Fenris Rose's blog

My niece loves Friendship is Magic.
I know what you're thinking; "Why would a little girl be watching a show for grown men?"
I don't get it either, to be honest.

Anyway, she's also a fan of Doctor Who, which is where the problem comes in.
Ever since she found out about Doctor Whooves, she's been wanting a Doctor Whooves brushable to go with her other brushables.
I've already told her that I would look for one, but I'm not having any luck.

I'd really like to find one and get it to her in time for Christmas.
Does anybody know if they even exist?

So, recently Discovery Channel has been promoting a stunt by amateur naturalist Paul Rosolie, who plans to put on a protective suit and allow an anaconda to swallow him.
http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/eaten-alive

Anybody with even a basic understanding of snake anatomy can tell you that this is incredibly dangerous, not just to the idiot in the suit, but also to the snake itself.
Once a snake swallows a meal, it will only regurgitate in a situation of extreme stress.
This means that getting Rosolie out safely would involve either killing the snake, or stressing it to the point that it regurgitates him.
The regurgitation process itself is also dangerous to the snake, as it often results in damage to the snake's esophagus.

This publicity stunt by the Discovery Channel is blatant animal cruelty, and should not be allowed to happen.
That's why I'm asking my fellow Everypony members to join me, and many others, as we boycott Discovery Channel.
I'm also asking you to sign the the petition to stop this stunt from happening at all.
https://www.change.org/p/discovery-channel-stop-the-airing-of-eaten-alive-boycott-discovery-channel

My old bike, being a total piece of crap, would not have gotten me out of Oregon, much less across the United States.
So I decided to get a new bike.
After a bit of shopping around, I settled on a Schwinn mountain bike from Walmart.
Not a great bike, but sturdy enough to hold my fat ass.
I was all set to buy the Schwinn when I was advised to visit the local bike shop, and see if maybe I could find a good used bike.
At the bike shop, I found a 1996 Cannondale M500, seemingly in excellent condition.
I explained that I need the bicycle for a cross-country trip, and that it needed to be sturdy.
I was assured that the bike would hold my weight, and everything I read online said that it was a great bike, so I bought it.
I spent fifty dollars more on the used Cannondale than I would have on the new Schwinn, but what the hell, it was a better bike.
I also spent a hundred dollars on accessories; a new seat, better pedals, fenders, the works.
Because the fenders I needed weren't in stock, I left my new bike at the shop, on the promise that I could pick it up later that week with everything installed.
When I picked it up, I found out that the hand grips that I had picked out wouldn't fit on the bike.
Instead, they had installed a set of 'ergonomic' grips that didn't fit my hands properly.
It was the same set of grips that, when they had tried to sell them to me on my initial visit, I specifically stated that I did not want.
Instead of leaving the old grips and refunding the money for the grips that I had chosen, they instead installed something that I didn't want.
I had also specified that I wanted cruiser pedals.
Instead, I got mountain bike pedals.
I was annoyed, but decided that it wasn't worth worrying about.
Then more things started going wrong.
The derailleur kept kicking the chain loose when I downshifted, and the chain itself broke while I was pedaling up a steep hill.
I pride myself on being a good bicyclist, but even so, I only just barely managed to keep myself from rolling backwards into traffic.
I hadn't even ridden ten miles yet, and the bike was already proving itself to be a deathtrap.
After that, I replaced the chain and fixed the derailleur, and hoped that nothing else would go wrong.
Naturally, something else went wrong.
The back wheel is messed up, as are the brakes.
Hopefully, I can find and solve the problem before I leave.
The lesson, of course, is that one should always trust their instincts, and not the advice of well-meaning but ignorant people.
If I'd bought the Schwinn like I originally planned, I wouldn't be having these problems, and I'd have a hundred dollars more in my bank account.

[video=youtube;kErfVv53H68]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kErfVv53H68[/video]
Why?
Why?
WHY?

Remember this?


Well, meet Niumbaha superba, the Badger Bat.


This adorable little fellow was only the fifth one of his kind ever to be seen by human eyes.
So, naturally, the woman that discovered him, Dr. DeeAnn Reeder, decided to kill him and pin up his corpse for display.



For her "discovery," Dr. Reeder was awarded a $100,000 grant to continue her deadly research.

That is all.
Have a nice day.

I've been thinking it might be fun to create an OC to be Everypony's mascot, as a community project.
Have members suggest and vote on every aspect of the creation, from name and race all the way down to eye color and manestyle.
Maybe even get a few of the site's artists together to help with the creation.

Hopefully, such a project would end up creating a nice original character that we could all be proud of, but as Yami already pointed out, it could just as easily end up creating a bad OC monstrosity.

Any thoughts?

I just invented this recipe, and thought I'd share it with all of you.

-4 tbsp all-purpose flour
-2 tbsp sugar
-2 tbsp brown sugar
-1/2 tsp cinnamon
-pinch of nutmeg
-2 tbsp melted butter
-2 tbsp milk
-1 tsp vanilla extract
-1 tbsp dark rum

In a microwave safe bowl (a latte mug works well), stir together the flour, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
When the dry ingredients are thoroughly blended, mix in the melted butter, milk, vanilla, and rum, until the batter is mostly smooth.
Microwave on high for three minutes in a 1000 watt microwave. (Cooking time may need to be adjusted depending on wattage.)

It appears that the talentless, flash-in-the-pan boy band "One Direction" has decided to name November 23 "1DD" or "One Direction Day."
Forgetting for a moment what this day means to me as a Brony, I am instead focusing on what it means to me as a Whovian.
The fiftieth anniversary of the longest running, most influential science-fiction show in history, and these little fools think that it's okay to call it THEIR day?!
Not as long as I, and others like me, are around.

I encourage all of my fellow Whovian Bronies to join me as we encourage these hacks to give back what was never theirs to take.

I recently had my bike stolen from my front porch.
I was, of course, furious.
Today, however, I found out that I'm one of many victims of a theft ring that's operating in my town.
Among the items stolen were a custom adult trike belonging to an elderly disabled veteran, and the wheelchair of a child with cerebral palsy.
The best part is, the cops don't seem to give a damn.
Property crimes are "low priority."

I have pretty much lost all hope for humanity.

So, I was channel surfing, and found myself landing on a cooking segment on "Rachel Ray."
She was making something called "Deviled Egg BLTs."
Being a fan of both eggs and bacon, I decided to watch.
Midway through the segment, she brought out a jar of mayonnaise, and mentioned that "vegans can use vegan mayonnaise."
I cannot help but wonder why a vegan would be making a sandwich of which the key ingredients are bacon and eggs.

So... We had a nice enough day here a few days ago.
Decided to hop on my new mountain bike and head for the woods.
I just don't know went wrong.:derpe:

I leaned into a turn that I had made hundreds of times without any trouble.
This time, however, my rear wheel decided that it was tired of being in back, and it wanted to be in the front for a change.

I'm still not sure how the wreck happened, or how I managed to walk away with nothing worse than some cuts and scrapes, and a sprained wrist. Either way, it could have been a lot worse.