Little Things

No kidding! The guy really likes Ace Hoyle. And we really like him.:-) No doubt, someday when I am dead, dear Apollo will be critical analyst No. 1 of my work—the edgy old dude with the cigarette dangling from his tracheotomy: “When I first met Phill it was wild times, man…. Crazy sonovabitch was doin’ this Ace Hoyle thing and e-mailed me out of the blue—haha!”

But, seriously, Apollo’s got a pretty happenin’ blog with lots of game and Webcomic reviews and, also, plenty of  treatment on FreeMMOs, so why not do me a favor and check it out sometime?

Geeze, man. We told them we didn’t have to be nice to Ace Hoyle at all. We even paid a guy who trashed us. And look at this: Yet another positive review! And one that sort of appreciates what I’m doing artistically?!! Geeze, man! This guys good!

The only thing he missed was how the melodrama is used to satirize comics as a genre. (I’m trying to go over-the-top, after all, because comics generally are melodramatic—you guys will have to let me know if you think I’m pulling off the satire-by-exaggeration;-))

Not bad, eh? So on the balance Ace Hoyle’s doing pretty well: Only one bad review, one so-so review and two very laudatory reviews. I thinks that’s a fairly good batting avg., no?

Also, you guys should check out this blogger in general because he’s pretty insightful on a lot of topics and not only writes webcomic reviews, but also has several on-line game reviews I think you’ll like. Do me a favor and check ‘em out—pronto even.

In honor of the BP oil disaster, I’ve come up with a new cocktail that tastes a helluvalot better than the classic “Oil Slick.” In fact, it tastes more like regular Dr. Pepper than Diet Dr. Pepper and hasn’t a drop of either in it.

This one’s a highball and, in honor of the soon-to-be-desolated Caribbean, Magnum energy wine (A favorite of mine I discovered in Tobago).

Directions:

Fill a highball glass with ice

Add 1/4 bottle (approx. one shot) of Magnum Tonic Wine

Top off with Coca Cola (Must be Coke, Pepsi is too thin)

Stir and serve

Magnum’s a little hard to come by, so I found a site that will help you order some and linked it to this post’s title. Just be careful with these because their effect is similar to a vodka-Red Bull (or “Birch”), only harder.

(Magnum, you see, is both an energy AND alcoholic, so basically a poor man’s speed ball. The only real reason to make a cocktail out of it is it tastes like crap alone and tastes wonderfully like Dr. Pepper with some Coke—plus it has all the effects of an upper and booze mixed. The only downside is it looks like something skimmed off the post-BP bayou).

OUCH, this one hurt! But, then again, I guess you can’t win ‘em all. Considering the other generally positive reviews, I’ll grin and bear it. Besides, it doesn’t matter what they say as long as they’re talking about us, and a link is a link, so nbd.

Another review, and this time a vote of confidence. Perhaps we are doing a great job after all!:-)

OK, so maybe it’s not the most sparkling review, but you’ll notice my writing got one of the higher ratings, and my only short-coming was that there’s poker in the series (something I was forced to do). So, all-in-all, not bad, eh?