December 2005
| 12/31/05 |
It's Already 2006 Somewhere posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) And that somewhere is Asia and Australia. Seems like they always get the new year first. Wonder w... |
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| 12/30/05 |
The Last Friday Music Selection for 2005 posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) To send 2005 on its way, here's my favorite song of the year, which was actually released in 2004... |
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| 12/30/05 |
Because I'm Unspeakably Dorky  posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments)Bouncing on a bed: Fun! Bouncing on a bed floating in the middle of star-forming region of... |
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| 12/30/05 |
Proof There is an End of the Year List for Everything posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Roto-Rooter Lists Weirdest Items Found In Plumbing. Items include explosives, tiny liquor bottles... |
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| 12/29/05 |
Weekend Assignment #92: Resolutions posted by johnmscalzi (59 comments) Tick, tick, tick... time is running out on 2005, and as we look toward 2006, we have a few things... |
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| 12/29/05 |
Holiday Pictures posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Gaze, if you will, on our Christmas gifts which were delivered today: Recliners! Every me... |
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| 12/29/05 |
Your Thursday Grab Bag of Links posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Here's a quick hit of links to get you moving around the Web as 2005 wears down: This guy ... |
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| 12/28/05 |
Stupid People And Their Stupid Activities posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Apparently that movie Wedding Crashers is inspiring people all over the U |
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| 12/28/05 |
Where's the Snow, Where's the Snow, Where's the Snow? posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) This makes me a dork, but I don't care: I think it's ironic that while it was fall, we were getti... |
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| 12/28/05 |
It's Not The Cat Typing This posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Now, here's a piece of software I could actually use: PawSense: When cats walk or climb o... |
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| 12/27/05 |
Adventures in Static Electricity posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) 1 kid + 2 Soccer Boppers + dry air = Enough static electricity to power Milwaukee. In cas... |
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| 12/27/05 |
Your Life With a Robot posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) What will it be like when the robots come to live with you? A few Japanese folks were test subjec... |
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| 12/27/05 |
How to Stuff a Wild iPod posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) So, got yourself on of those iPods or other mp3 players for the seasonal holiday or your choosing... |
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| 12/26/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Holiday Celebrations! posted by johnmscalzi (25 comments) Well, this is a no-brainer Photo Shoot for the day after Christmas (and Hanukkah's beginnin... |
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| 12/26/05 |
Your Inspirational Story for Today posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Meet the best blind golfer in the world. And before you begin your snark, please bear in mind this f |
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| 12/26/05 |
Official Kwanzaa-osity posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) In addition to being Boxing Day, today is also the beginning of Kwanzaa. Did you know that ther |
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| 12/26/05 |
Holiday Haiku! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Happy Boxing Day! And to celebrate, here are some of the holiday haiku people whipped up for this... |
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| 12/25/05 |
Merry Woofmas! posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Now there's a Christmas present! If you're a dog, that is. Fortunately,that's exactly what Kodi i... |
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| 12/24/05 |
One Last Thing posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) For those of you who missed it last year, my very own Christmas poem: Or, How ... |
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| 12/24/05 |
Because You Know You Want To posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) See where Santa is now, courtesy of NORAD. As I'm writing this, he was spotted a |
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| 12/24/05 |
And For Those Of a Somewhat Grumpier Nature posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Festivus! Yes, people are really doing it now. I don't know what that means for Western Civilizat... |
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| 12/24/05 |
Light a Candle posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Just in case you never knew: The history of Hanukkah, from the History Channel. Which, quite fran... |
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| 12/24/05 |
How Santa Does It posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) How to say Merry Chrismas in several dozen languages, from Afrikaans to Yoruba. Just in case you ... |
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| 12/23/05 |
Your Friday Holiday Music posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Ho ho ho and etc! If you're sick of Burl Ives, Bing Crosby and Andy Williams this ho |
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| 12/23/05 |
Things to Do posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) A couple of weeks ago AOL Journaler Onestrangecat asked for suggestions for online activities tha... |
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| 12/23/05 |
Really Really Stumped posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) It's called the hardest quiz in the world. And you know what? They're right. See if you can handl... |
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| 12/23/05 |
Seven! posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Why, it seems like just seven years ago that my child was born into the world. Oh, wait -... |
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| 12/22/05 |
Weekend Assignment #91: Holiday Haiku! posted by johnmscalzi (23 comments) Things will get busy Between now and the weekend So let's take it easy: Weekend A... |
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| 12/22/05 |
Bad Parent! Bad! Bad! posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Ooops -- My daughter's school teacher was on the phone to me about a half hour ago to let me know... |
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| 12/22/05 |
Holiday Pictures posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This week's Photo Shoot of decorations had snaps of some lovely displays (and in one case an admi... |
