BOOJUM! Reviews 2013

I Know, I Know -
     At this time of year there are endless reviews of the past year.  Conrad promises to be different in his non-linear analysis of the 368* days of 2013.

1)  The Year Begins
     Bit of an essential, this one.  If the year never starts - as in the so-called "Forgotten Year" of 1748#2 then you've got nothing to discuss.

2)  BOOJUM! Begins
     Yep, forget about the previous 6 months, nothing worthwhile on Planet Earth happened until BOOJUM! began in June.

3) BOOJUM! added stock photographs
     From text-only to illustrated.  Several countries suffered blog revolutions when this happened.

4)  BOOJUM! adds personal photographs
     Hundreds of blog viewers needed medical attention after this innovation.  Not just pictures - BOOJUM!-relevant pictures!

5)  New Phylae are revealed to the world
     Present at BOOJUM! Mansions we find Sentient Sus Domesticus (the guard hog and his brother the hard hog**), our mutant messenger mice (imagine a weremouse 7 feet tall), the laser-eye cyborg guard cats, giant moles***, land-travelling sharks and wolves.

Okay, that's 2013 done.  Next!

Ice-Cream On The Go
     As any regular reader knows, Conrad likes his ice-cream.  This is either because he has a sweet tooth, or it reminds him of his frigid alien homeworld he has a sweet tooth.  Tonight marks my second attempt at Kulfi, which is an Indian mango ice-cream.  Last time it didn't get processed in the ice-cream maker, nor did I add some vodka, so whilst it tasted okay, it was rock-hard and full of ice crystals.  We shall see what today's batch brings!

Kulfi on the go

Unsung Hero
     Ladies, Gentlemen, Those Unsure, may I present to you one of 2013's better purchases:

The spatula, not the wooden chopping board

A rubber spatula.  This handy-dandy fellow allows you to scrape every last molecule out of a bowl, and also does not scratch non-stick surfaces the way a spoon would.  Especially good for getting the last dregs out of an ice-cream maker bowl.

Now - Darling Daughter is watching "Sherlock" and I need to go spend some quality time with her.  Pip Pip!

* Yes, 368.  Unless, like me, you have the cheat code, you lesser mortals are condemned to suffer a year of 365 days!
**  Stunt double in "Razorback" as he never tires of telling us
*** Bloody pests they are.  We sold one to a butcher, only for it to turn up in "City Of Ember"