September 2005
| 9/30/05 |
On the Road Again posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) And now I'm off -- I'll be driving to Chicago later today, and there are some things I need t... |
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| 9/30/05 |
Your Friday Music posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Mmm... a Friday Music megaload this week. AOL is streaming |
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| 9/30/05 |
Santa Demands Vengence! posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Looks like the Danish Air Force is trying to avoid getting coal in its stocking: The D... |
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| 9/30/05 |
New Camera posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) In my neverending quest to do better for my beloved AOL-J (and because an unexpected book roy... |
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| 9/29/05 |
Weekend Assignment #79: Sweet Home Chicago  posted by johnmscalzi (43 comments)I'm heading out tomorrow for Chicago, where I will spend the weekend at a booksellers convent... |
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| 9/29/05 |
Free Pop Music posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) 90s pop confectioneers Harvey Danger were thinking of a way to promote their new albu... |
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| 9/29/05 |
Pictures From Another Point of View posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) What most of you don't know about Ghlaghghee is that she's actually a serious -- and seriousl... |
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| 9/29/05 |
Let The Wookie Win the Pennant posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) The best picture out of the 2005 baseball season, bar none, man. |
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| 9/29/05 |
Well, Great posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Here's hoping for a mild winter: Just as prices at the gas pump are starting to retrea... |
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| 9/28/05 |
DeLay Indicted posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) All right, I think we can all agree that it's not the usual day when the majority lea... |
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| 9/28/05 |
The New Sawbuck posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Here's what the new 10 dollar bill will look like, come 2006. According to the US Treasury, i... |
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| 9/28/05 |
Banned Books posted by johnmscalzi (19 comments) This week is the American Library Association's annual Banned Books Week,in which that group high... |
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| 9/28/05 |
Comment Spams posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) Incidentally, thanks to everyone who sent an e-mail about the comment spams on by the way -- ... |
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| 9/28/05 |
Dead Mac posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) So, the Mac actually did die -- here it is in its shroud. Poor thing. The basic story here... |
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| 9/27/05 |
Ugh posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) My Mac has apparently decided to implode. Trying to fix it now. Will let you know how it goes tom... |
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| 9/27/05 |
Copyedits posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Oooh, looky looky. That big ol' pile of paper you see in the picture isthe copy-edited ve... |
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| 9/27/05 |
When Annoying People Attack posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) A few different people have sent me e-mails recently asking for adviceand help regarding people o... |
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| 9/27/05 |
Creepy Yet Disturbing! posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) What would human celebrities look like if they were transformed intoJapanese anime-like character... |
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| 9/27/05 |
Ranking the Blog Search Engines posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This was passed to me and now I'm passing it on to you folks: An entry from a tech blog ranking t... |
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| 9/26/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Outsourcing Pictures posted by johnmscalzi (31 comments) How much do you trust the people you know with your camera? Because this week's photo shoot is al... |
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| 9/26/05 |
Too Sweet for Words posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Proof that good things come to those who wait: She wants to be known as an advocate for th... |
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| 9/26/05 |
Essential Non-Essentials, Part II posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) The week's Weekend Assignment had gotten just about 100 replies --excellent. Many of them are com... |
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| 9/26/05 |
The Vivis posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Looks like AOL-Jers are gearing up for another round of award-giving, and this time they've given... |
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| 9/26/05 |
Call One For Montana posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Your sad yet inspirational story of the day, via Notre Dame: Charlie Weis doesn’t usually ... |
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| 9/25/05 |
I For One Welcome Our New Cetacean Overlords posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Armed dolphins on the loose in the Gulf of Mexico? Perhaps! I don't think we have anything... |
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| 9/25/05 |
Essential Non-Essentials, Part I posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) There's been quite a turnout for this week's Weekend Assignment, inwhich I asked AOL Journalers a... |
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| 9/25/05 |
In the News posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) As some AOL Journalers have e-mailed about it: Yes, the John Scalzi of this news article is me.Th... |
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| 9/24/05 |
Good News, Bad News posted by johnmscalzi (18 comments) The good news is that Athena is definitely better. The bad news is that I am definit... |
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| 9/23/05 |
Your Friday Music posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Mmmmmm.... kickin' the post-punk, 2005 edition. Here's your Fall Out Boy: |
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| 9/23/05 |
The AOL-J Thinks About Rita posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) A quick wander through the AOL-J to see what some of us have been thinking about Hurrican... |
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| 9/23/05 |
