Monthly Archives: November 2016

Welcome to Yetishelf Battle (Or, Bow Down Before Your Furry Overlord, 3.5 Readers)

By: The Yeti, International War Criminal/Fuzzy Snow Monster and New Appointed Ruler of Yetishelf Battle (Formerly Bookshelf Battle)

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Muah ha…muah ha…MUAH HA HA!

Yes, 3.5 readers, it is I, the international war criminal/fuzzy snow monster known as, “The Yeti” and I am now in full control of the Bookshelf Battle Blog.

My plan was foolproof.  I laid in wait until BQB, VGRF, and even the incompetent security chief Bookshelf Q. Battledog were in a deep Thanksgiving food induced coma and then I took control of Bookshelf Q. Battler Headquarters in fabulous East Randomtown.

As you know, yetis love boring things and boring things alone and this foolish blog was far too stimulating.

Sure it has 3.5 readers today, but what if there are 11.7 readers tomorrow and 25.8 readers the day after that? Anarchy and madness, I tell you.

BQB’s awesome movie reviews? DONE!

BQB’s rants and ravings? GONE!

The goofy columnists? Try, my goofy hostages.

Boredom is the name of my game and from now on, this blog will be incredibly boring.

Super boring things that you can expect from this blog from now on:

  • Pictures of cats, but they won’t be doing adorable things. They will be just licking themselves.
  • Reviews of phonebooks printed in 1972.
  • Dramatic readings from dish washer operational manuals.
  • The national budget.
  • Documentaries about feet.

And that’s just the start of it!

You are doomed, 3.5 readers. Doomed, I say! Doomed to be bored forever, for BQB shall never be heard from again!

Is this the end of Bookhelf Q. Battler and the Bookshelf Battle Blog as we know it? Stay tuned…

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BQB Social Media Logo and Cover

If I were to gasp pony up some more dough and get a BQB Facebook/Twitter Cover and Social Media logo, what would it look like?

 

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BQB’s Top Ten Thanksgiving Foods to Shove in His Facehole

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Happy Thanksgiving, 3.5 readers.

What food stuffs are you going to be stuffing into your face hole today?

From BQB HQ in fabulous East Randomtown, here are BQB’s favorites in no particular order:

10. STUFFING – My favorite and really the thing I look forward to the most. Why we don’t have it all year round I don’t know. I suppose I could if I knew how to cook. I’d make a joke that Video Game Rack Fighter could pause her latest game of Car Thief Mayhem and make me some, but then I’d get sued by Gloria Allred.

Where was I? Right. Stuffing. The only thing, and apparently I’m one of few who thing this way, I like just the regular good old plain stuffing. I don’t want celery or vegetable or sausage in it. Disgusting. I just want heaping forkfuls of seasoned mushy bread.

Alien Jones, zap me up some stuffing, will you?

9. TURKEY – Duh. A no brainer. Plus, it makes me sleepy so I have a built in excuse to fall asleep and not have to listen to the Yeti’s latest nonsensical super angry snow beast rants.

8. CRANBERRY SAUCE – Oddly, I was against this for many years. I never understood how it fit in with the rest of the dishes. Then I took the plunge and mixed some in with my stuffing and I was sold.  Like Vinny Baggadouchio’s advice, it does not suck.

7.  MASHED POTATOES – Much like my writing, they’re dry and bland. And for some reason, I don’t really want them any time of the year other than this time. Tradition I suppose.

6.  BISCUITS – Not just any biscuits. You have to get the kind that come in the vacuum sealed cardboard tube that have been packed in there so tight that when you open it up it rips a hole in the space-time continuum.  Such amazing technology could have only been invented by Dr. Hugo Von Science.

5. SWEET POTATO CASSEROLE – You wouldn’t know it to look at the furry little schmuck, but Bookshelf Q. Battledog is actually quite the chef. Every year he whips up a delicious sweet potato casserole.  He tosses in some marshmallow goo and some brown sugar.  I think he also tosses in some drool but I try not to think about that.

4.  CHOCOLATE CHIP COCONUT COOKIES – Search Engine Optimized Poet did a web search for these tasty treats and he’s been making them ever since.  It isn’t that hard. You just make chocolate chip cookies and add coconut. Then you write a poem about your baking experience.

3.  POTATOES AU GRATIN – So much starch, so little time. The Astounding Nerdstradamus loves cheesy French taters so much that he predicts that they will be the only thing that people eat in the year 7000.  I hope I make it until then but if not I’ll have to take his word for it.

2.  BANANA PUDDING – Of course Professor Nannerpants makes this dish but he is offended that you think of him in such stereotypical terms.

  1.  PIE – So much pie.  Any kind of pie. Pecan and apple are my favorites.

What say you, 3.5 readers? What will you be stuffing in your face hole this Thanksgiving?

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Movie Review – Moana (2016)

Water!  Pretty colors!  A stupid chicken!

BQB here with a review of Disney’s Moana.

OBLIGATORY SPOILER WARNING

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPckxVQNRps

The short version is that Moana (Auli’i Cravalho), demigod Maui (The Rock) and Moana’s incredibly dumb pet chicken set sail on a quest to return the island goddess Te Fiti’s heart (in the form of a jade stone) that Maui once stole because he’s kind of a jerkface.

Monsters big and small are fought. Moana’s chicken remains stupid.

Oh and lots of singing.

There’s not much else I can say without giving away the whole thing, but if you’re looking for something to do with the family this Thanksgiving weekend, you can’t go wrong here.

STATUS: Shelf-worthy and though I’m not a fan of 3D, it is worth seeing in 3D due to some awesome animation sequences where all kinds of crazy things happen with water.

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A Very Hardass Thanksgiving

Hey 3.5 readers.

