May 2005
| 5/31/05 |
Saying Goodbye to May  posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments)I love it when you can really see the green in a sunset. Goodbye, May! You were a love... |
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| 5/31/05 |
Your Tuesday Phone Call: Of Kids and Cows  posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments)Athena discusses her most recent stuffed animal acquisition. Set your cuteness settings for "stun." |
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| 5/31/05 |
Man Vs. Bear, the Hong Kong Cinema Version posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This is the greatest story ever: Hiker uses martial arts to fight off grizzly bear.A well-placed ... |
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| 5/31/05 |
Thoughts on Traveling posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Well, I'm back at home and it's a pretty nice feeling. One of thethings I told Krissy as we lande... |
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| 5/31/05 |
Pet names, Part III posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Here's the final installment of crazy pet names, per last week's verypopular Weekend Assignment. ... |
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| 5/30/05 |
Traveling Again posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) I'm on my way out of Madison, so this is all you get from me until Iget home, which will probably... |
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| 5/30/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Memorial Day posted by johnmscalzi (22 comments) Welcome to Your Monday Photo Shoot! This week, I'd like to clue in to the holiday we r |
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| 5/29/05 |
Pet Names, Part II posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) More people, more pets, more wacky names! Here are more strange petnames from Journalers and Blog... |
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| 5/28/05 |
At the Capitol posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Now this is a heck of a thing to have down at the end of your street,right? What I ... |
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| 5/28/05 |
Pet Names, Part I posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Wow! People can't wait to tell us all the strange names they've givenpets, as requested by this w... |
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| 5/27/05 |
Mailing Me posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) As an FYI, casual e-mails to me are likely to slide until I get backnext Monday. However, I'll be... |
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| 5/27/05 |
Speaking of Vacations... posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) It looks like more people want to take them than can, this summer: Only half of the people... |
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| 5/27/05 |
Catching Up on Travel, Etc. posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) And now, the obligatory picture out the hotel window: As I briefly note |
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| 5/27/05 |
Checking In posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Just a quick check-in to let you all know I arrived in Madison,Wisconsin safe and sound, and I'm ... |
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| 5/26/05 |
Weekend Assignment #61: You Named Your Pet WHAT?!? posted by johnmscalzi (222 comments) As I'm on the move today, I'm posting the Weekend Assignment a little early and will otherwis... |
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| 5/25/05 |
Teaching the Constitution posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) Most of you know that decisions on what to teach kids in school are left to the states. But it lo... |
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| 5/25/05 |
Great American Rhetoric posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Here's a find online: 100 Great American Speeches of the 20th century,more than half with audio c... |
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| 5/25/05 |
Customer Uprising posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Journaler and author Naomi Kritzer ha |
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| 5/25/05 |
Missing Photos? posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) A few people have noted that they are suddenly missing photos from their Journals over the la... |
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| 5/24/05 |
Your Tuesday Phone Call: The Argument for More Summer Vacation posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Come on. Wouldn't you like to take three months off? Again? You know you would. (Want ... |
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| 5/24/05 |
Don't Try This at Home, Luke posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Photoshopped lightsabers are all very amusing, as we've seen from earlier entries, but if you... |
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| 5/24/05 |
Barbeque! posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) This is fun: Slate has one of their writers going across America looking for the perfect barb... |
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| 5/24/05 |
Another One for the "Signs of the Apocalypse" File posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) The Spice Girls are getting back together. Combine this with |
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| 5/24/05 |
So Long, Thurl posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) A moment of appreciation, if you will, for Thurl Ravenscroft, who died of prostate cancer thi... |
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| 5/23/05 |
That Darn Dark Side! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Oh, no! Athena's been corrupted by the Sith lords and is wreaking havoc on the |
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| 5/23/05 |
Where Sarcasm Comes From posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Boy, this day just keeps getting better: They've discovered where sarcasm is processed in the bra... |
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| 5/23/05 |
But This Means Star Trek Deep Space Nine Was All a Lie! posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Star Trek geeks are used to the idea that space travel might be possible through "wormholes" ... |
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| 5/23/05 |
Memorial Week Schedule posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This is one of those boring procedural entries to let y'all that I'll be running a weekend sc... |
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| 5/23/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Night Scenes posted by johnmscalzi (33 comments) Night time is the right time for this week's photo shoot: Your Monday Photo Shoot: Cap... |
