September 2006
| 9/30/06 |
See Headline Below posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Top 10 All Time Pop Singalong Songs. Bah! I say. Any such list that doesn't have REM's "I... |
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| 9/30/06 |
Because It's Saturday, And We Really Shouldn't Be On the Computer Anyway posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Top 176 Star Wars Lines Improved By Replacing A Word With "Pants" It's amazing how easy i... |
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| 9/29/06 |
Clouds for Days posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) So, uh, want some clouds? I appear to have quite a few, and I'd be willing to share. Beca... |
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| 9/29/06 |
Because I Know How Competitive You Are posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) |
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| 9/29/06 |
My Hummingbird Sense is Tingling! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) If you thought that five senses were all there were to perceive the world, then you haven't spent... |
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| 9/29/06 |
A Good Day for Gothlettes posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) The question up for your consideration: Is the hard rock band Evanescence (which these days c |
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| 9/29/06 |
3000 MPG posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) So, the good news is that someone's invented a car that gets 3,145 miles per gallon. The bad news... |
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| 9/28/06 |
AOL Journals Needs YOU! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Journals Editor Jeff is hoping you can help him and AOL Journals out by doing some of your journa... |
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| 9/28/06 |
Weekend Assignment #131: You Little Devil posted by johnmscalzi (22 comments) Oh, come on. Half of you suspected this about me anyway. Actually, this bit of Photoshopp... |
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| 9/28/06 |
A Horse, of Course posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) The Horsehead Nebula. A fitting intro into the |
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| 9/28/06 |
Sports and Fingers posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Another in a series of studies that frankly sound too ridiculous to be true, a |
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| 9/28/06 |
Because "Lord High Emperor Scalzi" Has Such a Nice Ring to It posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) How to start your own country. Because you know you want to. Actually, I don't really |
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| 9/28/06 |
Blog for a Living! posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) All of you who have been wondering how to get on that sweet deal of doing nothing but blogging fo... |
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| 9/27/06 |
Your Wednesday Author Interview: Jo Walton posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) The Wednesday Author Interview is back, and I'm very excited to present you with this week's writ... |
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| 9/27/06 |
Kids and Their Wacky T-Shirts posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) The eternal battle between teenagers and high school principals is raging again, and this time th... |
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| 9/27/06 |
Because for Some Reason I'm Feeling It Today... posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) 25 signs that, sadly, you've grown up. Suitable for taping up on the fridge along with the kid's ... |
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| 9/27/06 |
An Evil Pie! posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Behold! Schadenfreude Pie! Schadenfreude, if you don't know, |
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| 9/27/06 |
Just a Little Something to Start Off Your Day posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) The New York City subway system -- with the predominant smells of each stop. Some are more pleasa... |
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| 9/26/06 |
On The Other Hand, It WAS Pretty Nice Today posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Earth as warm as it has been in 12,000 years. And not the "Really friendly and great to be around... |
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| 9/26/06 |
Doggie Pills posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Kodi has been limping around for the last couple of days, and we didn't know whether it w... |
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| 9/26/06 |
Sunrise Over Saturn posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I'm a science geek, sure, but you can't tell me that NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn was... |
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| 9/26/06 |
Annoy a Prig -- Read a Book posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) For those of you who don't keep in close contact with your librarian, this week is Banned Books W... |
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| 9/26/06 |
Sunset 9/25/06 posted by johnmscalzi (21 comments) I'm about to break my guideline of not posting really large photos, because I think this is a par... |
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| 9/25/06 |
On Baseball posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) For the Weekend Assignment, Athena (above, in the dugout), |
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| 9/25/06 |
We Know This Much: It Will Still Be Comprised Mostly of Pictures of Cats posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Wondering what the Internet will be like in 2020? So do these guys, but apparently they get paid ... |
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| 9/25/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Horses! posted by johnmscalzi (31 comments) Time to get equine for this week's photo shoot: Your Monday Photo Shoot: Horses are nice. ... |
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| 9/25/06 |
Musical Stereotypes posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Some stereotypes turn out to be true, particularly when they involve a stereo, according to a new... |
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| 9/25/06 |
Fabulous Foliage? posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Here where I am, it's a little early to be enjoying the turn of the colors -- most of the trees a... |
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| 9/24/06 |
Librarians Who Matter posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) As a fan of librarians in general, I foud myself getting misty-eyed a couple of times with this long |
