October 2005
| 10/31/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Getting Goofy posted by johnmscalzi (24 comments) Hey, you feeling goofy? If your answer is yes, then you're in luck with the week's Photo Sh... |
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| 10/31/05 |
Ew Ew Ew Ew Ew posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) For your Halloween delight: Seven Truly Distrubing Foods, and no, potted meat food product is not... |
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| 10/31/05 |
Spooktacular Halloween Stories posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Athena gets scurvy for Halloween. Arrr! Time to catch up on the second part of the |
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| 10/31/05 |
First They Came for the Tooth Fairy, And I Said Nothing posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Apparently the Tooth Fairy isn't allowed in British h |
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| 10/31/05 |
Happy Halloween!  posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments)The Scalzi family pumpkins want to wish you and yours the happiest ofHalloween greetings, and rem... |
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| 10/30/05 |
Tire Swing! posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Wheee! I sometimes wonder who it was who first figured out that an old tiremakes a... |
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| 10/30/05 |
Fall Back? Plus a Note About the Weekend Assignment posted by johnmscalzi (26 comments) I want written confirmation from each of you that you've gone ahead andset your clocks back an ho... |
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| 10/29/05 |
Let's Get Small posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Pictures of the microscopic world,from a Nikon-sponsored contest. Just in case you've been wondering |
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| 10/29/05 |
Spooky Stories, Weekend Assignment Style posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Now, let's see who's told a scary Halloween story that's happened to them, via this week's Weeken... |
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| 10/28/05 |
Your Friday Music: Don't Stop Believin' posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) This song's goin' out for all you White Sox fans out there in the Second City: |
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| 10/28/05 |
Yoda as You've Never Seen Him Before posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Just go. Amused, you will be. Yes. Also: Can't get |
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| 10/28/05 |
Like a Pumpkin in the Sky posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Okay, maybe I'm carrying the "pumpkin" imagery too far. But if you want to get a really close loo... |
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| 10/28/05 |
Because Nothing Says "Halloween" Like Utterly Humiliated Pets posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Dozens of pictures of pets dressed up for Hallowee |
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| 10/28/05 |
Pumpkin Fun posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) First: An online pumpkin to carve as you see fit. Enjoy. Second: The Photoshoppin' Phreaks... |
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| 10/27/05 |
Weekend Assignment #83: Your Halloween Story posted by johnmscalzi (49 comments) Boo! Man, I love that photo. No, I don't really look lik |
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| 10/27/05 |
Halloween Pics posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) One of my favorite Halloween pictures, of Athena from a couple of yearsago, when she plot... |
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| 10/27/05 |
Red, Red Autumn Leaves posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) The fire bush in the front yard is beginning to live up to its name. For those of you who ... |
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| 10/27/05 |
In Case You Wanted to Spend a Lot of Money on College posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Look! It's the list of the most expensive colleges in the country!Number one on the list: Landmar... |
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| 10/27/05 |
The South Side of Chicago, The Baddest Part of Town posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) I'll be spending most of the morning in a dentist's office (no majordrilling, just the us... |
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| 10/26/05 |
Your Wednesday Tip: Adding Pictures to AIM Blogs posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I've gotten recent e-mail from some AIM bloggers wanting to know how toput big pictures (... |
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| 10/26/05 |
A Cup of Joe posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Journals Editor Joe went on a tear yesterday and wrote a whole bunch o' blog based goodness, writ... |
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| 10/26/05 |
Your Freaky Internet Meme Du Jour posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Mr Angry & Mrs Calm:when you look at the picture close up, you see the faces of an angryman a... |
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| 10/26/05 |
Morning Clouds posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Today was the first day in several in which the sunrise was notobscured by a thick layer of rain-... |
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| 10/26/05 |
What Not to do With Your Pumpkin Guts posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) I don't who who in this world thinks it's a good idea to throw the gutsof a pumpkin into the sink... |
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| 10/25/05 |
Wilma Won't Die posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) In case you were wondering if Wilma was done with the US: After pummeling Florida on Monda... |
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| 10/25/05 |
Your Tuesday Phone Call: More Thoughts on Rosa Parks  posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments)A little story to let you know what Rosa Parks did for me, and for Athena. |
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| 10/25/05 |
Voting for the Vivi Awards posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Now that the nominees for the Vivi are out, it's time to vote! |
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| 10/25/05 |
He Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) How to get a Beatle to propose for you. That'll be one to embar |
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| 10/25/05 |
Your Tuesday Moment of Silence posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Rosa Parks, 1913 - 2005 |
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| 10/24/05 |
A New System? posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) This is mildly ominous: Wilma's Rage Suggests New Hurricane Categories Needed: In a season... |
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| 10/24/05 |
Watch it Wiggle posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) A scale model re-creation of San Francisco -- made of gelatin. Not only a great idea, but... |