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| 5/22/05 |
National Dog-Bite Prevention Week posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Did you know this upcoming week is Dog-Bite Prevention Week? Yeah, Imissed the memo, too. But -- ... |
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| 5/22/05 |
Star Wars Memories Episode II: The Attack of the Weekend Assignment posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) More Star Wars moments from this week's Weekend Assignment: Xscrazychris gets points for k... |
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| 5/21/05 |
A Mini Concert for You posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Got about 20 minutes and a broadband connection? Check this out: Eddi Reader, who is one of my ab... |
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| 5/21/05 |
Star Wars Memories Episode I: The Phantom Weekend Assignment posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) The Force is stong with us... Journalers and Bloggers are steppingforward with their Star Wars St... |
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| 5/20/05 |
Your Friday Music posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Former Smashing Pumpkins leader Billy Corgan is out on his own, andmaking trippy videos i... |
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| 5/20/05 |
Dr. Jones Searches for the Lost Ark of the Covenant -- No, Really posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Just when you think you've finally figured out where the line between fact and fiction is, along ... |
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| 5/20/05 |
Work It, Kid posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) This will get those sedentary kids huffing and puffing: Shoes that dole out TV time by how ma... |
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| 5/20/05 |
Strikeout! posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Cool beans: 11-year-old kid pitches a perfect game in Little League. The kicker: The 11-year-o |
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| 5/20/05 |
Revenge of the Sith Thoughts posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Picture: Getty Images via AOL Entertainment News |
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| 5/19/05 |
Weekend Assignment #60: Your Star Wars Moment posted by johnmscalzi (50 comments) Yes, yes, the world is going overboard with the whole Star Wars thing today -- so why not join th... |
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| 5/19/05 |
Blogging From the Deep Deep Deep South posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Via Instapundit, meet 75 Degrees South -- a blog written from the continent of Antarctica. An... |
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| 5/19/05 |
The Trump Twin Towers posted by johnmscalzi (32 comments) You know, what's Donald trump doing, injecting himself into the World Trade Center issue? As ... |
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| 5/19/05 |
Star Wars - Remixed posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Over at Worth1000, they're having fun remixing Star Wars images |
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| 5/19/05 |
Sun and Clouds posted by johnmscalzi (19 comments) Here's a picture from about 7pm yesterday. I was driving home from getting ice cream with Athena,... |
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| 5/18/05 |
The Most Disturbing Pet Story Today posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) The good news: A dog saves his master's leg from amputation! The disturbing news: The dog ... |
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| 5/18/05 |
Get Some Magic Smoke posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Some of you already know Joe, the fellow who formally acts as the AOL Journals editor... |
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| 5/18/05 |
I've Got Sith Syndrome! posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) The kids are working themselves into a spasm about The Revenge of the Sith, the final Star Wa... |
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| 5/18/05 |
In the Garden posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) One of the perennial signs of spring: My father-in-law out in the garden behind the house, ya... |
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| 5/18/05 |
Your Wednesday Journal Tip: Going Sideways posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) About once a week I get an e-mail from a member that says, more or less: "Hey! All of ... |
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| 5/17/05 |
Maybe This Explains the Phone Problems posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) It's a solar flare! And it's coming right for us! Man, I lovea good solar flare. An |
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| 5/17/05 |
Your Tuesday Phone Call: Uhhhh.... posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) My phone connection is largely comprised of static, which made it funto report the problem to the... |
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| 5/17/05 |
Diamonds Are a Scientist's Best Friend posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Dig this: Scientists have created huge, flawless 10-carat diamonds in the lab: Researc... |
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| 5/17/05 |
Fluff This posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) In my wanderings through the Internet, I came across this: a blog posting about this stuff in... |
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| 5/17/05 |
PlayStation 3 posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Many of you aren't the geek I am, but even non-geeks might be impressed by the upcoming PlayS... |
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| 5/16/05 |
Extra-Curricular Activities posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Hey, ever wonder what I write when I'm not writing here? Here's something: |
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| 5/16/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Graduation! posted by johnmscalzi (20 comments) I'm still floating on a high after my wife's graduation ceremony this weekend, so I t... |
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| 5/16/05 |
This Draft Pick is 4-F posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) You have to admire the gumption of this fellow, and not just because he allows me to make use... |
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| 5/16/05 |
That's a Fast Bike posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) I'm sure that you, like me, spend a lot of time wondering what it would be like to ride a bike ne... |
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| 5/16/05 |
