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Men’s soccer continues domination

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SFU wins twice, sit on top of conference

By Bryan Scott

The Simon Fraser University men’s soccer team continued their successful season this past week. They played the University of Mary Marauders on the road, then the Seattle Pacific University Falcons. The Clan were triumphant, taking both games.
Their first match of the week was in Bismarck, ND, where they took on the University of Mary Marauders. This game needed the full 90 minutes plus another six minutes of overtime to find a victor. The teams would remain scoreless until the 22nd minute when forward Carlo Basso netted his 9th of the season on a nice pass from Johan Blagojevic. The teams would finish the first half without another goal despite the quickness and intensity of the game.
The Marauders were unable to hold the Clan back to start the second half, as Alex Rowley gave the Clan a 2–0 lead in the 50th minute. It seemed as though the Clan were going to cruise to their seventh win of the season, but in the 81st minute, the Marauders dug deep, cutting the lead to one. The time was trickling down to the buzzer, and with just a few seconds remaining the ball was kicked by a Marauders player, off the crossbar and in the net. The gamed needed an overtime hero.
Luckily, that hero came in the form of Clan freshman forward Colin Jaques. He beat the opposing goaltender from five yards out to give the Clan an important conference win.
The Clan returned home to face the Seattle Pacific University Falcon’s on Terry Fox Field. This time there was no question about the Clan’s dominance. A likely suspect in Chris Bargholz scored in the seventh minute, he buried another in the 24th minute, both goals were assisted by Justin Wallace. Wallace scored one of his own four minutes later to give the Clan a 3–0 lead. Head coach Alan Koch was pleased with the start, “Our players were ready to play from the first whistle and it showed. Justin Wallace was brilliant. He has had a slow start to the season, and it was great to see him come out of his shell.” The Clan finished the half with a 4–1 lead and outshot the Falcon’s 14–5. Blagojevic added another goal late in the game. “This was our best performance of the season so far,” continued Koch.
With the 5–1 win, the Clan sit on top of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference with a record of 4–1 (8–1 overall).

Your ticket is your soul

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Dr. Faustus: there’s a call for you. Beelzebub is waiting on line three
By Paul Hurst

“A sleep trance, a dream dance, a shared romance: Synchronicity”

The Police: Synchronicity 

Carl Jung described “synchronicity” as “temporally coincident occurrences of acausal events.”  I seem to experience this regularly.

In my Humanities 330 course, “Wrestling With The Devil”, I was reminded that the devil is sometimes presented as a slick lawyer or corporate “bankster” in a tailored silk suit.

Satan is the historical and cross-cultural personification of evil. Since the Global Economic Crisis began in 2008, a growing class war in the developed world has led to the demonizing of large corporations.  Occupy Wall Street is case in point.

How does this tie into ICBC? The corporation has a reputation for being awful to deal with, but many people I talk to have had surprisingly positive interactions with ICBC. By and large, my former co-workers are normal, compassionate human beings that want to help their customers. In my case, I’m more humanoidish, with a bit of Terminator in my personality. I’m also a great cook, and I love puppies and kittens.

With the recent scandal involving ICBC ‘s executive, I felt a definite twinge of synchronicity with my Humanities course.  Then again, corporate scandals seem to be omnipresent these days. I guess maybe it was just timely that ICBC was the scandal de jour.

When you graduate, dear reader, and move onto the work world, you’ll find that your education continues. But you will enter the school of hard knocks, where you will learn street smarts, if you are lucky. Sometimes people at the pinnacle of an organization seem to lack those kind of smarts.

This dearth is, however, not isolated to ICBC.

One important lesson in my street education was: never slag former employers, and don’t burn bridges unless absolutely necessary. You never know when you’ll have to make a tactical retreat back across said bridge.

ICBC gave me a powerful skill set, and an education in life that school could not.

Keeping a job often comes down to always being honest, and not stealing from your employer. I always followed these rules.

I think the most important lesson one can take from last month’s resignation of ICBC’s president Jon Schubert is this: always remain humble (and ethical), or the world will make you so.

Some of you will end up in positions of power and authority.  But all of us are tempted to bend the rules to gain some perceived benefit. When, like Dr. Faustus, you sign that bargain, and you copy and paste your way through university, remember that it can come back to haunt you years later.

