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Demon Castle Dracula!
As Halloween approaches Michelle and I have decided to follow the Belmont clan in their eternal struggle against Dracula and his evil minions by playing through some of the many Castlevania games. These games eventually morph into one of my favorite genres, Metroidvania games, but we are going to start at the beginning with 1987’s…
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Oh, The Horror!
We are back with our annual Finazzo month long all things horror festival. The siren call of terror was too strong, so we snuck in a couple of films during the end of September. What can I say, we just couldn’t resist. SHOWS: Archive 81 – I love this time warpy take on the found…
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Summer Construction
For years (even before we moved to Portugal) we have maintained lists of home improvement projects we are contemplating. We try to keep the list prioritized based on necessity, but also try to add small or weekend projects which we can easily complete ourselves. After the initial renovations on our house were done, we had…
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Facebook Flashback: Bond And Martinis #5
December 30th, 2015 (FB Post Date): You Only Live Twice Two martinis. Awesome Asian disguise Sean. NOT! I’m so confused about SPECTRE’s budget. They have better space tech than the US and Russia… but in the previous movie they were counting their various income sources in less than 10’s of millions. Gadgets: Helicopter and exploding…
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Wardrobe Wizardry With Magical Mushrooms
Way before our house purchase in Northern Portugal, Andrew and I looked to Goldilocks for inspiration. We wanted a house that was just the right size for us, our family of furry friends, and all the things we shipped internationally. Maybe even more importantly we wanted to use our space as efficiently as possible. In…
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Facebook Flashback: Bond And Martinis #4
December 29th, 2015 (FB Post Date): Thunderball Our least favorite so far. It’s worth mentioning that even without martinis, it was often hard to follow the plot. Gadgets: Lots of underwater stuff, bad guys had cool mini subs. A completely unneeded jetpack?Bad Guy: Spectre, with a plan being run by #2. Meh.Martinis: None imbibed.Bond Girl:…
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Celebrating With An Egg
As you may have guessed by our lack of blog posts, our summer has been a bit hectic. We’ll be doing a few catch up posts talking about what’s been going on here in Portugal! Don’t worry, all is well (eggcellent even) but it did feel like the last few months disappeared before we were…
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Facebook Flashback: Bond And Martinis #3
December 28th, 2015 (FB Post Date): Goldfinger Our favorite so far! Here’s what we thought… Gadgets: Aston Martin. We saw Q’s lab. Sweet.Bad Guy: We both loved that he was in your face from the beginning of the movie. He really didn’t want to just kill off Bond. Odd Job is so great.Martinis: First we…
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Dry July, A Dishwasher, And A 1 Year Food Experiment
During our careers as 911 dispatchers Andrew and I did several diet detoxes. We would commit to 3 weeks without dairy, red meat, caffeine, alcohol, sugar, and refined grains. We took a bunch of supplements, drank a lot of water, spent a fair amount of time in the restroom, and somehow made it through half…
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Facebook Flashback: Bond And Martinis #2
December 28th, 2015 (FB Post Date): From Russia With Love I didn’t like it as much as Dr. No due to the lack of bombast. Gadgets: Multifunction suitcase, quite cool.Bad Guy: Meh. Spectre is cool but #3 and #5 play minimal roles.Martinis: We tried a best guess recipe based on the Bond books (his recipe…