Monday, April 28, 2008

Rainbow Connection...

So yea, Shave to Save, the date is looming upon me. You know, where I get my jam shaved off for charity. Anyway, we had a little fundraiser last Friday, some beer, music, and friends. But at the said event, my buddy Chris played some sweet jams. The last of which was Rainbow Connection. You know, Muppets, Kermit. Safe to say it was pretty awesome, and I'd thought you'd enjoy it!



But yea, please support me in my fundraising efforts and visit: http://main.acsevents.org/goto/benlee

Saturday, April 26, 2008

Geek-Gasm

So BoingBoing.net posted a video of New York Comic-Con goodness. All I have to say is that this video makes me smile in it's celebration of all things geek. It's such a beautiful thing.

enjoy!

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

FONTBOT


So I'm geeking out. So there's this guy, Jonathan Yule, and he's been taking popular typefaces and making robot illustration out of them. Being a art director by day, all I can say is AWESOME!

Source: INVDR

Sunday, April 20, 2008

RSVP

Is a nice courtesy to extend.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Mother Effin' Cheesecake...

Seriously, I love cheesecake, and I hate cheesecake.

I love eating cheesecake, I hate baking cheesecake... for some reason I can't seem to get it right. I have chef friends, I have recipes from the Food Network, and none of them seem to hit the mark of making a beautiful cheesecake. What I mean by that, you can't line your springform pan, dump in your batter, and trust the bake time a recipe gives you.

More and more I am realizing that you have to constantly watch the cake. Maybe that's common sense for others, but fuck it, I'm no pastry chef.

Before tonight, I've attempted to make cheesecake twice in my life. The first was a frozen cheesecake recipe, basically I didn't let it set it in the freezer long enough... safe to say it turned into a gloppy, blobby mess. The second was a recipe from a chef client of mine, he must've been thinking about another recipe when he wrote the cook time down, cause 3 hours? Yea, I got a clay pigeon.

Which brings us to tonight.

I mentioned I'm doing the whole Shave to Save thing. Well, as part of the fundraising efforts at work we're having a "Breakfast for Lunch" (Yes, I know you'd probably call that brunch, but I didn't name it). Anyway, the Shavees are having a pastry table, and I opted to go for a cheesecake, for the third time.

Man, I just don't know what I am doing wrong.

Safe to say, they don't look like they came from the Cheesecake Factory. They kinda looked like a collapsed Soufflet? They look edible, unlike my previous cheesecake attempts... but they are by no means pretty cakes. So I sit and wonder if I should serve them tomorrow... Maybe I can add a topping to hide the ugliness... I'm just concerned on the taste... wondering if it tastes like ass. I know the meat of the cake is the right color, but I just don't know...

Well, if you work with me and are reading this. I hope you're feeling brave, cause my cheesecakes will be interesting to say the least.

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Realizations...

So a friend of mine recently adopted a dog. And I have to admit, that's been something I have been wanting to do. Either a Welsh Corgi, or a Pug. But here's the thing, my fish just died... now seeing as I can't seem to keep a fish alive, heh, I probably shouldn't get a dog.

Sigh.

Saturday, April 05, 2008

Enjoy.

Friday, April 04, 2008

Monkeys Riding Tiny Motorcycles...

...can there be any question why I am so happy?