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| 12/22/05 |
From the "Things I Already Knew" File posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Scientists have figured out why dancers are, like, so hot: Many people are attracted to ho... |
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| 12/22/05 |
Picture Day! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Oooh, everything is all picture-y today. To start you off: A photo of the center of the Milky Way... |
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| 12/21/05 |
Please Stand By posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Speaking of Journals Editor Joe, he's got an update on the "R3" install that happened today... an... |
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| 12/21/05 |
My Holiday Schedule posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Ho ho ho! As we get closer to the holidays, I just want to give you a little idea of what... |
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| 12/21/05 |
The Good News Is, Everyone Gets White Meat posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Remember the "turducken," which features a chicken and a duck stuffed inside a turkey? Well, kick... |
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| 12/21/05 |
Olde-Time Christmas Cheer posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) For those of you who remember sitting 'round the radio during the holidays (or, alternately, like... |
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| 12/21/05 |
Welcome to Winter! posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) First day of winter today, which means the least amount of sunlight today; in my little town that... |
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| 12/20/05 |
One More List For You Today posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Roger Ebert's Top Ten for 2005. Good selections, which is not entirely surprising, becayse I think |
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| 12/20/05 |
Welcome to My Life posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Boy, oh, boy, does this article peg the life of a stay-at-home worker: |
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| 12/20/05 |
Speaking of End of the Year Lists... posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) ... here's one I have no use for but others no doubt will: The top 100 wines of 2005. It's no goo... |
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| 12/20/05 |
What "The Kids" Are Listening to These Days posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Worried that you're not hip to what the hipsters are hearing when they put on their iPod earbuds ... |
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| 12/20/05 |
Strike! posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) By now most of you know that New Yo |
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| 12/19/05 |
Ho Ho Whoops! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Santa's in a tight spot! Santa came within a whisker of a triumphant appearance at the ann... |
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| 12/19/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Decorations! posted by johnmscalzi (20 comments) Twas the monday before Christmas (and Hanukkah! And the Winter Solstice!) and all through AOL-J, ... |
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| 12/19/05 |
Tales From the Holiday Season, Part II posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) More cherished memories from the holiday season, via this week's Weekend Assignment: |
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| 12/19/05 |
A Christmas Game With an Agenda posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) This is kind of interesting: This is one of those goofy Christmas-based flash games, in which you... |
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| 12/19/05 |
Warm Days posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) The current temperature here in rural Ohio is a balmy zero degrees -- but don't worry, because wi... |
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| 12/18/05 |
Santa's Getting Coal in His Stocking posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I'm going to do the second half of the Weekend Assignment responses tomorrow (more time for you t... |
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| 12/18/05 |
Attack of the Edible Snowmen! posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Athena's having her birthday party a week early (because it's hard to organize a birthday party o... |
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| 12/17/05 |
Sick as a Dog posted by johnmscalzi (22 comments) You're looking at the doggie equivalent of a hangover. While we were out last night, Kodi got int... |
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| 12/17/05 |
Tales from the Holiday Season, Part I posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Ahhh... happy holiday time stories. I asked for them from you for this week's Weekend Assignment,... |
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| 12/16/05 |
Your Friday Music: 50 Foot Wave posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) If you're a fan of late 80s/early 90s indie rock, then you know all about Kristin Hersh a... |
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| 12/16/05 |
A Space-y "Best Of" List posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Being that it's now Friday afternoon and you shouldn't have to do anything but laze about and loo... |
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| 12/16/05 |
Christmas Stories posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I've gotten a few requests via e-mail for the Christmas-related stories that I wrote that I poste... |
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| 12/16/05 |
Learning to Fly posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Apparently those flying reindeer don't just swoop and glide on their own -- you have to train the... |
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| 12/16/05 |
A Sad Story for Friday Morning posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) Here's one to make you sigh: Heart-broken stranger gives away $15,000 ring: An anon... |
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| 12/15/05 |
Weekend Assignment #90: Holiday Memories posted by johnmscalzi (52 comments) In all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, it's good to take a moment to remember that this ti... |
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| 12/15/05 |
Video You Will Soon See Everywhere, Here First posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Let me just give you the headline: Man Catches Baby Tossed From Burning Third-Floor ... |
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| 12/15/05 |
A Series of Fortunate Photos posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Just posting the picture above because I think it's, you know, good. But the real purpose ... |
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| 12/15/05 |
