November 2006
| 11/30/06 |
In a Word... posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Citizens! Merriam-Webster needs you to help choose the Word of the Year for 2006! Inst... |
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| 11/30/06 |
Continuing Today's Theme of Strange Desserts posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Not counting the T-Bone picture on the top, it looks like a normal cake, doesn't it? ... |
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| 11/30/06 |
Perhaps the Most Awesome Pie in the History of Gaming posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Need a snack while you're playing that marathon session of Dungeons and Dragons -- as I'm sure yo... |
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| 11/30/06 |
Because it's Never Too Early For Christmas Light Envy posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Here's a handy site which shows people who have more Christmas lights than you on their houses sh... |
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| 11/30/06 |
Back in My Day, We Had Rats in Mazes! And We Liked It! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This is a trip: Someone combined their hamster with a video game! It's like Tron, only furrier an... |
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| 11/29/06 |
Weekend Assignment #141: Love to Travel? posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) Journals Editor Jeff is about to embark on some travel, so he asked me to get the Wee... |
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| 11/29/06 |
Overrated? Possibly! posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) You look like someone who could use something to argue about. Here you go: Premiere m... |
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| 11/29/06 |
Sure to Become a Seasonal Favorite posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Here's a fun little game with a season reference: Don't Shoot Your Eye Out! True to the title, yo... |
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| 11/29/06 |
Did I Mention the Cold is Coming? posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) It's going to go from about 60 here tomorrow to about 35 on Friday, and down into the 20s by ... |
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| 11/29/06 |
What Does Mother Nature Have Against My Kid? posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) So, this year my daughter and all her little classmates are supposed to have a field trip to ... |
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| 11/28/06 |
Finally, Someone Has Thought of the Poor Defenseless Asteroids posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This is supercool. If you recall the game "Asteroids," you play a ship which blows up the spa... |
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| 11/28/06 |
Didn't Any of These People See the Movie "Outbreak"? posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Eric Risberg, AP The US is being invaded! By exotic pets! |
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| 11/28/06 |
Cover This posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Oooh, this is the sort of thing to keep your brain occupied for a while: Canadian blog The To... |
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| 11/28/06 |
Are We Doing Better? posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) One of the questions people like to ask themselves to get an idea of how their life is going ... |
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| 11/28/06 |
Somehow I Knew All That Slouching Would Pay Off posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) All those years of being told to sit up straight, wasted: Your back is best off in a r... |
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| 11/27/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: What's Pretty? posted by johnmscalzi (22 comments) I thought we'd do something fun and simple for this week's Photo Shoot, so here it is: ... |
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| 11/27/06 |
Tick Tick Tick Whoops posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This last weekend assignment asked folks to remember a time when they were out of time -- whe... |
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| 11/27/06 |
Just Because They're Stuffed Animals Doesn't Mean They're Nice posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Whoops! Last Thursday being Thanksgiving, I negelected to post the results from Monday's Phot... |
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| 11/27/06 |
Putting Video Online posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) This is useful: A side-by-side comparison of a number of online video sites to see which has ... |
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| 11/27/06 |
State of the Spam posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) How much e-mail is spam now? Ninety percent, and it's professional spam: The number of... |
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| 11/26/06 |
Landfill Chic posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Here's an interesting story: Trash-digging has become not only culturally acceptable in some ... |
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| 11/26/06 |
Back From the Jungle posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I've returned from the wilds of Detroit (actually, Auburn Hills, which is where The P... |
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| 11/25/06 |
Welcome to the Jungle, Which Looks Suspiciously Like Detroit posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Well, I'm off -- I'm traveling a few hours in the direction of Detroit, where there's a 50/50 cha... |
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| 11/25/06 |
What's the Day Again? posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) You know, I like Thanksgiving and all, but one of the things it does really well is mess with... |
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| 11/24/06 |
Tick, Tick, Tick posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) A reminder to folks that I did this week's Weekend Assignment just a little early, be... |
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| 11/24/06 |
Will I Finally Have My Rocket Car to the Moon? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Want to know what the next 50 years will be like, aside from the inevitable fact that Law... |
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| 11/24/06 |
When The Sushi Police Come Calling, You'd Better Hide the Beef Tartare Roll posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) No, really, there are sushi police, of a sort: A fast-growing list of gastronomic indi... |
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| 11/23/06 |
Quick Note of Thanks posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Hey, folks: I don't want to get mushy on you or anything, but I do want you to know it... |
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| 11/23/06 |