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| 10/24/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Halloween Decorations and Greetings posted by johnmscalzi (25 comments) Let's get spooktacular for this shoot: Your Monday Photo Shoot: Halloween is just a week a... |
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| 10/24/05 |
Don't Stop Believin' posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) You know, while fulling acknowledging the fact I think it's awesomethat the Astros finall... |
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| 10/24/05 |
Wilma in Florida posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) As I'm typing this, very early Monday morning, Hurricane Wilma is just short of hitting F... |
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| 10/23/05 |
My Sunday posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) If you were wondering what happened to the second entry today: Here itis! I was out and about wit... |
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| 10/23/05 |
Bedtime Story Selections, Part II posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Need something to read when you're feeling sleepy tonight? Here aresome more favorite bedtime sto... |
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| 10/22/05 |
VIVI Nominees posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) The votes have been tallied and the nominees for this year's VIVI awards have been announ... |
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| 10/22/05 |
Bedtime Story Selections, Part I posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This Week's Wekeend Assignment relives favorite bedtime stories fromyears past, and so far the se... |
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| 10/21/05 |
Your Friday Music: A Time To Love posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Hey! The first new album from Stevie Wonder in over ten years! |
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| 10/21/05 |
The Horror Of Blackberry Thumb posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) For some schadenfreude-esque reason I find this unaccountably amusing: Business execut... |
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| 10/21/05 |
Just Use the Regular Stuff posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Here's something I already knew: Antibacterial soaps and washes aren't any better than... |
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| 10/21/05 |
The 2005 Hurricane Season: In Two Minutes! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) If you've got a little time to download an online movie, here's |
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| 10/21/05 |
The Value of a Useless Education posted by johnmscalzi (17 comments) Here's a link that's being passed along around the academic corners of the blogosphere: an ar... |
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| 10/20/05 |
Weekend Assignment #82: Bedtime Stories posted by johnmscalzi (50 comments) To answer the the obvious question: Why, yes, my daughter's bedroom does have a view overlook... |
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| 10/20/05 |
Fall Colors posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Fall colors are standing out even on an overcast day, and in this week Monday Photo Shoot, AO... |
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| 10/20/05 |
Page Proofery posted by johnmscalzi (20 comments) Fed-Exed from one of my publishers today: The "page proofs" of my next novel, The Ghost Briga... |
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| 10/20/05 |
Attack of the Cranky Trees! posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Thought the seasonal foliage show was just for your personal visual delight? Maybe not:... |
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| 10/20/05 |
Finally, a Book Everyone Will Want to Read posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) This is an idea whose time has come: Fake book covers. How could you not want to be seen with... |
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| 10/19/05 |
Running, Jumping, Climbing Trees posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) In this game, you're a squirrel, running about roofs and window sills, collecting nuts and the oc... |
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| 10/19/05 |
Earworm posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) The recent New Order single "Waiting for the Siren's Call" has been drilling a hole in my skull f... |
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| 10/19/05 |
Liar, Liar, How Are You Wired posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Pathological liars are not like you and me, and it may not just be because they're lying liar... |
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| 10/19/05 |
Being Fat posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Author and essayist Hanne Blank took some time today on her LiveJournal to discuss both the n... |
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| 10/19/05 |
Holy Cow posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) These things get scary, fast: Hurricane Wilma jumped f |
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| 10/18/05 |
Your Tuesday Phone Call: Wednesday Plans and Candy posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) In this Tuesday phone call Athena and I discuss our plans for Wednesday, which Athena has off... |
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| 10/18/05 |
Uh-Oh posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Man, I don't know what you guys did to make Journals Editor Joe all stern and all, but you di... |
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| 10/18/05 |
Cover Me posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) The next time your walking down the street and pull up short, wondering "what are the best 40... |
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| 10/18/05 |
A Perfectly Cromulent List posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Really, one of the most important lists you'll see this hour: Made-up words in T... |
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| 10/18/05 |
Tuesday Moon posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) I dragged out my telephoto lens this morning and got this shot of the moon as it was hanging ... |
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| 10/17/05 |
Submitted for Your Consideration posted by johnmscalzi (18 comments) For those of you wondering about dos and don'ts for your online writing, here's one man's tak... |
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| 10/17/05 |
The Sweet Science posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Because everything is better with a random application of science: The Periodic Table of ... |
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| 10/17/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Fall Foliage 2005 posted by johnmscalzi (36 comments) It's the right time of year for fabulous foliage, so let's make this simple: Your Mond... |
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| 10/17/05 |
A Prom Too Ritzy posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) While we're on the subject of completely ridiculous expenditures of cash, here's a school adm... |