Unspeakable Cuteness Beyond All Reason posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) You want the cute? You can't handle the cute! If you don't believe me, then check out Cute Overlo... |
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| 12/15/05 |
The Snowy Snowiness of Snow posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) Heavy snow warning today, which means we can expect to accumulate up to six inches of the white s... |
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| 12/14/05 |
Dead Presidents posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Working on the principle that no harm could be done to the coins because no one uses them... |
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| 12/14/05 |
Meet Some New Writers posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Looking for some new writers to read? (The correct answer for this, by the way is: "Why, yes! Yes... |
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| 12/14/05 |
Proof there are Finger Puppets for Everything posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Via the religious site Ship of Fools, the coolest way to teach a significant part of the Old Test... |
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| 12/14/05 |
Nothing Says Love Like a Collection of Science Links posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I'm blinding you -- with science! And I've hit you with technology! Check out the scientifical li... |
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| 12/14/05 |
New Features on Their Way posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Journals Editor Joe has up an entry that catches you up on |
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| 12/13/05 |
Wow posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Amazing panorama of Paris. It gorgeous. It's also very large (just under 2 MB), so be ready for a... |
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| 12/13/05 |
Your Tuesday Phone Call: Scalzi's Inferno  posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments)In which I explain why it was good we waited for the professionals to fix our furnace. It's HOT! |
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| 12/13/05 |
Seeing Eye Horse? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Now, this is something I never would have thought of: Using minature horses as guide animal... |
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| 12/13/05 |
This Toy Takes Me Back posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Just in time for the seasonal celebration of your choice: |
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| 12/13/05 |
Now The Oompa-Loompas Will Be Really Small posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Are full-length movies coming to your cell phone? Looks like: |
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| 12/12/05 |
You Said What About My iPod Now? posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Too much time listening to your iPod, and it'll be uDeaf: With a digital music player, |
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| 12/12/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: More Than One posted by johnmscalzi (24 comments) I thought it would be fun to go multiple for this Photo Shoot: Your Monday Photo Shoot: Sh... |
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| 12/12/05 |
Christmas Activities for Others posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) AOL Journalers Onestrangecat has an idea: Christmas is about 2 weeks away, and there are p... |
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| 12/12/05 |
It's Great to Be Alive! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Was there ever a better era in American history in which to live than today? Your local historian... |
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| 12/12/05 |
Brrrrrr. posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Sometime in the middle of the night the furnace stopped working. Either the problem is the furnac... |
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| 12/11/05 |
Coffee Cola? posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Two words: Coca-Cola Blak. It's going to be coffee-flavored cola. Or will it be cola-flavored cof... |
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| 12/11/05 |
Shoot the Moon Gifts, Part II posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) More gifts people want if money were no object, via this week's Weekend Assignment: Advent... |
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| 12/10/05 |
The Savage Nature of the Predator posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Poor stuffed hedgehog. It had a throaty squeaker inside of it, and after months of toying with th... |
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| 12/10/05 |
Shoot the Moon Gifts, Part I posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) What do people really want as gifts this year -- if money really were no object? I asked that for... |
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| 12/9/05 |
Geek Love is The Purest Love There Is posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) When geeks propose. It's sweet, I promise. Absolutely unrelated but still mindblowing: |
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| 12/9/05 |
A Country Moment posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) One of the nice things about living in the country is that I know that if my driveway is snowed i... |
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| 12/9/05 |
Whoa. It's Springy posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) You know, maybe it's just the cough syrup talking, but I could fiddle with this things fo... |
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| 12/9/05 |
You Go Down the Perseus Arm About 20,000 Light Years and Hang a Left posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Our place in the universe. Or in the Milky Way galaxy, which for most of us should be enough. You... |
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| 12/9/05 |
A World of Snow posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Remember the front lawn from this picture? Well, this is what |
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| 12/8/05 |
Weekend Assignment #89: What I Really Want posted by johnmscalzi (84 comments) Tis the season to get a little crazy with the wishes: Weekend Assignment #89: Money is no ... |
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| 12/8/05 |
Last Looks, Of Two Different Kinds posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) My lawn: This is the last time I'm likely to see it for a couple of months. The weather service t... |
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| 12/8/05 |
How to Be Funny posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Want to be funny like Scott Adams, the fellow who writes "Dilbert"? Here's the formula he uses. M... |
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| 12/8/05 |
By The Way: Your Pulitzer Prize Winner For 2006! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) A little more legitimacy for writing online: Internet journalism received a leap in recogn... |
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| 12/8/05 |
