@mage thanks for hosting last week and for stepping up again this week 🙂

Up stupidly early and it’s a really cold, clear night so probably going to stick my head outside now and then and watch the moon and Mars do their things tonight. You know, because astronomical stuff and all…

http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-07-27/longest-lunar-eclipse-to-shine-bright-red-in-australian-sky/9959326

Will kick off with the questions this time around, responses once coffee has activated…

(1) What is your favourite type of biscuit and why

Regrettably I’m on too much of a health kick to eat biscuits at the moment (please ignore the caffeine dependency alluded to above…). I do remember when I was a lid one of my childhood frined’s mothers used to make these amazing homemade biscuits. They were really simple but I thought they were brilliant. On reflection I quietly suspect they were made with a lot more butter than any of us realised…

(2) Favourite Ice Cream flavour (this can be regular old ice cream or a more exotic type thing like Haagen Daz or Ben and Jerrys) – yes, Im kind of hungry, ok?

Again, don’t eat ice cream anymore but I used to really like this one in the Belgian Chocolate flavour: http://www.connoisseuricecream.com.au/tubs/

Especially when it had just started to melt a little. Mmm… simultaneous high fat and sugar rush 🙂

(3) The last video game you played? Why did you play it and how did you find it?

DDO. Dungeons and Dragons Online. Friend of mine told me about it years ago. USed to play heaps. your characters can hit max level and then reincarnate – coming back at level 1 with a slight increment in power. so eventually with enough past lives under your belt you sort of become unkillable. I mainly just play nowadays due to force of habit than anything else. There are better games out there but I can run on autopilot and grind through stuff without thinking so it’s a good way to tune out I guess.

(4) What have you felt nostalgic about in the last little while?

Broadly, my childhood I guess. Specifically, probably just riding my bike around the neighborhood and catching up with friends after school when I was a kid. Good times.

(5) Name a random awesome Christmas present you got once and tell us about it.

Best present ever. Lego castle set for Christmas in 1984. Actually, my modern day obsession with small plastic soldiers can probably be traced to this gift…

https://brickset.com/sets/6080-1/King-s-Castle

OK, off to howl at the moon…