The Amazing Adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the Wild Horses - Episode 19 - The Agreement

In which our heroes enter into a deal to put a damsel in distress for money and love. Way to be pro-feminist, guys.

The Best Day Ever

It's Pi Day! Few other days are so worth celebrating than Pi Day. What did Columbus do? He stole a map from Portugal to prove something pretty much everyone had already figured out centuries before. Valentine's Day was created to help out the failing greeting card industry. But Pi Day? The irrational constant Pi shapes grand structures and monuments. Only the first 39 digits of pi are needed to calculate the circumference of the visible universe with an accuracy of merely the width of a single hydrogen atom. Albert Einstein was born on Pi day. And without the number Pi we wouldn't have delicious blackberry filled baked goodness.

The Amazing Adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the Wild Horses - Episode 18 - The Hunt on Vulpecula Gamm VII

In which our heroes must rescue a captured comrade on a deadly forest planet. Two guesses who it is. No, seriously. Guess. I'm sure you'll nail it, like, one hit.

The Amazing Adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the Wild Horses - Episode 17 - L'Ombre Francais

In which our heroes are off on another adventure. Nope, we don't get to see it, we're following Reagan and Wrench as they hang back at the Cabalina.

The Amazing Adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the Wild Horses - Episode 16 - The Royalty at the Helm

In which, one of our heroes reunites with an old friend form her past... their... Damn, I just gave away who it was didn't I?

The Amazing Adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the Wild Horses - Episode 15 - The Days Long Past

In which one of our heroes realizes he's kind of old.

The Amazing Adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the Wild Horses - Episode 14 - The Junk World

In which our heroes travel to the center of the Earth. Except it's not really the Earth. It's only kind of the center, well, it's this asteroid that has a... look, just listen to the damn episode.

The Amazing Adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the Wild Horses - Episode 13 - The Break Out

In which our heroes are sent to jail!  Wait... what?

The Amazing Adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the Wild Horses - Episode 12 - The Dry Spell

In which our heroes get... kinda... bored.  Maybe... I dunno... something will happen?

The Amazing Adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the Wild Horses - Episode 11 - The Damsel of Gemini Delta IV

After a much anticipated (not really) wait, the audio chronicles of Captain Farr Novarider and his crew of Wild Horses return!  Tonight's story is: The Damsel of Gemini Delta IV.

In which our heroes take hunt for a grand treasure lost to the reaches of space!  A villainous space Duke!  A damsel in distress!  A needlessly creepy kid!  It's a shame I didn't focus the story on this.  Nope.  Instead, Reagan and Hollander take a day-off and hang-out together.  Seriously, what was I thinking?



Well, I'm happy to say that after much frustration, I finally managed to complete Season 2.  Ladies and gentlemen, I'm happy to present to you Episode 11 of The Amazing Adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the Wild Horses.

I'll be continuing the schedule that I started with the previous season, releasing the new episode every other Thursday, right here on Boundcompass.  As always, please leave comments, likes, dislikes, et cetera.  I would love to hear from you.

Also, unless I have something absolutely pressing to say or news to announce, I think that I'm going to be discontinuing the written post that I've normally appended to each episode.  This is mostly because when I write these, I'm usually fairly mentally drained.  I'm not even certain that I'm providing anything new for you to read or if anyone is reading them.  I don't want to bore you guys any more than I already have, so that being said, please enjoy the episode and look forward to the continuing adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the crew of the FFS Cabalina.

You Stand in Your Living Room

You stand in your living room.  Cold grey morning light brushes the walls and furniture.  Windows - cracked, but not shattered - lay broken faded shadows on the environment.  The walls are quiet; even their chatter of white noise seems lacking.  You stand in your living room, unsure as to how you arrived or what you were doing before.

Hey, everyone.  First off, I'm going to have to apologize because this is going to be short and sweet.  Those [few] who follow me on twitter (you should probably do that), probably noticed my excitement at the fact that my blog hit 5000 visits.  Most of those I'm fairly certain are not my Mother.

National Waffle Day

                When I sat down to write this post (last night at 9:20 after serious research on  YouTube studying the socioeconomic ramifications of cats chasing laser pointers), I thought to myself that I don't want to be known for this topic.  I don't want to be the guy that does the silly holidays.  I want to enlighten, humor, and broaden perspectives.  Tell the inspirational story of a 65-year old Somalian gynecologist that fights warlords to save her personally funded hospital.  Explore unique facets of science, and illuminate classic films featuring Nicolas Cage or Tim “Spicy” Curry.  That is, until I discovered that today is National Waffle Day.  I am not even joking.

                Yes, on this day in 1869, Cornelius Swarthout patented the first U.S. waffle iron, to be made available in every home and kitchen, thus forever cementing the delicious morsel in our hearts.  Most sources on this holiest of holy days leave the topic at, "Waffles is om nom nom," but there is an actual history of the waffle.  One that, if viewed on Wikipedia is depressingly well researched and sourced.

