Chance FTW

Don't Bake two!

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My brief heroic moment was during a game of Ninja Escort when I slayed Adam, the first and most skilled bodyguard, and ran past Vince, the second guard and caught Phuc, the VIP, with the edge of my "blade". Super fun times had by all!

"One day Solomon decided to humble Benaiah ben Yehoyada, his most trusted minister. He said to him, "Benaiah, there is a certain ring that I want you to bring to me. I wish to wear it for Sukkot which gives you six months to find it." "If it exists anywhere on earth, your majesty," replied Benaiah, "I will find it and bring it to you, but what makes the ring so special?" "It has magic powers," answered the king. "If a happy man looks at it, he becomes sad, and if a sad man looks at it, he becomes happy." Solomon knew that no such ring existed in the world, but he wished to give his minister a little taste of humility. Spring passed and then summer, and still Benaiah had no idea where he could find the ring.

On the night before Sukkot, he decided to take a walk in one of he poorest quarters of Jerusalem. He passed by a merchant who had begun to set out the day's wares on a shabby carpet. "Have you by any chance heard of a magic ring that makes the happy wearer forget his joy and the broken-hearted wearer forget his sorrows?" asked Benaiah. He watched the grandfather take a plain gold ring from his carpet and engrave something on it. When Benaiah read the words on the ring, his face broke out in a wide smile. That night the entire city welcomed in the holiday of Sukkot with great festivity. "Well, my friend," said Solomon, "have you found what I sent you after?" All the ministers laughed and Solomon himself smiled. To everyone's surprise, Benaiah held up a small gold ring and declared, "Here it is, your majesty!" As soon as Solomon read the inscription, the smile vanished from his face.

The jeweler had written three Hebrew letters on the gold band: _gimel, zayin, yud_, which began the words "_Gam zeh ya'avor_" -- "This too shall pass." At that moment Solomon realized that all his wisdom and fabulous wealth and tremendous power were but fleeting things, for one day he would be nothing but dust."

Amazing Day.

Ryon Coleman, Scott Kerr, Adam and Noah Elbahtimy-s, and myself drive to Doylestown for pizza. But no, not just any pizza, my friend.

Jules Thin Crust, smack-dab in the middle of Yuppie Central.

After waiting about 20 minutes while standing for a table (sucked), we chanced© us a table and sat down to enjoy the delicious foodstuffs of the Gods known as Jules Pizza.

Scott and Noah ordered the potato chip pizza, which they kindly let the rest of us sample. Then, our roasted chicken pizza came and was quickly devoured. We also watched as the young Upper Bucks yuppie children had a birthday party that was so important it had to take up a whole half of the store. At least Spiderman© was there...

Note to Jules- Nice on the "no plates" philosophy. The wax paper and planks of wood were enjoyable.

After that, we headed to Cyborg One, and what I am convinced is my geek Mecca.

My god. They have everything. Warhammer, Magic:The Gathering, Bloodbowl, comics aplenty, the Sword of Omens (and Cloud's sword for my Final Fantasy friends, or FFf's as you are known), and every comic book that I should read or have read. It brought back 16 years of Geek-dom and nearly a tear to my eye.

After that, we headed back to Jules for a dessert pizza. Imagine a tiny crust pizza, but instead of tomato sauce, place chocolate, and in place of pepperoni, strawberries and pieces of banana.

Snap a few more cameraphone shots of Spidey, and we're off to get Scott some frozen hot chocolate ("once hot" chocolate?) at a local coffeehouse. It had an extremely chill atmosphere and workers to match. While sipping on my Cappuccino shake, Ryon was able to name nearly every indie/lesser known rock band on the store's soundsystem. (Ok Go, Shins, et al)

The walk to the car discussed Adventure Time! which, if made into a full-time cartoon, would automatically become the funniest thing on television. Please, please click the link to watch. Best 8 minutes on youtube ever.

The ride home allowed us to unwind and reflect on such a sweet day, as well as let our stomachs digest what we had consumed earlier. The musical selections were quite good, and respect to Ryon for his vast and diverse musical styling which no cease to amaze.

Great Day and Great people. And if you're ever in Doylestown, don't mind the yuppies and do get the potato chip pizza.

This one courtesy of Germany (I think.)