durendal

Well, no new chapter this week so we'll have to wait until next week to find out who the boss is. I am intrigued about the theory of Law and Kidd being the other counter parts of Luffy to Rogers. It might also be possible that these supernovas would become the successor of the Yonkou, given enough time and opportunity. On a side note, I find the apperance of White Beard and Turn A Gundam having an uncanny resemblance.

Well, I can't find part 2, but here's part 3 which is one of my favorites:

Here's some seriously cool stick fighting. This is actually part of many series of the xiao xiao movies. Here's the first incarnation:

Speaking of Evanescence, this is one of my favorite songs from them: My Immortal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5LJWG-sQys

JENNY CRAIG FOR MEN A guy calls a company and orders their 5-day, 10 lb. weight loss program.. The next day, there's a knock on the door and there stands before him a voluptuous, athletic, 19 year old babe dressed in nothing but a pair of Nike running shoes and a sign around her neck. She introduces herself as a representative of the weight loss company. The sign reads, 'If you can catch me, you can have me.' Without a second thought, he takes off after her. A few miles later huffing and puffing, he finally gives up.. The same girl shows up for the next four days and the same thing happens. On the fifth day, he weighs himself and is delighted to find he has lost 10 lbs. as promised. He calls the company and orders their 5-day/20 pound program. The next day there's a knock at the door and there stands the most stunning, beautiful, sexy woman he has ever seen in his life. She is wearing nothing but Reebok running shoes and a sign around her neck that reads, 'If you catch me you can have me'. Well, he's out the door after her like a shot. This girl is in excellent shape and he does his best, but no such luck. So for the next four days, the same routine happens with him gradually getting in better and better shape. Much to his delight on the fifth day when he weighs himself, he discovers that he has lost another 20 lbs. as promised. He decides to go for broke and calls the company to order the 7-day/50 pound program 'Are you sure?' asks the representative on the phone. 'This is our most rigorous program.' 'Absolutely,' he replies, 'I haven't felt this good in years.' The next day there's a knock at the door; and when he opens it he finds a huge muscular guy standing there wearing nothing but pink running shoes and a sign around his neck that reads, 'If I catch you, you're mine.' He lost 63 pounds that week.

I read your long post Larz. Now If only I understood even half of it. All I know is that somewhere in there, somebody got his butt shot at. Also BK, it's the holidays, expect the airlines to be pretty bitchy this time of the year.

Finished reading Wanted, which was the basis for the Movie of the same name staring Angelina Jolie. i prefer the comic, and the main protagonists attitude as compared to the movie version. Although the comic is portrayed as a world used to be filled with super heroes, it's a world where organized crime thrives. Of course the action of the movie was more badass compared to the comic, but the comic had a much more interesting plot concept. So far I've liked the works by Mark Millar. He uses the F- word a little too much.

Jinbei may be looked upon as the leader, but he was imprisoned in Impel down. Who is to say that during his absence, there were already struggle of power. Besides, no matter how strong we think a character is, there is bound to be someone much more powerful. Who knows, that during the past years, Jinbei was officially taken down by the new mysterious leader. Why then wasn't he as well as hachi been able to meet the strawhats in Shabondy?

I don't think those who sided with Whitebeard would have any animosity against Luffy, since one Whitebeard considered Ace as his son, and Ace being the brother of Luffy, Whitebeard could consider him as a semi-step-son. Also, given the short time that they fought together in Marineford, it was witnessed that Whitebeard took an instant liking to Luffy. Everybody was even surprised how casual Luffy interacted with Whitebeard. I think it is most likely an uprising in fishmen island. Without a strong leader to keep the people in check, someone is bound to take up arms and conquer everything.

No, wanton wrappers are too thin. But I guess 3mm is kinda thick. And the dough should actually be sticky a little, which is why you need to sprinkle some flour while you're making the wrapper to prevent the dough from sticking to the table. I also get the impression that you used too much oil. But since you've already tried it once, you can experiment on the amount of each ingredients to make this recipe your own.