And Just in Case You Need Something Pointless to Argue About After Dinner... posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Filmcritic.com's list of the Ten Best Space Ships in Cinematic History. Personal |
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| 11/23/06 |
Balls! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Here's something to keep your eyes busy: An art display of 5 |
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| 11/22/06 |
An Article to Remember as You're Sitting, Dazed and Bloated, Watching TV on Thursday Afternoon posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) The worst-dressed teams in pro sports. It's funny because it's true. It's terri |
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| 11/22/06 |
Grade Inflation Comes Back to Bite People in the Rear posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Grades are going up in high school, and kids are finding it a problem when they apply to coll... |
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| 11/22/06 |
Your Wednesday Music: The Beatles! posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Since we're doing things early this week, let me turn you on to a new Beatles album: ... |
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| 11/22/06 |
For the Days When You're Wondering if it's Good to Be Alive posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This little YouTube video of people narrowly avoiding death, usually by jumping out of the wa... |
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| 11/22/06 |
Weekend Assignment #140: You're Late! posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Since tomorrow is Thanksgiving here in the US, and I and the folks at AOL Journals wi... |
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| 11/21/06 |
Mmmm.. The Great Taste of Antacid (Soda) posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Another year, another edition of the Jones Soda Company's "Holiday" |
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| 11/21/06 |
Absolutely the Saddest Thanksgiving-Related Story You'll Read Today posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Governor of Alabama "pardons" a Thanksgiving-bound turkey. Sadly, no one sent the memo to a cer |
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| 11/21/06 |
The Science of Musical Chills posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Science, being science, has found the answer to something one wasn't necessarily expecting an... |
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| 11/21/06 |
The Toys That Say "Emergency Room Visit" posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) The holiday shopping season is mere days away -- gird your loins, people -- and before you bu... |
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| 11/21/06 |
Fiddling With OpenRide posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) So, not too long ago my PC died and I had to replace it (I have a PC and a Mac for va... |
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| 11/20/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: When (Stuffed) Animals Attack! posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) All right, something I posted earlier got me in the mood for a very silly Photo Shoot idea indeed... |
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| 11/20/06 |
The Eternal Struggle Between Light and Dark Takes on Tasty Overtones posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) The pre-Thankgiving Weekend Assignment asked people to take sides: White m |
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| 11/20/06 |
Yet Another Dollar Coin -- Well, 40 of Them, More or Less posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) The US Mint, which to date has had no real luck in convincing any American anywhere to us... |
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| 11/20/06 |
What a Way to Say Goodbye posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) A Green Beret dies in Iraq, and decides to have his friends and fellow soldiers remember him in a... |
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| 11/20/06 |
When Stuffed Animals Attack! posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) As most of you know, over the weekend I was at the Philcon science fiction convention, and while ... |
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| 11/19/06 |
Heading Back Soon posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) I'm packing up the hotel room; I have a couple more panels at Philcon, and then I'm heading back ... |
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| 11/18/06 |
Some Browser Geekery For You posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) If like me you spend most of your Web browsing time using the Firefox browser, this will come in ... |
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| 11/18/06 |
The Weirdest Thing Was That it Was Totally Synchronized to "The Dark Side of the Moon" posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Meanwhile, under the sea: Rare footage of marine creatures putting on deep sea 'lightshows... |
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| 11/17/06 |
Oops Moments, Online posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Here's a nice list of things not to do: The 13 Most Embarrassing Web Moments. From IMs gone bad t... |
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| 11/17/06 |
Superhuman Endurance, Coming Right Up posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This is interesting: |
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| 11/17/06 |
Hello Philly posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Look! It's Philadelphia, as seen out my hotel window (you can see my hotel curtains and l... |
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| 11/16/06 |
Three Words Which Fully Describe My Travel Ordeal Today posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Never. Flying. Again. Details later. For now, must sleep. |
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| 11/16/06 |
Heading Out -- posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Woke up early to post the Weekend Assignment and Photo Shoot results, and now I've got to pack an... |
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| 11/16/06 |
Get Yer Float On posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) For this week's Photo Shoot, I asked people to picture things they have that float |
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| 11/16/06 |
Weekend Assignment #139: White Meat v. Dark Meat posted by johnmscalzi (21 comments) I thought I'd get a Thanksgiving-themed Weekend Assignment in before the actual holiday, ... |
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| 11/15/06 |
Poking at Politicians on a Wednesday Night posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) The elections are now but a fevered memory (thank God), but as we wave goodbye to them forever (!... |
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| 11/15/06 |
We Have a New Winner in the "Too Much Time On One's Hands" Sweepstakes posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) No big deal: Person paints a picture of a US President. Slightly Bigger Deal: Person paint... |
