November 2003
| 11/30/03 |
Linking to Your Journal in Your AOL Profile posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Look! Another question! Man, I'm just totally helpful today. The question, more or less... |
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| 11/30/03 |
Copyright -- It's Yours! posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Recently, I've been getting questions about the ownership of one's writing in one's Journal -... |
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| 11/29/03 |
The Most Dangerous Game posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) That didn't take long: Woman Knocked Unconscious By Trampling Shoppers! At a Wal-Mart, e... |
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| 11/29/03 |
Take it to the Limit posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) I do get a lot of mail and many comments from AOL Journalers telling me that I'm helpful, whi... |
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| 11/28/03 |
Unspeakable Friday Cuteness posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Orsinal.com is a repository of flash games of almost terrifying cuteness, none more so than this.... |
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| 11/28/03 |
Knitting posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This AOL Journaler sent along a link noting the arrival of her Journal devoted to knitting, w... |
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| 11/28/03 |
Those Flashy Burials posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Compounding my morbid streak from the other day with that link I warned you not to click on, ... |
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| 11/28/03 |
Thanksgiving Wrap-up posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) So, I slipped into a food-induced coma at about 9pm last night -- and since I don't actually ... |
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| 11/28/03 |
Visiting Presidents posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Even people who dislike President Bush or his policies would have to grant that his secret Th... |
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| 11/27/03 |
Thankful posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Like everyone else in the blog and journal world, I'm trotting out my list of things, I'm tha... |
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| 11/26/03 |
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew. posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Don't click on this link unless you really, really, really want to be grossed out. I am so to... |
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| 11/26/03 |
Travel posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Yikes: About one American in eight is traveling more than 50 miles this Thanksgiving, and mor... |
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| 11/26/03 |
Pot Badmouthing Kettle posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) A top MTV boss on Wednesday slammed Pop Idol-type TV talent shows for producing a string of m... |
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| 11/26/03 |
Proposing and All That  posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments)In the wake of yesterday's entry offering wedding location suggestions for an AOL Journaler w... |
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| 11/26/03 |
Linking With Myself posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) An AOL Journaler asks: Hey! I want to link to my own Journal entries! How do I do it? ... |
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| 11/25/03 |
Super Star posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) America Online members, astronomically industrious folks that they are, voted on the top ten ... |
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| 11/25/03 |
Words. Words. Words. posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Quiz: What do the words baggage, cabbage and defaced have in common? Besides they're a... |
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| 11/25/03 |
Wedding Suggestions posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) AOL Journaler Shelli P appears to be planning to elope with her man in order to escape the pr... |
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| 11/25/03 |
Another Turkey Link posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Okay, remember when I warned you that deep-frying a turkey is not a task to be taken lightly,... |
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| 11/25/03 |
Testing the Turkeys posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) By now you've probably purchased that 20-pound leviathan of poultry known as the Thanksgiving... |
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| 11/24/03 |
Ghlaghghee in the Way posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) See, now, this used to be cute: Ghlaghghee would sit in the space right in front of my keyboa... |
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| 11/24/03 |
Click This posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Continuing the tradition of AOL Journalers futzing with the AOL Journal template until it doe... |
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| 11/24/03 |
Gluttony, The Flabbiest of Sins posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Just in time for Thanksgiving, the Boston Globe has an amusing essay on gluttony, which is one o |
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| 11/24/03 |
Plink Plink posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Is that the first snow of the season? As if! That's hail, my friends, rock salt-sized grains ... |
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| 11/24/03 |
Cell Phone Portability and Spam! Spam! Spam! posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Today's the day you can dump that lousy cell phone service provider and replace it with a bra... |
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| 11/23/03 |
Biodiesel! And Other Stuff posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Hey, kids! Let's get random! * A story on biodiesel, a fuel for cars that can be made ... |
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| 11/23/03 |
Memories posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) Heh. Okay, so maybe I wasn't clear enough in that last entry, when I said of the Kennedy assa... |
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| 11/22/03 |
JFK posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) It's the 40th anniversary of the JFK assassination, so here you go, information. And yes, |
