October 2006
| 10/31/06 |
Trick or Treat! posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) You tell me: You gonna tell that face you have no candy? I think not. Hope you're... |
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| 10/31/06 |
Waking Up to The Android's Dream posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) I gotten permission to do just a little bit of self-pimpery here, so I wanted to let you ... |
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| 10/31/06 |
Your Halloween Treat posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) It's the 1922 classic horror film Nosferatu! Because there's nothing like watching the classics o... |
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| 10/31/06 |
Drunk Like an Egyptian posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) You think you know how to party? You've got some ancient competition, pal: Today, it sound... |
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| 10/31/06 |
Halloween Vs. The Economists posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This is an amusing article: An economist takes a look at Halloween, and, frankly, gets confus |
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| 10/31/06 |
Halloweeny Links posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Oh, look, it's the missus, showing off her dark side for this whole Halloween thing we've... |
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| 10/30/06 |
Not to Make You Paranoid or Anything posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) This Time magazine article looks at whether electronic ballot machines can be trusted. in the art... |
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| 10/30/06 |
Dangerous Living posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) St. Louis may be the home of the World Champion baseball team, but's also home to the title of th... |
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| 10/30/06 |
Dressed for Halloween Success posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) For last week's Weekend Assignment, I asked folks to share their favorite Ha |
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| 10/30/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Pumpkins! posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) It's the day before Halloween, so this is going to be a no-brainer of a Photo Shoot: Your ... |
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| 10/30/06 |
Just So You Know... posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) This is the coolest picture you'll see all day. If you think you'll see a cooler picture, I'm sor... |
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| 10/29/06 |
The Stars Who Weren't There posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This is cool and yet a little creepy as well: A Photoshop contest at Worth1000.com which ... |
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| 10/29/06 |
Pumpkin Brains! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) While I was out an about this afternoon Krissy, Athena and a friend of Athena's were busi... |
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| 10/28/06 |
Finding a Voice posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I didn't know this: Scott Adams, the cartoonist behind "Dilbert," suffers from a rare brain disea... |
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| 10/28/06 |
One for the Science Fiction Geeks posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) It's the weekend, you've got time to kill, right? Groovy. Check out this hour-long documentary on |
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| 10/27/06 |
Getting in the Mood for Halloween posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Boo! Yes, Photoshop certainly does allow one to do spooky things to one's kids. I'm just ... |
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| 10/27/06 |
Your Friday Music: The Walkmen posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) This is a fun Music selection for this Friday: The band The Walkmen finished their most recent al... |
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| 10/27/06 |
Just to Make You Nervous Leading Up to the Elections posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Here's an article on geek site Ars Technica on how to hack the election, if you were motivated, a... |
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| 10/27/06 |
Science Links! On a Friday! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Because you can never has too much science! *Various medical reasons why sex ona regular b... |
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| 10/27/06 |
You Want Polls? We've Got Polls posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) My understanding is that in a couple of weeks there will be an election of some sort here in the ... |
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| 10/26/06 |
Handy People with Handiworks posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) For this week's Photo Shoot, I asked people to show off things they made. Rea |
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| 10/26/06 |
Weekend Assignment #136: Your Favorite Costume posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Why look, it's the cutest grim reaper ever! You can't help but laugh as she scythes your ... |
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| 10/25/06 |
Other Linkables for Wednesday posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Hey, I'm here to enable your clicking behavior. Here's what we have today: * Even sublimin... |
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| 10/25/06 |
Playing With Firefox 2.0 posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) For those of you who are a bit geeky like me, yesterday was a big day because the new version of ... |
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| 10/25/06 |
Political Geeks Aren't Like Other Geeks posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Here's a little harmless political humor for you: The Ten Worst Political Web Sites. These |
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| 10/25/06 |
Some People Just Don't Really Want Jobs posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I'm reading CNN Money's article of Eight Ways to Sabotage Yourself in a Job Interview, and I have... |
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| 10/25/06 |
Pop Pop Boo posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This has got to be the coolest idea for a "haunted house" attraction ever: A haunted hous |
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| 10/24/06 |
College: Still Expensive posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) The good news: College costs went up less this year than they have other years. The bad news: The... |
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| 10/24/06 |
Perfectly Fall posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Our fire bush in the front yard is at maximum redness at the moment, and the lawn is stil... |
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| 10/24/06 |
Two Teeth Related Bits For You to Chew On posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) If, like me, you have teeth, these two things may be of interest to you. First, researchers repor... |
