October 2007
| 10/31/07 |
Bonjour! posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) I've made it to France alive, and look! It's the obligatory picture out my hotel window! |
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| 10/30/07 |
Off to France posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) But before I go I thought you'd enjoy this picture of Athena in her Halloween Costume (they're ha... |
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| 10/29/07 |
Are You Here to Amuse Me? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Last week's Weekend Assignment demanded that folks amuse me for a change! Bwa ha ha ha hah ha! He... |
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| 10/29/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Final Flowers posted by johnmscalzi (22 comments) Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, because winter is coming, and there aren't that many rosebuds th... |
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| 10/29/07 |
More Travel posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) I've been traveling a lot recently, and guess what? I'm about to do it again! Specifically, tomor... |
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| 10/29/07 |
Frosty! posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Temperatures were close to 80 early last week, but October has finally seem to have read ... |
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| 10/28/07 |
The Most Ridiculous Ending to a College Football Game Ever posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Here's the story. But it's better viewed: |
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| 10/27/07 |
The Only Way To Dust posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) The Mercedes Benz Museum needs a way to deal with smoke in case of a fire, but didn't want to put... |
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| 10/26/07 |
Things We Saw in the Fire posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) The LAist blog has some amazing photos of the recent southern California firestorms, taken by an ... |
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| 10/26/07 |
Those Pesky Zombies! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Not that you'll need this, but just in case you do: a brief zombie fighting tutorial: |
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| 10/26/07 |
Some Classic Spookiness For You posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) If you've ever wondered to yourself where Tim Burton stole all his cinematic idea |
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| 10/26/07 |
It's Getting Near Halloween, Isn't It? posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) A perfect time to show you this collection of |
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| 10/25/07 |
Attention Skywatchers posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Did you know a comet has suddenly become visible? A distant comet that was as faint as mag... |
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| 10/25/07 |
Weekend Assignment #189: Amuse Me! posted by johnmscalzi (26 comments) You know, I just had me a thought. I've been doing these here Weekend Assignments for, what? Thre... |
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| 10/25/07 |
Big Wheels Keep on Turnin' posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This week's Photo Shoot asked people to picture big-wheeled rigs. These people stepped up and ste... |
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| 10/25/07 |
Aw, Man, We Just Unclogged That Sink posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) And now it's all clogged up again. With cat. And you know what a pain t |
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| 10/24/07 |
A Product of Dubious Value posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) That said, it's pretty damn funny: Taken from |
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| 10/24/07 |
Oh, Hi, I Made a Sunset For You posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) Hope you like it. Tags: |
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| 10/24/07 |
Something to Pass the Time posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) I'm going to be busy with a number of projects today and will therefore not be updating until rat... |
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| 10/23/07 |
"I'm not afraid of a panda, I know karate" posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) With a quote like that you know how it's going to end, don't you? Sure you do. But you're going t... |
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| 10/23/07 |
Speaking of the California Fires posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) |
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| 10/23/07 |
Home Sweet Tent posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Given what's happening in California at the moment, this is, alas, timely: |
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| 10/23/07 |
Your Pets Weren't Expecting THIS posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Last Week's Weekend Assignment, thought up by Mavarin, asked folks to share something unusual the... |
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| 10/22/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Big Wheels posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) Here's the second attempt at this week's Monday Photo Shoot, after AOL Journals ate my previous a... |
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| 10/22/07 |
Be Manly! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Popular Mechanics offers up 25 Skills Every Man Should Know, from patching up a radiator hose to ... |
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| 10/22/07 |
Some Days I Hate Blogging posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) AOL Journals ate the Monday Photo Shoot entry I wrote up, and I feel really stupid about it becau... |
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| 10/22/07 |
One Day Extension for Weekend Assignment posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Those of you who were going to get on the Weekend Assignment action but ran out |
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| 10/21/07 |
