1. Last night I got home from circus, put the kids to bed, made a snack, watched my gaming group play Dominion, and then … cooked lunches for the week. I did not have a plan. I did not have a recipe. I chopped the garlic and the onions, put them in the pan, then [...]
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Kelly Sue DeConnick and Matt Fraction are organizing a counter-movement to Fred Phelps’s proposed picket of San Diego Comic Con by the Westboro Baptist Church. It’s not a confrontation, or a protest. Instead, Kelly Sue and Matt and everyone else who is interested are making donations to amfAR, the HRC, or their local gay-friendly organization [...]
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This coming weekend, May 15 & 16, is SpringCon! This is the Midwest Comic Book Association’s big convention here in the Twin Cities. It’s at the State Fair Grounds this year, which means more food options and more space for dealers. I’m going to have a table there. This is my first table, and I [...]
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Most of my Google Reader and Twitter has been filled with Comic-Con International at San Diego this week. Honestly, I’ve been skipping the news. I caught the Eisner winners — congratulations to Matt Fraction! — but that’s about it. My week and weekend were occupied by other locations, ones that don’t ring so resoundingly in [...]
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