September 2007
| 9/30/07 |
I'm Never Driving in Chicago Again posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Now, you all know I'm very fond of Chicago, because I went to college there, and because I think ... |
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| 9/29/07 |
Bears On Bridges -- There's a Children's Book in Here Somewhere posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) A bear gets trapped on the side of a bridge -- and it's up to a bunch of plucky humans to save it... |
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| 9/28/07 |
Just So Every Entry Today Won't Be About Me Trying to Drive posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Here are some really excellent, award winning science pictures from National Geographic. The pi |
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| 9/28/07 |
Made It posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Well, I made it to Chicago. More accurately, I made it to Schaumberg, which is wh |
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| 9/28/07 |
Audio entry  posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) |
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| 9/28/07 |
Movin' Out posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) I'm on the road today -- six hours or so to Chicago. I'll be back later. Try to keep yourselves o... |
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| 9/27/07 |
News From The Land of People Who Have More Time For Their Pointless Hobbies Than You Do posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) As you look at these pictures of architecturally-impressive coin stacks, you probably can't help ... |
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| 9/27/07 |
Which Way to Mecca? posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) This is really interesting to me: A Muslim astronaut is going to the International Space Station ... |
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| 9/27/07 |
Weekend Assignment #185: Bad Clothes! Bad! posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) Today is "Clash Day" at Athena's school. Sadly, this does not mean that it's a da |
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| 9/27/07 |
Catch the Red Eye posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Ghlaghghee, the mascot cat of Red Eye, is here with the results of this week's Ph |
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| 9/26/07 |
A Penny For Your Thoughts posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) |
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| 9/26/07 |
24 Years Ago Today, The World Didn't Blow Up posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) And we have this fellow to thank for it: Lt. Col. |
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| 9/26/07 |
Some People Can Have Fun With Anything posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Water drainage systems: Not the world's most exciting thing, right? Unless you're the people who ... |
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| 9/26/07 |
You Think Like a Caveman posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) There's not that much difference between the way you see the world and the way your cave-living a... |
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| 9/25/07 |
Something to Distract You This Tuesday Afternoon posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) It's a cute little g |
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| 9/25/07 |
Attack of The Space Germs posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Because they're a curious lot, the folks at NASA wondered what would happen if you took deadly ge... |
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| 9/25/07 |
Things You Don't Want to Eat (Or at least, I Don't) posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Just in time for lunch, a story here about local delicacies from around the world which just migh... |
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| 9/25/07 |
When Geeks Propose posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) So this boy geek met this girl geek, and knew that it was love: “On our fourth date, I knew I had... |
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| 9/24/07 |
Oh, Goody. More Books! posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Last week's Weekend Assignment asked folks to share the titles of the books they're hoping to rea... |
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| 9/24/07 |
Houston, We Have a Job Application posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) |
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| 9/24/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Red Eye! posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Because I think it's fun to picture some of our photo aggravations: Your Monday Photo Shoo... |
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| 9/24/07 |
Why I Don't Drag Race posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) The bad news is that in this crash, the guy broke both his legs. The good news, as you'll see whe... |
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| 9/23/07 |
What's Another Foot, More or Less posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) How much would the Eastern Seaboard change if the sea level raised by just one meter? As ... |
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| 9/22/07 |
Why Women's Images of Themselves Are Kind of Messed Up, Part the Infinite posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) It's because apparently this woman is too fat for a standard modeling agency. Yes, y |
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| 9/21/07 |
First Day of Fall posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) September 21st is the traditional autumn equinox (the actual moment falls sometimes a day later),... |
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| 9/21/07 |
Wait... what? posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) OMG! Cell phones make you think slower!!!!one11!! The study, published in the Internationa... |
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| 9/21/07 |
Time-Limited Marriage? posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Here's an interesting idea, and by interesting I mean "not something I woul |
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| 9/21/07 |
Something I've Personally Thought for a Very long Time posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Admit it. You've thought the same thing. From the always entertaining xkcd. |
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| 9/20/07 |
Out of Date posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This week's Photo Shoot asked people to picture something that |
