April 2007
| 4/30/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Wave Hello! posted by johnmscalzi (15 comments) As I've been wandering around the country on my book tour, I've been getting the folks at my stop... |
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| 4/30/07 |
You Animal! posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) Last week's Weekend Assignment asked: What animal would you come back as, if you had to come back... |
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| 4/29/07 |
Because Nothing Moves a Woman Like Outsourcing posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) For your consideration: The story of a man who outsourced his dating. No, not the dating part of ... |
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| 4/29/07 |
When Authors Blather posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Those of you who can't get enough of watching authors speak on various literary subjects will get... |
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| 4/28/07 |
Welcome to LA posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) A hotel room overlooking the pool? I must be in LA! And indeed I am -- my publisher has m... |
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| 4/27/07 |
Ba-a-a-a-a-d Dog! posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) As the story notes, this is likely to turn out to be one of those urban legends, but if it's true... |
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| 4/27/07 |
Being Shifty-Eyed Apparently Has Its Advantages posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Need a memory boost? Glance at this: If you’re looking for a quick memory fix, move your e... |
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| 4/27/07 |
More Blue Skies posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) I was busily typing up my Photo Entry follow-up on all the blue sky pictures yesterday when my si... |
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| 4/26/07 |
Nothing But Blue Skies posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) You know what? At the moment, the voodoo I was planning with the Blue Skies photo shoot is workin... |
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| 4/26/07 |
Rush Rush posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Just a quick note: I'm popping into the shower right now because I have a radio interview in an h... |
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| 4/26/07 |
Weekend Assignment #162: Karma Chameleon posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) Hey! Welcome to the first of the reader-submitted Weekend Assignments, in which I've chosen topic... |
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| 4/25/07 |
The One News Story I've Actually Bothered to Read Whilst Out on Tour posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) And here it is: 'Earth-like' planet may support life The newly found planet - called G |
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| 4/25/07 |
Safe and Sound in San Francisco posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Despite a few airplane problems, caused by weather rather than the airplane, I managed to... |
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| 4/25/07 |
Audio entry  posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) |
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| 4/24/07 |
Book Tour Diary at Ficlets Blog posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Just a quick advertisement for myself: As you know, I'm on a book tour between now and May 10. Wh... |
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| 4/24/07 |
Seattle Sights posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) As is my wont when I travel, here is my "picture from the hotel widow," and in this case ... |
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| 4/23/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Blue Skies posted by johnmscalzi (29 comments) I'm going to be flying in a whole lot of airplanes over the next three weeks, and this week's pho... |
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| 4/23/07 |
Let Me Take You on a Trip posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) For last week's Weekend Assignment, I ask people to share the longest they'd been away from home ... |
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| 4/23/07 |
Saturn's Rings: The Movie posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Very cool: A movie, made from pictures from the Cassini, of |
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| 4/22/07 |
Feeling Insect-astic! posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Even praying mantises get happy sometimes. Don't click through if bugs in general creep you out. ... |
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| 4/22/07 |
The Ultimate Internet Error Message posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Hey, I'm home, and reunited with my computer -- for the next 18 hours or so, anyway. Given... |
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| 4/21/07 |
How Embarrassing posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Okay, do you have any idea how embarrassing it is to go to a science fiction/computing convention... |
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| 4/20/07 |
Audio entry posted by johnmscalzi (8 comments) |
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| 4/20/07 |
Traveling to Detroit posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Because apparently I'm stupid, I am not spending the weekend before a three week book tour at hom... |
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| 4/19/07 |
The Wind Through the Flags posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Journals Editor Joe |
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| 4/19/07 |
Weekend Assignment #161: The Longest Trip posted by johnmscalzi (11 comments) This is my carry-on bag. In my carry-on bag is all the clothing I'm taking with me on my ... |
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| 4/19/07 |
And He'll Never Eat Algae Again posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Remember when I told you about the fellow who had himself closed up on a box |
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| 4/18/07 |
Today's Totally Spacey Video From the World of Science posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Since you all seemed to enjoy yesterday's trippy solar flare video, here's another science-based ... |
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| 4/18/07 |
Horribly Mean But Fun (In a Mean Way) posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) The 100 Unsexiest Men of 2007. No, I'm not on the list. Stop looking at me like that. Warn... |
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| 4/18/07 |
Happy Birthday, Krissy! posted by johnmscalzi (12 comments) First: Yes, I survived yesterday's software installation. The software in question was no... |
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| 4/17/07 |
And Now, Excitement! posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) I'm now about to install a very complex piece of software onto my computer. Usually this means I ... |
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| 4/17/07 |
One Last Video for the Day posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Today is the day my latest novel The Last Colony is released into the stores (yay!), and my publi... |
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| 4/17/07 |
Apparently I'm on a YouTube Kick This Morning posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Otherwise I would have no excuse for sharing with you "My Dog is a Jedi." |
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| 4/17/07 |
Whoa, Man. Like, the Sun posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) The sun is a mass of incandescent gas, a gigantic nuclear furnace. And sometimes it burps, causin... |
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| 4/16/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Windy Days posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) We've got one of those days in which the wind is fixin' to blow shingles off the roof, so natural... |
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| 4/16/07 |
Play Ball, or, D'oh! + One Day Extension on Weekend Assignment posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I am being suddenly reminded that today begin my daughters baseball practices, so the time I thou... |
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| 4/15/07 |
Bees or Cell Phones? posted by johnmscalzi (17 comments) Here's an interesting possible example of the Law of Unintended Consequences: Are mobile phones w... |
