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Tweak says, "mi casa es su casa!"

colonel_green (colonel_green) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-04-22 16:29:00

Entry tags:

char: ares/marvel, char: bill, char: green goblin/norman osborn, char: hebe/marvel, char: hera/marvel, char: kelda, creator: dietrich smith, creator: fred van lente, creator: greg pak, creator: j. michael straczynski, creator: marko djurdjevic, title: incredible hercules, title: thor

Star-Crossed

Four scans from Thor #601, and three from Incredible Hercules #128.

This month in Thor, most of the Asgardians are honour-bound morons, and the honour-bound-moron-in-chief, Balder, decides it would be a good idea to move to Latveria. This causes problems for the somewhat inexplicable romance of Bill, a short-order cook, and Kelda, a sex-bomb Nordic goddess:

Then, at issue's end, with the Asgardians beaming out of Asgard (Loki's magically teleporting them, but it looks like the Enterprise's transporter), suddenly, Bill turns into an all-American badass (cue 80s power-chord anthem):

I'm torn between whether that was awesome or laughably unbelievabe.

Elsewhere, in Herc, our heroes get away in the midst of the fight between Hera and Osborn's forces, but Ares negotiates (!) a truce:

Heh, Argus.

And Herc, rackin' up the product endorsements, I see.

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kitty_tc_69
2009-04-22 07:06 pm UTC (link)

Shame, that. Beer has a history as rich as that of wine, and a varietal spread much larger. I'm not going to criticize you for your preferences, but I will point out the poorly-known fact that most well-known brands and types of beer, especially in America, are of one particular variety --the "light lager" style which is a poor representative of the world of beers out there. To put it in wine terms, american-style light lager is the beer equivalent of white zinfandel --it's not bad per se, it's just kinda there and it's a very poor representative of what good stuff is like.

Honestly, beers are so genuinely varied that there are numerous types that could be tasted side by side and you'd hardly believe they're the same type of product at all. Some are clear and golden, some a rich amber red, some are murky brown, some opaque black, with flavors ranging from malty semisweet to fruity (from dry to intensely sweet) to creamy to bitter and everything in between, and more besides. A cream stout tastes almost like chocolate milk, a lambic like fruit soda, and a whitbier like citrus. Most people don't know these varieties even exist. I knew very little about them myself before bartending school, and before working in a place that specialized in beer selection.

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icon_uk
2009-04-22 07:17 pm UTC (link)

I've worked behind a bar or two in my time (including one which boasted over 80 different single malt's), and I'm very much aware of the variety of beers (also, British, so I feel I've a lot more variety than I've seen in the US). Heck I worked in the head office of a brewery which owned over 1100 pubs and restaurants for nearly ten years, so I've been around the block on that front! :) (My personal favourite was a speical brew done for a newly opened pub called "The Frog and Firkin", which was called simply, and with what appeared to be frighening accuracy; "Spawn". :)

Still never found an alcoholic drink that I liked.

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	schmevil 2009-04-22 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	But... alcohol. The cause and solution to all of life's problems. What's wrong with you, man?! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-04-22 08:01 pm UTC (link)
	You've seen my posts and you ask me that NOW?? :D Yeah, I've actually wondered about that off and on. I made a living out of other people drinking after all, so I can't really claim a moral high ground. Just... never liked the taste, and didn't like the effects I saw it had on people. (Reply to this) (Parent)

cmdr_zoom
2009-04-23 12:22 am UTC (link)

My problem with alcohol is twofold: one, I have a child's palate. I like stuff like alcopops, or drinks mixed with juice, cola, etc so that the alcohol is essentially unnoticeable. I don't like the taste of beer and would prefer they just give me the grape juice now without putting it in a barrel for a few years to get sour. Second, the few times I've had enough alcohol to notice have been uncomfortable on a physiological and/or psychological level.

I guess those are both ways of saying I'm a hopeless lightweight. Fine by me, I'll just be over here enjoying my "soft drink."

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