The Deli's Pick

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12835414147590236952009-02-21T08:06:35.198-05:00The Deli's PickThe Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-53986642120050029692008-12-17T22:07:00.001-05:002008-12-17T22:07:15.766-05:00Change, now it's time for change

Two days ago, I found an email in my inbox from GoDaddy, my domain name provider. My deadline to renew www.thedelispick.com is up on the 22nd, and I had to decide if I was going to keep it going or save the seven bucks and lose the brand to oblivion.I haven't been updating. Big surprise. Posts are few and far between.I started my blog back up because I wanted to get back in touch with old friends

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-31726293266921059162008-11-14T00:18:00.002-05:002008-11-14T00:21:37.214-05:00Ideal Strategies Vol. 1

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The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-51715116692608338172008-11-04T20:15:00.002-05:002008-11-04T20:27:10.398-05:00Voting: It's Science

Winning an election takes a massively coordinated effort. It takes millions of Americans to vote; it takes poll workers and volunteers to keep the polls running smoothly; it takes a huge counting initiative, running numbers from ballots through complex branches of the information superhighway. Then there are the people that get the results to you, your Fox Newses and your CNNs. They tell you, in

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-4154317415316730182008-09-17T19:51:00.000-04:002008-09-17T19:51:53.328-04:00The Hawaiian Dream

My friend and coworker Brian is leaving the job at the end of October. He quit college after a year and has been working this summer to afford his dream: come the first week of November, he'll be boarding the one-way express to beautiful Waikiki, Hawaii.I ask him his plan, and his response is of the laid back, freewheeling variety I wish I could echo. He's going to land in Hawaii with nothing but

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-66507178915936729152008-08-30T12:37:00.003-04:002008-08-30T12:44:46.280-04:00A reason to vote McCain '08.

Yesterday John McCain announced his running mate for the upcoming presidential election. Coming off of a Democratic nomination that centered around selecting either the first female candidate or first black candidate, McCain has pulled a Guitar Hero and attempted to steal some of the thunder himself with a female vice president. It's very tough to speak against him, though, when you consider this

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-65567599051838888742008-08-21T19:41:00.003-04:002008-08-21T20:02:44.726-04:00Great Ads of Our Time, Part I

Blasphemous? Perhaps. But damn funny.

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-67796216026655129642008-08-08T20:00:00.004-04:002008-08-08T20:09:54.827-04:00Fire Tower for President.

I knew I should have fixed the car last night.When Jess came out of Wal-Mart on her way to pick me up from work yesterday, she noticed something bizarre: the trunk was wide open. Alarmed, she checked for anything missing (our trunk is packed with stuff from the old house, still) and closed it up. When she turned it on and put it in reverse, the trunk opened again. It continued to open every time

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-54704487481373200342008-07-31T06:05:00.000-04:002008-07-31T06:05:00.633-04:00It's the End of the World as We Know It

He has arrived.

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-49755303147502351272008-07-30T21:45:00.000-04:002008-07-30T21:47:17.440-04:00The Hour Draweth Near

We're about eight hours from launch of the Party Spectacular Celebration known as Mewd's arrival. I did a test run around downtown Cleveland, trying to find my way to the Amtrak station, and a five-minute trip ended up taking an hour.I hate downtown Cleveland.Anyway, time is short. We're in the twilight of the preparation process, and here I am, blogging from the computer room instead of cleaning

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-85669855040994732382008-07-28T22:31:00.000-04:002008-07-28T22:37:12.350-04:00Apocalypse Now

The countdown has begun. In fifty-five and one half hours, we will be picking Mewd up from the train station.This is sort of a big deal, because after talking to him online for eight years, we finally meet face to face. Indeed, it is not all for fun and camaraderie. The storm of an epic struggle is brewing somewhere along yon horizon. Its very foundation has been evaporating into the atmosphere

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-16088710314132835292008-07-24T23:30:00.000-04:002008-07-25T00:04:36.108-04:00This post has nothing to do with video games.

Two weeks have passed to the day, and I'm finally updating. You might ask yourself, "Self, where has his highness, the great king of bagels been lately?"The answer is, quite simply... remarkably boring: I haven't had anything to say.(Edit from the future of writing this post: Apparently I'm a filthy liar. Paragraphs await.)E3 was this past week. That should bring to mind some great post-worthy

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-79857141286022245772008-07-10T20:02:00.004-04:002008-07-10T20:25:17.608-04:00It's not over 'til the pink crap kicks in.

Sidewalk chalk: $3.Bottle of water: $2.Mortar and pestle: $20.Mix it all together, and you get: Pepto-Bismol.I'm STILL sick. This is getting ridiculous. The cramps have all but disappeared, but I'm still having... symptoms. Symptoms that should not exist come the beginning of Dots week tomorrow. Standing around for twelve hours in a ninety-degree warehouse without air circulation is bad enough. I

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-11087589502882575902008-07-08T09:48:00.006-04:002008-07-08T18:47:24.337-04:00Itinerary for Vacation Day #2. (Updated!)

I was planning on getting more stuff done around the house and sneaking in some supreme relaxation before I return to work tomorrow, but I think instead I'll just have the stomach flu. After all, why watch Mike and Mike in the Morning without stomach cramps when you can watch them with stomach cramps?You know what blows about being sick? I always get a song stuck in my head -- no, a fragment of a

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-37755288033150161502008-07-07T17:31:00.003-04:002008-07-07T18:08:57.223-04:00Secrets revealed in advertising. Spoilers within.