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| 11/22/03 |
More Musical Nonsense posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Rolling Stone magazine has presented its list of 500 Greatest Albums, and so clearly there's ... |
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| 11/21/03 |
Heading Toward the Weekend posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Some links to see you off into the weekend: * Kid foils kidnapping. The idea the famil... |
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| 11/21/03 |
The Cat in the Hat Falls Flat posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) The reviews are in for The Cat in the Hat, and they are, in a word, cruel, including this com... |
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| 11/21/03 |
Shiny New Toy posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) <A href="http://edit.journals.aol.com/_do/<img%20src=" border="0" av380.jpg? 290x230 pr... |
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| 11/21/03 |
Van Hagar Returns? posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) <classic rock geek> Scroll down to the 11/20 entry at MelodicRock.com and you'll... |
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| 11/21/03 |
Attack of the Metrosexuals! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Off the AOL Welcome screen: Men in spas. Apparently more guys than ever are pampering themsel... |
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| 11/20/03 |
Deep Frying Dangers posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Thinking of deep frying your Thanksgiving turkey this year because of the simple, unalterable... |
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| 11/20/03 |
Rock Hall of Fame Inductees posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This year's inductees for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame were announced today and they are,... |
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| 11/20/03 |
Just Another Quiet Evening in the Scalzi Household posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) You wouldn't know it from the picture, but we're actually singing "Kumbaya." |
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| 11/20/03 |
News Bits posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Some thoughts on some of the news bits out there. * The attacks in Instanbul seem to b... |
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| 11/20/03 |
On the Subject of Fonts posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Thanks to everyone who sent in e-mails about the font issues you've been having -- it helped ... |
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| 11/19/03 |
A Redeeming Alternative posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) I was going to say something about Michael Jackson, but I find the whole thing so fetid and s... |
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| 11/19/03 |
Twin Tower Memorials posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) <A href="http://edit.journals.aol.com/_do/<img%20src=" http: www.lowermanhattan.info re... |
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| 11/19/03 |
Huh? posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Colorado lawmakers have asked education officials to study the |
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| 11/19/03 |
AOL Journalers On... posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) What are AOL Journalers thinking about today? * Quite a few are thinking about the Mas... |
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| 11/19/03 |
Downloads posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Here's an interesting question from an AOL Journaler about a download she's trying to s... |
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| 11/18/03 |
Abe, Honest! posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) <A href="http://edit.journals.aol.com/_do/<img%20src=" border="0" zK2l3YsF4tY3I15LeZGBB... |
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| 11/18/03 |
Big News on Gay Marriage. posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Let's get this out there: Massachusetts court rules ban on gay marriage unconstitutional. Her... |
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| 11/18/03 |
Blog Notes posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Some doings transpiring out there in the blogoverse: * Jeff Jarvis remembers Jonestown... |
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| 11/18/03 |
Everywhere All at Once posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) The author of this article has a beef with cell phones: [T]he cell phone has changed o... |
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| 11/18/03 |
Text Length Increases posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) AOL Journalers: Please don't think that entries like this are going unnoticed. The AOL Journa... |
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| 11/17/03 |
The Font Thing posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Some of you AOL Journalers have sent me e-mail about a weird thing going on with your fonts -- I'... |
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| 11/17/03 |
Truthful Journals posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) In the wake of the possible hoax regarding an AOL Journaler's death, I've been getting some e... |
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| 11/17/03 |
Are You Getting Enough Oxygen? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) <A href="http://edit.journals.aol.com/_do/<img%20src=" border="0" ULT14SGH1001.02.jpg? ... |
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| 11/17/03 |
Football Notes posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Just for the perverse pleasure of it, allow me to make some football notes. * Speaking... |
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| 11/17/03 |
Dig the Bear! posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Whew! The Scalzi family is back home and back as one unit once more. Krissy and Athena had be... |
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| 11/16/03 |
On the Road Again posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I'm doing more traveling today, so this is it for today. I'll be back on my regular posting s... |
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| 11/16/03 |
Crunching Numbers posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Not to sound cranky about this, but why do people still get excited about chess games between... |
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| 11/15/03 |