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| 11/15/06 |
You Could Save Three MP3s On It! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Hey, folks, get your old school technology fix here: 15 Megabytes! Good gracious! ... |
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| 11/15/06 |
Travel Notes posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Where on Earth is John Scalzi? As of Thursday, he'll be in Philadelphia, the City of Brotherly Lo... |
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| 11/15/06 |
An Interesting Event Delivered Via Yet Another Cat Picture posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) You know what's interesting about this picture? It's not that the cat is "reedin mi bookz... |
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| 11/14/06 |
Im N Ur Ph0t0sh0p, Editin Ur PichhURs posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Hello! What's this? Bacon Cat in a new adventure? And one I have no direct involvement in... |
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| 11/14/06 |
Today's Man Who Used Up All His Luck in One Go posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This one walked into a moving airplane propeller. And survived. Raiders of the Lost Ark b... |
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| 11/14/06 |
Cute Yet Inexpressibly Sad posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) An animation student posted his master thesis on YouTube. Depending on your mood, you'll find it ... |
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| 11/14/06 |
If It's Tuesday, It's Time For Some Science! posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) And if it's not Tuesday, then I got stuck in some sort of temporal displacement again. Man. I hat... |
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| 11/13/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Floaty Things posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Here's a fun little Photo Shoot, because after last week, I thought simpler is better: You... |
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| 11/13/06 |
Journal Problems + Gwen Stefani: Officially Nuts posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) First: Yes, there's a lot of insanity going on with AOL Journals today in terms of access and ale... |
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| 11/13/06 |
Some Free Reading For You All posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Hey there, folks, I have a special treat for you. In addition to all the writing I do, I ... |
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| 11/13/06 |
A Reading List for the Younger Set posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Oooooh. For last week's Weekend Assignment, I asked folks to mention some of their favorite books... |
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| 11/13/06 |
Names Names Names posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Thanks to last Thursday's craziness, I didn't manage to post the results of last |
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| 11/12/06 |
Just In Case You Were Wondering... posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) ... How to Be Funny. Featuring observations by people like Teri Garr, Paul Rudd and Garrison Keil... |
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| 11/12/06 |
Because You Need Some Pretty Pictures Today posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Here some pictures of the really amazingly beautiful Glasswing Butterfly, which as its name sugge... |
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| 11/11/06 |
Remembering Veterans posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Today is Veterans' Day, so I hope you'll take a moment out of your day to give some thought to th... |
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| 11/11/06 |
Plug it In, Plug it In posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) General Motors is thinking of making a plug-in hybrid. That's the kind that would largely be powe... |
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| 11/11/06 |
Not Recommended For Those With Vertigo posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) But for everyone else, this is a kind of fun game. The object is to guide your missile through a ... |
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| 11/10/06 |
Your Friday Music: U2 posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Oh, hey, look: U2 has a new |
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| 11/10/06 |
Bubbly Showers posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) You might not know this, but down in Australia, they're having a very serious drought -- so serio... |
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| 11/10/06 |
Getting That Raise posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) For those of you who are looking for ways to pry that raise out of your cheap, cheap boss, |
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| 11/10/06 |
Best Headline of the Day posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Viking ship to ply North Sea; no invasion planned Why on Earth not? Any number of countrie... |
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| 11/10/06 |
Don't Do These Things posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) If you plan to travel soon -- to another country, even, here's a list that's useful: A list of fa... |
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| 11/10/06 |
Proof That I Can Read posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) As I noted (briefly) yesterday, I was off to Columbus, Ohio last night to do a reading an... |
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| 11/9/06 |
Weekend Assignment #138: Your Favorite Kid's Books  posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments)Aiiee! Hello everyone. This text portion of the entry is coming in rather a bit later than th... |
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| 11/9/06 |
I'm Alive posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Sorry -- I've been running around like an idiot this morning doing some unexpected errands. And I... |
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| 11/8/06 |
How to Tell if You're Really a Geek posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) You come over to Popular Science's collection of the 100 Best Tech Innovations of 2006, and can s... |
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| 11/8/06 |
Liar, Liar! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) You know, here's the funny thing about people who lie: When you ask them "hey, are you lying to m... |
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| 11/8/06 |
A Little Something for Your Computer posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Looking for a new picture to put up as your computer wallpaper? H |
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| 11/8/06 |
