September 2004
| 9/30/04 |
Weekend Assignment #27: That Special Month  posted by johnmscalzi (75 comments)(photo from the State of Vermont's foliage information page) You can feel it in the ai... |
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| 9/30/04 |
Fun With Words posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) This is pretty darn nifty: A site that ranks the popularity of the top 86,800 words in the En... |
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| 9/30/04 |
A Reminder... posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) ... I'm still looking for suggestions for a future Weekend Assignment! Here are all the detai... |
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| 9/30/04 |
Banned Books posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Over at her Bibliophiles Journal, Marigolds2 reminds us all that this week is Banned Books We... |
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| 9/30/04 |
Fog, Shmog posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) My wife called on her way to work to report that she heard on the radio that there were schoo... |
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| 9/29/04 |
Debates? Au Contraire! posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Those rabble rousers over at NPR have a bone to pick with the debates: Top 10 Secrets They Do... |
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| 9/29/04 |
Suggest a Weekend Assignment! posted by johnmscalzi (39 comments) I have until Friday to think up of the next five or six Weekend Assignments (this week's is a... |
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| 9/29/04 |
Cold Coming posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Today is the first genuinely cold day of the fall season here in my neck of the woods (or mor... |
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| 9/29/04 |
A Baseball Strike, Japanese Style posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Slate's got a story about a recent Japanese baseball strike which seems almost charmingly qua... |
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| 9/29/04 |
What to Name the Washington Team posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Looks like Washington DC is getting a baseball team again: Major League Baseball wil |
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| 9/28/04 |
It's Not Easy, Running the World posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Sure, Presidents of the United States get free room and board, and they never have to drive t... |
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| 9/28/04 |
Have You Registered to Vote? posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) You know, here's my basic thought on voting: If you don't vote, you can't complain. For four ... |
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| 9/28/04 |
Now This is Funny posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) The viewers of the Daily Show and other late-night comedy shows are more informed about polit... |
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| 9/28/04 |
Sarah McLachlan Spends Like a Swell posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Sarah McLachlan was given about $150,000 to make a video. She spent $15. Where did the rest of th... |
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| 9/28/04 |
Picture Day posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Time again (or, since Athena's in kindergarten, for the very first time) for that most establ... |
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| 9/27/04 |
Road Games For the 21st Century posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Fraudfrond.com, a Web site celebrating cell phone towers shaped like trees (proving yet again... |
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| 9/27/04 |
Looking Purple posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Now, here's something to remember the next time someone starts blathering about "Red" states and ... |
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| 9/27/04 |
Happiness Is... posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) ...Finding your wife's favorite band has an album that she d |
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| 9/27/04 |
Rough Waters posted by johnmscalzi (20 comments) So, I'm getting a lot of e-mails these days from AOL Journalers who are concerned that someth... |
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| 9/27/04 |
Foggy Nights posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Magnificent low-lying fog at about 1:30 am this morning (I was asleep, but then the dog let m... |
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| 9/26/04 |
Are Bloggers Adding to the Problem? posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Steven Levy of Newsweek makes a rather pointed criticism of bloggers -- that despite their us... |
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| 9/26/04 |
Sibling Stories, Part II posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) You ready for some more great stories about AOL Journalers and their siblings? I've got them ... |
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| 9/25/04 |
Authors Blogging posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) ABC News does a report on how more authors are maintaining blogs: Author blogs are al... |
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| 9/25/04 |
Sibling Stories, Part I posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) This week's Weekend Assignment asks AOL Journalers to share some favorite stories featuring t... |
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| 9/24/04 |
In the Eye posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) See that? That's what a wall of clouds looks like in the eye of the hurricane. In thi... |
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| 9/24/04 |
Drive Yourself Insane posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Oh, my. This game Reverse will drive you nuts, nuts, nuts. And all it does is reverse your mouse ... |
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| 9/24/04 |
On the Flip Side posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Since I just splotzed for an entire entry about one of the negative things about writing -- i... |