A Hoax or Not? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) The other day I posted a entry about an AOL Journaler who had died in a car crash. Now, a cou... |
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| 11/15/03 |
Get the Message posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Did you know that aside from the AOL Journals themselves, AOL Journalers have other places on... |
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| 11/14/03 |
Quick Note posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Note to everyone who sent me mail in the last 24 hours -- been on the road, I will read and r... |
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| 11/14/03 |
Yargh. posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Note to anyone traveling: The Pennsylvania Turnpike is a mess. Yes, I realize the Pennsyvania... |
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| 11/13/03 |
A Bunch of Stuff posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Just to let y'all know, I'll be late to posting tomorrow -- probably late afternoon or early ... |
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| 11/13/03 |
No Roy No Moore posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Roy Moore got booted from his position as Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court because ... |
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| 11/13/03 |
Conservation Conundrum posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Here's some irony for you: Germany went out of its way to protect the cormorant, which went n... |
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| 11/13/03 |
Wind, Clouds, Cold posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) The picture above is of the clouds in the southern sky, as photographed from my front porch; ... |
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| 11/13/03 |
Music on AOL Journals posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I'm getting two or three requests a day for information on how to put music onto one's Web pa... |
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| 11/12/03 |
Deep Thoughts posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Devices that read human thought now possible, study says This is a good thing? Now |
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| 11/12/03 |
A Sad Note posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Via Unhinged, a bit of sadness in the AOL Journaler community: AOL Journaller Ravenwindc was ... |
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| 11/12/03 |
Prepared to Be Horrified posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974. Given these food choices, it's no wonder people lost ... |
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| 11/12/03 |
Now, That's Photography posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) One of the nice things about being out there on the Web is that old friends and associates oc... |
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| 11/12/03 |
Technoslaves posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Here are a couple of stories which accentuate the idea, forwarded by the existential philosop... |
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| 11/11/03 |
Blinded Me With Science! posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) The New York Times has an excellent presentation today in which its "Science Times" section t... |
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| 11/11/03 |
Portrait of the Author as a Young Man posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) All right, this kid here is making me feel woefully inadequate. I was 30 when my first book w... |
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| 11/11/03 |
Links and Colors and Awards and Stuff posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) AOL Journaler Viviansullinwank makes a smart observation: Read with your mouse as well as you... |
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| 11/11/03 |
A Massive Case of the Wants posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) So, being that my wife and child are away for a week and I'm unencumbered by care and respons... |
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| 11/11/03 |
Remember posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Today is Veteran's Day. Do give a moment of your day to think about the men and women in our ... |
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| 11/10/03 |
Dumb Moves in Animation posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Disney is closing up shop on "traditional" 2-D animation, opting instead to go fully digital.... |
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| 11/10/03 |
The Weirdest News Story of The Day posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) 70 pairs of shoes, filled with butter, in the woods. Go on, top that. I dare you. ... |
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| 11/10/03 |
The Bangles posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) I don't want to get all retro on you, but that new single from The Bangles, "Something That Y... |
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| 11/10/03 |
Interesting Political Stuff posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Some political food for thought: * Blogger Atrios presents a graphic from the New York... |
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| 11/10/03 |
Good Morning! posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) I'm awfully cheery this morning. I have no idea why. But do I need an excuse? Anyway, let's g... |
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| 11/9/03 |
As if You Didn't Have Enough Angst posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Find out what famous people had accomplished when they were your age. And try not to worry. I... |
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| 11/9/03 |
Pathetic. posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) So, my wife and child are away for the week and that means -- well, that means that at the mo... |
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| 11/8/03 |
Good Golly! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) 77-0? Did the Sooners actually play against someone? I mean, I understand that Texas A&M ... |
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| 11/8/03 |
Demons Eating the Moon posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) So, don't forget that tonight there's going to be a total lunar eclipse -- the earth is going... |
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| 11/7/03 |
You Knew This Already posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Playing simple computer games at the office could improve productivity and job satisfaction, ... |
