Month: June 2013

I’m going to a haggis party and gettin’ my sheep, tatties and neeps on!

Couche-Tard, a chain of convenience stores in Quebec and the parent company of Mac’s stores in English Canada and Circle K convenience stores in the US, have pizza and spaghetti-flavoured slushes. Could the “Chutney Squishee” from The Simpsons be far behind?

Update

According to Wikipedia, the Pizzaghetti flavour of sloche (pronounced “sloash”) is made up of two flavours: “Pizza”, which is actually strawberry, and “Ghetti”, which is actually kiwi. Normally Couche-Tard are a little more outlandish with their flavour names (the blue stuff’s name translates to “windshield washer fluid”), so that’s what threw me off.

As for pizzaghetti, that Quebec creation is real.

Found via Eric Alper.

They need constant praise. They’re unaware of the existence of time before 10:00 a.m.. They want to be promoted three days after being hired. They duck out of work with alarming Rob Ford-like frequency. And it’s your civic duty to employ them!

After watching the video, please take a look at this follow-up article: Why Millennials suck (okay, not really).

Here’s a treat for those of you who like science and synthpop: it’s Thomas Dolby performing She Blinded Me With Science, with the assistance of none other than Buzz Aldrin, second man to walk on the Moon. Buzz took Magnus Pyke’s role — he was a host of the 1970s British science TV series Don’t Ask Me and the guy in the single who yells out “Science!”. Buzz’s sense of rhythm and timing is terribly off, but he makes up for it by yelling “SCIENCE!” with gusto.

This performance took place at the recent The Future is Here conference put on by Smithsonian magazine.

And hey, let’s be thorough and watch the original!

This collection of photos of actors laughing between takes is pretty amusing, and includes the photo of the happy Lannister siblings above.

Do you know what brand of cheap vodka His Worship, Rob Ford, the Mayor of Toronto likes to buy by the mickey? Do you know the difference between a basehead and a Bosconian? How many times has 911 been called by him or because of him? What animal did he compare “orientals” to? Can you name the people who’ve resigned since the “crack video” story broke?

If you’ve been following our Peter Griffin-esque joke of a mayor and have amassed all sorts of trivia on him, this is your chance to put that knowledge to good use (aside from voting him out at the next election, of course) — the fine folks at the drinking establishment known as The Ossington (61 Ossington Avenue) are holding their first, and hopefully last, Rob Ford Trivia Night on Wednesday, June 19th at 7:30 p.m..

I do believe I’ll be there!

We’re now a few days into June, but it certainly doesn’t feel like it here in Accordion City. The sun may be out and the sky may be blue, but it feels more like April. Luckily, warm weather isn’t a hard-and-fast requirement to make these tasty treats, which I plan to serve a lot of this summer.

Creamy Margarita Pops

Ingredients

• 1¼ cup fresh lime juice (about 8 limes), plus 3 limes to slice and place on top of paper cups
• 3 tablespoons raw honey
• 1 (14 ounce) can of full fat coconut milk
• 3/4 cup water
• ¼ cup tequila
• 3 tablespoons fresh orange juice (about ½ an orange)
• coarse sea salt, to sprinkle over limes

Steps

Pour lime juice and honey in a pitcher, or a bowl with a spout. Whisk until the honey is fully incorporated into the juice. Add coconut milk, water, tequila, and orange juice, whisk until combined. Pour into 12 (3 ounce) paper cups, making sure to fill almost to the top. Slice the 3 reserved limes into 12 thin slices, about ¼ inch thick. Poke a popsicle stick through the center of each lime slice and place on top of cups. Freeze for at least, five hours. When frozen, cut the paper cup off and sprinkle the exposed side of the lime with salt.

Thanks to Usagi for the recipe!