December 2006
| 12/31/06 |
Say What? posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) If you have anything you want to say to me this year, now would be an excellent time to s... |
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| 12/30/06 |
Apropos to the Last Entry... posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) ...If you're wracking your brain trying to think of things you could do with the rest of your 200... |
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| 12/30/06 |
So... posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Out of curiosity, what do you have planned for the rest of 2006, aside from a big loud party tomo... |
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| 12/29/06 |
Your Friday Music: Regina Spektor posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I've already noted that I've got me a serious crush Regina Spektor, and guess what? It continues!... |
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| 12/29/06 |
The Year In the Universe posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Phil Plait has made a name for himself on his Bad Astronomy Web site, in which he points out exam... |
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| 12/28/06 |
Weekend Assignment #145: 2007 Resolutions posted by johnmscalzi (21 comments) Oh noes! Ghlaghghee here has shifted forward in time and is planning to steal all our res... |
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| 12/28/06 |
Lootography! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) The Christmas Day photo shoot asked folks to show off the neat stuff they |
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| 12/27/06 |
What Sex is Your Brain? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) If you've got about 20 minutes, here's a fun quiz for you: Find out what sex your brain is. This ... |
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| 12/27/06 |
Culture: Not Just For Yogurt Anymore posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Today we're having a family outing! We're going to go see this guy: You ma |
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| 12/26/06 |
Now You Know What To Do With Those One Billion Rats You Got For Christmas posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This site claims to have one billion mazes, ready to download in pdf format. I didn't look at the... |
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| 12/26/06 |
I'm Dreaming of a White Boxing Day, Just Like the Ones I Used to Know posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Our first snow of the season! None of which happened on Christmas, so I can't grandfather... |
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| 12/25/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Loot! posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) Since it is Christmas today, and many of you are, you know, busy, I thought I'd make this a dead ... |
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| 12/25/06 |
Holiday Greetings From All Around posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Merry Christmas! Here's Athena with one of her gifts. And now we have gifts for you, from |
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| 12/24/06 |
What Day Is It? posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) I've got this theory that once we get to Christmas Eve, between now and New Year's Day it doesn't... |
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| 12/24/06 |
Because By This Point You're Probably Just Sort of Sitting There Dazed Anyway posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Look, a whole page of optical illusions for you to gawk at, silently. You'll need these after 16 ... |
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| 12/24/06 |
It's Also The World's Most Terrified Dog posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) View -- if you will! -- what is officially the world's smallest dog. It is so small that my cat G... |
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| 12/23/06 |
Ho Ho Snap posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) You know you'll be taking a whole bunch of pictures over the next few days, so this article is li... |
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| 12/23/06 |
In the New York Times posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) If you don't mind me noting a bit of self-referential news, I'll note |
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| 12/22/06 |
Just So You Know... posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Krissy and Athena wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, and a wonderful 2007. So... |
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| 12/22/06 |
Just One More Day Until Festivus! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Have you purchased your Festivus pole yet? Oh, yes |
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| 12/22/06 |
First Rule of Finances: Don't Spend More Than You Earn posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Don't spend more than you make. Seems simple enough, right? Well: Friday morning th |
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| 12/22/06 |
"I Know How They Feel," Said Chuck Kwanzaa posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Here's a whole family with the last name of Christmas. Is one of them named Mary? You know ... |
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| 12/22/06 |
Please Don't Think of Them as "Finger Food" posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) If you're the sort of person who really enjoy pictures of tiny little animals on people's... |
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| 12/21/06 |
Weekend Assignment #144: Holiday Greetings posted by johnmscalzi (21 comments) It's a busy time of year, so I thought I make this an easy Weekend Assignment for you: Wee... |
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| 12/21/06 |
Look! Festively Humiliated Pets! posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) And them's the best kind of pets there is! From this week's Photo Shoot. Now, let's see what he h... |
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| 12/21/06 |
Someone Who Definitely Has Gotten a Message From God posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) When you jump out of a plane at 12,000 feet, and then one parachutes fails, and then your backup ... |
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| 12/21/06 |
Next Week's Holiday Schedule posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Since I know you all like to be in the loop on every tiny detail of my life, I thought I'd let yo... |
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| 12/21/06 |
The Ultimate Smartypants Quiz posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Every year the King William's College in the Isle of Man spits out its "general knowledge paper,"... |
