http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/ Nerdly Glee. en-us 2010-03-06T06:45:25+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/03/#001320 So Paul is a darn good designer, and recently, he's had a couple of really major coups. Some of them are still in the pipe, but here are a couple I can tell you about. First, a while back, Thomas... Comix Janer 2010-03-06T06:45:25+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001319 -- Kudos to Pam Noles for this post, responding to an interview with Kevin O'Neill. I realize the possible hypocrisy of me criticizing Kevin O'Neill in this instance, given that my last story also contains a racist doll, but at... Friends Janer 2010-02-28T22:10:10+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001318 Spent about three hours out skiing today. The weather was very warm for skiing, nearly 40F, and if we'd had to break trail we'd never have been able to move. Good thing for us that the trails were so well... Outdoors Janer 2010-02-28T21:54:06+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001317 Is it just me, or is it very disturbing yet somehow oddly fitting that a telecom company is using a song widely acknowledged to be an ode to heroin addiction as bed music for its commercials?... Janer 2010-02-28T21:51:17+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001316 I think I've started something. In the last three weeks I've convinced three other people to buy kayaks. We're gonna have a flotilla, come spring. Went down to the kayak shop today so that J could put his boat on... Kayakery Janer 2010-02-27T03:20:30+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001315 I have a guilty-pleasure confession: I love chicken wings. Love them. I love the tactile pleasure of getting every last bit of meat off the bones, and as such, I rarely eat them in public (I have the exact same... Catblogging Janer 2010-02-27T03:07:32+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001314 Soak three cups of kidney beans overnight. Go to basement and find two quarts of jealously guarded, organic, home-grown, home-canned tomato sauce. Wash crock pot. Add beans and soak-water. Dump in both quarts of tomato sauce. Fill jars half... Food Janer 2010-02-21T15:57:38+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001313 Me: Yay women's speed skating! Announcers: Oh noes! The ice machines are broken! The speed skating track is ruined! Delays! Spare machines brought in from Calgary! Paul: This is Canada. They had to go all the way from Vancouver to... My better half Janer 2010-02-17T05:40:21+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001312 Speaking of overdue blogging, here's a report that ran back in December about Kalamazoo's Peace House, a place where I occasionally volunteer (though nowhere near enough; I have to get to work on fixing that...) and whose caregivers are friends... Signal Boost Janer 2010-02-16T02:42:21+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001310 Man, I am so behind on my blogging; the more posts I write tonight, the more posts I remember I've intended to write for a long time. This one is probably the most overdue: The Beyond Victoriana Project. This series... Nerdery Janer 2010-02-14T06:22:45+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001309 Here's another amazing essay from BossyMarmalade. It's part of the fifth Asian Women's Blog Carnival -- and since I was a big doof and somehow missed the third and fourth installments, I'm going to be checking all three out over... RaceWin Janer 2010-02-14T06:15:13+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001308 Had a too-brief skiing expedition this morning, hoping to get some more in tomorrow. Also currently recruiting for nightskiing on the full-moon weekend of the 27th-28th, provided the snow sticks around. If you're in the area, and interested, drop me... Outdoors Janer 2010-02-14T04:55:11+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001307 Raina Telgemeier has a brand-new graphic novel out this week, called Smile! Raina and her husband Dave Roman are such wonderfully awesome people, and Paul and I owe them both for our Avatar: The Last Airbender obsession. Further proof of... Comix Janer 2010-02-14T04:48:13+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001306 and discovering that one of the new kittens likes to watch speed skating. For serious. She keeps tracking them as they run off the edge of the screen. We'll try to get video of it, but as soon as we... Catblogging Janer 2010-02-14T04:43:59+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001305 Didn't watch them myself -- and after reading some commentaries, am very glad I didn't -- but I really liked this post from Cat Valente, and this followup from Jim Hines.... Janer 2010-02-09T17:48:44+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001304 that you should read.... Janer 2010-02-06T20:43:49+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001303 Haiti: a survivor's story From Salon, via Feministe.... Signal Boost Janer 2010-02-04T18:32:50+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001302 Remember that N.K. Jemisin post I linked to a couple days ago? Livejournaler Delux-Vivens linked to one of Jemisin's later comments that I hadn't seen, and I want to make note of it, because I think it's a really excellent... RaceFail Janer 2010-02-04T17:57:34+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001301 Check out these two very sweet reviews from reader Phil M. Knight, who I met at Green Brain Comic's SNAP festival a couple years back: Video Text Readers can also check out Phil's lovely fan art, which he presented me... Janer 2010-02-04T17:45:36+00:00 http://www.vogelein.com/JanerBlog/2010/02/#001298 Top Defense Officials Seek to End Don't Ask Don't Tell... Signal Boost Janer 2010-02-02T22:24:16+00:00