December 2007
| 12/31/07 |
Goodbye, Thank You, and Fare Well posted by johnmscalzi (36 comments) Well, and here we are. This my last official entry here at By The Way, |
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| 12/31/07 |
Doing the Wave posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) To everyone who participated in the last Photo Shoot, waving goodbye, I have just two words to sa... |
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| 12/30/07 |
Starry Skies posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) For your end of the year eye-popping needs, |
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| 12/30/07 |
The Era of Cheap Doritos is Over posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) If you like to spend money on food -- I mean, really like to spend money on food -- then 2008 is |
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| 12/29/07 |
Favorite Music, 2007 posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) For those of you who are wondering what I liked in music is this year, this is probably my favori... |
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| 12/28/07 |
Where I Will Be From Now On posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) As next Monday will be my last day on the job here and at Ficlets (for those of y |
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| 12/28/07 |
The End of an Internet Era posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Looks like I'm not the only thing that AOL is letting go of at the beginning of 2008: Netscape, t... |
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| 12/28/07 |
You Know What You Should Do When You Drive? Drive posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Idiot texts on his cell phone while he's driving, hits something, thinks it's a mailbox and keeps... |
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| 12/27/07 |
Get Your Food On posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) For you foodies who don't want to leave 2007 without trying something new: The Los Angel |
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| 12/27/07 |
That's a Gravelin' posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Out here in the country, our driveway is gravel, and over time the gravel migrates to oth... |
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| 12/27/07 |
People Who Are Going to Hell posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) The scammers who are pulling this stuff: According to 1st Lt. David Cowan, in early Decemb... |
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| 12/27/07 |
All the Better to Enslave Us With Their Laser-Wielding Robots posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Scientists say: Sure, aliens would see Earth as a haven for life: With a space telescope l... |
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| 12/26/07 |
Your Final Photo Shoot: Goodbye! posted by johnmscalzi (27 comments) Well, here it is: The very last Photo Shoot I'll be doing here at By The Way. This makes it simpl... |
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| 12/26/07 |
Is it Just Me... posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) ... Or does the day after Christmas always feel like a Monday, even when it's not? I guess... |
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| 12/26/07 |
The Latest Wacky Thing to Sweep Across Teh IntarWeb, Part II! posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) You can't play this on the guitar. Not unless you have four hands. Do you have four hands? Becaus... |
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| 12/26/07 |
The Latest Wacky Thing to Sweep Across Teh IntarWeb posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) See if you can figure out what song this dude is singing. If it seems like nonsensical jibberish ... |
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| 12/25/07 |
Merry Christmas posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Athena and her cousin are getting into the holiday spirit. And I hope wherever yo |
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| 12/24/07 |
Tracking Santa posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) In case you've got kids who are wondering where Santa is at the moment, the folks at NORAD are on... |
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| 12/24/07 |
Photo Shoot Moved to Wednesday This Week... posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) ... Because chances are most of us are going to be busy the next couple of days. |
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| 12/24/07 |
2008 Plans posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) So, I asked: What will you be doing in 2008? And you said, well. |
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| 12/24/07 |
A Holiday Poem (Again) posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I've gotten a couple of e-mails asking me about that Christmas poem I posted a couple of years ba... |
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| 12/24/07 |
Last Minute Wrapping? posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) If you're like me, you do an absolutely horrible job at wrapping gifts. So for you (and me) here'... |
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| 12/23/07 |
Happy Birthday, Athena posted by johnmscalzi (23 comments) I hope you don't mind if I indulge myself and wish my daughter a happy ninth birt |
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| 12/22/07 |
So: posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) Get your holiday shopping done yet? (he asked, somewhat smugly) |
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| 12/21/07 |
Your Christmas Music posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Should you find yourself inexplicably out of earshot of Christmas music over the next couple of d... |
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| 12/21/07 |
A Little Something to Make You Feel Better About Yourself posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) The Top Ten Stupid Criminals of 2007. Because chances are, you're not any of them. And if you are... |
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| 12/21/07 |
Rat Dispatch in Aisle Five posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Here's a story for you: shop owners in NYC are letting cats walk freely in their stores, not beca... |
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| 12/21/07 |
Holiday Schedule Stuff posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) As many of you are probably aware, we have Christmas Eve on Monday and Christmas itself on Tuesda... |
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| 12/20/07 |
On the Porch posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) This week's Photo Shoot asked folks to share what they had on the porch. What do we see? |
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| 12/20/07 |
In Morro Bay, The Wave Catches You posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Sometimes even the Coast Guard gets the bad end of a wave, as this stunning series of pictures shows |
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| 12/20/07 |
