of new weaponry today. I thought the Michiana Renaissance Festival was quite a bit more impressive than I was expecting, and the attendance was really impressive– it’s being held at the 4-H Fairgrounds, and judging from the parking in the lot, I’d say attendance was at least a good percentage of what the Fair usually generates on a Saturday.

Got a video game to finish and a book to (hopefully) get a good percentage of the way through, so that’s all I’ve got for today, but one way or another it’s already been a good day.

I buy weapons

On By Luther M. SilerIn Geek1 Comment

We spent a pleasant afternoon at the Niles Renaissance Faire today, or at least a pleasant hour and a half or so, and while I didn’t find a cool hat or a cool cane, both of which I’ve been on the lookout for, I did come home with a neat set of dice and a Kukri. I can now add to the pile of medieval weaponry that is currently sitting in the corner of my office, not on display or anything, just sort of sitting there, because I have no self-control at all and access to adult money.

How was your Saturday?

In which I hurt myself and acquire toys

On By Luther M. SilerIn Cooking11 Comments

Stupidest forearm workout ever?  Okay:  spend an hour deleting Facebook statuses, Likes and comments while using a trackpad.  There’s really no way to batch delete anything so it just takes forever and everything has to be individually clicked on and ow ow ow.

On the plus side, there’s no longer any trace of me on Facebook prior to March 1, 2013.  Which means I just have a few more months to get rid of and then I’m frrreeeeeee.  Which is exciting.

Also exciting:  I bought a new santoku knife today, as well as a new set of measuring spoons that are made of metal instead of plastic and thus don’t have the measurements worn off of them.  And it made me as happy as a pig in shit, which is a sign that 2013 has completely remade me as a human being, because being in Bed Bath & Beyond should never make me happy.  An actual project for this weekend: research rice cooker/vegetable steamer combos.

I don’t know who the hell I am anymore.