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| 4/14/07 |
A Public Service Blog Entry About Seat Belts posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Writer -- and Emergency Medical Technician -- Jim MacDonald writes about why you really do want t... |
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| 4/13/07 |
So... Done Your Taxes Yet? posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) We've done ours -- or more accurately, our accountant has done ours. The good news was we m |
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| 4/13/07 |
Yet Another Reason to Start Being Super-Nice to the Women You Know posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Or, yet another example of why men are rapidly becoming optional: Human sperm cells have b... |
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| 4/13/07 |
Sunset Silhouette posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Found this picture in the archives last night. Thought I'd share it with you all. I belie... |
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| 4/12/07 |
Extreme Closeup Revealed! posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) For this week's Photo Shoot, I had folks get their cameras close to some object and then ... |
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| 4/12/07 |
Weekend Assignment #160: Suggest Your Own Weekend Assignment! posted by johnmscalzi (17 comments) Why does Mrs. Scalzi look so pensive here? Perhaps because she's pondering this week's We... |
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| 4/12/07 |
The Grass is Always Redder On the Other Side of the Fence... posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Provided the other side of the fence is on another planet: If t |
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| 4/11/07 |
News Flash: I'm Getting Older posted by johnmscalzi (9 comments) Lunchtime. I want: A nice big bacon double cheeseburger. I'm having: A banana and a... |
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| 4/11/07 |
Mmmm... Cinematic Cheese posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) Because Wednesday is a fine day to have a pointless argument about popular culture, I submit to y... |
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| 4/11/07 |
Before Anyone Else Sends it to Me posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Boy, tape bacon to your cat just once, and suddenly everyone sends you any bacon-related story ou... |
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| 4/10/07 |
Mowing Season Has Begun! posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) The cold snap of the last several days has sufficiently lifted, and it's time for mowing ... |
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| 4/10/07 |
The Running of the Big Wheels posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Scott Beale / Laughing Squid There's nothing lik |
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| 4/10/07 |
Associated Press Discovers Googling Your Date posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Only about five or so years after the rest of us! For better or worse, "googling" your dat... |
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| 4/9/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Get Close, Part III posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) This one's becoming a perennial favorite here for the Photo Shoot -- and as it happens the last t... |
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| 4/9/07 |
Meet the Pseudonyms posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) For the Weekend Assignment I asked folks to come up with pen names |
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| 4/9/07 |
The Prodigal Writer posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Well, I finally made it home, only 15 hours or so after I was supposed to be there. I am groggy (... |
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| 4/8/07 |
Why Do The Airport Gods Hate Me So? posted by johnmscalzi (5 comments) My flight at was originally meant to leave at 12:10pm today. But the plane was late getting in an... |
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| 4/8/07 |
Happy Easter! posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) I hope your Easter is filled with happiness and possibly also chocolate. My Easter, alas, will be... |
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| 4/7/07 |
In the Category of Clever Author Promotions posted by johnmscalzi (4 comments) Miranda July is an author who wants to try a slightly different way of promoting her book. ... |
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| 4/6/07 |
Finding Fake Photos posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) I've been known to fiddle with Photoshop here and there, to make images that aren't exact... |
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| 4/6/07 |
The Real Secret? Everyone was Dancing to the "Hokey Pokey" posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) This ranks high up there on the "people being silly" scale: |
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| 4/6/07 |
A Travel Observation posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Hey there -- I'm alive and in San Diego. Hello from the just north of the border. Question... |
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| 4/5/07 |
Weekend Assignment #159: Your Pen Name posted by johnmscalzi (16 comments) In a couple hours I'm on a plane to San Diego, where, in addition to being about 30 degre... |
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| 4/5/07 |
A Photo Shoot With a Twist of Irony posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) For this week's Photo Shoot I ask people to show off blossoms and blooms, because Spring ... |
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| 4/5/07 |
A Shoutout to the Kids With Their Crazy Rock Music posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) If what you need to get you going today is a jolt of hyperaggressive nihilism -- I mean, more tha... |
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| 4/5/07 |
In Today's Episode of Those Crazy Scientists posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) You know how you've always wanted to live underwater in a sealed box and subsist on algae a... |
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| 4/4/07 |
All Right, Now I'm Confused posted by johnmscalzi (7 comments) Okay, I know I wrote up an entry about this article ("Ten Things Your Restaurant Wi |
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| 4/4/07 |
A Government Ruling I Can Get Behind posted by johnmscalzi (2 comments) Thank God: Striking a blow for cell phone haters everywhere, a government agency on Tuesda... |
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| 4/4/07 |
Two Visually Disturbing Lists to Get You Going on a Wednesday posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Which is worse: The Top Ten Horrible Deep Sea Creatures or |
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| 4/3/07 |
For Those of You Having a Hard Time Letting Go of April Fool's Day posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Relive all the wild craziness of 48 hours ago with this list of the best online April Fool's Day ... |
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| 4/3/07 |
Why I Won't Be Leaving the House Today posted by johnmscalzi (3 comments) Reuters I'm not leaving the house today because my entire state will be in a foul, fou... |
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| 4/3/07 |
Sadly You Won't Have Time to Make Them Perfectly Stale Like the Store-Bought Ones posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Because I know how much you like to make a mess in the kitchen around the time of major religious... |
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| 4/2/07 |
Got the Time posted by johnmscalzi (0 comments) What's your favorite time of day? That was the question for |
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| 4/2/07 |
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Blossoms and Blooms posted by johnmscalzi (28 comments) The budding season of spring is bursting out all over the Scalzi Compound, and I expect in most o... |
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| 4/2/07 |
Welcome Spring! Plus an Announcement posted by johnmscalzi (6 comments) Aaaah, spring. It's nice. I spent the day taking pictures of what spring looks like aroun... |
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| 4/1/07 |
Just in Case You've Forgotten Today is April Fool's Day posted by johnmscalzi (1 comments) Hey: Today is April Fool's Day. Many people will attempt to fool you. Do not be fooled by Interne... |