Kvetching About Blogs posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Uh-oh: The literati are at it again, complaining |
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| 5/15/05 |
Graduation and Cats (not Cats Graduating) posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Many thanks to all of you who left comments or e-mail congratulating Krissy on her graduation... |
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| 5/15/05 |
Terrific Teachers, Part II posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) More teacher who made a difference, detailed here thanks to this week'sWeekend Assignment! I'll l... |
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| 5/14/05 |
The Graduate posted by johnmscalzi (29 comments) As I noted briefly in the previous entry, today my wife graduates withher business degree... |
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| 5/14/05 |
Terrific Teachers, Part I posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) How's this for irony: I'm rushing through posting this first batch ofWeekend Assignment answers -... |
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| 5/13/05 |
Your Friday Music posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Your musical selection for this friday: "Driver Education," a deceptively sprightly yet poign... |
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| 5/13/05 |
Passing Along What I Get posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I got this note in the mail today: Sorry to disturb such a busy guy like yourself, but... |
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| 5/13/05 |
Great Scott! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) My friend Scott Westerfeld, a good friend and fellow science fiction writer, |
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| 5/13/05 |
Squish posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) As part of my neverending quest to keep you all amused at your keyboards, I present Squish, a g |
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| 5/13/05 |
Elitist Snobbery Made Easy posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Here's an invaluable -- and funny! -- guide for people heading to a classical music concert f... |
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| 5/12/05 |
Weekend Assignment #59: Teachers Worth Remembering posted by johnmscalzi (64 comments) Here it is: The assignment pre-empted by Mother's Day: Weekend Assignment #59: We've a... |
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| 5/12/05 |
A Tree Falls; I Hear It posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) It is with a pure and enduring sadness that I announce that the tree onthe side of our house, kno... |
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| 5/12/05 |
Tomorrow Through the Past posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Dreams of Space-- Space art in children's books from 1883 through the 1970s. It'sfascinating to s... |
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| 5/12/05 |
Tow the Line posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) Here's something to think about: At a Chrysler plant, the company hasdictated that 80% of the wor... |
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| 5/12/05 |
Welcoming Our Robot Overlords posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) You know, years from now, after the robots have taken over and what fewhuman that remain live in ... |
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| 5/11/05 |
Your Wednesday Tip: When Words Don't Come posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) In my wanderings around the AOL-J, I occasionally come across a Journal that has something li... |
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| 5/11/05 |
Your Unspeakable Cuteness for Wednesday posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated. (Via Electrolite) |
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| 5/11/05 |
Puzzle Insanity posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Via Metafilter, I hear of a new crossword-like puzzle called "Sudoku,"which sounds fairly insidio... |
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| 5/11/05 |
Cover Me posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) First off -- thank you to everyone who sent me birthday wishes yesterday! It was a genuine pl... |
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| 5/11/05 |
Break a Leg, King Tut posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) It's good to be king -- or pharoah, or kaiser, or what have you -- butif you ever needed a remind... |
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| 5/10/05 |
GE Going Green? posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This is fascinating to me: General Electric, a little corporate concern which you may have he... |
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| 5/10/05 |
Your Tuesday Phone Call: Twice 18 posted by johnmscalzi (40 comments) Look, my daughter decorated a cake for me! It's the enthusiasm that matters. Krissy made the ... |
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| 5/9/05 |
Arrgh posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) There may be somethings more frustrating than not being able to access AOL from either of you... |
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| 5/9/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Sports! posted by johnmscalzi (23 comments) The sun is out, spring is here, and for the Monday Photo Shoot, I thought we'd do something t... |
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| 5/9/05 |
Boom? posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) It's no surprise that the US Geological Service believes that MountSaint Helens has the p... |
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| 5/9/05 |
What Time is It? posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Dig this awesome flash clock -- a different way of looking at time. And for a completely ... |
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| 5/9/05 |
Moms on Parade, Part III posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) And now, the third and final installment of responses from this week'sWeekend Assignment, showing... |
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| 5/8/05 |
Mr. Potato Head Explains the Mortal Sins posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) A photo series in which Mr. Potato Head takes on the Seven Deadly Sins. I like the |
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| 5/8/05 |
Moms on Parade, Part II posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Happy Mother's Day! Here are some more mother/child pictures from this week's weekend assignment.... |
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| 5/7/05 |
