This year marked the 10 year anniversary of Whatever, and it was also a pretty good year in terms of individual entries. Having an election helped, I think. Here are some of the entries I think qualify for the best of the year, just in case you missed them the first go-around.
- The Final Judgment on “The Final Countdown”
- Things One Should Not Forget
- Unasked-For Advice to New Writers About Money
- A Gut-Check Moment for SFWA
- Shaming the Poor
- Ten Years Ago Today
- The Problem With 1,000 True Fans
- Reader Request Week 2008 #10: Meeting Authors (and Me)
- The Stupidly Obvious Phrase of the Day
- Fox News Would Like To Take a Moment To Remind You That the Obamas Are As Black As Satan’s Festering, Baby-Eating Soul
- Another Entry in the Annals of “People Who Haven’t the Slightest Idea What They’re Saying”
- Needed: John Scalzi “Facts” (read this one for the comment thread)
- It Has Been Revealed
- Why Yes, I Should Write About Politics
- The Election Lists (read from the bottom up)
- The Cubbies Win the Existential Pennant! The Cubbies Win the Existential Pennant!
- Reality Check
- What’s Really Going On With Joe Lieberman
- Emo: Older Than You Think
- How You Know It’s Not Santa
Happy reading.
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