The First Sunset of Fall posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) As I'm sure you no doubt know, on the first day of fall, the amount ofsunlight and darkne... |
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| 9/23/05 |
The Best Ping-Pong Volley You've Ever Seen posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Somewhere during the course of this volley, these guys stopped trying to compete and started havi... |
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| 9/23/05 |
Sick Kid posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Athena's home today sick, and you know what? I'm not feeling all thatgreat, now that I think abou... |
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| 9/22/05 |
Weekend Assignment #78: Things to Take posted by johnmscalzi (98 comments) Rita is plodding implacably toward Texas, and folks there in its path are doing what they can to ... |
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| 9/22/05 |
The New File Manger posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Speaking of Scurvy Joe the Journals Editor, over at Magic Smoke, he'sannounced the arriva... |
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| 9/22/05 |
Arrrr! Piratey Goodness! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I asked for some pirate pictures for Monday's Photo Shoot, and got back some truly amusing pictur... |
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| 9/22/05 |
On a Personal Note... posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Happy birthday to my sister Heather, who turns mumble mumble today. Our mother recounts Heather's... |
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| 9/22/05 |
Gas Up posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Rita has blossomed (unfortunately) into a category 5 hurricane and isheaded right toward one of t... |
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| 9/21/05 |
Collapse! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) My brain is taking on the consistency of Swiss cheese at the moment, so I'm going to zone out and... |
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| 9/21/05 |
Wednesday Tip: Fiddling With Fonts posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) One of the things that I've been looking at on AOL Journals is how ithandles fonts. As you probab... |
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| 9/21/05 |
So Deeply Wrong posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) How to Turn Your Hamster Into a Fighting Machine!!! Yes, it's as wrongas you think it is. But als... |
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| 9/21/05 |
Hats! posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) Today is crazy hat day at Athena's school! Want to know what's really crazy? That's ... |
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| 9/21/05 |
Fog Day posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Just in time for the end of summer (the official end -- thefirst day of fall is tomorrow), we hav... |
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| 9/20/05 |
Your Tuesday Phone Call: Spiders!  posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments)In which I discuss the gnarly-looking spider you see there. Also, that picture is about life size... |
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| 9/20/05 |
Holy [Expletive Deleted]! posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) An excellent article on swearing in today's New York Times, in which the universality of cursing ... |
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| 9/20/05 |
Geek Reads posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) As most of you know, I write science fiction when I'm not here (andindeed, soon I'll be publishin... |
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| 9/20/05 |
Unlovely Rita posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Rita is now officially a hurrica |
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| 9/20/05 |
Morning Clouds posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) I took this picture just after dropping off Athena at school, when thesun was low enough in the s... |
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| 9/19/05 |
Some Good News posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Looks like 86ing all those spray cans might be beginning to pay off: GENEVA (AP) -- The ho... |
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| 9/19/05 |
Arrr! Yer Monday Photo Shoot, Ye Swabs! posted by johnmscalzi (22 comments) Avast! Seeing that it be National Talk Like a Pirate Day, we be goin' for a pirate theme acro... |
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| 9/19/05 |
Writing Books -- The Dark Side posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Most readers of this Journal know that I finished a novel last week;what you don't know is that I... |
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| 9/19/05 |
Flat Fee Medicine posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) This strikes me as a particularly interesting idea, especially since I live in a rural area where... |
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| 9/19/05 |
Arrrrrrr! posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) Avast! Today be National Talk Like a Pirate Day, in which ye and yerscurvy mates are formally enc... |
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| 9/18/05 |
Freaky Frogs posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) What do get when you mix Photoshop with frogs? |
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| 9/18/05 |
When I Grow Up, Part II posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Sorry to be getting this to you so late -- Athena had a birthday partyto go to this afternoon, wh... |
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| 9/17/05 |
Romantic Cartoonists posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) This is very sweet: Two cartoonists recount how they met and fell in love and got engaged. Just s... |
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| 9/17/05 |
When I Grow Up, Part I posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) What did AOLers and others want to be when they grew up? I asked forthis week's Weekend Assignmen... |
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| 9/16/05 |
Podcasting About posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Podcasts -- they're like radio shows, downloadable on your computer orportable music play... |
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| 9/16/05 |
Your Friday Music posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Hey! One of my favorite indie bands, Shelby, has finally released their latest album, |
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| 9/16/05 |
Merge This posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Could AOL and MSN be merging? Could Time Warner's America Online and Microsoft's MSN do a ... |
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| 9/16/05 |
A Powerful Internet Constituency Finally Receives Its Due posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) The domain extension ".cat" is coming to the Internet. Oh, sure, they say it's a domain n... |