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| 9/24/06 |
Smile and Wave, Smile and Wave posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Athena's grandmother is a staff member for a realty company that participated in a local ... |
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| 9/23/06 |
Going Lenticular posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Lenticular clouds are just some of the freakiest clouds you'll see |
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| 9/23/06 |
I'm A What Now? posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Well, who doesn't have this happen? You go to sleep one night and you're just yourself, and then ... |
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| 9/22/06 |
Pass This Test posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) What do you need to know to pass the citizenship test here in the US? Find out: Answer these 15 q... |
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| 9/22/06 |
Rosh Hashanah posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) For those folks of the Jewish faith, sundown marks Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. It's the y... |
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| 9/22/06 |
Your Friday Music: Muse posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) I've highlighted Muse here recently as the Friday music pick, so I hadn't intended to get back to... |
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| 9/22/06 |
Photo Shoot posted by johnmscalzi (20 comments) Yesterday a professional photographer came around the house to get some pictures of me fo... |
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| 9/22/06 |
The Interloper posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) In our garage we have a large pet carrier that we keep out there for the cats, when we've... |
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| 9/21/06 |
Something to Think About posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This is interesting to me: 46 Things I Wish Mom Had Taught Me About Personal Finance. It's pitche... |
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| 9/21/06 |
Opposing Forces posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) For this week's photo shoot I asked for pictures with opposing colors as the focu |
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| 9/21/06 |
Weekend Assignment #130: From Athena posted by johnmscalzi (17 comments) This week we have guest assigner for the Weekend Assignment: Athena! |
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| 9/21/06 |
When Being Heartless Is Not Altogether a Terrible Thing posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Dig this: An artificial heart that doesn't beat: Pumps that work on this principle, known ... |
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| 9/21/06 |
First Frost posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) The official first day of autumn is still a couple of days away, but the weather here is ... |
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| 9/20/06 |
Sadly, My New Real-Life Theme Song posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) The video for "White and |
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| 9/20/06 |
It's Because Muggers Can't Afford to Live There Anymore posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Start spreading the news: New York is America's safest large city -- again: New York remai... |
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| 9/20/06 |
Double Trouble posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) After I did the entry yesterday about Athena losing a tooth, something interesting happen... |
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| 9/20/06 |
Perspective posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) See that speck about three-fifths from the top of this picture, hovering in some of Satur... |
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| 9/20/06 |
Black Holes Won't Consume The Earth! Today! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This belongs in the "Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Need to Worry About" category: Despite Rum... |
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| 9/19/06 |
Now That I Have Free Time... posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) ...Maybe I'll do something like this. It's like falling dominoes taken to a ridiculous ext... |
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| 9/19/06 |
In Other News posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) I'm not the only one in the Scalzi household with big news today. The other big news is t... |
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| 9/19/06 |
Done! posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) And now I'm finished with my writing my novel. [sound of frontal lobe depressurizing, not... |
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| 9/19/06 |
In Case You're Wondering Where I Am... posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) ... the reason I'm not updating as usual is that I'm on the last 1,000 words or so of the novel I... |
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| 9/19/06 |
Aaaaar! I say it again: Aaaaar! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Avast! This day be |
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| 9/18/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Color Opposites posted by johnmscalzi (21 comments) This week's photo shoot will be a study in opposites: Your Monday Photo Shoot: Post a pict... |
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| 9/18/06 |
Confounding Conundrums posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Last week's Weekend Assignment asked you all to vent about things that j |
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| 9/18/06 |
It's Like Living in a Ren Faire -- Forever! posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) If you watched the Lord of the Rings movies and thought the only real problem with them i... |
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| 9/18/06 |
Visual Aids for the Federal Budget posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Having a hard time wrapping your brain around just how much money the US Federal Governme... |
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| 9/18/06 |
Kids These Days posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) As part of my never-ending quest to show that parents these days are freaking out their kids too ... |
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| 9/17/06 |
An Educational Film, Yarrr posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Avast! Being that National Talk Like a Pirate Day is just two days away now, it's a good time to ... |