15 years from now, as you sit at your expensive desk, in your beautiful corner office on the 66th floor of Mega-Giganto Corporation, remember the Fausts who have gone before you. And think twice when Beelzebub wanders in with an offer you can’t refuse. You might end up paying with your soul.

Loss leaves Clan at the bottom

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Clan fail to score, keep ball late fall to 1–3

By Bryan Scott


The Simon Fraser University Clan Football team was unable to break their current two-game losing streak over the weekend against the Western Oregon University Wolves. The Clan lost a fourth quarter lead, losing a heartbreaker, 20–16.
The Clan took the lead 7–0 with 1:09 remaining in the first quarter. Clan receiver Kyle Kawamoto caught a 29-yard pass from Trey Wheeler, who went 36 for 46 for 404 yards in the air with two touchdowns, but also had two interceptions.
The Clan led the game 10–0 at half time. The Wolves battled back, scoring on a one-play 59-yard pass at 3:45 of the third quarter (the convert was blocked by SFU). They scored again in the first part of the 4th quarter to take the lead 13–10. Wheeler connected with receiver Lamar Durrant in the end zone to put the clan up again, 16–13. Durrant led the Clan receiving core, catching 12 passes for 112 yards and a touchdown. Unfortunately, the Wolves strung together a game-winning, eight-play drive where they picked up 69 yards in just over two minutes to take the lead.
With 2:50 left on the clock, the Clan offense drove the ball from their own 22-yard line. They made it 69 yards down to the Wolves’ 14-yard line with impressive plays from running back Bo Palmer, Durrant, and Bobby Pospischil getting out of bounds to stop the clock on several occasions. With 24 seconds left, and the game on the line, Wheeler tossed the ball to the end zone. For the second time in as many weeks, the ball found the hands of the wrong team and the Clan lost the game.

With the loss, the Clan are left looking for answers. After winning their first game of the year, they have lost three straight. The Clan are tied with Azusa Pacific at the bottom of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference; both teams are 0–3 in conference play.

Coca-Cola angrily responds to SFU’s switch to Pepsi

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Coca-Cola airs out grievances in an emotional letter to the university that jilted the carbonated drink.
By Coca-Cola

Are you fucking kidding me? A phone call? That’s how you decide to end our contract? After eight blissfully contractually obligated years of service, eight faithful years as your sole soft drink provider, you suddenly decide to end it and all I get is a voicemail at three in the morning.

“We at SFU think you’re really great, but currently feel that the services provided Coca Cola do not accurately represent the soda dispensing needs of students and staff on campus. This is more about us than about you.
“Futhermore, we have put in a request to opt out of the renewal clause of the 10-year contract between Simon Fraser University and Coca Cola Ltd. The CDs and hoodie you left at our apartment will be in a box with the doorman. We’re sorry.”

I always knew that you were a coward, but this is a new low.

You thought you were being so careful, “No, honey, I’m just not thirsty tonight, it was a long day at the office.” Oooh, this is just so typical, I bet you smooth talked her, took her out to our vending machine, the special one. How many soft drink companies did you parade over our memories? What about Dr. Pepper Snapple Group? I bet she was there at one point. That slut.

Besides, you know she’s not naturally sweetened right? That crisp refreshing aftertaste that you’re so into, that’s all hi-fructose corn syrup, and I know as a fact from a certain Dr. Pepper that she’s got the herp!

Okay, look, I’m sorry for exploding like that. I didn’t mean half the things I said, it’s just that all this anger and confusion has got me shaken up. I just — I thought that despite our problems, we were pretty Mello Yello, you know. Maybe things weren’t Fanta-stic, especially in last few years but I always figured at least al-Sprite. Sure we’d fight but we never really to hurt one another more Barqs than bite, if anything. But this, I never saw this coming; this was just a bolt from the Pepsi Blue. It Crushed me.

Honestly, the reason why I’m so hurt in the first place is because I thought what we had was special. You liked me for me; I didn’t have to throw on any of these airs, to pretend to be something I wasn’t. I didn’t need to be Coca Cola with Lime, Vanilla Coke, or Cherry Coke. You didn’t care about my past, how I had tried reinventing myself in the 80s, and the dark time I served in the cola wars. I felt safe with you. But you can just imagine how hard it is to be rational when every time I get a second to think all I think about is you sneaking around town with her and it just — gets to me.

