http://www.wesoteric.com The eldritch domain of Wes Fri, 09 May 2008 20:02:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Remember that post from the other day with the unknown food item? Well, it's time to reveal its true identity: DOLLAR STORE STUFFING!!! Well, dollar store stuffing mix, mixed with frozen vegetables (last time okra and mashed up Brussels sprouts; here with stir fry vegetables), flax seeds (fiber supplements = win), ... http://www.wesoteric.com/blog-archives/05-09-2008/the-edible-mystery-revealed/ ...and if I could stop coming across delightful little things like this Anime Face Maker, perhaps I could actually get to sleep! http://www.wesoteric.com/blog-archives/05-08-2008/it-is-245-am/ Since I've decided to attempt a test run of Lightbox 2 on Scary-Crayon -- and since I spent quite a bit of time yesterday fooling with it to tweak its appearance to my liking! -- I've decided I might as well use it here too. (Seriously, you have no idea ... http://www.wesoteric.com/blog-archives/05-08-2008/freaking-lightbox/ My hands must be secreting some sort of anti-Batdude chemical. First my new Movie Masters Batman snapped in half at the waist this weekend (luckily I was able to return him), and then I managed to snap off Batzarro's arm during today's photo extended shoot. The fit of the arm ... http://www.wesoteric.com/blog-archives/05-05-2008/most-recent-figure-acquisitions/ I picked up four figures today, and get this -- all of them suffer from some significant flaw. With three of them it's not too bad, since they were on clearance, but the most expensive one -- the new Batman Movie Masters figure -- just snapped apart at the fucking ... http://www.wesoteric.com/blog-archives/05-03-2008/terrible-day-for-toys/ Any guesses? My diet has pretty much consisted of this stuff -- with slight variations, of course -- for the past two weeks or so. http://www.wesoteric.com/blog-archives/05-02-2008/yum/ Before yesterday, I really didn't think Jeremiah Wright was all that bad. Well, I admit that I thought he was "out there" -- and certainly a liability to Obama -- after first seeing the snippets of Reverend Wright's sermons on YouTube early this year (or maybe even last year; conservative ... http://www.wesoteric.com/blog-archives/04-29-2008/reverend-wright-go-away/ So after nearly six weeks of waiting (or maybe less, but it felt like at least as long), the additional dual background for my light tent arrived towards the end of last week. I finally broke it out yesterday and lost a good seven hours photographing and repositioning and photographing ... http://www.wesoteric.com/blog-archives/04-28-2008/testing-fun-with-images/ it was warming up now it's cold and wet again nature is fickle http://www.wesoteric.com/blog-archives/04-28-2008/shiver/ ...that the search was broken? Not that you were supposed to notice, mind you -- I just found out myself when I went to search for an old post and couldn't find it because it wasn't among the first five posts and the handy page navigation thing wasn't there! Turns out ... http://www.wesoteric.com/blog-archives/04-19-2008/why-didnt-anyone-tell-me/