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| 9/24/04 |
Opening a Vein posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) AOL Journaler Andreakingme essays the recent Anne Rice/Amazon blow up and other recent writin... |
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| 9/24/04 |
Not the Way to Feel Comfortable With Electronic Voting posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Chimpanzee taught to hack electronic ballot box. Response from company that created t... |
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| 9/23/04 |
Weekend Assignment #25: Sibling Revelry posted by johnmscalzi (50 comments) Weekend Assignment time: I give you a topic, you write it up in your Journal or blog and then... |
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| 9/23/04 |
Your Groan-Inducing Joke of the Day posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Why is Interstate Bakeries, makers of Twinkies and Wonder Bread, filing for bankruptcy?... |
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| 9/23/04 |
Accelerated Kids posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) An interesting article in Time this week looks at the policy of letting the really smart kids... |
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| 9/23/04 |
Two Pictures for the Price of One posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) An AOL Journaler asks: How does one post two pictures in the same Journal entry? Well, it use... |
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| 9/23/04 |
I Guess it Had to Happen... posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Someone breaks up using PowerPoint (note: link has some mild profanity). Aside from the "inno... |
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| 9/22/04 |
Your Silly Bit of Science News for the Day posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) The Milky Way's made of sugar! No, not the candy bar -- the actual galaxy: ASTRONOMERS... |
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| 9/22/04 |
AOL Journals 1.8 is Here posted by johnmscalzi (22 comments) While you were sleeping, the magical AOL Journal fairies uploaded an upgrade to AOL Journals ... |
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| 9/22/04 |
Abolish the Electoral College? posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) The New York Observer runs a commentary on the electoral college (cleverly disguised as a boo... |
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| 9/22/04 |
Better Be Hungry posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Behold! The 8,500-calorie sandwich! (Shown here with a Nintendo GameCube for size reference.)... |
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| 9/21/04 |
Things Not to Do On Amazon posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) Anne Rice (or someone who has the same name) is slagging Amazon reviewers of her book Blood C... |
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| 9/21/04 |
Coloring posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) I don't want to come across as one of those guys who yearns for a simpler time and place, in ... |
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| 9/21/04 |
So That Explains It posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Mark Hamill explains why George Lucas has to keep fiddling with the Star Wars films, even thr... |
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| 9/21/04 |
Let Us Now Praise Fine Editors posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) For all you AOL Journalers who are aspiring writers (yes, I'm looking at you, What If... folk... |
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| 9/20/04 |
Food For Mars, Food For Thought posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Fascinating article in Wired News about what it takes to prepare food for a trip to Mars. Sci... |
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| 9/20/04 |
A Hairy Defense posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Get this: Darren Brock had woken fro |
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| 9/20/04 |
Beam Me Up... To The Kitchen posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Some guy made a house to look like it was in the 24th Century -- or more accurately, the repr... |
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| 9/20/04 |
Foliage! posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Off the AOL Front Page: |
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| 9/19/04 |
Arrrrrr! posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Yar! Today be International Talk Like a Pirate Day! Ye should be talkin' like a scurvy dog un... |
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| 9/19/04 |
Music for Marriages, Part II posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) More AOL Journalers have chimed in on this week's Weekend Assignment, in which I asked for th... |
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| 9/18/04 |
Music for Marriages posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Who danced to what at their wedding or committment ceremony (or what would you dance to)? Tha... |
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| 9/18/04 |
Say Hi to My Mom posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) I'm going to take a moment for a personal plug, here: So, my mother, of all p... |
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| 9/17/04 |
Tomorrow is Be Nice to Your Waitress Day... posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) ... Or else: A 20-year-old waitress has been arrested for allegedly ordering the slayi... |
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| 9/17/04 |
Making a Pillow We Can't Refuse posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Warning: You won't want to click the following link if you're not a fan of The Godfather and/... |
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| 9/17/04 |
Links for Thought posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) A couple AOL Journaler links for you: Not that you need another reason not to drink an... |
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| 9/17/04 |