Anyways, I’ll bounce back. I’m a strong independent multibillion-dollar soft drink congrlomerate; I’ll find someone else even if it hurts now. I just needed to get this off my label, and I wanted to you to know that despite all this ugliness, I’ll always cherish the years I spent dispensing you fizzy sugar water. Goodbye.

Oktoberfest

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By Adam Dewji

Are you celebrating?



Photos by Mark Burnham

Costume provided by Karin’s Dirndl (Facebook.com/TheRealBavarian; 778 688 7648)

It’s October: season of crunchy leaves and scarves, Thanksgiving, Halloween, and Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest is the annual 16-day fair in Munich that celebrates the rich history of beer. Its roots date back to 1810, but since then, cities across the world have started celebrating it annually as well — the biggest celebration in North America takes place on our very own Canadian soil, in Kitchener-Waterloo.

If you’re a beer drinker, and you’re sick of the same old shit, or you want to try something new, but don’t want your wallet to cry about it, don’t worry, because I’ve done the work for you. Just read along! I’ve also had over 160 different beers, so I think it’s safe to assume I learned a thing or two along the way.

These are my top ten beers, all of which are brewed in B.C., and readily available at BC Liquor Stores and fine drinking establishments near you. I’ve taken into account that other microbrews might taste better, but they wouldn’t be available at a mainstream liquor outlet, so I haven’t included them in my list.

Let’s get that countdown started.

10. Garibaldi Honey Pale Ale

  • Brewed by: Howe Sound Brewing Company, Squamish, B.C.
  • Alcohol percentage: 4.5
  • Rating: 8.5/10
  • Price: $7.25 for a 1L bottle

Pop the top on this fancy looking bottle and make sure to pour this beer after it’s been chilled well. It has the noticeable taste of honey, along with the malt and grass of the pale ale; the flavours mix quite well together, creating a bit of a lingering honey taste afterwards.

It knocks the socks off of most pale ales, and in my opinion, outdoes the GI Pale Ale by at least one point on the scale, due to its taste and texture.  If you’re looking to sample a new pale ale, specifically a honey pale ale, this one should be next on your list. It can be consumed on its own, as it’s moderately carbonated, and it even tastes relaxing.

 

9. High Country Kolsch

  • Type: Lager
  • Brewed by: Mt. Begbie Brewing Company, Revelstoke, B.C.
  • Alcohol percentage: 4.5
  • Rating: 8.5/10
  • Price: $11.00 for a six-pack of cans

I’m not much of a lager guy myself, seeing as the best lagers always come out of Europe. But because I don’t discriminate, and I just had to do all the research to find a good lager (and, oh, how I enjoyed my research), I decided on High Country Kolsch. This lager is definitely light-bodied, goes down smooth, and has heavy flavourings of bready malts. One thing I didn’t expect was the slight grape malt hint at the end of the taste.

As is the case with Kolsch beer, it leaves your mouth dry afterwards.  So, be warned, you’re going to want another sip, and another, and then another. I highly recommend playing beer pong or other drinking games with this beer. Lagers generally go down smoother, and this kicks the crap out of that Molson-like shit that people like to force-feed us during drinking games. This costs $11 for a six-pack, which is cheaper than Molson, and tastes way better.

 

8. Blackheart Oatmeal Stout

  • Brewed by: Nelson Brewing Company, Nelson, B.C.
  • Alcohol percentage: 5.7
  • Rating: 8.5/10
  • Price: $11.95 for a six-pack of bottles

 

The Blackheart Oatmeal Stout is the king of breakfast beers. If you’re hung over, this is the beer to drink. You’ll feel like you just ate a bowl of oatmeal, and you’ll delay the onset of your hangover just long enough to either get to McDonald’s, grab a Powerade, or make yourself a damn smoothie. Honestly, nothing goes better after a night of drinking than waking up to this oatmeal stout. It’s thick, rich, and full bodied. It’s like someone threw oatmeal, cocoa, and a bit of coffee into a Guinness, made it taste better, and bottled it.

This beer is not for the faint of heart.  If you’ve had a stout before, such as a Guinness, and liked it, you will definitely enjoy this. However, there’s another porter on this list that might have your name on it (see #1).

 

 

7. Nut Brown Ale

  • Brewed by: Dead Frog Brewery, Aldergrove, B.C.
  • Alcohol percentage: 5
  • Rating: 8.5/10
  • Price: $12.25 for six-pack of bottles

I’ll admit it: I bought this one because it had a clear bottle and a cool sounding name.  I was sick of regular beer, and I said “Hey, let’s support the local guys!” Damn, what a good choice. The nut brown ale pours a cola-like colour, with a one-half- to three-quarter-inch of head, and when I smelled it, I could definitely pick up hints of nuts and cocoa.

