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So. Yeah. Dried beans. I've never cooked with them before. I've cooked dried lentils, but they're very easy. I've always used canned beans, rinsed or un-rinsed.
I bought a pound of dried cannellini beans yesterday and thought it would be marvelous to make some cannellini with garlic, shallots, lean smoky ham, thyme, rosemary, sage, white wine (J.W. Morris Gewürztraminer from Trader Joe's, i.e. the cheap stuff), olive oil, water, and some Penzeys soup bases (turkey, chicken, ham, about a teaspoonish of each).
Dried beans take a long time to cook. I did not take this into account.
I think we'll have a very nice dinner tomorrow of white beans with shrimp and sauteed spinach. I don't think that dinner is going to happen tonight.
The house smells wonderful, though.
Tomorrow: Russo's is at MIT for their weekly veggie sale! The garlic I got last week was awesome, so I want more. I also want some baby bok choy, lemons, and whatever they have that looks good, which is to say pretty much everything. The prices are super-reasonable; last week I got a huge bag of veggies for eight bucks. I had to ask twice to make sure the price was right and was assured that yes, I just spent eight bucks on veggies that might have totaled fifteen or more elsewhere.
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Requests aren't done, they will be popping up as we go, but honestly I do not need annnyymooreee! I was looking at the Wonder Women that I drew last year and started drawing her again, because she's pretty fun to draw, and surly Wonder Woman here came out. Don't settle for being a tits and tits heroine ladies, be yourself! Poor Nibbles.
Hey Montreal! I'm going to be at Expozine this weekend! You should come.
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Well, I used a lot of the suggestions that came my way from that post the other day! I was pretty pleased with the turnout of readers for that question, I must admit. I guess it's because you hear a lot that people don't give a darn about history in this country, if depressing yearly polls from the Dominion Institute mean anything, but it's clearly not the case among my livejournal followers. You guys are great!
I had to do a general sweep that involved a good range of places, professions, backgrounds and time periods, so you know, not everyone's favorite author is going to be in there but I sure did like the range in suggestions. Looking at it now I wish I had someone from the NWT (not one! for shame) and New Brunswick. Stompin Tom is from New Brunswick but he's also sort of from everywhere. I could have put the Irvings in there, I think they control history in NB as well as anything else.
I was all crazed out with strep throat while I did this, but listening to Radiolab shows and a burning passion for Canada I guess(?) kept me going. You can find the image in today's National Post, along with an article about the Historica/Dominion merger! Interesting stuff.
( picture is under the cut because it's huge )
Here is the legend, the rows are sort of wonky but you'll figure it out:
Row One (bottom):
James Wolfe, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, David Suzuki, Louis-Joseph Papineau, John A. Macdonald, Terry Fox
Row Two
Emily Carr, Joseph Howe, Joey Smallwood, Robert Bartlett, Louis Riel, Joy Kogawa
Row Three
Marshall McLuhan, Samuel de Champlain, Marilyn Bell, Wayne Gretzky, Emily Murphy
Row Four
Rene Levesque, Sam Steele, Farley Mowat, L.M. Montgomery, Susanna Moodie and Catherine Parr Trail, John McCrae
Row Five
Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker), Oscar Peterson, Rush, Pierre Berton
Row Six
Les Filles du Roi, Mary Pickford, Skookum Jim Mason
Row Seven
Charles Best, Frederick Banting, Pauline Johnson, Mordecai Richler, Tecumseh, Stompin’ Tom Connors
Row Eight
William Hall, Tommy Douglas, Marc Garneau, Roberta Bondar, Rosemary Brown, John Diefenbaker
Row Nine
Shanawdithit, Louis de Buade de Frontenac, David Thompson, William Shatner |
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Back again.
Sean is back.
Tell a friend.
Guess who's back.
Guess who's back.
Guess who's back.
Guess who's back.
Guess who's back.
Guess who's back.
Guess who's back.
-record scratch-
Now that we have that out of the way I guess I should explain where my ass has been.
Well, to get right to the point, my computer went kaput on me. At the same time I figured, "Hey! I've been meaning to get some upgrades to my computer. Why the hell not?
