http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/ Nerdly Glee. en-us 2008-07-03T02:22:17+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/07/#000958 Who wants to see me and Carla in a steampunk photoshoot? You know you do. Huge thanks to Jennie Breeden for remembering her camera after I totally forgot mine. You rock, Jennie.... Janer 2008-07-03T02:22:17+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/06/#000951 I've three half-pints of serviceberry-mulberry jam burbling away on the back of the stove. It's going to be lovely, lovely jam -- it came right together with very little sugar and no pectin at all. I added a splash of... Janer 2008-06-19T03:10:31+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/06/#000950 I had a really nice crop of strawberries coming in this year -- a bumper crop, even, despite the tiny space -- and I've now lost over half of them to this awful fungus called Leather Rot. It's particularly nasty... Janer 2008-06-18T04:31:47+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/06/#000949 The last week or so has been full of many happy moments (well, past the events of last Monday, anyway), most of which are too small to merit their own blog post, but are worth mentioning: Having a hilarity-filled lunch... Janer 2008-06-15T23:18:04+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/06/#000947 Hey everybody. I had a Highly Embarrassing Medical Procedure performed on me this morning. If you're not up to reading about it, or have a conservative workplace, you're probably not going to want to read any further. HOw embarrassing? So... Janer 2008-06-09T19:23:23+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/06/#000946 Sorry I haven't posted in a couple of weeks, but there's been a reason for the quiet -- I've got a new job! I didn't want to post anything until I knew for sure that I had it locked down,... Janer 2008-06-07T17:31:08+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/05/#000942 Rory Root, consummate comics retailer, has passed away at the age of 50. I knew him from theWEF, met him twice in person at APE, and though I didn't know him well enough to eulogize him the way many others... Janer 2008-05-20T21:47:54+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/05/#000938 You know, the next time somebody tells me that I might be overdoing it a bit in my ardent appreciation of Mr. Scary-Trousers Gaiman, before I sic the obligatory pack of squeeing gothgirls on them, I'm going to sit them... Janer 2008-05-13T16:15:28+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/05/#000937 Paul and I have been watching our way through all three seasons of Father Ted, and it's predictably thrown me into a fit of nostalgia for the trip I took to Ireland in the mid-1990's. So I went to Google... Janer 2008-05-13T01:23:48+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/05/#000936 I am a fortunate woman. It was my birthday last week, and as such, I've had the rather wonderful opportunity to eat out at several really great restaurants to celebrate: Food Dance Cafe, Sushiya, (both in Kalamazoo) and Zingerman's Roadhouse... Janer 2008-05-11T15:06:41+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/05/#000935 Miyazaki was right all along: the Plot of Nausicaa is coming true...... Janer 2008-05-09T19:50:56+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/04/#000932 All work safe, though both of them made me cry. I love the whole world, boomdeyada, boomdeyada. Thirteen-year-old sings Pie Jesu and breaks your heart.... Janer 2008-04-30T02:25:26+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/04/#000931 The white noise in the background is the hamburger frying for tonight's chili, but if you listen closely, you can actually hear the finished shoggoths singing to each other. Also, my mom emailed me this morning to inform me... Janer 2008-04-28T22:10:08+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/04/#000929 One G4 tower, for parts. Motherboard probably fried. Chassis is in good shape. $100. Comes with: * Static bag full of old PC-133 RAM which may or may not work * One functional 40-G hard drive (original factory) that works,... Janer 2008-04-27T03:50:55+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/04/#000928 Janer 2008-04-26T03:21:15+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/04/#000926 Um. I seem to have made myself a Judaic Faux Pas. See, I'd forgotten how long Pesach lasts, and Nora can't eat the shoggoth-bread I gave her, or technically even handle it. However, she assures me that there's a technicality... Janer 2008-04-23T22:41:49+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/04/#000925 From Chaz Vilette's LiveJournal: -- The Shoggoth Family Tree.... Janer 2008-04-23T22:37:42+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/04/#000924 Today was a good day. Last week I got a live shoggoth -- though some would call it a sourdough starter -- from my buddy Sol, who got it from Chaz Villette, who -- if I'm understanding this correctly --... Janer 2008-04-23T01:04:13+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/04/#000923 Last night was one of those perfect spring evenings that just makes you glad to be alive. Paul and I walked the two miles or so down to Bell's, past nodding daffodils and early tulips. We sat in the biergarten... Janer 2008-04-19T19:17:13+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2008/04/#000921 We saw Caroll Spinney speak tonight, and what an amazing guy he is! He told so many great stories, and brought Oscar out several times to speak and sing and interact with the many kids in attendance. So many things... Janer 2008-04-17T02:09:17+00:00