May 2007
| 5/31/07 |
Weekend Assignment #168: Historical Excisions posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) So, feel up for a challenging, meaty Weekend Assignment? Because I have a topic this week that wi... |
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| 5/31/07 |
How I Spent My Memorial Day Weekend posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) This week's Monday Photo Shoot asked people to take a picture of what they were doing with their ... |
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| 5/31/07 |
Death! Death to the Spammers! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This is good news for anyone who doesn't want an e-mail box full of crap: A 27-year |
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| 5/30/07 |
Talk About Your Unintended Consequences posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This is, I think, my favorite story of unintended consequences of the coming energy crunch: Ethan... |
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| 5/30/07 |
As Long As We're Going Down This Road Today -- posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Don't Stop Believin', Man! And now to mak |
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| 5/30/07 |
I'm Kind of in a Space-y Mood at the Moment -- posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Which makes this video perfectly appropriate. |
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| 5/29/07 |
This Just In: Men Can't Shop posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Yeah, I kind of already knew this one: In a recent report titled "Men in Grocery |
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| 5/29/07 |
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Just when you think you're right and everyone else is wrong, there's a list to put things into pe... |
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| 5/29/07 |
The TV! It's Attacking! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Last week's Weekend Assignment asked people to admit to the bad TV they enjoyed when they were ki... |
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| 5/28/07 |
While You're Enjoying Your Memorial Day Weekend... posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) AP ... Be sure to take a moment to |
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| 5/28/07 |
Monday Photo Shoot: Your Memorial Day Weekend posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) Hey, it's still the Memorial Day weekend, which means that most of you are still hanging about, r... |
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| 5/27/07 |
This Car Would Totally Fail Every Crash Test You Can Think Of posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This is what happens when you make a car entirely out of cake. On the other hand, it runs... |
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| 5/27/07 |
An Astronomical Picture Full of Awesomeness posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) The moon and Venus. Click through, you'll... |
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| 5/26/07 |
Two Car-Related Links posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Because, I don't know, I like cars. The first is Nine Driving Safety Tips from Cops, because if a... |
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| 5/25/07 |
Your Friday Music: Smashing Pumpkins posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Oooh, look! Billy Corgan's back, calling himself Smashing Pumpkins! It's like 1994 all ov... |
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| 5/25/07 |
Sloth: The Hippest Deadly Sin! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Here's a shout out to all you lazy folks out there: You're not lazy until you're Vegas lazy... |
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| 5/25/07 |
Is The Force With You? posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of Star Wars -- you know, that movie, with the light... |
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| 5/24/07 |
Weekend Assignment #167: Bad TV You Loved as a Kid posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) I was in the room while Athena was watching some terrible show on TV, and suggesting to her that ... |
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| 5/24/07 |
Posterized! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Thisweek's Photo Shoot challenged people to come up with "posters"featuring som |
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| 5/24/07 |
Something I'm Going to Be Needing, Like, Real Soon posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Summer is coming and I'm woefully unprepared for it: Athena is going to be home a lot of time, so... |
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| 5/23/07 |
Quote of the Day posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) "My opinion is that the media is the main supporter of healthy eating. We're certainly not hearin... |
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| 5/23/07 |
The Curious Case of People Out in the Daytime posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) A reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle looks at a bunch of people walking around in the middl... |
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| 5/23/07 |
Darth Vader: Basket Case posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This we knew: Anakin Skywalker, the Star Wars character who became Dart |
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| 5/22/07 |
Three Unrelated Science Stories posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) You like science! You need science! You will read science! That is, if you follow these lin... |
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| 5/22/07 |
Self-Worth and Procrastination posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I was going to get these lists linked to earlier, but then I wasn't feeling very good about mysel... |
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| 5/22/07 |
Brood XIII: The Terror is Unstoppable! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Brood XIII sounds like a horrible video game to me -- the kind where you kill wave after wave of ... |
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| 5/21/07 |
Monday Photo Shoot: Postermaking posted by johnmscalzi (26 comments) For this week's Photo Shoot I thought we might have a little fun with the concept: Your Mo... |
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| 5/21/07 |
The Playlist posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Last week's Weekend Assignment asked folks to share the songs that help them rock out (even if th... |
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| 5/21/07 |
Monday Techno Links! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) As long as I'm giving you quick hits for a Monday, here are some quick technology-related click t... |
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| 5/21/07 |
Some Amazing Photos for Your Monday Morning posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Good morning! I want to give you a quick fun start to your week -- because sometimes you need tha... |
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| 5/20/07 |
Really Really Really Cheap Computers posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Computer dork that I am, I am fascinated by |
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| 5/19/07 |
My God: Soon The Computers Won't Need Us To Make Small Talk Anymore! posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) You probably know about chat programs -- computer programs designed to seem like real people when... |
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| 5/18/07 |
Just to Make You a Little Paranoid posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Here's some late-breaking news about Web sites that can infect your computer if you're not carefu... |
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| 5/18/07 |
Your Friday Music: Barracuda posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Interesting: Fergie |
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| 5/18/07 |
Your Heartwarming Cat Related Story for Friday posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Paramedics save cat after a fire |
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| 5/17/07 |
The "B" Roll posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) BaconCat graces this page, devoted to this week's Photo Shoot, which is concerned with al... |
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| 5/17/07 |
Weekend Assignment #166: Rock Out posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Athena is in a rockin' mood, and so am I: Weekend Assignment #166: Name the three ... |
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| 5/17/07 |
