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Cookies: Hard to Get Right

November 12, 2022November 3, 2022 Medic 0 Comments cookies, food, ramble

I love baking, and one of my favourite things I like to bake are cookies. After all, a cookie cooks a lot quicker than other types of cake and dessert, and you can bake lots of them in one go. But there is a science with cookies, and how to make the sort of cookie you want. Turns out, it’s hard to bake a cookie that matches or betters store-baked stuff. Okay, sure, there are many types of cookie. In this article, I’m more looking at the big, gooey American cookies, often with chocolate chips and occasionally M&Ms, nuts and… [Continue Reading]

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One of my favourite videos to make me happy

November 1, 2022October 25, 2022 Medic 0 Comments random

Sometimes, when I feel really sad, I go to Youtube and look for comforting and funny videos. Most of the time, I end up watching a UK panel show, with comedians I like. But sometimes, when I want pure, brainless humour, I head to A Jolly Wangcore’s channel and find the above video. In my opinion, it is one of the funniest gaming videos on Youtube. I’ve actually been watching Jolly for a long time. I started watching back when he was called A Jolly Wanker, back when he used to narrate things with text rather than his voice. Those… [Continue Reading]

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Dice Throne

October 30, 2022October 23, 2022 Medic 0 Comments board game, dice, dice throne, luck

The other day, I played a board game called Dice Throne. The campaign was a simple one. Gather the dice shards from across the map, kill enemies and then kick the ass of a boss character. It’s a pretty fun game, but it is also pretty damn strange. The first thing that is strange is that there is no board. Instead, we have several scenarios, and we build a map using various cards of various difficulties. Each map has a portal card from which you start, various cards of locations with varying difficulties, and finally a boss tile where you… [Continue Reading]

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Why is Egg Mayo So Tasty?

October 28, 2022October 21, 2022 Medic 0 Comments egg, food, mayo

There are millions of fillings you can put into a sandwich. A sandwich can contain pretty much whatever you want, from grilled cheese and simple ham and mayonnaise, to stupidly over the top meat-filled monsters. But for some reason, lately, I’ve been kinda fixated on one particular filling: egg mayonnaise. If you don’t know what egg mayonnaise is, it’s pretty simple. You boil up some eggs, peel them then mash them up with a fork. You then add some mayonnaise (or a mixture of mayonnaise and yogurt if you are feeling fancy), add some salt and pepper and throw it… [Continue Reading]

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Cats and Health

October 27, 2022October 20, 2022 Medic 0 Comments cat, ramble, random

Cats are strange creatures. We treasure them as pets, but, unlike dogs, cats are very aloof and mostly do as they please. It’s easy to annoy a cat and make it attack you, and cats often scratch and bite when they are angry. People have to be careful of cats, especially wild ones, as they may carry diseases. However, despite all of this, cats can actually be good for your health. It turns out that a cat can be a great companion for someone who is feeling down or lonely. While a cat can’t make you feel positive thoughts, it… [Continue Reading]

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Why I Don’t Consider Myself a Gamer

October 25, 2022October 18, 2022 Medic 4 Comments ramble

The term “gamer” can mean all sorts of things. Generally the term just means someone who plays a lot of video games, but there are also plenty of gamer stereotypes out there, dependent on many different things, such as consoles, handheld games, mobile games, and so on. However, I’ve never really considered myself a gamer. I’m just a person who plays video games occasionally. Am I really a gamer though? Or am I something else? I’m not very good at video games Seriously. As someone who has been playing video games for years, I’m shit at most of them. Parkour… [Continue Reading]

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A Small, Blocky Stegosaurus

October 21, 2022October 13, 2022 Medic 0 Comments blocks, dinosaur, lego, random, tiny

Earlier, for reasons unknown, a small plastic bag appeared on my desk. I have no idea where it came from or when we bought it, and it was certainly not anything I’d ordinarily buy. The package contained tiny weeny building blocks and some instructions on how to build a stegosaurus. So I opened the package up and decided to have some fun. I think fun is not the best word to describe what happened next. It wasn’t fun. I normally love putting Lego things together. There are three massive boxes in my room all filled with the stuff. But this… [Continue Reading]

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Cool Sciency Stuff That I Don’t Get

October 11, 2022October 11, 2022 Medic 0 Comments random, science, space

Lately, I’ve been watching a lot of stuff on Youtube. While my desire to play games is dulled, I need to do something with my free time. Something that isn’t writing. So yeah, Youtube time it is. But I’ve not been sitting here, watching any old bollocks. I’ve been watching sciency things. And I’d be lying if I said I understood it all. So what sciency things have I been watching? Mostly quantum stuff. You know, the building blocks of the universe. But damn is this stuff confusing. I mean, it’s what the universe is made of, of course it’s… [Continue Reading]

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A Ramble About Sandwiches

October 6, 2022September 28, 2022 Medic 0 Comments food, ramble, random, sandvich, sandwich

I have a funny relationship with sandwiches. Sometimes I love them, sometimes I hate them. I don’t know why, but sandwiches are very hit or miss with me. Recently, I went right off sandwiches, but the other day, I made myself one and it was nice. I then wondered why I had been holding back on sandwich and overall bread consumption. Right now though, I really want a sandwich. So, uh, let’s talk sandwiches. It’s the bread The thing that often turns me away from sandwiches is honestly the main component. The bread. There are tons of different breads to… [Continue Reading]

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Warming Up To Cups

September 28, 2022September 20, 2022 Medic 0 Comments cooking, food, insanity

I know what some of you might be thinking. Perhaps, after all these years, Medic here has finally gone insane and is writing complete and utter bollocks. Or, alternatively, you might be asking yourself whether Medic had a vendetta against cups or something. There’s definitely some insanity in here, but it’s not that bad. Or maybe it is, and I’m completely insane. It’s probably the latter. I should probably start explaining. It’s about cooking In this article, I’m talking about using cups as a form of measurement while cooking. Normally, I do one of two things. I either get out… [Continue Reading]