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| 9/20/07 |
Weekend Assigment #184: From the Top of Mount TBR posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) Anyone who does a lot of reading know about "Mount TBR": That's the pile of books you have just w... |
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| 9/20/07 |
Yes, But How Many Were Likely to Have Sex to Begin With? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Apparently, we Americans really love our online lives: Surfing the net has become an obs |
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| 9/19/07 |
Arrr! It Be That Day Already! posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Avast! If ye not be celebratin' International Talk Like a Pirate Day today, I say ye be a scurvy ... |
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| 9/19/07 |
When Internet Memes Collide! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This is probably best done as a math equation: LOLCats + PostSecret = |
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| 9/19/07 |
Nothing in Your Life Has Prepared You For This posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Star Wars: The Musical. And yes, you can listen to the songs. Be afraid. Be very, ... |
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| 9/19/07 |
Bye Bye Belgium? posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Belgium: Don't think much of it, do you? By which I mean you don't dislike it, you just... dont' ... |
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| 9/18/07 |
Why, In My Day, We Had Rough Wooden Slats! And We Liked It! posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) From the "damn kids today have it too soft" file: College dorms are ditching skinny twin bed |
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| 9/18/07 |
If You Look at Only One Exploding Volcano Picture Today... posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) ... it should really be this one. Really, click through. You won't be disappointed. Very pretty t... |
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| 9/18/07 |
To The Moon! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) So, a fashion designer named Mark Ecko (I see ads for his shoes occasionally) bought the 756th ho... |
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| 9/18/07 |
That Twinkie's Gonna Cost You posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Looks like prices on bread and bread-like objects is about to go up a bit: Blame the trend... |
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| 9/17/07 |
From the "Oh, ICK" Files posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) One in three men don't wash after using public toilets. Because, apparently, 33% of men t... |
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| 9/17/07 |
Reminder: The Computer Cannot Be Your Whole Life posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Because if you let your computer be your whole life, it may just end up taking your life: ... |
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| 9/17/07 |
Lots of Polls posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Last week's Weekend Assignment had folks making up polls for you to play with -- and did you? If ... |
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| 9/17/07 |
Monday Photo Shoot: Personally Obsolete posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) This is a photo shoot to take you back, maybe just a little: Your Monday Photo Shoot: Take... |
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| 9/16/07 |
This Science Seems Fishy to Me posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Could science restock depleted fish numbers through stem cell engineering? Papa salmon plu... |
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| 9/15/07 |
Is it a Shig? A Heep? A Peep? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Look, it's a hog! That just happens to have the wool of a sheep: “It is a pig but has a th... |
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| 9/14/07 |
Your Unspeakable Cuteness for a Friday Afternoon posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Tarzan was raised by wolves -- now this monkey is being raised by doves. No, really. And yes, the... |
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| 9/14/07 |
Chew on This posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Gum: Fun to chew, not so much fun to step on. But it appears as if those clever Brits may be solv... |
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| 9/14/07 |
This is Why I Tell My Daughter to Go Roll in Mud Every Day posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Apparently there is such a thing as too clean: While avoiding excessive contact with germs... |
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| 9/14/07 |
If You Wear Pink That Means You're Taunting the Bullies posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Here's a story to make you feel a little better about humanity: A new freshman at a high school g... |
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| 9/13/07 |
Where's Pink Floyd When You Need Them? posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Click on the link here and you'll get the reference. Assuming, of course, you know anything about... |
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| 9/13/07 |
Weekend Assignment #183: Make a Poll posted by johnmscalzi (14 comments) As most of you know AOL Journal has installed a new feature that allows folks to build polls righ... |
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| 9/13/07 |
Mugging for the Camera posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) You want to know the real irony of this week's Photo Shoot, in which I asked people to show off t... |
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| 9/12/07 |
More Fun Than You Ought to Have With a Periodic Table posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This periodic table over at the Popular Science web site (sponsored by Dow, which presumably know... |
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| 9/12/07 |
More Reminders That Not Even Celebrities Are as Attractive as Celebrities posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Go here. Then, click on the "portfolio" tab. Then, click on one of the little pictures of the var... |
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| 9/12/07 |
Boom! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) AP Oh, look: Russia's blowing up |
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| 9/12/07 |
Recycle This, Pal posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) You might be surprised at what on the list of 21 Things You Didn't Know you Could Recycle -- but ... |