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| 10/24/06 |
I Knew There Was a Reason I wasn't a Big Cell Phone User posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Hey guys, want kids? Then put down that cell phone: Men who use mobile ph |
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| 10/24/06 |
Afternoon Updating posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) I've got a project over the next week that's going to keep me busy in the mornings, so that means... |
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| 10/23/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Things You Made posted by johnmscalzi (21 comments) This week for the Photo Shoot, it's time to show off! Your Monday Photo Shoot: Take a pict... |
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| 10/23/06 |
Songs for a Halloween posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) For last week's Weekend Assignment, I asked folks to suggest songs for |
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| 10/23/06 |
Living in America... in 2043 posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) As many of you may remember, last Tuesday the US officially passed the 300 million population mar... |
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| 10/23/06 |
Monday Links to Consider posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Some links for you to get you started on another Monday morning: * Is AOL going to be spun... |
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| 10/23/06 |
Back From Where I Was to Where I Am posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Well, I'm back -- I spent the weekend out and about in the state of Kentucky, which barring trips... |
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| 10/22/06 |
A Heart-Warming Story for a Chilly Sunday posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I'm still out and about (i.e., not typing this from home), and where I am it's been very pleasant... |
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| 10/21/06 |
Traveling Today posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) So while I'm away, here's a link discussing a disturbingly fun little game I came across recently... |
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| 10/20/06 |
One of My Vanishingly Rare Sports Entries posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) I have to tell you I'm excited for this upcoming World Series primarily because of the De... |
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| 10/20/06 |
Gettin' All Scientifical On You On a Friday Afternoon posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) I know what you're thinking: "Yes, it's a lovely afternoon, but what would make it even l... |
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| 10/20/06 |
Some Friday Frivolity For Ye posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) I the fool pity who views not |
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| 10/20/06 |
For When You Need an Excuse posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Funny thing about blogs and journals is that lots of people feel guilty if they don't update them... |
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| 10/20/06 |
Some Stuff About Guys posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Hey guys, two article are talking about you! No, not you personally. Really, that's a little para... |
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| 10/19/06 |
Weekend Assignment #135: Songs for a Spooky Evening posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) We're getting closer to Halloween, so I thought we might scare up some music to go ... |
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| 10/19/06 |
Oddly Colorful posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Three cheers for the blue white and green? Surely that's not correct! It's not -- but it'... |
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| 10/19/06 |
Where is Scalzi? posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) He's tending to a sick 7-year-old, that's where. Yes, my sick 7-year-old. I'm not running ... |
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| 10/18/06 |
Keeping the Rebellious Hedges in Line posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) My father-in-law does all the lawn and landscaping around here (and thank goodness for th... |
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| 10/18/06 |
Your Wednesday Author Interview: Cherie Priest posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) For this week's Author Interview, I'm really pleased to bring you someone who I think is one of t... |
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| 10/18/06 |
I Sense You're Not Procrastinating Enough Yet posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) So, here: A game called Draw Play. In this game, you need to walk and jump your |
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| 10/18/06 |
Santa at #4? Someone's Getting Coal in Their Stocking This Year posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Because if there's not a list for everything the terrorists will have won, there is now apparentl... |
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| 10/18/06 |
Two Videos for A Wednesday posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Lagging this hump day? These two videos will wake you up: A water balloon popping on someo... |
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| 10/17/06 |
Book Arrives posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) My author copies of The Android's Dream arrived today, and Athena and I decamped to the n... |
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| 10/17/06 |
When Scientists Roll Their Eyes posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) This amuses the heck out of me. SETI, the folks who are searching for alien intelligence out ther... |
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| 10/17/06 |
Oh, No! These Towns Will Steal Your Sports Teams! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) MSNBC has a list of cities that are growing large enough to support a major-league sports team, a... |
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| 10/17/06 |
Caffeine is Not a Toy posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) More proof that despite being in college, |
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| 10/17/06 |
300 Million (and Counting) posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) A little less than an hour ago, the US population officially topped 300 million. Which, |
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| 10/16/06 |
Free Speech Heroes posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Last week's Weekend Assignment asked folks to write about someone they thoug |
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| 10/16/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Off-Color Photos posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) Here's a Photo Shoot that will make you fire up your photoediting software: Your Monday Ph... |
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| 10/16/06 |