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| 10/17/05 |
Home Prices = Ouch! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) As some of you know, I was born and grew up in California. From time to time someone asks me ... |
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| 10/16/05 |
Sunshot posted by johnmscalzi (18 comments) The early afternoon sun at my house. It was, as you may guess, a beautiful day. |
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| 10/16/05 |
More Close Encounters with Sci-Fi posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) We're getting some excellent responses to this week's WeekendAssignment on favorite Science Ficti... |
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| 10/15/05 |
Your Ticket to the CarnivAOL posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) PLittle tells me the latest edition of CarnivAOL is up,with members all around the service sendin... |
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| 10/15/05 |
Close Encounters With Favorite Science Fiction posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This week's weekend assignment asked reader to pick their favoritescience fiction films, and we'r... |
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| 10/14/05 |
Catblogging posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) It's been a while since I've put Lopsided Cat up for your persual, so here he is, reclining in fe... |
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| 10/14/05 |
Your Friday Music posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Man, I surely do love me the Depeche M |
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| 10/14/05 |
A Hair Too Much Hairsplitting posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) This seems both ridiculous and outrageous at the same time: Ethel Adams was driving al... |
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| 10/14/05 |
You Choose! posted by johnmscalzi (28 comments) Total honesty required: At this very moment, which story do you want to click on more: ... |
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| 10/14/05 |
Halloween: The Fattination posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Krissy, the spouse of evil, brough home three huge bags of "fun-sized" candies and put them i... |
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| 10/13/05 |
Weekend Assignment #81: Favorite Sci-Fi Movies posted by johnmscalzi (83 comments) So, my newest book, The Rough Guide to Sci-Fi Movies, is now out in the stores (its official ... |
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| 10/13/05 |
Snacktacularity! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) It is perhaps only fitting to note that as I'm writing up this entry,I'm snacking on some homemad... |
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| 10/13/05 |
Much to the Consternation of Vampires posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) I will be very interested to see how this turns out: Four Kansas counties are part of a na... |
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| 10/13/05 |
You've Got Google? posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Mmmm.... I love the smell of business speculation in the morning: G |
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| 10/13/05 |
Not Your Friday Music Selection posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Did you know that actor Rick Moranis has an album of humorous country-esque tune? Can you imagine... |
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| 10/12/05 |
Video iPod posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) They said there would be no video iPod -- but they lied! |
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| 10/12/05 |
AOL Journalers in the News posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Here's an interesting story from the front page of today's Washington Post: Cyber-Catharsis |
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| 10/12/05 |
Am I Online? posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) There are many reasons why you should be reading |
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| 10/12/05 |
If You Find Any of This Amusing, You've Gone Over to the Dark Side posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) There's so much geekery here, one universe can hardly contain it: The Top 11 Changes in Ge... |
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| 10/12/05 |
Blue Christmas for Retailers? posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) This is interesting: Retailers are getting ready for a less-than-cheery Christmas, as parents thi... |
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| 10/11/05 |
Throw Like a Girl posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) This is pretty awesome: When the Bishop Montgomery High School quarterback went down with afr |
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| 10/11/05 |
October Fog posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) The view of the fog about an hour ago here at the Scalzi Compound; in the interim the sky has... |
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| 10/11/05 |
The Rumors Are True posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Fish really is brain food! Eating fish at least once a week is good for the brain, slo... |
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| 10/11/05 |
9:37pm -- a Great Year for Wine posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Wine snobbery could be about to get more difficult: Squirrelled away in his chemical |
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| 10/11/05 |
Adventures in Financial Imbecility posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Off the AOL front screen: Debunking Financial Urban Myths. Apparently some people out there r... |
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| 10/10/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Snack-tacular! posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) Time for a tasty photo shoot this week: Your Monday Photo Shoot: Have a favorite snack? Sh... |
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| 10/10/05 |
Envy? Not. posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Here's an absolutely appalling and shallow list: Fortune magazine's |
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| 10/10/05 |
Go for the Two posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Now this is a doubleheader: Northwestern's athletic director telephoned the NCAA last ... |
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| 10/10/05 |
Drink Up posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) If there's one constant about the world, it's the creation of books under the theme of "How '... |
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| 10/10/05 |
Absolutely Stunning News From the Glamorous World of Pumpkin Tossing posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I don't how you could have missed it, what with the worldwide coverage, and the newspeople br... |
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| 10/9/05 |
Monster Duck Vs. Monster Cat! posted by johnmscalzi (21 comments) It's the great philosophical question of our time: If a threethousand-foot high monster duck ... |
