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Half Century
Yep, I hit the big 50 today and pretty much the most exciting thing I did today so far was renew my plates and driver’s license. Now I need to dig up that AARP card they sent me.
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Why I filter my comments. . .
I had really nice comment today on my latest blog post: “With your ability, certainly you have learned praises before but I just want to involve to the many who have thanked you for what you’ve attained. Your work are one of a kind and show great insight. Thanks for Read more…
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Internet randomness and cover design.
This post shows up in my RSS feed, which takes me over here, where one of the first links leads me over to this thread of awesomness. Here’s the concept: Take random Wikipedia article, feed the subject into the LIFE photo archive and pick a picture, the article is your Read more…
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Twinkle twinkle little star
ADDENDUM: Charlie Stross gets in on the act. God do I love Scalzi’s posts sometimes. Before I get into details, I should point out the origin of this meme in the actions of one asshat extrordinaire, Deborah MacGillivray who engaged in gaming the Amazon.com review system, mobilizing internet stormtroopers to Read more…
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Meme Ahoy!
Caught this from Maureen McHugh’s blog.Meme: Post the first line of your first journal entry of each month for 2007. (One thing strikes me doing this, how quickly Wolfbreed went from idea to sale.) January, I’m Back. . . And actually moderating comments. February, New Blogger Well, I just spent Read more…
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Eddie Vader Lego
Everyone’s doing it. . .SF Signal, Big Dumb Object, Whatever. . .. . . so I have to post it too. Eddie Izzard, Lego, Darth Vader. Just to be different, here’s a bonus Eddie Izzard Lego video about movies. (Bet you didn’t know that was an actual subgenre) Warning, language Read more…
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More Blended Titles
Continuing the prior meme * Behold the Man in the High Castle by Phillip K Moorecock * Brave New Worlds of the Imperium by Aldous Laumer * The Man Who Sold the Moon is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A Heinlein II * The Eyes of the Dragonriders of Pern Read more…
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Title Blender Meme
I’ve caught another meme from the SF Signal Blog (patient zero for the meme being Literary Compass) The idea is to blend two book titles together by using the last word of one title and the first word of the second title. If you want, you can blend the authors’ Read more…
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This Blog’s First Meme
I picked up this meme, it might be a little stale, but it is a cool idea: This is a list of the 50 “most significant” science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953-2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you’ve read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you Read more…