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| 11/7/03 |
A Couple of AOL Journals Things posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) A couple of quick hits on AOL Journals. * I was going to a quick tour around AOL Journ... |
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| 11/7/03 |
Good News for Guys posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Turns out we're needed after all. True, the males in this particular story are literally worms. B... |
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| 11/7/03 |
Beware! posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) You're looking at a stone cold killer. Or at least, a would-be stone cold killer. Last night ... |
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| 11/7/03 |
Tech Thoughts posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Two interesting tech stories today: * Credit card makers are developing a system to al... |
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| 11/6/03 |
Plaque, Schmaque posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Stories like this one worry me. The story is about how researchers have found a "<!--Start... |
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| 11/6/03 |
The Nickel, Plugged posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) <A href="http://edit.journals.aol.com/_do/<img%20src=" http: www.usmint.gov images mint... |
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| 11/6/03 |
Boy and Girl Bloggers posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) So, who are the bloggers and journalers, and what do they write about? <!--StartFragmen... |
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| 11/6/03 |
Heads Up on Sidebars posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) All right, Journalers, I've got news from the tech overlords that I want to get out there ear... |
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| 11/6/03 |
Kiss the Cook posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Were you aware that it's apparently Men Make Dinner Day? The idea here, I suppose, is to make... |
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| 11/5/03 |
Tech Stuff -- And Music! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Okay, this is a two-parter. First off: Some of you might have had a little difficulty... |
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| 11/5/03 |
News Bits posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Some thoughts on the news stories coming in at the moment: * Howard Dean's catching fl... |
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| 11/5/03 |
You Say You Want Some Revolutions posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) The reviews are coming in for The Matrix Revolutions, and generally speaking they're not very... |
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| 11/5/03 |
Across the Blogoverse posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) What's going on in the blog and journals not on AOL? * Pamie, who parlayed her fame as... |
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| 11/5/03 |
Spelling posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Hey, Athena! What's your name in American Sign Language? " That's right! Well, almost ri... |
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| 11/4/03 |
15 Hours of Fame and Beyond posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) As you know, I wander around the AOL Journals. Here's what I'm seeing today: * First o... |
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| 11/4/03 |
"About Me" Pictures for Macsters and Much More posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Yesterday, when I discussed putting pictures in the "About Me" sidebar, I noted the direction... |
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| 11/4/03 |
When Life Imitates The Simpsons posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Via the fabulous Boing Boing, this terrifying bit of news: A man has grown a Tomacco plant |
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| 11/4/03 |
Something You Don't See Every Day posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Here, in the pages of the Weekly Standard, a conservative columnist (and humorist) Larry Mill... |
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| 11/4/03 |
Horse Puckey! posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Yes, indeedy, that's a whole truckbed of manure you see in front of you, brought over by my f... |
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| 11/3/03 |
Not the Kind For Driving Directions posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I could stare at maps for days, so can imagine how much nerdish fun I get out of this site: 5... |
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| 11/3/03 |
She's Gonna Blow! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Fresh off two of the biggest solar blasts on record, the sun is popping off three more solar ... |
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| 11/3/03 |
What The Fires Take posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I believe I mentioned that the California fires (which, thankfully, firefighters seem to be m... |
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| 11/3/03 |
Clever People Saying Clever Things posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Most film fans this week are probably waiting for The Matrix Revolutions -- and as I am a tec... |
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| 11/3/03 |
Adding Pictures to the "About Me" Sidebar posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Enough of you are impressed with my little "About Me" picture (the fact it's there, not that ... |
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| 11/2/03 |
Test Your 80s-osity posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Hey, you wacky Gen Xers -- take the 80s Lyrics Quiz and horrify yourself at how many fragment... |
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| 11/2/03 |
A Picture Whoopsie posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) So, I did something stupid -- something I warn the rest of y'all about doing -- so let me tel... |
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| 11/1/03 |
Supermoms posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Here's a story from last week I kept meaning to get to: Scientists discover rats who are moth... |
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| 11/1/03 |
The Haul posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Here it is -- the tooth-rotting haul from the Halloween festivities. Sure, it doesn't look li... |