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| 10/9/05 |
AOL-J Jokes, Part II posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) More jokes from this week's Weekend Assignment! |
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| 10/8/05 |
The Most Embarrassing Innovation of 2005 posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Yes, there, are the Nobel Awards, which are given to accentuate the best achievements of man in s... |
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| 10/8/05 |
AOL-J Jokes posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) For this week's Weekend Assignment, I asked for folks to tell me a joke(a clean one, that is). He... |
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| 10/7/05 |
Your Friday Music: Free mp3s from AOL posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Mmmmm... free mp3s. AOL offers them from its |
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| 10/7/05 |
Horrifying Yet Amusing Mime Abuse! posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) In Mime Mayhem, you shoot a mime from a cannon and see just how far he can get flung. Springy boa... |
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| 10/7/05 |
A Little Something Just to Make You Extra Jumpy posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) The devastation in the wake of the gulf hurricanes this year have reminded Americans that natural... |
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| 10/7/05 |
A Cure for (some) Cancer? posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) This is excellent news: A vaccine shown to be 100% effective against two virus strains... |
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| 10/7/05 |
A New Look posted by johnmscalzi (49 comments) I've recently been despairing of my hair -- not so much that I wasgoing bald, but that my... |
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| 10/6/05 |
Weekend Assignment #80: Why is this man laughing? posted by johnmscalzi (128 comments) Hey, you know what? I could use a chuckle. Weekend Assignment #80: Share a favorite jo... |
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| 10/6/05 |
Critter Pics posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Oooooh. Excellent critter pictures this week from our Monday Photo Shoot. Let's see, we've got |
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| 10/6/05 |
Barn Raising posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) My neighbor is building a large barn on his property -- actually it's closer to the truth to ... |
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| 10/6/05 |
AOL Does Blogs -- Again posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) I've been getting a lot of e-mail about this piece of news: Weblogs Inc Being Bought Out By A... |
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| 10/6/05 |
Arf! posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) You know, since I live with her and know her to be a big ol' sweetheart, I sometimes ... |
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| 10/5/05 |
Wednesday Tip Addendum posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) If one can upload sound files to one's Hometown space, what about video files? Here's the ans... |
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| 10/5/05 |
Your Wednesday Tip: Uploading mp3s? posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) I've been asked a couple times recently whether it was possible to upload MP3s into one's Hom... |
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| 10/5/05 |
How to Lose Money Fast -- Through Spam! posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) I very surely hope I don't need to tell you that investing in stocks touted by spammers is on... |
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| 10/5/05 |
Dining Out Tonight? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) AOL Journaler JeffComedy sent me an e-mail about something called Dine for America, which is a fu... |
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| 10/5/05 |
More Camera Fun posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) No, I did not make copies of Athena in the cloning vat downstairs. There is no cloning vat. R... |
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| 10/4/05 |
Pictures, Thousand Words, Etc. posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) My throat is insanely scratchy at the moment -- and has been since I came back from Chicago, ... |
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| 10/4/05 |
More on the Vivis posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Viviansullinwank |
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| 10/4/05 |
The Most Awful Morning Alarm Possible posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) I love this. I want one. Not for myself -- I get up in the morning just fine, thank you -- bu... |
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| 10/4/05 |
Political Family Trees posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Wondering just how blue the blood of George Bush is? How about Dick Cheney? Condoleeza Rice? Dona... |
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| 10/4/05 |
My Three Cats posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Yes, yes, it's me acting like a dork with my new camera. In this particular case I was trying out... |
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| 10/3/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Critters! posted by johnmscalzi (43 comments) Early fall seems like a good time to capture these guys in pictures, because they're out and ... |
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| 10/3/05 |
Scenes From my Trip posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Part of my plan for my trip to Chicago was to go downtown on Saturday and snap a whole bunch ... |
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| 10/3/05 |
Words, Words, Words posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) If you're looking to expand your volcabulary, this article will help:It's a collection of weird w... |
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| 10/3/05 |
Only in the Movies posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Here's a very amusing list of 40 things that only happen in the movies. Example: 23. If b... |
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| 10/3/05 |
Chicago Thoughts -- A Weekend Assignment Retrospective posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) What the heck is this, you ask? It's a Chicago gargoyle, and thisparticular one is located on the... |
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| 10/2/05 |
Arrrggh posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Getting this [expletive deleted] hotel internet connection to work hasbeen teeth-pullingly painfu... |
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| 10/1/05 |
The Pain of intermittent Connection posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Well, the good news is that the hotel's internet connection is back --hi! The bad news is that it... |
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| 10/1/05 |
Audio entry posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) |