http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/ Nerdly Glee. en-us 2009-06-20T02:09:27+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/06/#001230 Delux-Vivens and She Who Has Hope each have really excellent posts talking about how the experiences of Women of Color are all too frequently left out of discussions of rape. Please read both; they're important.... RaceWin Janer 2009-06-20T02:09:27+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/06/#001229 Since I linked to Cereta's post on Rape and Men a few days ago, I've been thinking a lot about the topic and talking to Paul about it as well, talking about ways that guys who genuinely want to make... Janer 2009-06-20T01:31:34+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/06/#001228 Steve Leiber has some incredibly good news lately... he and Jeff Parker's long-awaited spelunking comic (yep, a comic about cave exploration and rescue) is here: It's soliciting in Diamond's July PREVIEWS to ship in September, so head on down to... Friends Janer 2009-06-20T01:20:07+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/06/#001227 To stand in solidarity with the Iranian election protesters. Woodrow Hill has two excellent posts here and here about why it's important to blog about the protests. Andrew Sullivan's blog has frequent updates from insider sources, and Twazzup.com has up-to-the-second... Signal Boost Janer 2009-06-16T02:06:02+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/06/#001226 Man, I've been really lax about mentioning my summer engagements this year. The most exciting one, by a long shot, is coming up this very weekend! It's called Kids Read Comics! and it's brought to you by Dan Mishkin and... Janer 2009-06-12T03:10:14+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/06/#001224 Last week, LJ user Cereta posted this essay: On Rape and Men. I thought it was very good, and reminded me that I should've blogged about these two projects a long time ago: Con Anti-Harassment Project Open Source Women Back... Janer 2009-06-10T17:19:17+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/06/#001223 Captain Blood and the Peril of Indie Comics! h/t to Dirk Deppey at iJournalista!... Janer 2009-06-10T11:27:58+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/06/#001222 So I wanted some fun, steamy boots to wear to conventions this year, and I decided I finally wanted a pair of heels. I scored a pair of Frye Villagers on eBay for about $20 (!) and then steamed them... Janer 2009-06-10T01:54:03+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/06/#001221 I'm working my way through Thoughtcrime Experiments, and my favorite story so far is Daisy, though I've liked all of them that I've read. Have a look!... Janer 2009-06-09T01:35:06+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/06/#001220 ... is up.. Go read! It's good stuff.... Signal Boost Janer 2009-06-09T01:34:02+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/06/#001219 While I was away this weekend, the birds ate every single one of my ripe cherries. Every. Single. One.... Food Janer 2009-06-09T01:32:32+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/06/#001218 Saturday June 6, 2009 10 am - 4 pm 609 West Middle Street Chelsea, Michigan (corner of West Middle & Wilkinson Streets) Neighborhood Potters: Polly Bradburn Judy Irwin Thaya Rowe g a r d e n p o t... Janer 2009-06-04T14:58:20+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/05/#001216 It's new comic book day! Or rather, it's new comic book day, a day late, for Paul and I because we were both sick as dogs yesterday and have spent all but about ten hours out of the last seventy-two... Comix Janer 2009-05-29T01:21:41+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/05/#001214 ... and had a wonderful time. Ate amazingly good food, saw a bunch of great panels, stayed up way too late, and met a whole lot of awesome new folks, including Sumana Harihareswara, whose new book Thoughtcrime Experiments everyone should... Janer 2009-05-26T05:26:17+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/05/#001212 On Monday May 18, 2009, we are asking anyone who identifies as a POC/non-white to post this banner, their speculative short stories, artwork, poetry or simply write a post on their favorite fandom on their blogs as an act... RaceWin Janer 2009-05-18T16:34:37+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/05/#001210 At work on Friday, I had my iPod set to shuffle, and Greg Brown's song Ella Mae came on. It always makes me cry, and Friday was no exception. I just sat there with my eyes leaking until it was... Janer 2009-05-10T18:15:38+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/05/#001209 Here's a really good essay on the subtleties of racism and colorism, by Malcom "Tipping Point" Gladwell. I came across it only a couple of days ago, and was surprised to see it was written in 1996. LJ user Brown_Betty... Racism_101 Janer 2009-05-09T20:36:57+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/05/#001142 We had a visiting musician drop by the O'Duffy's session this week, a young man from Spain who plays whistle like nobody's business. He visited twice before, last winter, and impressed the heck out of us because he knew pretty... Friends Janer 2009-05-08T15:08:39+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/05/#001141 So I finally figured out what was wrong with my sourdough starter, also known as Olmer the Shoggoth. For the last year, it's been turning out these sad, flat loaves. They taste just fine, but they're really uninspired, with a... Food Janer 2009-05-07T04:01:04+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2009/05/#001139 I was saving this up for one big happy something, but too many good things happened this week, so here's a bulleted list of happy for you: They found Ken Knight! Thank God this story has a happy ending, though... Janer 2009-05-03T03:05:02+00:00