Because Some Day It Will Just Have to STOP posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I suspect I find this funnier than it actually is. But I can't help. He really must be tired of h... |
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| 10/20/07 |
One of Those Stories You Would Never Hear About Without the Internet posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Two men out fishing rescue a deer 1.5 miles from shore. What was the deer doing swimming 1.5 |
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| 10/19/07 |
Your Friday Halloween-Related Frivolity posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Write your name in 70s-style spooky sticker letters! |
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| 10/19/07 |
Two Lists I Sincerely Hope Have Very Little To Do With Each Other, Save Weirdness posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) First, |
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| 10/19/07 |
And When Abercrombie and Fitch is Full, The Unshirted Shall Walk the World posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Some guy gets fed up with all the pictures of hunky, shirtless boys at Abercrombie and Fitch, and... |
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| 10/18/07 |
Advanced Lounging Techniques Now Revealed! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Need to know how to relax? Take a page from these masters, revealed in their utter lounge... |
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| 10/18/07 |
Weekend Assignment #188: Pet Weirdness posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) I was late last week with the Weekend Assignment, so Mavarin dropped me a line with a suggested W... |
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| 10/18/07 |
E-Mail Address Change posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) I've been having a number of problems accessing my AOL mail account, and perhaps as a result over... |
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| 10/18/07 |
On Being Laid Off From AOL posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) In the comments to the previous entry, AOL Journaler Monponsett has this to say about the recent ... |
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| 10/17/07 |
Your Spam Update posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Spam is now 95% of all e-mail: * Global spam levels reached an all-time high... |
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| 10/17/07 |
Today's Head Exploder posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Dick Cheney and Barack Obama: Related? Why, yes: There's no sign of a family reunion plann... |
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| 10/17/07 |
Let Your Kids Sleep posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Here's an article that certainly confirms with my experience as a kid: |
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| 10/17/07 |
A Far Better Use Than Dance Dance Revolution posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) So, there was this scientist, and we wanted to model gravitational waves that occur when a black ... |
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| 10/16/07 |
A Sad Day for AOL Journals posted by johnmscalzi (21 comments) I noted briefly earlier today that AOL was laying off a number of |
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| 10/16/07 |
Not Just Living in the Future, but the 50s Version of the Future posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) As a science fiction writer, stuff like this makes me inexpressibly happy: Think "flying sa |
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| 10/16/07 |
The Breakfast to Have When You've Decided to Show Those Lousy Arteries Who's Boss posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Look at it: |
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| 10/16/07 |
Well, That Was Interesting posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I woke up this morning and all my entries from Monday were gone; I took this as a sign that was I... |
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| 10/15/07 |
I Really Don't See the First Part of This Happening... posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) ... The second part? Probably. But eeeeeeew: Humans could marry robots within the century.... |
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| 10/15/07 |
Blog Action Day posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) In case you didn't know, today is Blog Action Day, in which blogg |
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| 10/15/07 |
Time's Up! posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Last week's (tardy) Weekend Assignment asked folks to share a memorable time they were late for s... |
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| 10/15/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Lounging posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) I've made it back home from California, and now after a week's vacation I have a done of work to ... |
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| 10/14/07 |
Heading Home posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Here's a view of the chapel of my high school, seen from the upper field, where m |
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| 10/13/07 |
Back to School posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Today is the day of my class reunion for my high school class, so I'm going to be spending most o... |
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| 10/12/07 |
Just In Case You Were Wondering... posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) What it feels like to die, in various sorts of ways, from hanging to drowning to a fall from a gr... |
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| 10/12/07 |
Weekend Assignment 187: You're Late! posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) D'oh! I'm running late posting this week's Weekend Assignment. I have a reasonabl |
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| 10/11/07 |
Taking a Ride posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) The Monday Photo Shoot asked folks to share a picture of them on an amusement park or carnival ri... |
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| 10/10/07 |
Surprising Gifts posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) D'oh! As I've been traveling this week, I completely spaced on posting responses to the Weekend A... |
