Let’s talk kittens.

on September 26, 2006

There should be a new Set to Sea panel up tomorrow.

Eleanor and I have had a good couple of days. I’ve been trying my hand at some cooking – I made some quasi-enchiladas the other day with homemade red sauce, and yesterday I made a citrusy “caribbean style” chili, which came out so incredibly spicy that it scared us both. We went out and saw a concert on Friday, too – the headliner was Architecture in Helsinki, but I think Eleanor and I were most impressed by an opening act called The Blow, which consisted solely of a small mousy girl doing wild twitchy dances all over the stage and singing embarrassingly personal songs that sounded sort of like Suzanne Vega backed by breakbeats. Eleanor was so infatuated she bought their CD from the merch booth, and has now played it at least 11 times, according to iTunes.

So yeah, we found a kitten. On Saturday we were walking back from downtown, and as we were passing a big parking lot, we heard some distinctly mew-like sounds coming from under a bush by the street. Luckily I had a little led light on me (it came with the Swiss Army knife Eleanor got me for my birthday!) so we shined it under the bush and saw some tiny eyes looking back at us. After about twenty minutes of wrangling we caught the little thing and put it in a bag, and took it home. He’s a tiny little grey boy kitten – very friendly, though a bit shy. We’ve pretty much decided to keep him – but this is the last one!

He’s living on our screened-in back porch now, since we have to get him some tests, shots, and flea treatment before he mingles with our cats.


Momo and the kitten are staring at each other through the window. Hopefully they’ll get along when they meet in person.


We put a lot of toys on the back porch for him to play with. He’s a little afraid of most of them though! He’s very tiny.


Here the kitten emerges from the kitten hideout we built! Some previous tenants made a little cat door into the workshop out on the back porch. Since the workshop is a little too dangerous for the kitten to run around in unchecked, we duct-taped a cardboard box on the other side, and filled it with towels. Presto, instant kitten fort! He spends a lot of time in there – he’s scared to come out when we’re not out on the porch with him. Again, he’s very tiny.

Here’s a little video of him running around and playing with a broom.

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Set to Sea 51

on September 21, 2006

The story so far…

There’s more blood to come.

I met a certain baby last night. I think he was still a little cranky about the whole “being born” thing, but I’m sure he’s going to get over that soon, cause he’s got pretty awesome parents.

One thing Eleanor and I were a little sad about leaving behind all of the awesome Asian stores and restaurants when we left Savannah, but Athens almost makes up for it with its strong Mexican presence. There’s a great little market hidden away just a few blocks from our house, so we have to start figuring out how to make Mexican food. We tried making chilaquiles last night, which is basically fried up tortillas, eggs and salsa… it was pretty excellent. We had prickly pear fruit on the side. Anybody have any beginner-level type Mexican recipes that you recommend?

Oh yeah, vegetarian or seafood-based recipes would be awesome.

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The new official letterhead

on September 20, 2006

Heh, the other day Eleanor pointed out the similarity between certain scenes in her “Beast Mother” comic, and the most recent “Set to Sea” panels. We got a sort of nervous chuckle out of this, and then Eleanor made up this “business card.” I’m thinking we should use it as our official logo, because it totally sends the right message about our comics.

For the record, I’ve had my “injury to eye” scene planned since at least panel 10 or so, so fie to your accusations, Eleanor!

In less destructive and more creative news, our friends Mary Jessica and Robert are the proud owners of a brand new, factory fresh baby, who they’ve named Tommy. I’ve yet to see him in person, but I’ve seen the photos, and he’s a baby to be reckoned with! I hope they are carefully monitoring him for any manifestations of superpowers. Best wishes to all three.

I don’t know how appropriate it is to juxtapose newborn babies and injuries to eyes, but oh well.

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