Now We Know Who to Blame posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) "The Wave" -- you know it if you've ever been to a sporting event -- has turned 25 this last week... |
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| 10/16/06 |
Yeah, Yeah. I Can't Drive 55 Anymore, Either, Sammy. posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Buckle up: |
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| 10/16/06 |
Thank You For Smoking posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Smokers! Remember when you could suck on your sticks of flame with impunity on an airplane? Now y... |
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| 10/15/06 |
Those Crazy Kids posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) You remember "flash mobs" -- a bunch of folks coming together, seemingly at random, to do somethi... |
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| 10/15/06 |
Game For a Sunday posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Because the weekend sometimes dulls the senses (it's all that lying around), h |
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| 10/14/06 |
Computers and Kitty Litter posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) This is one of those "you learn something new every day" things -- apparently kitty litter and co... |
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| 10/14/06 |
"One of Ohio's Finest Citizens" posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Okay, this is kind of neat. In the mail today I received a commendation from the general ... |
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| 10/13/06 |
Friday The 13th! Hide! posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Just in case you're wondering how Friday the 13th became so unlucky, here's the explanation. Be c... |
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| 10/13/06 |
Getting Medieval on Your Ears posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Well, not actually medieval. But certainly 17th century. Sting (you may have heard of him) has go... |
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| 10/13/06 |
You Got (Un)Lucky, Babe posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) For Friday the 13th, AOL Music is running a feature on the |
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| 10/13/06 |
Wait Until They Get to the Poppy Fields posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) A new front open on the War on Drugs: Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghani |
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| 10/13/06 |
Not a Retirement Plan You Want to Have to Implement posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) 63-year old man, out of work, can't find a good job because (he says) of his age. So he implement... |
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| 10/12/06 |
Photo Foliage posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) You want some fall foliage photos? Thanks to |
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| 10/12/06 |
Weekend Assignment #133: Heroes of Free Speech posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Look! It's the Bill of Rights! And as it happens next week is National Freedom of Speech |
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| 10/12/06 |
#1 On the List of Things Which Violate the Geneva Conventions posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Frankly, I can't imagine much worse than this: Blender magazine editors chose Starship's 198 |
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| 10/12/06 |
Getting People to Comment posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) One thing that can be frustrating about writing a blog or journal is that people don't always com... |
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| 10/12/06 |
The Coolest Picture You'll See of Saturn All Day posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Pretty amazing, huh? I told you it was cool. There are some more pretty damn amazing ... |
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| 10/11/06 |
Guest Dog posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) Awwww. Isn't he cute? This is Sammy, my in-laws' pup; he's visiting here because my in-la... |
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| 10/11/06 |
Cursive = Doomed posted by johnmscalzi (17 comments) I don't feel entirely broken up about this: Cursive is on its way out: When handwritten es... |
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| 10/11/06 |
This Just In: Sixth Seal of the Apocalypse Has Just Been Cracked! posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Gird your loins, boys and girls -- Wham! is getting back together: Eighties pop wunderkind... |
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| 10/11/06 |
And If You Really Annoy Them, You'll Be Drawn and Quartered posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) True fact: In the Bahamas, if you perform a particularly egregious crime, apparently you can be w... |
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| 10/11/06 |
The Next Time Someone Suggests You Have Too Much Time on Your Hands, Show Them This posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) The entire Michael Jackson "Thriller" video -- done in LEGO. I'd just embed it here, but I'm conc... |
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| 10/10/06 |
Recess: Making a Comeback? posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Folks around here know the drive to deprive kids of recess during the school day is a particular ... |
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| 10/10/06 |
Is That A Nuclear Bomb You're Testing, Or Are You Just Happy to See Me? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) As you know, North Korea claims to have detonated a nuclear bomb, albeit a small one (and which s... |
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| 10/10/06 |
When the Aliens Attack, It'll Be in Retaliation for Beaming Up Justin Timberlake Songs posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) I'm not saying that there is life out there. But if it is, does it really want our spam? M... |
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| 10/10/06 |
Life's Greatest Hits posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Life is certainly inventive -- look at all the ways it exists -- but what are life's top ten inve... |
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| 10/10/06 |
Have Another Sunset posted by johnmscalzi (18 comments) Another sunset at the Scalzi Compound. Hope yours was nice to look at, too: |
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| 10/9/06 |
The Great Cell Phone Massacre of 2006 posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) For last week's Weekend Assignment, I posted a video of a college professor |
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| 10/9/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Foliage 2006 posted by johnmscalzi (29 comments) We're far enough into fall to do this one now: Your Monday Photo Shoot: Leaves are changin... |
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| 10/9/06 |
Booksellers, Thriving in Their Niche posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This is cool: My friend Alan Beatts, whom I saw this last weekend at the booksellers convention I... |