Play Ball posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Here's an interesting article about the rise of minor league baseball in the US -- how it's becom... |
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| 5/7/05 |
Moms on Parade posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) To my utter lack of surprise, we've got a ton of entries for thisweek's Weekend Assignment, in wh... |
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| 5/6/05 |
Your Friday Music posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) The good news is that I've finally managed to get that Kelly Clarkson song out of my skull, and t... |
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| 5/6/05 |
Mother's Day and Guilt posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Here's an interesting article from a CNN/Money senior writer who is trying to reconcile her w... |
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| 5/6/05 |
What a Cute Kid. Strap Her Down. posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) Are parents more likely to look after more attractive children more carefully? These scientists, ... |
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| 5/6/05 |
Zappp! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I wrote not long ago about the incredible noise that was made when lightning hit very close to my... |
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| 5/6/05 |
Your Friday Morning Stupidity posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) You've heard the rumor that most criminals are stupid, right? Well, here's the proof: BA |
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| 5/5/05 |
Weekend Assignment #58: Mothers and Children posted by johnmscalzi (78 comments) Welcome to the Weekend Assignment! This is the first of these we're doing with AIM Bloggers i... |
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| 5/5/05 |
"A lightsaber is not a toy!" posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) How Lightsabers Work, from the How Stuff Works site. Very amusing, especially for the "Using Yo |
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| 5/5/05 |
Answering AIM Blog Questions posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Well, it didn't take long at all for people to start asking questions about AIM Journals, so ... |
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| 5/5/05 |
Introducing AIM Blogs posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) The cat's out of the bag: AOL is announcing today the creation of AIM Blogs, powered by AOL J... |
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| 5/5/05 |
Being the Backup Brain posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Being a font of useless information that I am, I am frequently calledupon to be a "backup brain" ... |
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| 5/4/05 |
Your Wednesday Tip: Getting Archived posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) AOL Journals is simple to use, but there are some places where thingscould be simpler, such as th... |
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| 5/4/05 |
The Great Upgrade Event posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) My copy of the new "Tiger" operating system for the Mac is here, and I'm in the process of do... |
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| 5/4/05 |
You're Grounded! Give me Your Cell Phone! posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) You want to really punish a South Korean middle-school kid? Here's how: What would be ... |
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| 5/4/05 |
Saturn, Head-On posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Here's an interesting fact for you: Saturn's rings have a diameter of 170,000 miles (meaning ... |
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| 5/4/05 |
Note to Self: Don't Eat Here, Ever posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) In this history of bad restaurant ideas, this is the worst to date: A toilet-themed restauran... |
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| 5/3/05 |
Your Tuesday Phone Call: The Kelly Clarkson Earworm posted by johnmscalzi (17 comments) In which I reveal a horrifying fascination with a |
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| 5/3/05 |
Burger Rupture posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Okay, now, this is just getting silly: CLEARFIELD, Pa. (May 2) - The burger war is growing... |
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| 5/3/05 |
Linking to Individual Entries posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) In a comment to the Monday Photo Shoot,someone asked how to post a link to an individual entry. A... |
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| 5/3/05 |
Bitumen? What the heck? posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) My Aussie pal Justine Larbalestier (who, incidentally, just released a really fabulous Young Adul... |
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| 5/3/05 |
National Teacher Day posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Did you know? Today is National Teacher Day,a day to appreciate all the teachers who tried to dri... |
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| 5/2/05 |
Changes posted by johnmscalzi (22 comments) Notice anything a little different about your AOL Journal today? Here's a hint: Click on the ... |
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| 5/2/05 |
Kids These Days Get the Coolest Toys posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) This is the coolest tricycle in the history of man: A new bicycle design created at Pu... |
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| 5/2/05 |
Calling All Time Travelers posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Hey, there's going to be a time travel convention this week -- fittingly at MIT: Wha... |
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| 5/2/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Significant Others posted by johnmscalzi (52 comments) This week's photo shoot has you capturing on film (or digits) some very important people indee... |
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| 5/2/05 |
A Run for the Border, part 3 posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) And now, the final batch of entries from this week's WeekendAssignment, in which I asked AOL Jour... |
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| 5/1/05 |
The Capture of Saddam posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) A fascinating story of the capture of Saddam Hussein,from the point of view of the interpreter wh... |
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| 5/1/05 |
A Run for the Border, part 2 posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Mmmmm... more AOL Journaler favorite sites off of AOL Journals. Wouldyou like to know what they a... |