Last year, my grumpy Uncle Hardass stopped by to inform you all of everything he hates about Thanksgiving in excruciating detail.

In case you were one of the lucky ones who missed it…here it is.

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Some Thoughts on Westworld

Hey 3.5 readers.

I’m late to the party but I’m finally two episodes in on Westworld. I’m enjoying it. My initial reaction was the cat is let out of the bag before the show even starts as you know right away its a show about an android cowboy theme part…but there seem to be plenty of twists and turns ahead.

After two episodes, I’m hooked so I will come back for more.

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Vote For BQB’s Book Cover

Come on 3.5 readers, your favorite nerd needs you.

Check out the designs proposed for my upcoming book on 99Designs.

You don’t need to vote over there if you don’t want to. I just need you to let me know what you think about the covers and which one you choose and why in the comments on my fine blog here.

I’m facing a real Sophie’s Choice here, 3.5 readers. I literally feel like how Sophie must have felt when the Nazis demanded that she choose between her children.

I mean, OK, maybe it isn’t that bad, but still.

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BQB’s Walking Dead Recap – Season 7, Episode 6 – Go Getters

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OBLIGATORY SPOILER ALERT

I gotta be honest 3.5 readers. I don’t always know exactly what’s going on with the Walking Dead, so if it ever sounds like I got it wrong then feel free to correct me.

There are so many characters and locations and story lines to keep up with and I am a busy man with a blog frequented by 3.5 readers to attend to.

Maggie’s alive though I don’t think anyone was really fooled into thinking she was dead.

The Saviors retaliate against the Hilltop by bringing the zombies though I didn’t really get why…for disobeying orders, for harboring Sasha and Maggie except the Saviors seem to be unaware they are there so I don’t get it.

Steven Ogg is going to make a career out of playing the angry Grand Theft Auto douche.  One of few people to get famous off of a video game character.

Carl and Enid: A Love Story Amidst a Zombie Apocalypse. Aww.

What say you, 3.5 readers?

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Warm-Up #4 – Person, Place and Thing

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I’ll give you a person, a place and a thing.

You write a story around it.

Here we go:

A teenager, a garage and his Dad’s wrecked car.

A British aristocrat, a rodeo and a jug of moonshine.

The Pope, New Orleans and a delicious Reuben sandwich with extra slaw.

Your mother-in-law, Barbados and a gallon of motion lotion.

Thomas Edison, Mars and a light bulb.

A lion tamer, a bathroom and a plunger.

The King of the Elven Warriors of Gooba Dooba, the top of a hill and a bag of pomegranates.

The Earl of Sandwich, a beach and a lobster roll.

Beethoven, Compton during the early 1990s and an invitation to tour a gangster rap recording studio.

An astronaut, Uranus and a gelatin mold in the shape of a giraffe.

Napoleon Bonaparte, a wacky frat party and a hacky sack.

Niles Batzengant, Professional Zombie Killer, Manhattan and a hickory stick.

An idiot, Thanksgiving dinner at your Grandma’s house and a bugle.

Cowboy Ron, a fast food joint drive-thru and an umbrella.

Phoebe the Wall Street investment banker, a used car dealership and a pack of playing cards.

Kenny the Depressed Vampire, a lonely hotel room and a wooden stake.

A supermarket cashier, Pismo Beach and a lucky rabbit’s foot.

Father Tom Connor, a confession booth and a box of crayons.

A train conductor, Grand Central station and a potato.

A horse riding instructor, the deck of a battle ship and a bag of stale Halloween candy.

Santa Claus, the back room of a lewd establishment and a bottle of the house’s most expensive champagne.

Stand-up comedian Stan Larue, the middle of a witch’s coven and a back scratcher.

Your high school gym teacher, a pirate ship and a loofah.

Ann Plattersburg, Renegade Garner, a tulip farm onboard the intergalactic space station and a bottle of hot sauce.

Jimmy the Stoner, the White House and a beer helmet.

Olaf the Viking Chieftain, tea time at a proper lady’s house and a tube of prescription strength anti-herpes medicinal ointment.

Robin Hood, a lending library and a whet stone.

Harrison Wellington, Novice Donkey Wrangler, the jungle and a cheese sandwich.

A robot repairman, a trash compactor and a box of cereal.

Famed actor Stu Winnebago, a psychiatrist’s leather couch and a pocket watch.

Professional hockey player Pete Sarbo, a ridiculously long ride at an amusement park and a toothbrush.

A dog walker, a haberdashery and a fedora.

Waldo the Passive Aggressive Clown, a children’s birthday party and a kazoo.

A lunatic, Chicago and a photograph of a turnip.

World famous checker player Xander Mazbett, a den of thieves and stolen cutlery.

A superhero, an ice cream parlor and an expired gift card.

A TV weatherman, the eye of a hurricane and a pair of sweet ass front row concert tickets.

A mad scientist, a cosplayer convention and an empty wallet.

An alligator wrestler, the Everglades and a dog whistle.

A pizza delivery boy, a Shaolin temple and a banana.

A samba dancer, a model train enthusiast convention and a broken pencil.

Frank the bartender, a beauty parlor and a bottle of cheap scotch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Help Me Choose a Cover for Bookshelf Q. Battler’s Big Book of Badass Writing Prompts

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The results of my 99Designs book cover contest are in, 3.5 readers.

I don’t want to say anything.  I want you to feast your peepers on these designs cold and tell me what you, as a potential purchaser, would think when you see these designs.

Which one would should I choose and why?  Tell me what you’d think of the book based on the various designs and any other comments you find helpful.

I’ll share my thoughts later but I want to hear what you have to say without hearing anything from me to bias the results first.

Check out the designs here then tell me what you think in the blog comments here at Bookshelf Battle.

 

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