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| 10/9/06 |
How Many of You Are There? posted by johnmscalzi (18 comments) Here's an interesting gadget on the Internet: How Many of Me? Enter your first name and last name... |
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| 10/9/06 |
A Little Astronomical Humor For You All posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I don't usually link to the Onion, because pretty much everyone else does, but this particular en... |
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| 10/8/06 |
Leaving the Left Coast posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) And now I'm soon to be off again, heading back to the airport, and then to Ohio, and then to home... |
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| 10/8/06 |
Forget The Joneses posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Nice young couple doing well nearly blows it all when they move to a rich neighborhood and |
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| 10/7/06 |
A Letter From Iraq posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) After all the talk from everyone else, it's good to hear someone whose boots on the ground in Ira... |
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| 10/7/06 |
Another Kind of Connection posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) New flash: online friendships are different from real-life friendships! And now the Wired Generat... |
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| 10/6/06 |
Here in Oakland posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Hello from the West Coast -- I just got into my hotel room in Oakland, after a long and al... |
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| 10/5/06 |
Weekend Assignment #132: Cell Phones -- Threat or Menace? posted by johnmscalzi (31 comments) Ooooh, I've got a good one for the Weekend Assignment. To preface it, watch the following short v... |
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| 10/5/06 |
Bobbly, Boingy and Bouncy posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) They say there there's no love so pure as a love of a cat for a bobblehead toy. I don't k... |
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| 10/5/06 |
One of those "Weep for the Nation" Moments posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Academic finds that Jon Stewart's The Daily Show is as substantive as real news: Julia R. ... |
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| 10/5/06 |
Big News on the "Beam Me Up" Front posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) We're still nowhere near beaming people up to the Enterprise, but we're making progress. There's ... |
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| 10/5/06 |
Busier Than a One-Legged Man Playing Dance Dance Revolution posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) It's not just a cute expression anymore: |
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| 10/4/06 |
Wednesday Author Interview: Mark Budz posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This week for your Wednesday Author Interview, we've got Mark Budz, who makes technological futur... |
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| 10/4/06 |
October Sundog and Travel News posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I had to pump up the color in Photoshop in order to make it come through, but look! You c... |
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| 10/4/06 |
Far Worse Than a Gremlin on the Wing posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This is one of the most amazing stories I've read in a long time: Two planes collide in mid-air a... |
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| 10/4/06 |
If It's Wednesday, It's Time to Go Entirely Insane posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) You look too sane today, so here: This game will make you nuts. You c |
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| 10/4/06 |
"Come On, Ted, I'm Trying to Sleep, Here." posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This is funny: yesterday scientist George Smoot won the Nobel Prize in Physics -- like you do -- ... |
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| 10/3/06 |
The June 2005 Expiration Date Explains Why You All Have The Heads of Fish posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) After that whole spinach thing recently, I know a lot of folks are a little paranoid about whethe... |
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| 10/3/06 |
Proving, Primarily, That Even Dead, The British Have Questionable Musical Taste posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Here's a (literally) morbid musical top ten for you to consider: The top pop songs played at Brit... |
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| 10/3/06 |
Indra Nooyi Can Crush You Like a Grape, My Friend posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) And just who is Indra Nooyi? Well, I'm shock and appalled you have to even ask. Not only is she t... |
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| 10/3/06 |
Eight Years in Five Minutes posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) As long as I'm slinging video your way today, check out this: Guy takes a picture of his own head... |
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| 10/3/06 |
From The "They Did It So You Don't Have To" File posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This is what happens when you put a lightblub in a microwave: |
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| 10/2/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Bobble Heads! posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Here's a springy Photo Shoot for you: Your Monday Photo Shoot: Someone in your house you p... |
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| 10/2/06 |
You Devil, You posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Cute, huh? For last week's Weekend Assignment, I asked folks to |
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| 10/2/06 |
Turn That Music Down posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Does it seem to you that today's music is just a little too loud? It's not just you getting old -... |
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| 10/2/06 |
Just Putt Around the Pedestrians posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) For those of you who just can't leave the city environs for a nice round of golf at the country c... |
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| 10/2/06 |
Your Monday Morning Noodle Baker posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Look: A brain cell and the universe have the same internal structure. Like, whoa, ma... |
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| 10/1/06 |
Happy October! posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) To welcome October 2006 to the world, here's a picture Athena asked me to make, in which I've tur... |
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| 10/1/06 |
For Your Sunday Quibbling Pleasure posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) NPR presents a list of the 100 most important American musical works of the 20th Century. Strange... |