crack the plates » Lord of the Rings http://cracktheplates.com livin' vegan in sunny atlanta Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:58:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Your friendly neighborhood Mount Doom http://cracktheplates.com/2010/02/your-friendly-neighborhood-mount-doom/ http://cracktheplates.com/2010/02/your-friendly-neighborhood-mount-doom/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:14:37 +0000 adriennefriend http://cracktheplates.com/?p=375 Geeks do geeky things. Usually they’re rather harmless, even mundane, like quoting Star Wars, debating the relative merits of window managers, and chortling over xkcd comics. But sometimes they’re extraordinary, as when we gave up on making a snowperson (“too hard”) today to instead craft a mini-Mount Doom of snow:

For an eco-friendly lava, I mashed and gently rinsed some frozen Michigan raspberries in a colander (over a bowl) and then drizzled the mixture down the sides.

Measuring up:

Honestly? There was no way to avoid this. While we set out with the most earnest of snowperson intentions (even soliciting materials advice on facebook) our love of all things LOTR quickly persuaded us to rethink the not-really-working-out snowman strategy. Several passersby looked on with puzzlement during the build…wonder what they’re thinking now that it’s (seemingly) blood-spattered?

Happy building!

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