Giving More Hope To Desperate, Desperate Men posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Members of the bald tribe, some news for you: Hair loss in humans might not be irreversibl... |
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| 5/16/07 |
Look, Ma! I Done Me a Video! posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) |
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| 5/16/07 |
Look! A Cat! Or, New Improvements to AOL Journals posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Hey, excellent! In case you weren't aware, AOL Journals has gotten another revamp |
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| 5/16/07 |
The Stony Lonesome -- Really Stony, Really Lonesome posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Gaaah! How did it get to be after 5pm anyway? I hate it when the day gets away from me like that.... |
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| 5/15/07 |
Don't Drive Anywhere in Miami posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) You south Floridians must be proud: For the second consecutive year, rude Miami drivers ha... |
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| 5/15/07 |
In Case You Needed Motivation to Wear a Bicycle Helmet posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Here you go: A white paneled delivery truck ran over a UW-Madison graduate student's head ... |
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| 5/15/07 |
Zzzzzz posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) For various reasons that need not be gotten into, I've been up more or less for 24 hours, and am ... |
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| 5/14/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: The Letter "B" posted by johnmscalzi (20 comments) Let's bring back the basics with this Monday Photo Shoot: Your Monday Photo Shoot: Take a ... |
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| 5/14/07 |
Birthdays to Remember posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Last Week's Weekend Assignment asked folks to relive a memorable birthday. Here are some of the s... |
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| 5/14/07 |
Size Does Matter (and so does shape)... posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) ... When it comes to the new prices on mail delivery, that is: The new regulations mean la... |
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| 5/13/07 |
Happy Mothers' Day! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Mother and daughter here are wishing you a very happy mothers' day (and wielding toy unic... |
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| 5/12/07 |
B is the New C posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Man takes a multiple choice test and gets every answer wrong. You'll come to see the "0/100" scor... |
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| 5/11/07 |
Making Your Dog Understand Quantum Physics posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Did you know that in some universe, my dog is eating steak right now? And yours too. And if you d... |
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| 5/11/07 |
Weekend Assignment #165: Memorable Birthdays posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) You'll remember that yesterday was my birthday, and it was a fine one, indeed, since I ca... |
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| 5/11/07 |
Catching Up With Weekend Assignments and Photo Shoots posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) In all the excitement of my laptop dying and my book tour ending, I quite forgot to post the resu... |
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| 5/10/07 |
Whoa, Look at That -- posted by johnmscalzi (27 comments) -- I'm 38 today. How did that happen? Oh yeah: I avoided not breathing for all th... |
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| 5/9/07 |
Wait, Before I Go... posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Things to do after you're dead (no, "rot" isn't one of them). After all, just because you're dead... |
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| 5/9/07 |
Sheep! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Here's a rather blurry picture of a neat little gift I was given last night: A sheep, apr... |
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| 5/8/07 |
In the Nation's Capital posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) I did not arrive in DC at a very convenient time last night -- I finally crawled into my ... |
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| 5/8/07 |
Giving the Earth a Spinal Tap posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Here's something to give you a chuckle: New 15-minute short featuring the members of the fictiona... |
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| 5/7/07 |
Oh, and Just to Creep You Out posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This lovely story: Doctor Finds Spiders in Ear of Boy With an Earache My mother-in-... |
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| 5/7/07 |
The Monday Photo Shoot Without an Example Photo posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Well, I can't post any pictures to By The Way at the moment, because I'm using the hotel business... |
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| 5/7/07 |
Laptop Fall Down Go Boom posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) So, I'm writing this on a business center computer at the hotel I'm at right now, because I've ha... |
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| 5/6/07 |
The Nicest Out the Hotel Window Picture posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Isn't that pretty? It's the view out my hotel window here in Ann Arbor. I did my reading ... |
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| 5/5/07 |
Minneapolis From (Somewhat) Above posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) After yesterday's somewhat depressing view out the hotel window, this one in Minneapolis ... |
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| 5/4/07 |
The Least Inspiring Hotel Window Picture of the Book Tour posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Yes, this is it. Welcome to Milwaukee. However, the room itself is very, very nice -- it'... |
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| 5/4/07 |
Your Friday Funny posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) "The Trouble With Tribbles" from Star Trek, done as "LoLCat" pictures (if you're not sure what a ... |
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| 5/4/07 |
A (not so) Bubbly View posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) For folks who have wondered if home prices these days aren't just a little unrealistic -- and wha... |
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| 5/4/07 |
Doing the Wave posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) For this week's Photo Shoot, I asked folks to post pictures of people waving hello (just ... |
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| 5/3/07 |
Weekend Assignment #163: Weather With You posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Wow -- finally just made it in to where I was going after spending all day at various airports, a... |
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| 5/3/07 |
Quick Note Re: Thursday Updates posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I've just looked at my schedule and apparently I need to be up at 5am to catch an early flight, a... |
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| 5/2/07 |
Portland, City of Roses posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Although, city nickname aside, there are no roses in this picture. It's possibly because ... |
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| 5/2/07 |
A Map of the Web posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Which, in addition to being witty and funny, is also strangely practical, as it measures geograph... |
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| 5/1/07 |
Reversing Memory Loss? posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This could be good news: Mental stimulation and drug treatment could help people with dege... |
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| 5/1/07 |
Lagomorphically Cute! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) All right, these are cute too, even if they disapprove of you. I think being on the road ... |
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| 5/1/07 |
Amphibiously Cute! posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) This is the cutest picture you'll see today. Or your money back! Ta |
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| 5/1/07 |
Scottsdale Views posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Here in Scottsdale (which is a suburb of Phoenix) my publishing company has me ensconced ... |