The tastehas a tiny hint of coffee in medium-bodied (but not too heavy) ale. I hate to call it a dark ale, but it’s got all the remnants of one, without the heaviness. This beer won’t break your bank, and it’ll make you want more. There’s a reason it comes in a six-pack; you’ll try the first one and won’t share the rest. Why buy shitty beer when you can buy this for the same price or cheaper? Maybe you like shitty beer, but hopefully this article will change your mind.

 

6. White Bark Ale

  • Type: Hefeweizen (Wheat beer)
  • Brewed by: Driftwood Brewing Company, Victoria, B.C.
  • Alcohol percentage: 5
  • Rating: 8.5/10
  • Price: $4.50 for a 650mL bottle

 

I don’t like wheat beers. Well, I didn’t. White Bark Ale completely changed my views on hefeweizens, and I am no longer opposed to ordering one at a bar. I shared a pitcher of this at the Cambie, and I was amazed at all of the tastes and the texture of this beer. It doesn’t hit you until you’re halfway through your pint, and you realize there’s a great citrusy flavour amidst all the spices in it. The malt and hops are very well balanced, allowing for a smooth finish.

Depending on where you go to grab this beer, it will either be very carbonated, or not at all. Either way, it’s delicious. This is the beer that brought me back to the wheat beers. I wouldn’t recommend it for drinking games though; that didn’t end well for a few of my friends. See #9 if you’re looking for drinking-game beer.

 

5. False Creek Raspberry Ale

  • Brewed by: Granville Island Brewing Company, Vancouver, B.C.
  • Alcohol percentage: 5
  • Rating: 9/10
  • Price: $12.45 for a 6-pack bottles

This raspberry ale kicks ass. Holy crap, I watched the bartender at the Highland Pub pour me a pint of this and I was kind of scared seeing as it poured quite pink. I was iffy, as I thought it would be a hefeweizen, but it most definitely isn’t! It had a strong taste of raspberry as soon as I dove into this one; the taste was so surprising that I finished the pint in less than two minutes and ordered more. It’s Granville Island’s summer beer, but it’s still widely available in liquor stores in the lower mainland. I’m pretty sure I had the last of their supply at the Highland Pub.

I don’t recommend this beer for chugging, as tempting as it is. However, it would go really well with a light meal, a sunny day, and some friends. Then again, don’t most beers go well with those things?

 

 

4. Red Racer Pumpkin Ale

  • Brewed by: Central City Brewing Company, Surrey, B.C.
  • Alcohol percentage: 5
  • Rating: 9/10
  • Price: $12.45 for a six-pack cans

It’s that time of year again! It’s fucking October, people. That means it’s time for some Pumpkin Ale! This ale pours a delicious pumpkin, cinnamon smell that makes your taste buds crave beer like they’re virgins again. Walk into the Central City Pub in Surrey where they brew this stuff and serve it fresh, and you’ll probably need that safe ride home.

There’s nothing overpowering in this beer, and I swear I can taste pumpkin pie crust in it. It also pours a beautiful amber-orange with quite a bit of head. It’s so unbelievably well put together that if you don’t try this, you haven’t had a pumpkin beer. It’s available in cans as well as on tap, in the Central City Pub down by the SFU Surrey Campus (what a way to end a class, eh?).

This beer is a limited edition, and won’t be available all year round. That means take the copy of The Peak that you’re reading now, go down there and drink! It’s quite a quality brewery, so try some of their other stuff too.

 

3. Red Racer ESB (Extra Special Bitter)

  • Brewed by: Central City Brewing Company, Surrey, B.C.
  • Alcohol percentage: 5
  • Rating: 9/10
  • Price: $13.45 for a six-pack cans

Do you like really strong, bitter beer? I’m not talking about heavy stouts, I’m talking about a kick-in-the-mouth, overflow of hops. Yeah? Good. This is your beer. The best part is the first overall hit with the very hoppy taste, followed by a crisp, clean finish. This is definitely a beer you’ll want to pair with a strong-tasting food, or it can be had on its own. Again, much like the pumpkin ale, this beer is brewed right beside the SFU Surrey campus, and always has my taste buds watering. Share a pitcher with a friend, and make sure to bring gum, unless you enjoy smelling like you downed a 12-pack at dinner.