Can It Be November Already? posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) News story today basically explaining that the election polls have gone insane (AOL-only link... |
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| 9/16/04 |
Weekend Assignment #24: First Dance Songs posted by johnmscalzi (55 comments) You hear that? It's the sound of a Weekend Assignment coming your way: I give you a topic and... |
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| 9/16/04 |
Worth a Plug Nickel? posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) The US mint unveiled the design for the |
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| 9/16/04 |
Swaglicious! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Wow. I wanna be an Emmy presenter, too! The fiction, of course, is that the presenters do the... |
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| 9/16/04 |
Ivan Journals posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Here are some early AOL Journaler thoughts on Ivan, as it makes its way through the n... |
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| 9/15/04 |
Happy New Year! posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Rosh Hashanah -- which is the Jewish New Year, starts at sundown today. So Happy New Year! Have a... |
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| 9/15/04 |
And Ivan. Ivan So Far Away posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Arkansas, I surely hope you've made up the Hide-A-Bed, because thanks to Ivan, Louisi... |
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| 9/15/04 |
Time to Write posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) I was recently sent |
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| 9/15/04 |
Judy Blume, Award Winner posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Judy Blume is winning the National Book Award, and I'm pretty happy about that. As with basic... |
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| 9/15/04 |
Look Out! Here Comes a Spider, Man posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) The big brown lump you see in this picture -- which is slightly smaller than life-size, by th... |
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| 9/14/04 |
Invoking, Part II posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Having brought up The Law of Internet Invocation yesterday, |
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| 9/14/04 |
Bang, Bang posted by johnmscalzi (17 comments) Our neighbors and friends dropped by the other day, and one of them had a little toy gun with... |
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| 9/14/04 |
Beyond the Far Side posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Now, this is funny, if somewhat shaky, copyright-wise: |
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| 9/14/04 |
And Then The Zombies Came Out of the Fogbank posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Not really, of course. We rarely get zombies out here in rural America; there's not nearly th... |
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| 9/13/04 |
Invoking posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Just a quick note: If you write about me, I'll find out. Fortunately, this time, someone wrot... |
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| 9/13/04 |
Silly Trucks, 2004 Edition posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Okay, now, this new pickup from Navistar is just totally ridiculous: At 258 inches, or... |
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| 9/13/04 |
Make Money Fast!! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This is interesting: An article on surprise six figure jobs -- which is to say, jobs where yo... |
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| 9/13/04 |
Football! posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) You know, there are not words in the English language to adequately express how littl... |
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| 9/12/04 |
The Face of Tomorrow posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Speaking of the future: This artist morphs the pictures of people who live in cities a |
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| 9/12/04 |
More Gifts to the Future posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This week's Weekend Assignment asks AOL Journalers to pick out five things to give to a desce... |
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| 9/11/04 |
Remembrance & Celebration posted by johnmscalzi (20 comments) My way to remember is simple and it's something I've done every year since 9/11. I go outside, lo... |
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| 9/11/04 |
Gifts to the Future posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This week's Weekend Assignment has AOL Journalers sending 5 things to a relation 100 year fro... |
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| 9/10/04 |
A Thing I Didn't Know I Didn't Know posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) What I didn't know I didn't know: When my daughter skips rope, she's the spitting imag... |
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| 9/10/04 |
Must...Stop...Drooling..., Part 2 posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Deep-fried Oreo cookies. It's so wrong, but feels so right. Someone try these... |
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| 9/10/04 |
September Garden posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) So this is what a garden looks like after you've taken nearly everything you want from it, bu... |
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| 9/10/04 |
Cracking the Seals posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) What happens when a goth girl and a cheerleader exchange personas for a day? Oh, about what y... |
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| 9/9/04 |
Weekend Assignment #23: A Personal Time Capsule posted by johnmscalzi (63 comments) Thursday afternoons mean a new Weekend Assignment, in which I give you a topic, you write the... |
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| 9/9/04 |
