Originally Published in Ariadne’s Thread. She sat at the end of the bar night after night. The only person she would speak to was Jim, the bartender. And even then it was just to place her order. There were rumors floating around about her. Supposedly she was left at the altar and never recovered. Some …
Author Archives: Sean D. Francis
Boyd & Hash: Player Two
Time to level up and enjoy the second Boyd & Hash. I spoke about the comic briefly on the podcast, Universal Geek, and it really is just a carry over of my enjoyment of writing ‘bits’, tiny jokes that don’t really go anywhere. In my previous web comic effort, I wrote a storyline comic but …
Boyd & Hash: Introduction
Presented, right now, without comment. I’ll have more to say about this later. Until then… meet Boyd & Hash.
Ten Songs For When You Are All Out of Bubblegum
It started a week ago when Dan Swensen (@surlymuse) posted the song Anvil of Cromm from the Conan soundtrack to Google+. Â Jeff Couturier (@JeffCouturier) said he was going to add the song to his “All Out of Bubblegum” playlist. Inspired by the concept, Dan, Random9q (@random9q), Jeff, and myself started building the ultimate All Out …
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Spicy Bean Dip
Ever since I’ve cut back on dairy, I’ve had some troubles with party dips since they are usually made with yummy, yummy sour cream (damn them!). This affront to my party sensibility has led me to start exploring the world of bean dips. Presented here is my spicy bean dip. Beans offer a great base …
Six Spots to Get Shawarma in Chicago
Ever notice there is a lot of talk about going out for Shawarma lately? Â I have no idea why… My first question when I heard about Shawarma was – what is shawarma? Isn’t a gyro? Â It looks like gyro… Shawarma is not gyro! Gyro is normally a blend of beef and lamb and shawarma is …