And Now, Some Perspective posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Politicians Sweep Midterms! From the Onion, of course. I do try to avoid linking to them -... |
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| 11/8/06 |
In Case You Managed to Sleep Through it Last Night... posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images ... Here are th |
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| 11/7/06 |
Rebuilding Your Online Reputation posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) The online world is fun, but it's also persistent, which means that the damn fool thing you wrote... |
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| 11/7/06 |
Caught in Transit posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Tomorrow the planet Mercury will pass in front of the face of the sun, something that we ... |
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| 11/7/06 |
Officially the Craziest Thing I've Ever Heard Of posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) And yet, awesome in its way: Season Shot. It's hunting ammunition made out of... well here, read ... |
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| 11/7/06 |
Fun With Physics posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This is a fun little game. The idea is to position and launch a ball so that it lasts a certain a... |
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| 11/7/06 |
I've Voted -- Have You? posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) Drop me a line when you've exercised your constitutional franchise, will you? Thanks! |
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| 11/6/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: What's in a Name? posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) Most people know that names often mean something: Someone named "Smith," for example, had an ance... |
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| 11/6/06 |
Voting Fever: Catch It! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) For this last week's Weekend Assignment, we asked folks to recount their first |
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| 11/6/06 |
A Non-Electoral-Related Musical Interlude posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) I usually play music for you on Friday, but why wait? Here's some excellent music for you... |
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| 11/6/06 |
Why Don't People Vote? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) As long as we're talking about elections and voting and such, here's an article that asks: |
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| 11/6/06 |
Attack of the Robocalls posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) One of the least attractive things about the election season is the "robocalls" -- automated call... |
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| 11/5/06 |
Better Stock Up on DEET posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) New theory: Global warming could cause rise in insect populations. Just in case you were wonderin... |
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| 11/5/06 |
The Way of It Some Days posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) You know, yesterday I spent about 20 hours out of the day sleeping, because apparently I'm a litt... |
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| 11/4/06 |
The Next October Revolution in 5... 4... 3... posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Dude, the proletariat is so twentieth century: Out of gift ideas for the holiday season?Bu... |
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| 11/4/06 |
Here, Hypnotize Yourself posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Honestly, I could stare at this for hours. It helps to have your sound on, however (not too loud ... |
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| 11/3/06 |
Believe the, Uh, Hype posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) So, I thought to myself, that |
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| 11/3/06 |
The Snowball Effect posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Because the weather is going this direction anyway, here's a fun wintry game for you: |
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| 11/3/06 |
A Sunny Day posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This is what the sun looks like, if you can see in ultraviolet and you're a solar observa... |
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| 11/3/06 |
Some Hope For the Republic After All posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Everyone who thinks that electioneering means that every political ad has to be a horrible terrib... |
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| 11/2/06 |
Weekend Assignment #137: Your First Vote posted by johnmscalzi (19 comments) Back in 2004, Athena and some of her other kindergarten pals participated in Kids Voting ... |
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| 11/2/06 |
Pumpkin Parting Shots posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Have you sent your Halloween pumpkin to its final resting place? Before you do, check out these p... |
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| 11/2/06 |
A Sneak Preview posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) This is interesting: The cover of my next book -- which won't even be out until May -- is already... |
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| 11/2/06 |
New Buttony Goodness posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) In case you haven't noticed yet, the most recent update for AOL Journals has gone through and the... |
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| 11/2/06 |
Things You Probably Shouldn't Do With a Blender posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This is a fairly amusing site: A manufacturer of blenders grinds up everything in their b... |
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| 11/1/06 |
Your Wednesday Author Interview: Catherynne M. Valente posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Hope you like fairy tales and fables, because for this week's author interview we have Catherynne... |
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| 11/1/06 |
A New Beta posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Want to get a preview of some of the updates coming to AOL Journals? |
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| 11/1/06 |
NoNoWriMo: It's Back posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) For those of you with a writerly bent, or a those of you who would like to try having a writerly ... |
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| 11/1/06 |
Frost and Foliage posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) I thought this picture pretty much sums up what November is about: Frost on the ground, f... |
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| 11/1/06 |
Tenure Commitees. Why Did It Have to be Tenure Committees. posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Look who's been denied tenure. Fortunately he's got a fairly interesting side gig going. |