                The English word "waffle" is believed to be closely related to the Dutch word "wafel" which is then tenuously tied to the Middle Dutch word "wafele."  While the first proper waffles didn't appear until the 14th century, their history actually goes back as far as the 9th to 10th centuries depending on the source.  They begin with oublies, which were thin wafers closely related to the communion wafers, and were pressed using various shaped-two sided irons imprinting a rich tapestry designs on to the pastry including coats of arms, animals, historical scenes, and Jesus crucified (fun times).

Already spreading in popularity across Western Europe, accelerated when Crusaders in the 13th century began returning with unique spices and flavors to include with the pastries.  The growing demand lead to the formation of the Oublieurs Guild in 1270, which handled distribution of the small treats, would later do the same for all contemporaneous light pastries to follow including what would become the Waffle.  That's right, there was a Waffle Guild.  Presumably they would have gangland-style clashes with the Lollypop Guild over control of the yellow brick road and the seedier parts of munchkin land.

                The first ever printed recipe for waffles appeared in a short note from an anonymous 14^th century French gentleman to his young wife, not because she couldn't cook, but rather because he was really jonesing for some fluffy battered goodness.  The recipe was simple and imprecise, calling for a few beaten eggs, salt to taste, whatever feels good on the flour, and wine.  Yep.  Wine.  Leave it to the French.

                By the mid-18th century, various recipes for waffles spread throughout the European and American world.  Waffles had become so popular it's rumored that Thomas Jefferson returned from Europe proudly displaying a waffle iron to all of his friends, setting a trend for parties devoted to the consumption of the delectable treats.  These little underground soirees were known as Waffle Frolics.

                In the modern day, there are dozens of verities of waffle spanning every continent, not counting the genius and mind-bending modifications such as the waffle cone.  Belgium, famous for the waffle that shares its name, actually has many countless recipes and varieties.  In fact, no town, city district, or tiny hamlet in Belgium is worth visiting, which lacks not only its own beer recipe, but its own unique waffle recipe.  In celebration of this world famous pastry, I recommend immediately going to your nearest Waffle Hut, and eating yourself stupid on these unforgettable anytime pastries.

A Quick Update on The Amazing Adventures Season 2

Those of you who have seen my last few tweets know that earlier this week, my computer suffered a catastrophic crash (the first I've had in years).  Long story short, I managed to save my files and get my computer running again (harder, better, faster, stronger).  When I grabbed my recording files and pulled them onto the back up hard drive, I thought I had grabbed them all.  Yeah... not so much.

Because of this, I've lost the majority of the recording files for The Amazing Adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the Wild Horses.  Shit.  The good news is that I have all of Season 1 mixed down to MPEG-3 and MPEG-4 formats which survived the transfer, so those are all nice and safe; not to mention they're all saved on Blip (say, while we're here, why don't you check out my channel and give the episodes you might have missed watch or two... or eight).  The bad news is that I had to start over recording for Season 2 from scratch. 

Work is already under way, and fortunately Episodes 11 to 15 had already been layered with sound effects and music, so it's just a question of recording and editing those.  As of Sunday, I'm done with recording episode 14, so things are moving along smoothly at about two episodes recorded per week.  I am running down on time on getting one of the guest tracks back, though (no one famous, a friend is moving because he's going to be teaching at Notre Dame), but I might just go ahead and grab him this weekend just to get his part recorded before he leaves.

Other than that, everything is coming smoothly.  I'm doing my best to not rush through the second recordings because I still want the series to sound as good as it did before (if not, better).  I'm still very pleased with this coming season, and hope that you all will be just as happy to hear the final product as I've been.

Also, have you seen that I have ad space now?  That's right, Boundcompass is willing and desperate to sell out because daddy needs to pay off his debts.  Want to show off your cool product, comic, site, or overrated opinion to the literally ten or so people that visit Boundcompass daily (two of which may be my mom and mother-in-law)?  Then give those ads a quick click.  Hell, click them enough times and Project Wonderfull might actually re-list them (the jerks) and allow me to earn a few dollars back on this time and money pit.  But hurry!  Before someone else takes your rightful place among the chosen few.  CLICK THEM NOW!

The Amazing Adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the Wild Horses - Episode 10 - The Return of Aislyn Aphelion

In which and old enemy returns. Will our heroes manage to hawk the ancient alien artifact they legally procured from Baron Helion? Will they manage to outrun the enigmatic villainess? Will Reagan give two craps? No, Not really, and not a chance.


Thank you all for listening to the very first season of The Amazing Adventures of Captain Farr Novarider and the Wild Horses.  Especially those of you managed to stick around for the long run.  You are few, but I know you're out there and I greatly appreciate your willingness to give me a shot.