Aw, Shucks

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1. Fiona says:
   December 11, 2008 at 5:01 pm

   Sign me up for a BACONCAT mug. Mmmmmm, just right for my morning coffee, with a side of bacon.
2. Jas says:
   December 11, 2008 at 5:14 pm

   We call our eldest kitty baconcat anymore. Not because of you, mind, but because if bacon was cooked in the house within the last thirty six hours, she becomes an uncontrollable complainer that she didn’t get any. Or if she did, that there’s none left.
3. WendyB_09 says:
   December 11, 2008 at 5:15 pm

   OH, YEAH…BACONCAT WEAR!!!

   I’ll take a mug and a long sleeve t-shirt please.
4. Kenshin says:
   December 11, 2008 at 5:17 pm

   I like how the first question on the ThinkGeek blog about your book(s) is:
   “Yes, but will it run Linux?”
5. Fiona says:
   December 11, 2008 at 5:29 pm

   BACONCAT WEAR could be your advertising answer.

   Just think, tee shirts, mugs, messenger bags, shopping bags, book covers, hats………..
6. mensley says:
   December 11, 2008 at 5:31 pm

   Kenshin: I stuck an Ubuntu CD into my copy, and it didn’t appear to boot. Guess I might be using the wrong page, or it was the paperback version of the distro.
7. JJS says:
   December 11, 2008 at 5:34 pm

   I’ll take a T-shirt with Roger Bacon taped to the cat.
8. pwstrain says:
   December 11, 2008 at 5:34 pm

   ThinkGeek! Now you’ve hit the big time. Hugos and multiple published novels and well-ranked website be damned, ThinkGeek is nerdvana.
   And I’ll take my Bacon-Cat ™ mug with the nice young lady from the convention on it. Better if she can deliver. In costume.
9. Wonko says:
   December 11, 2008 at 6:03 pm

   I hope BrainPal is trademarked.
10. Bozo the Clone says:
    December 11, 2008 at 7:40 pm

    Speaking of bacon-related merchandise, did you manage to snag some of that bacon lip-balm at the Woot-off?
11. John Scalzi says:
    December 11, 2008 at 7:43 pm

    I just assumed someone would send me some.
12. George William Herbert says:
    December 11, 2008 at 8:53 pm

    Of course BrainPal(tm) is trademarked, it says so right in the book…

    John should *register* the existing Trademark, of course, but it’s TMed …
13. Jeff S. says:
    December 11, 2008 at 9:03 pm

    While I will wait somewhat impatiently for bacon cat items, I have to admit that ThinkGeek has some great shirts.

    My personal favorite is a tie between “A day without fusion is like a day without sunshine” and I’m uncertain about quantum mechanics” I just love how these people think.

    Jas @ 2 We have a “tuna Cat” or cheese cat or I want what you’re having cat.

    JJS @ I want the Roger bacon cat shirt too, xxxlt please.
14. Jardine says:
    December 11, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    I love the products ThinkGeek has, but every time I go to buy something there I look at the shipping cost and go “nah.” Shipping to Canada sucks.
15. BeVibe says:
    December 12, 2008 at 8:18 am

    I need a BaconCat tote bag (i loves me some tote bags), a BaconCat short-sleeved T-shirt, and a BaconCat zip-front machine-embroidered Hoodie, thankyewverymuch.

    Oh – 12. George gave me an add-on to my first order – I MUST have a BrainPal t-shirt, too! (John – i’m not kidding. that is my *first* order, for me. i’m sure to think of items for gifts!)

    I echo 5. Fiona – BACONCAT wear could be your advertising answer. Heck – if you set up a CafePress store with BaconCat and Scalzi-universe related items, it could pay for the hosting on your website. You wouldn’t actually need to do advertising. Or you could have someone set it up & do the design work for you. I have a graphic designer friend who does this. Let me know if you need her contact info. She’s an award-winning graphic designer & lives in SW Ohio. She does free-lance work, and does everything online.
16. ADifferentJohn says:
    December 12, 2008 at 10:51 am

    While I heartily agree with the merchandizing suggestions above, it seems like we’re missing the obvious–BaconCat Bacon! Surely, the massive bacon industry is ready to branch out into cat-fur-friendly pork products! In not bacon itself, at least a sponsorship (Endorsed by BaconCat(tm)!)…..
17. ADifferentJohn says:
    December 12, 2008 at 10:52 am

    Errr…obviously “if” not bacon rather than “in”, above. Sorry!
18. Philbert says:
    December 15, 2008 at 7:39 am

    Funnily enough, for that particular book you don’t have to get offline at all, since it was available in ebook format from tor.com.
    I read it on my mobile phone and it was actually the reason why I started reading this blog.
19. Novembrance says:
    December 15, 2008 at 7:24 pm

    Ahh, ThinkGeek. They make my Christmas shopping oh, so effortless. Glad to know they have excellent taste in books, too.
20. Fletcher says:
    April 1, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    A BaconCat™ mug would have to be a) shaped like a cat, and b) contain tiny microinfusers full of bacon flavour, so that anything you drank was baconized.

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