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| 9/16/06 |
Home Again, Home Again posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Back in Ohio. Lovely time in Denver, but it's nice to be home. I'm also incredibly tired, an arti... |
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| 9/16/06 |
Pretty Cars posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Are these the 10 most beautiful cars of all time? Possibly. I do know that some of them look like... |
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| 9/15/06 |
If Plane Announcements Had Some Relationship to Reality posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) From the Economist magazine. One of the more choice quotes: The flight attendants are now ... |
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| 9/15/06 |
And Now The Obligatory "Picture From My Hotel Room" posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Although, I have to say, this picture is prettier than most: Sunrise in Denver. On... |
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| 9/14/06 |
Mmmmm... Airport Limbo posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) My publisher reserved my flight out of Cincinnati's airport, which is nowhere near where ... |
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| 9/14/06 |
Winging Away posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) I'm off to Denver now, to appear at a bookseller's tradeshow there. This involves dome flying and... |
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| 9/14/06 |
Profiles in Profileosity (Yes, I Know That's Not a Real Word) posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This week's photo shoot asked folks to capture |
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| 9/14/06 |
Weekend Assignment #129: It Just Doesn't Make Sense! posted by johnmscalzi (21 comments) Since I've recently become a man who, after a decade and a half of trying to establish a reputati... |
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| 9/13/06 |
What High Gas Prices? posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Gas prices have come down recently -- by about 75 cents where I am -- but they're still well over... |
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| 9/13/06 |
The Saga of BaconCat posted by johnmscalzi (28 comments) Inasmuch as I had already subjected you folks to my Coke Zero/Cap'n Crunch misadventure t... |
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| 9/13/06 |
Meanwhile, Back on Earth posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Here's a mesmerizing Web site: Breathing Earth, which gives you a real-time statist |
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| 9/13/06 |
Going For an XDrive posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Allow me to slip on my "unsolicited corporate shill" hat here and point out XDrive, which... |
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| 9/13/06 |
I Do Stupid Things So You Don't Have To, Breakfast Edition posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) I like Cap'n Crunch; I like Coke Zero. And, the amount of milk in the house was pretty lo... |
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| 9/12/06 |
I Know My Name is Pluto posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Oh, the indignity: Pluto is now asteroid number 134340: On Sept. 7, the former 9th planet ... |
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| 9/12/06 |
Want to Get Into Harvard? Wait posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Hello, sea change in education: Harvard is discontinuing "early action" admissions, on the reason... |
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| 9/12/06 |
When Perks Are All You Have posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Don't park in this judge's parking space: Nichole Delameter spent all day Monday learning ... |
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| 9/12/06 |
One Way to Make Sure Your Daughter Doesn't Date Before Age 25 posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This is interesting yet sort of quick-inducing: A biological father's pheremones may delay the on... |
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| 9/12/06 |
This Leaps Right Into My Geek Heart posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Stormtrooper costumes for sale! From the ori |
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| 9/11/06 |
One Man's Trash is Another Man's Vaporized Block of Nothingness posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Oooh. Excuse me for getting all geeky here, but this is a bit of technology I've been waiting to ... |
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| 9/11/06 |
Rockin' the Classics, Japanese Surf Style posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Via the indispensible Boing Boing, a collection of popular classical compositions, reimagined |
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| 9/11/06 |
Death to Hangovers posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Here's an interesting idea: All the good things about being tipsy without all the bad things. But... |
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| 9/11/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Profiles posted by johnmscalzi (21 comments) For this week's photo shoot I thought we might try something striking yet simple: Your Mon... |
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| 9/11/06 |
9/11 Thoughts and Memories posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) For this week's weekend assignment, I ask AOL-J members and others to share their thoughts and me... |
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| 9/10/06 |
JNOTRAOZSQOCRKPJCGJPCNWRTNB posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) The headline above, decrypted, reads: "This headline written in Enigma." Enigma being the crypto-... |
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| 9/9/06 |
Humans = Freaks posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) All you people who thought that humans were the height of perfection as far as primates go, guess... |
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| 9/9/06 |
Ghostbusters II: A Hidden Classic? posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Ghostbusters II, for those of you who were there when it happened, was an almost awesomely disapp... |
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| 9/8/06 |
Ooooh, Shiny. posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) New Casino Royale trail |
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| 9/8/06 |
Things You Didn't Know Needed to Exist posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This is one of them: Sheep Poo Paper. It's paper made from -- can you guess? -- the poo of sheep.... |
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| 9/8/06 |