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| 9/16/05 |
Who's Taking What Now? Hey Look -- Ponies! posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) If this caught on, it would spell the very end of the Internet: Use of prescription drugs ... |
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| 9/15/05 |
Weekend Assignment #77: When I Grow Up posted by johnmscalzi (67 comments) Based on a discussion I was having with my daughter, your short and sweet weekend assignmen... |
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| 9/15/05 |
Sick Kid posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Just got a call from the wife letting me know Athena needs to go to thedoctor's in the early afte... |
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| 9/15/05 |
Getting It Done posted by johnmscalzi (19 comments) Gaze upon the above picture and wonder! Those words -- the legible onesthere, anyway -- were the ... |
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| 9/14/05 |
A Really Really Really Close Shave posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Because apparently scraping three or four insanely sharp strips of metal across your face... |
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| 9/14/05 |
Most Disturbing Alternative Fuel Ever posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Seriously -- it was in a German newspaper and everything. Yes, a realone. What is it? Well, le |
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| 9/14/05 |
It's Not "March of the Penguins," That's For Sure posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) You know, sometimes in nature, in order to get snacks like cheese andice cream, a penguin has to ... |
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| 9/14/05 |
It's a Phase. A Nasty One posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Wondering if the unusually busy hurricane seasons are attributable toanything in particul... |
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| 9/14/05 |
A New Way to Ego Surf posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Ooooh, look. Google Blog Search. And before you ask, why, yes, it does include AOL Journals in it... |
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| 9/13/05 |
Hey, Now.... posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) This seems both helpful and mean -- an innovative way to rai |
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| 9/13/05 |
Your Tuesday Phone Call: So Close, And Yet... posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) In which I discuss a particular writerly frustration. Your mileage mayvary. The picture above, in... |
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| 9/13/05 |
Harboring Habaneros posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Teresa Nielsen Hayden, a fine individual who among other things is oneof the people who helps wha... |
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| 9/13/05 |
Gorgeous Skies posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) A huge solar disturbance caused some amazing aurorae in the northernskies earlier this week: Spac... |
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| 9/13/05 |
High Up There on The List of Awkward Family Moments posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) This is going to make Thanksgiving awkward this year: Nicholas Cerino could have reached o... |
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| 9/12/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Cats or Feet! posted by johnmscalzi (122 comments) Be aware I am feeling quite daffy today, and this is reflected in today's Photo Shoot: You... |
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| 9/12/05 |
Rock Paper Scissors Times Five posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Everyone loves the game rock paper scissors, but you've got to admitjust having three options for... |
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| 9/12/05 |
Such Great Heights posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) NOAA -- the government department that tracks hurricanes -- has collected some stunning aerial pi... |
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| 9/12/05 |
Free Fallin' posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Ever wonder what you're going to do if you suddenly lose your plane and you're 35,000 feet up? Oh... |
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| 9/12/05 |
Whack! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Athena taking batting practice yesterday. The ball she hit with thisswing was a line driv... |
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| 9/11/05 |
9/11 posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Remember. That's all I wanted to say. |
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| 9/11/05 |
Moons on Mars posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Moons over Mars |
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| 9/11/05 |
Southern Delights, Part 2 posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) More things to love about the American South, from AOL Journalers, AIMBloggers and others answeri... |
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| 9/10/05 |
Bear Bites Man posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) Harrowing bear attack story -- guy distracts a grizzly so it won't attack his daughter. It works,... |
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| 9/10/05 |
Timely Technology posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Some encouraging news on the "getting over gas" front: Scientists at the Technical Univers... |
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| 9/10/05 |
Southern Delights posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This week's Weekend Assignment had AOL Journalers, AIM Bloggers andother revealing their favorite... |
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| 9/9/05 |
Might As Well Jump posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Here's a fun little gamein which you help a little construction worker jump through the airbetwee... |
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| 9/9/05 |
The Ultimate "Not in My Backyard" Example posted by johnmscalzi (18 comments) Getting an "F" on the Helping Others test: OCALA, Fla. -- Subdivision rules are keeping so... |
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| 9/9/05 |
Wow posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) An amazing photo essayby someone who stayed in New Orleans during the hurricane, |
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| 9/9/05 |
Useful Technology posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Good news for needle-shy diabetics: Federal health advisers on Thursday recommended govern... |
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| 9/8/05 |
Weekend Assignment #76: I (Heart) The South posted by johnmscalzi (73 comments) The American South -- particularly Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama-- were hit hard by Hurrican... |