Weekend Assignment #196: Plans for 2008 posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) First the important news: This is the last Weekend Assignment I'll be doing here |
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| 12/20/07 |
Those Crazy Dutch posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This is wacky yet somehow also awesome: The Dutch contemplate building a new 30 mile island off t... |
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| 12/19/07 |
Look! It's a Proto-Whale! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Handsome devil, innit? This is what the ancestor |
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| 12/19/07 |
Get Your Christmas Nerd On posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) 30 years of Star Wars-theme |
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| 12/19/07 |
Holy Jumping Polar Bears! posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Here's a fun little game: The polar |
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| 12/19/07 |
Two Weeks of Daddy Daddy Daddy Daddy posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Athena's home from school for the rest of the year and she's already decreed that we're going to ... |
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| 12/18/07 |
Because You Know You Want to Be Hip to What the Kids Are Listening To posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Here are year-end lists of the top 100 singles of the year, from Rolling Stone magazine and |
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| 12/18/07 |
Where the Jobs Will Be posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Are you wondering which jobs will be popular through the year 2016? Of course you are. Everyone w... |
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| 12/18/07 |
Old School Christmas Recordings posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) If you're having the urge to kick the carols in the old school way -- and we're talking really ol... |
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| 12/18/07 |
It's About Even on the Teeth, However posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Bad news for Brits: People in medieval times were healthier than modern Britons because they |
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| 12/17/07 |
Happy Holiday Stuff -- posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) -- or, gee, those Canadians sure are nice. No, I won't excerpt. Just click through. You'll be gla... |
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| 12/17/07 |
You'll Feel Better Until the Part Where You Read That Stupid CEOs Still Get Millions posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) For your bitter amusement: Fortune's 101 Dumbest Moments in Business, 2007 Edition. You'll |
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| 12/17/07 |
It's Fine as Long as You Wash Your Hands Afterwards posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Apparently more people are Googling themselves than ever! In a report Sunday, the Pew Inte... |
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| 12/17/07 |
Nice to be Nice posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) This last Weekend Assignment asked folks to do something nice for others. It didn't require folks... |
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| 12/17/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: What's On Your Porch? posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) This week, the Photo Shoot is going outdoors -- but not too far: Your Monday Photo Shoot: ... |
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| 12/16/07 |
Take Your Lousy Turducken and Shove It posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Here's a chef who creates a Christmas dinner by nesting |
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| 12/16/07 |
This is Roughly Along My Line of Work posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) 20 Things You Didn't Know About Aliens. Which to be entirely accurate is not about aliens but our... |
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| 12/16/07 |
Marrying for Money posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Here's a cheeful little article for you: How much would most people need to marry someone for mon... |
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| 12/15/07 |
Found it! posted by johnmscalzi (10 comments) Well, I found the little dongle thingie that lets me sign onto AOL (I have an extra layer of secu... |
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| 12/14/07 |
Audio entry  posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) |
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| 12/13/07 |
Get Frosty posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) I asked folks to picture frosty things for this week's Photo Shoot. What chilled the... |
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| 12/13/07 |
Where Johnny Cash's Ghost Been Spending His Time posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) I mean, holy crap, get a load of this kid's voice: |
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| 12/13/07 |
Weekend Assignment #195: Be Nice posted by johnmscalzi (13 comments) For this week's Weekend Assignment, I thought I would do something a little different, because, h... |
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| 12/13/07 |
Good Dog posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Here's a story at once heartwarming and unbearably sad. Get your tissues ready. And hope for a go... |
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| 12/12/07 |
And If You See One Topple Over, It's Best You Pretend It Didn't Happen posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Why women don't topple over when they're pregnant. It has to do with spines. Another reason for m... |
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| 12/12/07 |
Have Yourself a Caffeinated Little Christmas posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This is awesome, and yet I'm a little terrified of it too: A Christmas tree made almost entirely ... |
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| 12/12/07 |
You Think You're a Geek? Not Even Close, My Friend posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This is a geek: The world's fastest human calculator on Tuesday broke his own record for w... |
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| 12/12/07 |
No, I'm Not Dead posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) I just spent the day beating a recalcitrant chapter into submission. And I won! Go me. But... |
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| 12/11/07 |
Help! Help! I'm Evoluting! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Scientists say we're evolving faster than ever! Yay! I'll look like ET sooner than I expect... |
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| 12/11/07 |
Get Textured posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) For those of you fiddling with Web sites, here's a handly little thing: A collection of nifty loo... |
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| 12/11/07 |
Dragons Rule UK OK posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) There's currently a bit of a movement on to add a dragon, the symbol of Wales, to the British fla... |