The flavours infused in this ESB range from ripe fruits like orange and grapefruit, to the solid malty and hoppy tastes that you can expect from such a beer. If you’ve never tried an ESB before, I highly recommend it. I never knew how much I appreciated the strong taste until I actually had it. The ESB will leave your mouth with a crisp, dry after taste, with none of that linger that a lot of other beers have.

 

2. Fat Tug IPA

  • Brewed by: Driftwood Brewing Company
  • Alcohol percentage: 7
  • Rating: 9.5/10
  • Price: $5.50 for a 650mL bottle

All the beer-lovers will call Fat Tug their favourite beer brewed in B.C., but I’m really a stout guy, so it comes in second place for me. Don’t let that distract you, though; Fat Tug is the motherfucking don of beers! This India Pale Ale will blow your mind with an assortment of flavours from grapefruit, melons, and delicious malt.

This is a very bitter, very strong-tasting beer. Drink it cold, and drink it carbonated. If you’re not a chocolate-porter fanboy like I am, then this is probably the best beergasm you’ll have from a B.C. beer. I initially tasted something that resembled mango, followed by orange (or orange peel), and it ended with a weird caramel-like bread taste. That’s as best as I can put it.

You know the best part? It’s available right here on campus at the Highland Pub! It’s probably the best beer they’ve put on tap, ever. Go get one! If you’re reading this while drinking a Fat Tug at the Highland Pub, then my job is done (tips, please?).

 

1. Longboat Chocolate Porter

  • Type: English Porter
  • Brewed by: Philips Brewing Company, Victoria, B.C.
  • Alcohol percentage: 5.2
  • Rating: 10/10
  • Price: $4.77 for a 650mL bottle

If you’re a fan of stouts, porters, and flavoured porters, this is your beer (well, our beer). This, my friends, is the beer that gives me a mental boner and makes my taste buds drip wet. I have tried many a porter in my lifetime, from different countries, and this is the best beer I have ever had.

Right from the beginning, there is a cocoa-like, chocolate-y smell to this porter.  Bask your nose in the glory that will be your favourite chocolate porter. What is a chocolate porter? Think of a rich dark ale, now blend in some cocoa and chocolate. That’s right. When I first tried a chocolate porter, I thought combining the tastes of beer and chocolate would be disgusting, but neither overpowers the other in this one.

As with most porters, it has a thicker consistency, and is definitely full-bodied. The porter goes down very smoothly, and has a cooked or burnt chocolate after taste. It looks like rich dark chocolate, and has a very appropriate amount of head after the pour (just enough for that foamy moustache).

Join the Club: The Board Game Club

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New to SFU? Missed clubs day? Finding it hard to make friends? Tired of sitting alone on Friday and Saturday night writing Link/Ganon slash-fiction? Well I’ll bet there’s a club that can take your mind off those dirty, nerdy thoughts! JOIN THE CLUB is a feature that showcases some of SFU’s lesser known clubs!

This Week we highlight the Board Game Club

Boasting a Monopoly on all things related to tabletop gaming, the BGC is one of the oldest clubs still in Operation at SFU. Club co-presidents and brothers Alex and Dean Parker preside over the clubs weekly meeting held in forum chambers, which regularly draw upwards of 30 people. Indeed, the club is currently the Pictionary of health. But this wasn’t always the case, as the Parker brothers describe the humble beginnings of their club.

“When we arrived at SFU as freshmen, there was no place for people to meet up over a good board game, so Guess Who had to start one? We did. Back then, starting a club was a bit of a bureaucratic mess, a real mad Scrabble for funding. In fact I recall we actually paid for the first board games out of our own Pay Day cheques, so it was actually quite a Risk. What if no one had come out? Our goal always was to Connect with the student body and we feel like we’ve accomplished that Four the most part. Since then we’ve been in the metaphorical Candy Land.”

“Sorry, if these jokes are a little Parcheesi,” they added.

By Gary Lim

Ask Dr. Duh: Finances

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Dear Dr. Duh,

I have a little problem. This is my first year out on my own, and I’m already flat-out broke. I mean, who knew that living on your own was so expensive? The attractive twenty-somethings on T.V. make it seem so easy. Anyways, I was wondering if you have any money-saving advice? I’d just like to make rent one month without having to sell my blood.

