http://www.seakingdom.net/blog News about me, and my thoughts, jokes, and stuff. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 20:42:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On a trip to Michigan over the July 4 weekend, I decided to finally go visit a place that I've known about for over 15 years. For that length of time, I've been cooking using recipes in various cookbooks published by The Moosewood Restaurant (or rather, by members of ... http://www.seakingdom.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/27/pilgrimage/ A few weeks ago we discovered, quite by accident, that a robin had a nest in a bush by our front porch.  The baby birds were pretty old at that point, though still being fed by their mother.  I took some pictures, trying to intimidate them as little as possible. There ... http://www.seakingdom.net/blog/index.php/2008/07/01/three-in-the-bush/ Earlier this month I headed down to NYC for the MOCCA Art Fest. MOCCA is the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, and it's located in Manhattan. The Art Fest is a small press convention they put on each year. I call it the "other" convention because ... http://www.seakingdom.net/blog/index.php/2008/06/30/no-the-other-comic-convention/ Over Memorial Day weekend I went on my first decent hike of this year. I did another section of the Metacomet-Monadnock trail - namely Section 5. This section is less mountainous than other sections I've done (like 6, 7, and 8), but still hillier than I thought it would ... http://www.seakingdom.net/blog/index.php/2008/06/28/hike-one/ My goodness.  I saw this linked from Rich Watson's blog, and I don't know quite what to say.  I'll merely present the link:  Mr. T Versus Would one be foolish not to read the series? http://www.seakingdom.net/blog/index.php/2008/04/02/am-i-deserving-of-pity/ There were 2 very tall trees in the front yard of the place we live.  It's a duplex, and our landlord lives in the other half.  We were surprised when she let us know in December that those great trees were going to be taken down.  I thought it unfortunate ... http://www.seakingdom.net/blog/index.php/2008/03/22/i-didnt-hug-them-goodbye/ Let me mention another online comic. Dicebox is a comic I've been reading for just over 5 years now, and it is a planned long-format story (it's just about 25% of the way finished currently); you could call it an online graphic novel. As to genre, it ... http://www.seakingdom.net/blog/index.php/2008/02/18/another-fanboy-rave/ This is a quiz I found via Kevin's blog. The result is interesting, since I've never read the book. You're The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe! by C.S. Lewis You were just looking for some decent clothes when everything changed quite dramatically. For the better or for the worse, it is still ... http://www.seakingdom.net/blog/index.php/2008/02/18/a-prose-career/ One of the more fun presents I got for Xmas was a package of Giant Pocky.  For those not familiar with the Japanese confection known as Pocky, it is crunchy sticks coated in chocolate (or other flavors not shown on the page I linked to - of which there are ... http://www.seakingdom.net/blog/index.php/2008/01/27/walk-softly-and-snack-on-a-big-stick/ I've updated several pages on my website over the last few days, which included adding links to some webcomics that I hadn't linked to before.  I've also added links to these in the blog sidebar (over there on the left and scroll down a bit), but I thought it would ... http://www.seakingdom.net/blog/index.php/2008/01/14/comics-worth-mentioning/