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| 12/20/06 |
It's That Funky Fresh DJ Chaucer, Yo posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Yes, this is indeed the end of the world as we know it: The lights dim, the music pumps — ... |
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| 12/20/06 |
Remembering Carl Sagan posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Today is a notable day for science-loving folks of all stripes, because it marks the 10th anniver... |
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| 12/20/06 |
Putting Your Tax Dollars to Excellent Use On an Annual Basis posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Here, because you'll want it for later: The page where NORAD tracks Santa on his worldwide spree ... |
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| 12/20/06 |
For Your Last-Minute Frugal Gift-Giving Needs posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Here are 25 Gadgets That Actually Save Money -- which is, when you use them, the money you save o... |
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| 12/20/06 |
Holy Cow, This is Pretty posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) I missed this as the astronomy picture of the day the other day, and I suspect so did you, but le... |
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| 12/19/06 |
How Many Novelists Sell Their First Novel? posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) For all of you working on your first novels, here's an interesting bit to consider: author Tobias... |
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| 12/19/06 |
Look! More Free Reading! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) In my quest to bring you fun stuff to read, online, for free, I have for you |
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| 12/19/06 |
The Woman Who Thinks Like a Cow posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) No, that's not an insult: it's an accurate description of Dr. Temple Grandin, who is world-renown... |
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| 12/19/06 |
Give up TV? That's Un-American! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Wired magazine asked one its writers to give up TV -- maybe. They asked him to stop getting TV th... |
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| 12/19/06 |
Strangely, Office Space is Not One of the Movies posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This is fun: Popular movies, re-enacted by office products. Can you guess all 20? Off the top of ... |
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| 12/18/06 |
Toys in the Attic posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) For last week's Weekend Assignment I asked people what toys they |
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| 12/18/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Festive Pets posted by johnmscalzi (19 comments) Seeing that we're right in the middle of holiday madness, I thought we'd do something that would ... |
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| 12/18/06 |
Look, Folks, Gawker is Trying to Help You, in That Snide, Condescending Way It Has posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) And how is Gawker helping you today? Well, by offering you a list of Blog Cliches -- sayings and ... |
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| 12/18/06 |
Proof That Some People Will Do Anything for Chocolate posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Dude, people got on their hands and knees and crawled across the ground, just to |
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| 12/18/06 |
A Christmas Tradition I'll Be Just Fine Not To See Carried Over to the US posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Experience the unusual Barcelonian tradition that is Caga tío. He's a little bit like a pinata. A... |
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| 12/17/06 |
Your Million Dollar Home posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) You've got a million dollars to buy a home. What will it get you in New York, London, Paris, Roma... |
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| 12/17/06 |
Power Cat Nap posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) This is exactly how it works: Seven hours of intense catnapping, boiled down to 20 seconds: |
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| 12/16/06 |
When So Much Is Not Enough posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) It's not just people with lower incomes who are struggling to get by: here's one family which has... |
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| 12/16/06 |
It All Adds Up! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This will be amusing for those of you with a passionate interest in the dynamics of the one line ... |
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| 12/15/06 |
And For Those For Whom It Applies: posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Happy Hanukkah! H |
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| 12/15/06 |
Meanwhile, Snow Showed Up on Satan's Doorstep posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Hard as it is to believe, Chinese Democracy, the oh-so-long-awaited new album from Guns N... |
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| 12/15/06 |
Santa's Got a Gun! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Yes, in the game Deep Freeze, Santa's armed, but he's not packing heat; he's got a freeze gun, wh... |
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| 12/15/06 |
One Heartless Canadian posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) No, he doesn't club baby seals. He just doesn't have a heart. Or a pulse: |
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| 12/15/06 |
Your Politicians At Work posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Whatever side of the political aisle you sit on, you're bound to find the following fact inter |
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| 12/15/06 |
The Problem With Computerized Copy-Editing posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Or, alternately, things you really would not have suspected about Queen Elizabeth. It m |
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| 12/14/06 |
Weekend Assignment #143: What You'd Want, If You Were a Kid posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) For this week's Weekend Assignment, I want you get in touch with your inner child -- and give it ... |
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| 12/14/06 |
The Trees of December posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Ready to take a gander at the Christmas Trees of the AOL-J, |
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| 12/14/06 |