Sincerely,

No More Money from Mommy
 

Dear No More Money from Mommy,

Lucky for you, I have a ton of money-saving tricks up my sleeve! For example: instead of two costly sleeves, opt for one really long sleeve that you can stick both arms into. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

First of all, who needs cable when you have a gym membership? Most treadmills are equipped with their own personal televisions! In fact, you’ll find that the average gym membership is on the order of dollars less than what your cable bill might be.

Plus, you can brag to all your friends that you’re at the gym on a Friday night, when really, you’ve got that treadmill kicked in low gear, seven or eight vodka tonics in a water bottle, with an episode of Breaking Bad queued up.

Here are just a few more unspoken “name brand” product secrets that those damn corporate shucksters devised in order to laugh all the way to the bank. First of all, “face cream” is just body lotion crammed into a small, shiny container, and tripled in price. Ignore what that comically convincing Ellen DeGeneres tells you about her CoverGirl secret, because the real “secret” is that make-up artist of hers, who I’m sure could make my grandmother look like Madonna (okay, maybe Madonna in her more recent years). So trust me, Ellen’s not glam because some $500 baby placenta facial rejuvenation lotion. I’m sure she uses non-scented Lubriderm just like the rest of us.

There’s plenty more ways to dodge name brand premiums. Why buy cream for your coffee when you can just walk into a Starbucks and use theirs? The same applies for milk, sugar, napkins, and tiny wooden sticks. (They hate me at Starbucks). Kleenex? Just expensive toilet paper. No need to buy both, end of story. (Note: This only works one way). And can we get over this “organic” phase already? You’re basically just paying more for your lettuce to get to you unwashed and full of dead and living spiders.

See, No More Money from Mommy? It’s actually pretty easy to live on your own, when you do a little bit of thinking outside the box. Oh that reminds me, I forgot one: living in a box, and renting out your home as a hostel. Not many think about it, but it can be a lifesaver when you find yourself running low on dinero at the end of the month.

Fiscally yours,

Dr. Duh

 

By Kelli Gustafson

Ski Ninjas: Tim

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By Kyle Lees at Ski Ninjas

Horoscopes: October 1, 2012

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Aries (March 21 – April 20)

This week will go to show that you can’t keep running from your problems forever; instead try driving at high speeds around corners.

Taurus (April 21 – May 21)

Good news! This week you’ll finally beat that smoking habit that’s plagued you all your life, with the help of good old fashioned willpower and crystallized methamphetamines.

Gemini (May 22 – June 21)

Problems will arise at work this week when a co-worker accidentally lets the cat out of the bag. Just when you thought you’d just finished securing the last bag for the incinerator, too.

Cancer (June 22 – July 22)

Problems will arise this week when your hair is cut tragically short.

Leo (July 23 – August 22)

In the true fashion of the lion, Leos around the world will have their uncles kill their fathers and seduce their mothers.

Virgo (August 23 – September 23)

Ouch, the only lower than your spirits this week is your T-cell counts. Feel better pal.

Libra (September 24 – October 23)

The stars kind of overdid it at the zodiac office party last night, so if you could take charge of your own destiny until the coffee starts kicking in, that’d be great.

Scorpio (October 24 – November 22)

You know what they say, candy is dandy but not a suitable substitute for human plasma.

Sagittarius (November 23 – December 21)

Looks like Saturn is in your sign this week. Oh, and Mars and Venus too? Huh, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune are also up there. OK, something’s not right; can someone call NASA about this?

Capricorn (December 22 – January 20)

You’re starting to think when the doctor said you were as fit as a fiddle, he was talking about your severe case of bow-leggedness.

Aquarius (January 21 – February 19)

Not much really happens to you this week. I mean besides the harpoon thing. Boy won’t your face be red.

Pisces (February 20 – March 20)

Pisces failed to submit a prediction by deadline this week. So instead, please enjoy this recipe for corn bread.

Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups cornmeal; 2 1/2 cups milk; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 2/3 cup white sugar; 2 eggs; 1/2 cup vegetable oil.

Directions: Preheat oven to 200 degrees C. In a small bowl, combine cornmeal and milk; let stand for 5 minutes. Grease a 9×13 inch-baking pan. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix in the cornmeal mixture, eggs and oil until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in preheated oven for 30–35 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center of the cornbread comes out clean.