Remembering Lennon, 25 Years On posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) I had just come back from a night at Disneyland when I heard that John Lennon had been killed |
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| 12/7/05 |
Spell Check Question posted by johnmscalzi (32 comments) Just a quick show of hands: How many of you are now using the spell check on a regular basis?... |
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| 12/7/05 |
Your Dog Wants Call Waiting posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Oh, boy. Your dog ain't accessorized until he's accessorized with this: As of next March,... |
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| 12/7/05 |
Remembering Pearl Harbor posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Today's the 64th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. National Geographic has a sit... |
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| 12/7/05 |
Hail The Broccoloid Empire! (That's a Powerpuff Girls Inside Joke) posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) The good news: They're working on a food that can help prevent cancer. The news: It's brocc... |
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| 12/7/05 |
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Yesterday, I was preparing to make another pecan pie, when a thought popped in my head: I... |
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| 12/6/05 |
Your Tuesday Phone Call: Zap! posted by johnmscalzi (18 comments) Ironically, after I finished the entry I realized I had to come over to the computer anyway to ty... |
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| 12/6/05 |
Fleeing the High Cost of Living posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Very interesting piece on CNN/Money about how many people living in areas with high costs of living |
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| 12/6/05 |
Your Holiday Game for Tuesday posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Here's a challenging game: Line up three (or more) christmas ornaments by clicking on them and sw... |
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| 12/6/05 |
Blogging's Greatest Hits posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) What would a CD look like if instead of music, it featured "hot" blog topics? Probably something ... |
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| 12/6/05 |
December Sunrise posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) We're only a couple of weeks away from the shortest day of the year, and you can tell; I took thi... |
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| 12/5/05 |
Bwa ha ha ha ha ha! Or, a Monday Photo Shoot Afterschool Special posted by johnmscalzi (20 comments) My stars! What does that maniacally laughing small child plan to do with that Coke and th... |
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| 12/5/05 |
No, Wait, Someone Must Get THIS For Me For Christmas Instead posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) A standup arcade machine that plays all the cool games from the early 80s! Sure, I could play... |
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| 12/5/05 |
Now You Don't Have to Watch it for 24 Hours Straight on TNT posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) A Christmas Story in 30 Seconds -- re-enacted by bunnies. Yes, it's an ad for a cable network (od... |
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| 12/5/05 |
Someone Better Get This for Me For Christmas posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) A stuffed lumberjack that transforms int |
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| 12/5/05 |
"A Handheld Device Contains the Wasps" posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This is from the "Science Fiction Writers Have a Hard Time Keeping Up With Reality" departm... |
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| 12/4/05 |
Never Show This to Your Kids posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Behold: The Mentos Fountain. I am so going to do this. Tomorrow. When Athena is in school... |
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| 12/4/05 |
What's Good in What's New posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) This week's Weekend Assignment asked folks to give an example of thing that's around now that the... |
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| 12/4/05 |
Banner Ad Decision posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) In case you haven't seen it yet, AOL VP Bill Schreiner discusses the disposition of the banner ad... |
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| 12/3/05 |
Dedication to Loafing posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Kodi is the master of advanced resting. Here, she's resting so hard it looks as if she's actually... |
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| 12/3/05 |
Doing Horrible Things to Santa posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) When Santa meets CSI. I think it's funny, but we established long ago that there's somethi... |
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| 12/2/05 |
Ho Ho Dough posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) A very amusing list for you: Forbes' 15 Richest Fictional Characters.I'll leave it to you to find... |
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| 12/2/05 |
Your Friday Music: The Darkness posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) The Darkness is without a doubt the most ridiculous rock band of the 21st Century, sort of wh |
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| 12/2/05 |
Bug Hopping! posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Ooooh, goody, Orisinal has another insufferably cute game: Bugs!In this one, |
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| 12/2/05 |
I'm Glad I Don't Live Next to These Guys posted by johnmscalzi (20 comments) Possibly the most ridiculous Christmas light display ever devised. Note that this movie really on... |
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| 12/2/05 |
As With Jell-O, There's Always Room For Science posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) What are those crazy (but not mad, no, not at all) scientists doing this week, aside from graftin... |
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| 12/1/05 |
Some Things That Begin With "G" posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Via this week's Photo Shoot: |
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| 12/1/05 |
Weekend Assignment #88: The Good New Days posted by johnmscalzi (52 comments) Taking a page off my long ramble about technology yesterday, a WeekendAssignment to make you glad... |
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| 12/1/05 |
A Small Personal Moment posted by johnmscalzi (34 comments) Because I like sharing personal good news with all y'all, allow me tonote a bit of happy news tha... |
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| 12/1/05 |
Perhaps the Greatest Sport Ever Devised posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Here it is: Chessboxing! All the raw intellect of boxing! All the physical vi |