Mouth Update posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) So, does my mouth look better to you? No, don't really answer that. The dentist's appo... |
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| 9/9/04 |
The Animals Are Always the First to Know posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Even Kodi knows that summer is coming to a close, and that we need to go out and enjoy the su... |
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| 9/9/04 |
The High Whirring Sounds of Dentistry posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Updating is going to be a little light here until the afternoon, on account of I have a denti... |
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| 9/8/04 |
Outage posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) For everyone who was wondering what happened with AOL Journals: Yes, there was some sort of o... |
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| 9/8/04 |
To Rip or Not to Rip? posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Here's an amusing flow chart to gague the morality of copying music -- it considers whether t... |
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| 9/8/04 |
Better Than the Lottery posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Here's an idea: James Hong and his Hot or Not partner, Jim Yu, launched their |
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| 9/8/04 |
When the Field Attacks! posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) What happens when the playing field sports are held on fight back? Stu |
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| 9/8/04 |
An AOL-J Get-together? posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Once again, AOL Journalers are moving forward to do fun things in the community, and this tim... |
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| 9/7/04 |
Meep! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Yes! Yes! Yes! EXETER, England - Two Muppet experimenters, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and his... |
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| 9/7/04 |
Death to Floppies posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Headline: Floppy disc nears obsolescence. And I'm here thinking: nears obsolescene? Where hav... |
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| 9/7/04 |
Entitled? posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Here's a fascinating piece on race and class in Slate, in which writer Debra Di |
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| 9/7/04 |
Frightening Frances posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) First things first: Red Cross, |
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| 9/7/04 |
My Supercool Wife posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) My wife is sixteen different flavors of awesome, most recently because while I was away, she ... |
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| 9/6/04 |
Bye Bye Boston posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Dear Boston: You are really a wonderful town -- I had fun wandering through your envir... |
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| 9/6/04 |
One More Picture posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I'm racing against time to get this entry up before the hotel cuts off my Internet connection... |
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| 9/5/04 |
More Photos! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Okay, here we go with more pictures from this Weekend Assignment. This addition is a little s... |
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| 9/5/04 |
Evil, in Cuddly Form posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This is a quick note to let y'all know I'll be doing today's Weekend Assignment writeup later... |
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| 9/4/04 |
So Cute Your Eyes Will Bleed posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Sleeping puppies. Oh, stop being so cynical. You know you want to see them. They're p... |
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| 9/4/04 |
Picture, Perfect posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) I hope you like looking at pictures because you're about to see a lot of them: Here's the fir... |
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| 9/3/04 |
Final Thoughts? posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Chris Corder, AOL So, now that the 2004 Republican |
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| 9/3/04 |
Boston Day One posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) A couple of shots of getting into Boston: Traveling early lets you see sunrise... |
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| 9/2/04 |
Weekend Assignment #22: Picture This posted by johnmscalzi (64 comments) Weekend Assignment time again? But of course! You know how it works: I suggest a topic, you g... |
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| 9/2/04 |
Convention Thoughts posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I've been blogging the convention the last couple of days but will have to skip out pointing ... |
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| 9/2/04 |
Checking In... posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) One of the problems with catching the early flight to anywhere is that when you get there, very o... |
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| 9/1/04 |
Something Pretty posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) We do get beautiful clouds around these here parts. |
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| 9/1/04 |
You've Got Journal! posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Been exchanging e-mails with an AOL Journaler whose Keyword: Hometown page has been a bit gli... |
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| 9/1/04 |
More Convention Thoughts posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) More convention-al thoughts from AOL Journalers, from Day 2 of the Republican National Conven... |
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| 9/1/04 |
Procedural Note posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) A quick note for everyone: Through Monday, I'll be running an abbreviated posting schedule on acc... |