Political Banner Ads? posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) A few people have e-mailed me commented about banners ads on AOL Journals that are for political ... |
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| 9/8/06 |
And That's Why You Have to Ground Them posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) It's not that your teenager doesn't care about your feelings and needs, it's that he can't car... |
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| 9/8/06 |
Don't Download This Song -- The Video posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) I mentioned Weird Al's song "Don't Download This Song" the other week -- now there's a video, and... |
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| 9/7/06 |
Weekend Assignment #128: 9/11, Five Years On posted by johnmscalzi (73 comments) Photo: Derek Jensen |
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| 9/7/06 |
Shots in Silhouette posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) My friend the spider returns to introduce the results of this week's Photo Shoot, in whic... |
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| 9/7/06 |
Thursday Links -- Hot From the Oven! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Careful you don't burn yourself from their piping hotness! * The end of the world as we kn... |
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| 9/7/06 |
Finally, Sensible Marriage Advice posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Longtime blogger and online personality glenn macdonald (he eschews capitalization) was asked to ... |
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| 9/7/06 |
Two Big Orange Things posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Yesterday there were two big orange things I caught with my camera: This was the f... |
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| 9/6/06 |
How to Write a Novel -- Just So You Know posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) My pal Justine Larbalestier has written five novels (all of them faboo) and now she's ready to sh... |
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| 9/6/06 |
A College President Speaks Truth (After He's Not a College President Anymore) posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This is an interesting little piece in the New York Times: |
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| 9/6/06 |
A Dream Job for Physics Groupies posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Stephen Hawking is looking for an assistant: The job advertisement says: "You would help ... |
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| 9/6/06 |
A Master Class on Cat-Nappery posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Well, I figured out what the power loss was about -- seems the local power company was doing some... |
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| 9/6/06 |
One of Those Bad News, Good News, Bad News Things posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) The bad news: my house just lost power. The good news: I wasn't working on anything critic... |
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| 9/5/06 |
On The Greasy Yet Delicious Cutting Edge of Deep-Friend Culinary Experimentation posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Forwarded to me by my friend craig, who knows of my belief that everything is better deep-fried: ... |
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| 9/5/06 |
Proof The World Has Too Much Free Time In It posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) One man + two in-line skate + many bottles = Mozart? Apparently: |
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| 9/5/06 |
Because Today is a Fine Day to Have Your Brain Go All Explody posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Three Dimensional Tetris. Because jamming those little blocks into slots wasn't difficult enough ... |
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| 9/5/06 |
Human Women May Break Your Heart, But At Least They Don't Eat It, Too posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Here's a delightfully disturbing article in the New York Times as to why it is that so many insec... |
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| 9/5/06 |
Tuesday Link Fiesta! posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Dip these links in some salsa and you're ready to go! * So, what was that body of a dead B... |
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| 9/4/06 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Silhouettes posted by johnmscalzi (17 comments) Hapy Labor Day! I hope you're having a fine one. I'm about to hop out the door for dinner at the ... |
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| 9/4/06 |
Goodbye, Summer! posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Some very nice haiku About the end of summer From AOL-J. It was |
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| 9/3/06 |
Rock Out for Better Grades posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Something I knew already: Rock music boosts your brain power: Researchers at a Scottish un... |
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| 9/3/06 |
Area Man Makes The Paper posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Look! My local newspaper did a nice story on me winning the Campbell award, complete with... |
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| 9/2/06 |
Pluto -- Down But Not Out? posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) As some of you may remember, last week Pluto was demoted to "dwarf planet" status. Well, it may n... |
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| 9/2/06 |
Possibly The Most Idiotic 911 Call in the History of Idiotic 911 Calls posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Woman gets the wrong order at Burger King -- calls 911 (audio link). The 911 dispatcher really is... |
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| 9/1/06 |
Chain Reaction posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) This game has a simple idea: Click on a tile, and it rotates, if the sq |
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| 9/1/06 |
Endless Summer? posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Here's something interesting: Here in North America, summer is getting longer. Not the official s... |
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| 9/1/06 |
Friday Linkables posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Let's see what mad zaniness the Internet coughs up -- like clickable hairballs! -- this first day... |
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| 9/1/06 |
Some Friday Frivolity: Your Own Seal posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) No, I'm not talking about the frisky aquatic mammals. I'm talking about one of these:... |