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| 12/11/07 |
Buying My "Top Ten" Lists in Bulk This Year posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Time Magazine has fifty -- count them, fifty -- end of the year Top Ten lists. Which begs the que... |
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| 12/10/07 |
Because You Weren't There and Neither Was I posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) A blow-by-blow review of tonight's Led Zeppelin concert in London. Apparently they did a |
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| 12/10/07 |
Monday Photo Shoot: Frosty! posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) The weather outside hasn't been frightful, but it's definitely been getting cold, which inspires ... |
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| 12/10/07 |
Gifts and Odd Men Out posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Since I'm all delayed with Photo Shoots, and the response to this week's Weekend Assignment was p... |
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| 12/10/07 |
Okay, Back to the Grind posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Okay, I'm back. Thought I was gone forever, right? No, no. You still have me to kick around for a... |
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| 12/7/07 |
An Important Announcement posted by johnmscalzi (46 comments) Hey folks. I know springing important announcements on a Friday evening is not cool, but on the o... |
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| 12/7/07 |
A Little Something to Make Your Head Explode posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Trust me. Just play it. |
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| 12/7/07 |
Because It's Time posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Here's AOL's Holiday Music Full CD Listening Party, with holiday music from Josh Groban, Martina ... |
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| 12/7/07 |
Your Friday Game: Angular Momentum posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Angular Momentum. It's absurdly simple: move the ball and use angular momentum to get it into the... |
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| 12/7/07 |
Something to Keep in Mind for After the Holiday Engorgement posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) 15 Foods That Actually Burn More Calories Than They Contai |
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| 12/7/07 |
Saving the World By Whatever Means Necessary posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Someone just sent this to me, and I have to post it just for the headline: Eco-friendly k |
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| 12/6/07 |
Weekend Assignment #194: What You Wanted Back When posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) As you all know, I currently have an eight year old in the house, and I have to say she has been ... |
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| 12/6/07 |
A List You're Glad Your House is Not On posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) The Ten Ugliest Homes in the US, according to HomeVestors, which apparently has a thing for ugly ... |
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| 12/6/07 |
Have Yourself a Merry Little Interfaithmas posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) A really interesting article in the New York Times today about how couples who are interfaith -- ... |
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| 12/6/07 |
A Hoax You Should Know About posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) MSNBC is alerting folks that an e-mail hoax is going around involving US soldiers and holiday car... |
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| 12/5/07 |
No Way in Hell Am I Baltimore posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) This Internet test -- Which Major US City Are You? -- just gave me the totally wrong answer. I mea |
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| 12/5/07 |
The Next Picasso Has Six Legs posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) This is very cool: This guy creates art work by putting paint on the legs of bugs, and th... |
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| 12/5/07 |
Their Grandma Was a Univac posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) I recently bought myself an Archos 605, which is basically a palm-sized computer that all... |
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| 12/5/07 |
Snow Day! Snow Day! Snow Day! Snow Day! posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) Did I mention it's a snow day? Well it is. No school. Athena and a frien |
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| 12/4/07 |
Your Comfort Food Menu for Tonight posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Last week's Weekend Assignment asked folks to share their favorite comfort foods. I hope you've a... |
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| 12/4/07 |
Saving Rudolph posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Here's a heartwarming story about how the puppets used for Santa and Rudolph in the perennial TV ... |
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| 12/4/07 |
Just When You Thought You Were at the Top of the Animal Kingdom posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Turns out some ape is smart than you (oh, and me, too): Japanese researchers pitted young ... |
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| 12/4/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot on Tuesday: Odd Man Out posted by johnmscalzi (19 comments) No, I never found my memory card -- but I had another memory card, and the subject of my photo wa... |
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| 12/3/07 |
Because It's JUST THAT KIND OF DAY posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) I've lost the data card for my camera. I literally don't know where it went. I think the dog may ... |
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| 12/3/07 |
Please Don't Leave Me -- It's Bad for the Environment posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Perhaps the greenest reason to stay married: Divorce can be bad for the environment. I |
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| 12/3/07 |
"A Bad Kiss Triggers the Gag Reflex" posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Boy, is this article ever true: Why bad kissers don't get to second base. You would think the ans... |
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| 12/3/07 |
Reminder About This Week's Weekend Assignment posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Just a reminder to everyone: Because I got last week's Weekend Assignment out later than usual, y... |
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| 12/2/07 |
I Don't Know Art, But I Know I Like Splotches posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This is very funny: Toddler fools the art world into buying his tomato ketchup painting |
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| 12/1/07 |
This Guy Must Have an Epic Water Bill posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) For some reason I found this compelling: A man who owns every |