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| 9/11/07 |
Pets Interested posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) What I want to know is, what are Kodi and Ghlaghghee looking at so intently? By t |
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| 9/11/07 |
An Inquiry Into the Nature of Pain posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) So, question for you all: Which hurts more -- biting the inside of your cheek hard enough to draw... |
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| 9/11/07 |
Because Watching on One Screen in Your House Just Isn't Enough! posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) In case you were thinking of chucking your big screen TV entirely and turning over all your enter... |
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| 9/11/07 |
Reclining Bucket Injury posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) In one of those stories which gives you yet another thing to worry about, Slate write Emily Bazel... |
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| 9/10/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Get Mugged posted by johnmscalzi (18 comments) Get ready to rummage through your cupboards for this week's Photo Shoot: Your Monday Photo... |
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| 9/10/07 |
Our Fuzzy Twins posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Last week's Weekend Assignment asked: Which animal is the closest to your own personality... |
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| 9/10/07 |
Fog Day! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Here's a temporal landmark for you: The first fog delay of the school year. Here |
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| 9/9/07 |
A Big Collection of a Whole Lot of Nothing posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Hey, want to see some holes? Some really big holes? The sort of holes where you look at them and ... |
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| 9/8/07 |
Cars! Cars! Cars! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I'm sick today (on the weekend! No fair!) and there's not much that's making me feel good at the ... |
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| 9/8/07 |
In Today's Edition of Questionable Household Tips posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) 12 Things to Do with Coca Cola, including conditioning hair, washing jewelry and cleaning toilets... |
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| 9/7/07 |
And Now, the Happiest Dog in the World posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Really: |
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| 9/7/07 |
Your Friday Game: Sproing! posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) This game is simple: |
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| 9/7/07 |
The Latest Haute Cuisine Craze I'm Not Sure I Can Get Into posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) It's the "gelatin filtration" craze: Gelatin filtration is a way to make sparklingly clear... |
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| 9/7/07 |
If You Give a Meerkat a Camera... posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) ... It's going to take some pictures. No, really: A guy left out a camera at a meerkat exhibit fo... |
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| 9/6/07 |
Weekend Assignment #182: You're an Animal posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Ready for some funky self-introspection? Then here is the week's Weekend Assignment: Weeke... |
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| 9/6/07 |
An Emotional Moment posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This is what "goofy" looks like. Just so you know. And now, thanks to our |
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| 9/5/07 |
Speaking of Burgers... posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Every year, Sutter Home vineyards runs a "Build a Better Burger" contest to find, apparently, the... |
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| 9/5/07 |
The Cleanest Cars You (Probably) Can't Buy posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) This, I find interesting: Car makers are selling cars with super-low emissions; so low, in fact, ... |
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| 9/5/07 |
Don't Annoy the HR Department posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) I know at least one By The Way reader and member of our AOL-J community is job shopping right now... |
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| 9/5/07 |
New Update posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) For those of you who were wondering why your comments look different today, |
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| 9/4/07 |
The Weirdest Story You'll Read Today posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Woman visits her own heart at exhibition: Transplant patient Jennifer |
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| 9/4/07 |
Cigarettes are Driving Us Crazy posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Another piece of data to help you give up those smokes: People who smoke are more likely t... |
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| 9/4/07 |
Burning Out Rather Than Fading Away posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) This won't really come to news to anyone who's listened to music over the last 50 years: R... |
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| 9/4/07 |
End of Summer Sign posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) It's just this: Our garden, largely harvested and otherwise completely gone to se |
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| 9/3/07 |
Lies! All Lies! (Well, One out of Three, Anyway) posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) This week's Weekend Assignment asked people to share two tru |
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| 9/3/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Expression posted by johnmscalzi (18 comments) Many folks are just getting back from the holiday weekends (including me, which is why this is so... |
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| 9/2/07 |
An Interesting Compare and Contrast posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) On one hand: New England's largest occupied single-family home, larger than 20 average houses, co... |
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| 9/1/07 |
Here, Eat This posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) The 10 Best Foods You're Probably Not Eating. By "best" they don't mean the tastiest (although mo... |