Remember That When You Gaze Into The Mouse Retina, The Mouse Retina Also Gazes Into You posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) One of the reasons I dig this job is that I can write a headline that's a snarky take off on |
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| 12/14/06 |
Here's a Headline I Wasn't Expecting to Read Today posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) "World's Tallest Man Saves Dolphin" No, really, this is an actual, true headline for an ac... |
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| 12/14/06 |
(Not) The Best Toys Ever posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Good morning, everyone. I just want you to know that I'm sick and feel like death warmed over. Ho... |
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| 12/13/06 |
Look To The Skies! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Because there will be a rockin' meteor shower tonight: The Geminid meteor shower,a reliabl... |
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| 12/13/06 |
Probably Best Saved For April, But What the Heck posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Via this page, I learn something interesting: That the IRS tells you how to report a |
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| 12/13/06 |
In Today's Edition of Nifty Film Director Tricks posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Yes, Michel Gondy is an Oscar winner and the director of such notable films as Eternal Sunshine o... |
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| 12/13/06 |
Yet Another Reason To Be Happy You're Canadian (Or Happy That You're Not Canadian, Perhaps) posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) They say a high school diploma will take you places. Now in Ontario, not having a diploma pretty ... |
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| 12/13/06 |
Two Wildly Different Ways of Wrapping Up 2006 posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) In this corner: Time Magazine's Best Photos of 2006. Some serious, some heart-breaking, all inter... |
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| 12/12/06 |
Give These Christmas Songs the Axe posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Look! It's Athena, with the Christmas Axe, getting ready to give a chop to all those Chri... |
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| 12/12/06 |
Because You Sure Look Like You Need Your Mind Blown Today posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Science fiction writer Peter Watts has a great new novel out called Blindsight, wh |
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| 12/12/06 |
Here's to a Scam-Free 2007 -- Yeah, Right posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) The online scammers have been busy in 2006, separating the credulous from their cash, and while I... |
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| 12/12/06 |
All I Want for Christmas is a Monkey-Navigated Rocket Car posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Now, here's some interesting holiday shopping advice: Here's how to buy |
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| 12/12/06 |
Making It Up To You posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) I got focused on a task yesterday afternoon and when I looked up, it was, uh, late. So I'll post ... |
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| 12/11/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Trees and Menorahs! posted by johnmscalzi (17 comments) I hinted at this as a Photo Shoot subject last week, so this shouldn't come as too much of a surp... |
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| 12/11/06 |
Slightly More Advanced Than That Paper Airplane You've Been Working On posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) You need to take a look at this truly amazing gallery of origami creations, because when you thin... |
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| 12/11/06 |
And Now I Feel Like a Total Slacker posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) You know, I thought I was doing pretty well when I had my first book published, back when... |
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| 12/11/06 |
Gah and Bah posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Just a note for all y'all: Being a homeowner is usually a fine and dandy thing, but I think it al... |
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| 12/10/06 |
Sunset on Mars posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Here's what a sunset looks like on Mars: Just in case y |
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| 12/10/06 |
In The Air posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Hey didn't just hear you say that you were looking for a new wallpaper for your computer?... |
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| 12/10/06 |
Big Chewy Ideas -- Yum posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Sunday is a day for thinking deep weighty thoughts. Or watching football. One or the other, pal, ... |
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| 12/9/06 |
Just Perfect for a Late Saturday Afternoon posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Popular Science, apparently goofing off while the publisher isn't looking, has published a slide ... |
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| 12/8/06 |
Technology Orphans posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I find this very sad, and yet at least moderately amusing: "As h |
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| 12/8/06 |
The Most Unspeakably Adorable Game in the History of Man posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Winterbells. Take a bunny. Have him hop to ring a falling bell. See how many bells you can ring b... |
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| 12/8/06 |
Author Interview Week: Sean Williams posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) We've reached the final installment of Author interview week, and today we're taking a trip down ... |
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| 12/8/06 |
The Elves Are Restless Tonight posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This is definitely one of those "Qua?" stories: Santa may reward the nice, but, Thursday, ... |
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| 12/8/06 |
Yeah, But They Didn't Do Elvis Any Favors, Did They? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Yes, I'm running late again today. I slept until 11am, that's what it was. Because apparently I'm... |
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| 12/7/06 |
Weekend Assignment #142: Kill These Christmas Songs posted by johnmscalzi (30 comments) It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and it's beginning to sound like Christmas too. Whic... |
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| 12/7/06 |
On Your Mark, Set, Decorate! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Oh, look, I'm actually getting the results of a Monday Photo Shoot up on Thursday for the first t... |