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| 9/8/05 |
Katrina: Messages of Hope posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) In last week's Weekend Assignment,I asked AOL Members and oth |
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| 9/8/05 |
Still Stressed? posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Speaking from some personal experience, watching and following theaftermath of Hurricane Katrina ... |
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| 9/8/05 |
Your Terrifying Factoid for the Day posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) They're likely going to run out of storm names this year: Just a week into September -- ty... |
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| 9/8/05 |
I Get Around posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) |
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| 9/8/05 |
Flaky Connections posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Just a note to you all -- my broadband carrier (not AOL) has beenhaving persistent yet annoyingly... |
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| 9/7/05 |
Why I Hate Apple posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) It's pretty simple. It's because they make me want to buy everythingthey put out, even when it's ... |
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| 9/7/05 |
He Dropped The Coconut posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) A moment of silence for everyone's favorite little buddy, Bob Denver, who passed away last week a... |
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| 9/7/05 |
Heh heh heh. posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Okay, this is is actually amusing if you're listening to today rock and roll music: Everything So... |
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| 9/7/05 |
Credit Card Rant posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) So, okay, you tell me if this makes sense: My wife went into the the YMCA this morning to ... |
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| 9/6/05 |
Comment for Charity posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Xzasporated1 is doing a charity drive: Go to this entry,read it, and leave a comment, for every c... |
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| 9/6/05 |
Tiger Moon posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Is that gorgeous or what? It's Saturn's moon Enceladus, and theblue-tinted areas are places where... |
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| 9/6/05 |
Still Time to Give posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Viviansullinwank passes along this excellent animated app |
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| 9/6/05 |
Something You Don't Really Expect to Hear posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Apparently, many high school students think high school is too easy: As they head back to ... |
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| 9/6/05 |
Adventures in Edibles posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) And now, for your morning reading delight, I present to you threestories otherwise completely unr... |
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| 9/5/05 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Last Summer Moments posted by johnmscalzi (28 comments) Today is Labor Day, the "final" day of summer (summer ends officiallyon September 21st, with the ... |
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| 9/5/05 |
Messages of Hope, Part III posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) As I promised earlier, I've taken the pictures from this week's Weekened assignment a... |
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| 9/4/05 |
Icky Icky Icky Ick. Also: Yummy. posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) One of those "don't click through if you don't want to be slightly grossed out" links: "PO... |
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| 9/4/05 |
Messages of Hope, Part 2 posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Some more highlights from the week's Weekend Assignment, sendingmessages to the Katrina survivors... |
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| 9/3/05 |
Two Planets posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Venus and Jupiter are in the early evening sky this month and I wantedto see if my little digital... |
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| 9/3/05 |
Messages of Hope posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Rather than do my usual thing of posting a whole bunch of entries fromthe Weekend Assignment, I'm... |
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| 9/2/05 |
Your Friday Music posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) I was looking for some New Orleans-themed music to spotlight, and I came across |
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| 9/2/05 |
Your Existential Metaphor for the End of Summer posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) A drained inflatable pool. Yes, if there's anything more symbolic ofthe waning days of summer, wh... |
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| 9/2/05 |
How to Roll in the Grass posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Just in case you were wondering. Your instructor: Kodi the Dog. First, you plop yourself ... |
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| 9/2/05 |
Their First Step to World Domination posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) They're using fish as tools -- and they can teach others: An enterprising young killer wha... |
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| 9/2/05 |
Vroom Vroom posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) The Not Cool-mobile (that would be the minivan we own, so calledbecause its license plates read "... |
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| 9/1/05 |
Weekend Assignment #75: Send a Message posted by johnmscalzi (59 comments) This Weekend Assignment is going to be short and sweet: Weekend Assignment #75: Write a no... |
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| 9/1/05 |
Back to School Memories posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) We got some excellent pictures for the Back To School Monday Photo Shoot this week, and while I e... |
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| 9/1/05 |
And Not a Moment Too Soon! posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) It's the cows to the rescue! Scientists have generated renewable electricity using natural... |
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| 9/1/05 |
Striking the Balance posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) As a "meta" aside, I wanted to make a quick note that this week showson of the most interesting a... |
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| 9/1/05 |
Gaaaaaah! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) If you don't enjoy tales of crrepy-crawly thingies showing up in unexpected places, complete with... |