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| 10/10/07 |
Home is Where the Weirdness Is posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Looking for a home with a little extra weirdness? Sure you are. So I'm happy to direct yo... |
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| 10/9/07 |
A Different Sort of Heartbreak posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Here's something that's probably not that surprising, even if it's never been spelled out so bald... |
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| 10/9/07 |
From the Town of Bedrock posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) The wife and I, posing for a formal portrait yesterday: Athena took to picture, af... |
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| 10/9/07 |
You Haven't Had Enough Cute Today, So Here You Go posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) How to properly hug a baby. To give you a hint at the cuteness involved, it's a puppy doing the h... |
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| 10/8/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Rides posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Here's a Monday Photo Shoot I think will bring back fun memories: Your Monday Photo Shoot:... |
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| 10/7/07 |
What You Don't Necessarily Want to See In Front of Your Hotel posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Not just one, not just two, not just three but five cop cars, parked in the hotel roundabou... |
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| 10/6/07 |
Wow, I Really Thought We Had That One Settled posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Your appendix? That useless flap of intestine that you generally only notice when it explodes on ... |
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| 10/5/07 |
We're Going to Have Some Decent Play Here, By God posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) When the Vatican decides to help clean up Italian football, it doesn't just try to lecture. |
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| 10/5/07 |
(It's Really Hard To) Buy American Toys posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) What with all those Chinese toy factories apparently soaking their toys in lead before sending th... |
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| 10/5/07 |
Why You're So Damn Mopey After a Break-Up posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) It has something to do with chemistry: New research on mice could explain why you remember... |
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| 10/4/07 |
Something to Watch For posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Not to alarm you, but some online video may be dangerous to your computer's health: Online... |
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| 10/4/07 |
Treating Yourself posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) This week's photo shoot asked folks to picture something of the things they've given themselves, ... |
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| 10/4/07 |
Traveling Man posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) So, if you see me posting here a little less than usual over the next several days, or posting at... |
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| 10/4/07 |
Weekend Assignment #186: Unexpected Gifts posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I'm on the move this weekend, and I like the gift theme that we started earlier this week with th... |
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| 10/3/07 |
Your Cheering Is Pathetic Compared to This posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Apparently in South Korea, the kids don't just cheer the sports teams, or just hold up placards t... |
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| 10/3/07 |
Taking Leave posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Here's a moving account of someone's last day of life -- chosen by that person through Oregon's u... |
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| 10/3/07 |
The Year Long Cheese Course posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) See, this is what the Web is for. Someone decides that they're going to sample a different type o... |
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| 10/3/07 |
So, Aliens Sucked Out My Brain Last Night... posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) ... Which is why I forgot to post the entries from last week's Weekend Assignment. That's my stor... |
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| 10/2/07 |
Two Alzheimer Links posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Want to avoid Alzheimer's? Keep active and focused: A surprising study of elderly people s... |
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| 10/2/07 |
Equal Time posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Everyone knows you can get cute cat pictures just about anywhere online. But what if you'... |
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| 10/2/07 |
Two Things I Need at the Moment, So I'm Passing Them on to You posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) I've been tremendously disorganized lately, and my back hurts from hunching over my desk for hour... |
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| 10/1/07 |
How Much Would You Pay? posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Here's where things get interesting: Radiohead, arguably the most critically acclaimed rock band ... |
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| 10/1/07 |
Continuing My Recent Theme of Illinois-Related Transportation Stories posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) As I was driving in and out of Chicago -- slowly -- I used some Illinois fine toll roads, the cos... |
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| 10/1/07 |
Monday Photo Shoot: Personal Gifts posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Every now and again it's nice to do a little something for yourself -- and that's the theme of th... |
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| 10/1/07 |
An Extra Day for the Weekend Assignment posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) It was a slow weekend for the Weekend Assignment, in which I asked people to s |