Cacahuatl is the Aztec drink from where it is said we get modern chocolate. This, while not an outright lie, misrepresents cacahuatl as something you might actually want to drink. You don't. The drink is actually more akin to a thin molé sauce than hot chocolate. Only less drinkable.
The Aztecs said drinking cacahuatl gives you strength. This is probably a mistranslation of some sort--what they really meant was it takes considerable strength just to choke it down.

Recipe:

1. Gather together your closest friends and family and hope they talk you out of this. Abandon hope all ye who continue.
2. Into a small saucepan waste the following ingredients that you could be using to make something else:
   • 16 ounces of water
   • 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder
   • 1 stick of cinnamon, broken in half
   • 2 dried hot chilies, crushed
3. Bring to a boil. It will start to give off a pungent aroma, something akin to chocolate cake mixed with the smell of death. If you've done it correctly, it burns as you breath it in.
4. Once it bubbles up, remove from heat. Allow to cool then return to heat. Repeat three times. This is supposed to improve the flavor, meaning it's actually worse if you don't. Fear that this could be true ensures that I stick to this tradition.
5. Decant into a mug (pour; leaving the solid stuff behind). Allow to cool completely before serving. Turn back now while there's still time.

If you've come this far, you might as well drink the stuff. Truth be told, it's really not that bad, if you have an appreciation for bitter flavors. If you're the sort of person that can't drink coffee without sugar, this isn't for you--it's even more bitter than coffee. The spiciness is also off-putting... there really aren't many spicy beverages in our culture to prepare you for this.
So, despite my warning to the contrary, this is actually worth trying if you have any sense of culinary adventurousness. It's not going to be something I drink frequently, but it may be something I make again--even if it is only to serve to the unsuspecting.

Toxic megacolon vs Bacterial vaginosis

Well, it's settled. I am cryogenically freezing myself until October.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMDNpWEXhIo
also
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtTG0QqutiA

I'm going to use this opportunity to extol the virtues of a little site called last.fm. It is to music what I wish the BYOND site was to games.

The basic idea is this: you install a plugin that keeps track of what music you listen to. Based on this data, last.fm gives you streamable radio stations of recommended music, automatic and user-supplied artist recommendations, groups, forums, and journals to discuss music, and whole social-networking-type-thingy to go along with it. It's very Web 2.0, but it's done nearly perfectly. I spend more time there each day than I do on any other site.

Anyway, this whole post is to say:
a) Try out last.fm
b) Join my BYONDers last.fm group