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| 12/7/06 |
Author Interview Week: Sarah Hoyt posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) We're still in Author Interview Week, and today I'm happy to introduce you to Sarah A. Hoyt, a wr... |
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| 12/7/06 |
There is Absolutely No Correlation Between the Size of a Man's Swiss Army Knife, and, Well, You Know posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) If you know someone who feels like they have to use all the fiddly bits of his (or her) Swiss Arm... |
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| 12/7/06 |
Let's Not Even Contemplate What Happens to Buttered Toast posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) It's a question that has plagued great thinkers from the very dawn of the atomic era: What does h... |
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| 12/6/06 |
On the Subject of Burnout posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) If you've got a little bit of time to read, you should check out this story in New York magazine ... |
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| 12/6/06 |
Today's Finalist in the "Paragraphs a Reporter Never Imagined Ever Writing" Sweepstakes posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) It's this one, from this story: A man who dresses up as a giant cigarette and uses hip-hop... |
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| 12/6/06 |
Note to Self: Travel to the Future for a Rollertoaster posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I know that there's nothing you like more than looking at awesomely cool consumer goods you can't... |
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| 12/6/06 |
Author Interview Week: Charles Stross posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) The third day of Author Interview Week is here, and I'm really very happy to present to you Charl... |
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| 12/6/06 |
She Really Was Always Kind of Scary posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Mary Poppins as a horror film. It's scary how well this trailer works. |
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| 12/5/06 |
Looks Like I Will Be Up Against the Wall When the Revolution Comes posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Who owns the world? A surprisingly small numbe |
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| 12/5/06 |
Start Saving for Therapy Bills... Now posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Mom buys 12-year-old son a gift for Christmas -- a Nintendo Gameboy. Son decides he doesn't want ... |
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| 12/5/06 |
Possibly My Favorite Christmas Slide Show Ever posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Here's a long photo slide show of kids being absolutely terrified of Santa. Which, if you think a... |
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| 12/5/06 |
Author Interview Week: Karen Traviss posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) It's Day Two in Author Interview Week, and I've got an absolutely fascinating interview for y... |
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| 12/5/06 |
They Ate Themselves Into Extinction, That's What Happened posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Hello, everyone. Yes, I'm alive today, I was just working on another project this morning. Wh... |
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| 12/4/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Winter Decorations posted by johnmscalzi (19 comments) Yes, technically winter doesn't begin for another couple of weeks, but it's 26 degrees ... |
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| 12/4/06 |
Author Interview Week: Karl Schroeder posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I've been doing author interviews here on By The Way for the past few months; as it happens as I ... |
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| 12/4/06 |
On Getting Going (and Coming Back) posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Last week's Weekend Assignment asked you folks to share whether you liked travel |
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| 12/4/06 |
Focus on the Pretty posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This is my pretty cat Ghlaghghee, looking pretty annoyed. And all this pretty is in l... |
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| 12/4/06 |
Just in Case Playing Sudoku Seems, You Know, Too Easy posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Looking for a real brain puzzler, you know, the sort of problem that makes you sharpen your p... |
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| 12/3/06 |
For Those of you Who Can't Wait for the TBS Marathon: posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Some fellow bought the house that was used in the A Christmas Story and refurbished it so that it... |
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| 12/3/06 |
No, I Didn't Forget -- posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) -- I'll have the results of last monday's Photo Shoot up tomorrow. Weird how in the last couple ... |
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| 12/3/06 |
Thumpa Thumpa Thumpa posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) You like your heart -- without it your blood would just be sitting around while your cells slowly... |
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| 12/2/06 |
And Now This Shocking News Bulletin posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I have a serious crush on musician |
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| 12/2/06 |
Telescopes! On the Moon! posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Did you know that NASA is planning a mission to the moon in 2018? And that this time they mig... |
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| 12/1/06 |
Staring at the Sun posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Doesn't look like a picture of the sun, now, does it? And yet it is, one of many unus... |
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| 12/1/06 |
Free Movies from AOL? posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) A number of sites are reporting that tomorrow AOL Video will be allowing fr |
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| 12/1/06 |
The Fattest Dog You'll See Today posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This laborador is 160 pounds, which makes the "retriever" part of its name nothi |
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| 12/1/06 |
Welcome to December -- Get a Shovel posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) We had both a flood and a high wind warning last night, and sure enough, we have both... |