Still hosting my saké tasting this Saturday, around 7:30pm, as a break from gaming at dagibbs' place all day. Surprisingly, there hasn't been any addition to the tasting line-up, for once! And I really hope all who I wanted to know got the message.

Because I'm still without a cell phone. ( First-world problems hidden away. )

So I was getting ready to choose, went to kiosks to try them out*, and suddenly noticed one design element that I had not checked for before: of the 5 "finalists" I was looking at, only one, HTC's One M8, did not have the charging plug hidden behind a water/dust protective swivel access door. Samsung's S5's door is at the bottom, but at least ( Read more... )

I will have the saké tasting on Saturday February 21. It seems to work best with most people - and I will happily accept dagibbs' offer of venuing. It can easily be combined into a gaming day. :) If so, I expect post-dinner is best, likely 7:30pm.

Also, I will schedule the porters/stouts beer tasting on Friday February 27. Tentatively my ( Read more... )

Well, seems like my cell phone is officially dead - the (admittedly one) place I went to tried replacing the flex cable (I get the feeling that's the mobile phone equivalent of rebooting a computer to fix it), but as I expected, that didn't fix anything. They feel it's the PCB itself, which makes some sense for a sudden double change in behaviour ( Read more... )

EDIT: Feb 21 is the chosen date.A certain amount of my time is trying to be taken with cleaning up my place for myself, which would also mean for visitors, so this winter's dark beer tasting will have to wait to be scheduled ( Read more... )

Just been a bit busy. Also fighting some laziness. And inertia. Despite the changes that have happened ( Read more... )

My name is Niall, and I'm a chocoholic.

I may have a problem... went to update my chocolate map. Sadly, my #2 chocolatier closed, but I found a new one, and then I walked into La Tablette de Miss Choco (Mont-Royal, two blocks east of the subway station) which imports bars from all over the world and oh god I was done. (So was my bank account.)

Looks like I'm not safe from any of my hobbies ( Read more... )

It'll be my place, 8pm. I should have room for the 8 people I think are interested. I have 8 seating spaces at least! I already know ironphoenix and dagibbs will be later. There'll be enough left ( Read more... )

It is now Pie Days - but more than that, it is Pie Weekend on Pie Year: 3.14-16 of 3/14!

MAKE ALL THE PIES!

I'm starting with cranberry, then have to see what other filling I can do. I can't do my rhubarb-pineapple since I can't find any rhubarb anymore, fresh or frozen...