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This Post: All Matt Fraction, All the Time

kellysue — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:23:01 +0000

Not sure how I missed this, but Fraction and Remender discuss the new Punisher: War Journal #19 on Broken Frontier. This issue begins the arc that I listened to them breakdown using index cards and our dining room table a while back. You shoulda been here. Since you weren’t, you can read the article.
The Casanova 14 part of the Wordballoon podcast is up here.
Did I mention that Fraction won an Eagle? He did. W00t!
Fraction, Jason Aaron and Ande Parks are doing a panel at the Kansas City Literary Festival tomorrow. Details here.
Did I already post this? Too bad: Tim Callahan on Why Casanova Matters.

Casanova What?!

kellysue — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:48:16 +0000

Casanova What?!

Originally uploaded by Kelly Sue

Henry Leo totally did not see that coming.

Huh.

kellysue — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:58:14 +0000

With all the crappiness of yesterday, I completely forgot that it was my soberversary. Huh. That’s never happened before. Happy 8 years and one day, me.

Fraction and Sipe at Astrokitty

kellysue — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:50:55 +0000

Click here for a list of personal appearances by Matt Fraction on Upcoming.

Undeclared Missouri Super-Delegates

kellysue — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:40:16 +0000

Per Dem Watch:

John Temporiti (MO)
Yolanda Wheat (MO)
Leila Medley (MO)
Hon. Robin Carnahan (MO)
Hon. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (MO)

I’m going to try and find some addresses and drop them each a line asking them to back Obama. Can’t hurt.

Thai-Spiced Tangy Chicken Thighs

kellysue — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:33:45 +0000

Adapted from the recipe by Bill and Cheryl Jameson:

1 T (generous) Thai red curry paste
2 tsp peanut oil
1 can lite coconut milk
Asian fish sauce
15 chicken thighs, boneless + skinless
sweet Thai red chili sauce
chopped dry roasted peanuts
cilantro

Combine curry paste and oil in a bowl; stir until the paste is good and soft. Mix in coconut milk and a couple shakes of fish sauce.

Place chicken in a zippered plastic bag, pour in coconut marinade and seal. Toss to coat evenly. Let sit at room temp for 20 minutes (longer if refrigerated).

I used my panini press grill — I set it on high and grilled the thighs in 3 batches, turning them at 3 minutes per side to get the criss cross grill marks. After the first flip, I brushed them with the sweet chili sauce. The chicken is done when it’s white throughout, but still juicy and the sweet sauce is caramelized in spots.

Pile the thighs on a platter of cous cous and red cabbage, sprinkle with peanuts, cilantro and another drizzle of sweet sauce, then serve.

Be My President, Please!

kellysue — Sat, 10 May 2008 19:52:01 +0000

Originally uploaded by Barack Obama

I want so badly to live in a country led by President Obama I could bite my toes.

(Also: the guy in the yellow safety shades is kind of hilarious.)

Baby Got Back (from Houston)

kellysue — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:26:41 +0000

My cousin had her baby last night — a little boy, as yet unnamed. We were in Houston Saturday and Sunday, so we barely missed his arrival. (Alas! Alack!) Can’t wait for Henry to get a chance to play with New Baby. Congratulations to Jenny and her family!
Fraction is signing at Elite today.
The KC crew (Fraction, Jason Aaron, Tony Moore, et al.) was featured on the front page of the KC Star this weekend.
Thursday, May 8th, my friend Craig “Baldo” Balderston will be doing stand up on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Congratulations, Craig!
If Fraction and Terry can take the baby on Sunday morning, it looks like Susan and I will be taking an Annie Modesitt workshop at the Studio with Tobi. It’s not Yarn School, but as consolation prizes go, it’ll most certainly do. (I think I’ve knit ONCE since Henry was born. Still. It sounds very relaxing.)
Annie Ok’s Second Life Iron Man.
Oh my god these are so awesome!! Thanks for the pointer, Adrian.
Adam Hamilton is on Up To Date today; I’m very impressed by what he has to say.

You Had Me At DUH DUH-DUH-DUH

kellysue — Sat, 03 May 2008 02:48:24 +0000

Not exactly a definitive answer on the agave nectar thing, but helpful.
This is hilarious. I believe I have Brian Wood to thank for it.
IRON MAN had me at BACK IN BLACK. I could only have loved it more had there somehow been a knitting yogi on a snowboard involved. And, like, James Bond. If he were a redhead. Yeah. That.

Vegan Banana Date Bread

kellysue — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:01:42 +0000

I have a TON of work to do today, so this’ll have to be quick:

Henry* and I made a loaf of banana date bread yesterday as our first experiment in baking with agave nectar. We used this variation on the recipe from “Baking With Agave Nectar,” by natural foods chef Ania Catalano.

The flavor was fantastic (I found it to be less banana-y than Kim O’Donnel did) but the texture needs refining. It was too moist. The top half was perfectly spongy but the bottom was… soggy.

As a test of the sweetener? WIN! I’ll definitely bake with agave nectar again. In fact, I’ll make this recipe again.

Here’s the bad news: I ran it through the calorie calculator on About.com and even without the agave nectar (which the calculator couldn’t identify even though someone has already added it to their database) it’s coming out at 179 calories per slice (a little math tells me that with the agave nectar it’s 211 per slice). Now, that’s not HORRIBLE, by any means. And this is meant as a sweet treat and not a dietary staple, but it’s a little higher than what I was hoping. (That’s 4 POINTS per slice, Laurenn.)

NEXT TIME: I’ll try upping the baking temperature a bit and cut the dates and pecans by half.

* Henry “assisted” he didn’t sample. I still need to find out if agave nectar is safe for children under 1 year old; I know honey is not.