Last batch of Kim In Ae:

Kim In Ae:

More Kim In Ae in Christmas Dress:

Since it's the holiday season, why not have some beautiful Kim In Ae in Christmas outfits:

I'm glad that you liked it. That's one of our family's traditional recipe handed down from generation to generation. Of course the method you described wouldn't be the exact same way that we would have made it, but the basic concept is the same. Also, the oil should be boiling hot when you pour it into the fillings, that's what would cook it a bit. As for the excess meat, perhaps you put too little fillings. For a 2 diameter wrapper, we usually put 1 heaping teaspoon of fillings. Like I mentioned to you before, you could use them as ingredients for an omelette. It's rarely that we have too much of anything, but most of the time, it's the dough that we have excess.

Doesn't look like Wapol. Wapol is a kinda on the fat side. Based on the structure of it's neck, this person is very muscular.

It might be inappropriate to ask this, but is this available through streaming? No need to give me links, just a yes or no and a "keyword". I'm having bandwidth issues so it would be difficult for me to download the whole episode. Anyway, based on the discussion, OOO does seems to be interesting. I still feel the design of the rider rather iffy, but I guess it's an acquired taste, much similar to the design of W. With W SIC about to come out, perhaps a OOO SIC might be on the way. But then again, they still have to cover a lot from W, like Accel, Skull, Fang Joker, etc, etc.

Ratings for Keizoku are kinda low, and I don't know the rating for the other two. But Keizoku somehow looks similar to Hero. I usually check out shows with high ratings, usually 20% or higher. But Nihonjin no shiranai nihonggo seems interesting. I'll take a look at it also. edit: I checked the viewership ratings for these show. They're kinda low. Nihonjin averaging 3.32% and hammer session averaging 6.95%. Although these shouldn't be a factor in deciding to watch them, it kinda makes my expectations low.

Yeah, I've read about Nick finding out about Shield being an umbrella organization under Hydra. Right after Siege, I haven't heard a thing about nick fury. But hey, the Secret Wars prevented a war from Latveria. A right, but rather stupid move if you asked me. Nick shouldn't have involved himself personally in it. He should have hired proxies of proxies of proxies to do the job. That's how Nick Fury works, taking action indirectly but profoundly. But then again, without the secret wars, we wouldh't have Civil War. Do you think Cap is taking pointers from Nick? During Civil War, Nick came in handy when Cap was in need.

Where's our resident Marvel Guru when you need him? (I'm talking about you Jerry). Anyway, I've managed to chanced upon a complete set of Shadowland, and thought to myself "what the heck" and "acquired" it. I'm quite surprised to find the story fascinating. I'm already halfway through the story and things seems to be going out of hand. My only gripe about this is still the scale of the story. I felt that the story is confined to Hell's Kitchen with no other heroes involved except the few ones involved. You'd think that this would require the attention of the main avengers. But hey, wolverines involved. Hard to believe he had his ass handed to him by DD.

By the way, the girl who will replace Megan Fox is Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. She's kinda hot, expect no less from a Victoria's Secret model.

I somewhat observe that most of the people who have low expectations of the "bayformers" are mostly the fans who grew up with Generation 1. I myself have some reservations about the "bayformers" since I also grew up with G1, but we have to consider them as another universe. Granted that Micheal Bay did something most of us would not agree on, but the number one downfall for every project is to please everybody. You have to admit, even though things were like that for ROTF, it still made money in the movie market. Hence the part 3 of the movie. If part 3 sells well despite the disappointing movie, I would say it might be possible to see a part 4.

I'm not familiar with the taste of Welsh Leek, I would think that this is almost similar to regular leek? If it's milder than garlic and onion, you might not be able to get its full taste. It's actually the chives that gives the dumplings its aroma. But if you can substitute it with another, I'm not sure what the result would be. I guess if it has a herbal property (in terms of taste that is), then I guess it wouldn't be much of an issue. Just don't expect it to taste the same. Anyway, aside from the fillings, the wrapper has its own unique taste, especially when you fry it. I would recommend you use soy sauce mixed with diced garlic and black pepper powder as a dip to enhance the flavor. I'm surprised that Chives are expensive there. It's actually dead cheap here. I think its around 50 cents a kilo. But then again, if it's not a native vegetable, it means you'd have to import it.

So.... who's the boss?

So, would anybody beside me like to share some images? Come on, we're all perver...uh...art critiques here, no need to feel abashed. This post actually puts this site on top of the google search list (look for "shutazen"). Heck, just search my name with Japan and you get the first result.