So I give it to my computer guy last week, he ordered the parts, but since it was on a weekend, the parts couldn't come in until some time in the middle of the week. Some parts were coming from Cali, others from Jersey, so it took a while to get some parts more than others. All the while I was attempting to access sites on the Wii and PS-Triple.
So all the parts arrived on Thursday, he did his thing that night, and I go in after work (Fuck after 5 traffic in Providence by the way, don't know if I've expressed this disdain) get shit together, fill my car up with gas and pick them shitz up.
Aaaand here we are.
So now I got myself a trick-ed out computer rockin' Windows 7, 'cause Macs? Suck it.
Aww, I'm just clownin' around.
Somewhere down the line I'm gonna pick up a new monitor as well. Lookin at what Best Buy's got, but if anyone else has any ideas, shoot them my way. |
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More to come, later |
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Nov. 6th, 2009 @ 02:51 am
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My god, what an amazing opening night. |
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What a week! Strep throat, broken website, a commission that took like eighty days (in one week!) to complete, jeepers.
Well it can only mean one thing.
It's quick comics time again, and done by request as is custom (it's about the only time I formally take requests anymore and only on livejournal, you are my special little guys!), so ante up all yous
edit!
Whoa I should mention, I think some people have the idea that I will do all the requests! There are always way too many, that is impossible, I just do some. But I read them all, and some of them will be turned into bigger comics, you never know. |
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Ok, so I guess I really like Lady Gaga now. Lord help my musical taste, I think Im secretly a gay man. |
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Nov. 2nd, 2009 @ 10:34 pm
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EVERYONE GO VOTE AND THEN GO BUY DRAGONAUT VOLUME 1 FROM FUNIMATION ENTERTAINMENT TOMORROW*
Buying Dragonaut comes first.
* = Dragonaut is guaranteed to be the best show ever made †
† = Not a guarantee. |
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http://vip.zappos.com/dr-martens-5026-mary-jane-white-lamper-black-flocking
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Hey! Remember I liked these? They're on sale. I just worry, what with winter coming and still needing to fix the scratches on our (ha, ha, ha ha ha) new car...
Eh. Still, good price. |
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Dear readers, let us combine our knowledge!
I am to do a big picture, for a newspaper, that features an assembly of characters from Canadian History. So as not to walk down the path of Terrible Bias, I'd like to have suggestions from you! Otherwise, I might end up just drawing Arthur Currie and Robert Borden sitting on a love seat.
So, a healthy dose of suggestions is in order, including (if you please) Arts, Science, Politics, Sports, Military, etc etc |
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Nov. 1st, 2009 @ 02:08 am
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Vampire's Assistant = HILARIOUSLY BAD |
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Plus an impromptu, ah, history lesson. They're on the job, but we don't know what for. Does it matter?
Anyway, nothin says Hallowe'en like teens being punks and throwing shit.
I'm directing you to my store now because I still don't do that enough in comic posts.
Happy Hallowe'en! |
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I got an e-mail asking me to view and judge some videos to be broadcast at some point in the future regarding health care reform. Of the 20, I felt like only 2 of them came even close to getting the point across strongly and effectively. One was a guy on a treadmill, one was a guy who "wears his kidney on a belt." There was one lady's personal story of bills and bureaucratic douchebaggery that was okay. The rest were either not strong enough or just plain garbage. I hope a garbage video doesn't win the popular vote over something that could make a difference. |
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Buddies, I have been booted off my hosting because of how much traffic I have! Do I even have that much traffic? How much is a lot? I have no idea!
If anyone knows a nice new home for my website, I am all ears. The poor little guy, out there in the cold and all alone! |
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well well
This was a uh, contest entry of sorts on that ol' Twitter feed and I gotta say, everyone who made something made me laugh a lot! I'm not really the best at comics, but I am going to take this opportunity to say that because of comics I have met some of the best people I have ever known, and feel very lucky! I like you guys, you guys are the best.
Plus I got two commissions done while using this whole bit as a welcome distraction, most useful!
speaking of people I like, I swear to god I'm putting a links section on my website soon |
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Oct. 28th, 2009 @ 12:35 pm
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