As seen in Best Buy...

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-63108470923793851872008-07-06T08:25:00.007-04:002008-07-06T09:29:49.522-04:00Of baseball and certain death!

The above is an actual photograph taken last night of the Cleveland Indians' baseball season.Man, we suck. To be within one victory of going to the World Series, blowing it at Fenway, then coming back this year to fall apart in front of everyone's eyes -- only in Cleveland.Oh well. There's always next season, and we'll always have Paris.In other news, this blog entry is coming to you courtesy of

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-10040793094043434192008-06-30T19:30:00.000-04:002008-06-30T19:28:35.581-04:00Doing it Right

You may recall my whining and complaining about Guitar Hero: World Tour in a recent blog entry. Well, IGN posted an interview this morning with Harmonix lead designer Dan Teasdale and he basically said "We love you all, now let's rock on."Rock Band 2 is releasing in September, and they're doing it right.He identified Rock Band 2 right away as not an independent game, but part of the "Rock Band

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-48711510546351635272008-06-29T14:00:00.002-04:002008-06-29T14:02:27.371-04:00News you can use!

Yesterday afternoon, my niece was born. Seven pounds, fourteen ounces, nineteen inches long, and cute as a button. Except she isn't a button, she's a baby. We're all very happy to welcome her to the family, and if her spit-up is any indication, she's happy to be here, too. Of course, she didn't really have much of a choice, but if GIVEN the choice, she probably would've been like "Sure, I hear

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-16205468651038945912008-06-24T19:40:00.000-04:002008-06-24T19:43:29.794-04:00The Problem with Previews

The Nintendo DS version of Guitar Hero, dubbed On Tour, was released recently. Since a tiny portable is a different experience than a sofa and a TV, the folks over in Guitar Hero Land had to come up with an alternate solution to the actual playing of the guitar. Their answer was this:Now, you may find yourself wondering, "How could that possibly be comfortable?" Well, I haven't tried it -- nor do

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-33108758499366750132008-06-22T13:05:00.005-04:002008-06-22T14:03:47.608-04:00Important news!

Hide your firstborns, lock away your wives and smear lamb's blood on the doorposts. Recent advances in Blue Stick are going to melt your face. I have been hard at work pouring about three gallons (11.36 liters) of implementation of AWESOME into the game today. What you will soon see will either make you drop to your knees in awe, or look toward my direction and say "Shouldn't you have had this

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-51745225185891336922008-06-21T17:05:00.003-04:002008-06-21T17:11:50.623-04:00Review: Metal Gear Solid 4

Masterpiece.I'll cut right to the chase.Metal Gear Solid 4 is one of the greatest games ever made.Technical marvel, artistic marvel, cinematic marvel. It is everything a Metal Gear Solid fan could ever ask for. As a video game, it sets the standard far and above anything we've ever seen up to this point.I'm an MGS nut. I have been since the original on the PlayStation. I've played and appreciate

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-78685653292919794472008-06-10T19:21:00.004-04:002008-06-10T19:29:06.420-04:00Fortune smiles upon thee.

Thou hast found the new demo.Feast your eyes, and heart, on this. Two more glorious levels of Blue Stick. This exclusive platinum package also includes the first level, free of charge.This is becoming an addiction. I'm sculpting this little tech demo into something way too big. I really should stop, but building it is just so much fun...Please please please leave feedback. I want to know that

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-7021078230898699732008-06-07T16:58:00.000-04:002008-06-07T16:58:09.011-04:00Mysterious aura unmystified!

This now-infamous screenshot surfaced on the Internet this morning, and I felt I needed to clarify to ease the betrayal some of you are feeling.As you can plainly see, Blue Stick and his elusive Kingdom of the Golden Ball is not real. It is made up. I know the tech demo released last week got a lot of hopes up -- I should apologize for touting it as "really honestly actually controlling a living,

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-78530703732075146462008-06-01T23:00:00.000-04:002008-06-03T17:29:22.814-04:00Behold... Blue Stick.

It is the very incarnation of my dreams and fantasies, a tangible taste of the whirling transient nodes of thought careening through the cosmic vapor of invention in my mind.It is Blue Stick and the Kingdom of the Golden Ball.And you can download it here. (.zip file, 1.5mb)Extract the zip and open the .exe to begin the journey of a lifetime. It's self explanatory, but you can read the

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-22187610404226655452008-05-29T19:30:00.001-04:002008-06-03T17:29:16.780-04:00Music is the best.

I'm listening to Freebird right now, soaking it in and thinking about how much it rocks. I dig a lot of Skynyrd's stuff, but this song is just it. Some people say Stairway to Heaven is the greatest rock song of all time, but I have to disagree. That honor goes to Freebird.That's rock song, not metal. Now, the greatest metal song of all time, well, it isn't Iron Man, but Iron Man's up there. I

The Royal King of Bagelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08080945760230417752noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283541414759023695.post-66779849871699509042008-05-25T22:39:00.006-04:002008-06-03T17:29:16.780-04:00It's Memorial Day. Party like it's 1866!

So I haven't updated recently. There's not much to say, really, except "Oh man, the socket formerly known as my tooth is really starting to bother me, and I wish the infection would make like a banana and split, but not the crappy banana splits with melty ice cream and a flaccid banana, but the really good ones loaded with nuts and pineapples and cherries and thirty-two different varieties of ice

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