Aug 01 2009
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The Last 100 Posts
- For the Kodi Fans Out There
- Your Science Fiction Award Nomination Suggestions
- There’s Snow Place Like Home
- Up in the Air: An Open Pimp Thread
- View From the Getty
- In Other News, I’m Old
- Kindle Versions of My Books Now Back Online
- Oh, and About The God Engines
- Books Back on Amazon (But Not Kindle)
- The Big Idea: James Knapp
- And Now, The Obligatory View Out the Hotel Window
- A Technical Thing re: Amazon and My Tor Books
- Mission Accomplished
- Hey, You Know What
- Science Fiction Oscar Thoughts
- A Quick Interview of Me, By Me, To Catch Up With Everything Amazon
- Why In Fact Publishing Will Not Go Away Anytime Soon: A Deeply Slanted Play in Three Acts
- SFWA Has a Point to Make
- Back Naps For Hep Cats
- The Big Idea: Katharine Beutner
- A Note Re: Amazon Links in Big Idea Pieces
- Just Arrived, 2/2/10
- Initial Oscar Thoughts, 2010
- A Call For Author Support
- Just Arrived, 2/1/10
- Procedural Notes, 2/1/10
- And Now, For Those Who Need It, For Whatever Reason: A Picture of My Cat
- Seriously? Now They’re Just Being Dicks
- All The Many Ways Amazon So Very Failed the Weekend
- Dear Amazon:
- RIP, Kage Baker
- In Which I Attempt Math — AND WIN!
- On a Personal Note
- It’s All About Timing
- A Quick Note On eBook Pricing and Amazon Hijinx
- Macmillan Books Gone Missing From Amazon
- Re: That “GOPers Are Nihilists” Comment of Mine
- The Intervention is Not Going Well
- Modeling Only the Finest in Pun-Based Geek Apparel
- A Musical Question On a Thursday Evening
- From the Whatever Archives: “Holden Caulfield in Middle Age”
- J.D. Salinger Dead
- State of the Union 2010
- The Big Idea: Sara Miles
- It Is a Good Day To Die!
- Meanwhile, On the Home Front, I Have Growing Suspicions My Male Cats Are Totally Gay
- Obligatory Quick Assessment of the iPad
- iPad Book Availability: No Idea
- Kage Baker
- Perhaps an Indication of How Far Into My Own Head I’ve Been the Last Several Days
- Quick Backend Note re: Comments
- LA Times Article on Science Fiction and the Oscars
- For the Deskgrazing Set
- The Big Idea: Margaret Ronald
- Dear The Internets: I Am Running For President of SFWA
- Meanwhile, On Instant Message, The Truth Emerges
- Bits, 1/25/10
- You Know —
- Weekend Update
- Zeus the Cat Confronts the Existential Conundrum of a Weekend Away From the Internet
- Inevitably Someone Will Complain About Being Called a “Larva”
- Apropos of Today’s Supreme Court Ruling
- The Big Idea: Josh Sundquist
- 3D Thoughts Plus AMC Notes
- Dude. Whoa. Just, Like, Whoa.
- Cherie Priest on Authorial Control
- A Reminder Regarding Political Prognostications
- Judge Sn: The Abridged Audio Version
- Political Thoughts Before Bed
- Brief Administrative Note Re: Deleted Comments
- Just Arrived, 1/19/10
- A Small Piece of Advice to Hopeful “Big Idea” Participants
- The Big Idea: Mark Teppo
- From the “Is There Nothing Sacred” Category
- Workspace Context
- Workspace
- Helping Shawn Powers
- Today Is Family Time Day
- Cult Pop Interview
- Today’s Observation on the Subject of Language
- Instant Podcast 1/15/10
- Things I Don’t Miss
- The Big Idea: Alan DeNiro
- Avatars, Blades, Spiders
- Sunset 1/12/10
- Agent Auf Deutsch
- Today’s Completely Context-Free Statement Which Will Make No Sense to Any Of You Now But Will Later, If You Remember It, Which You Probably Won’t
- Interviewing the Larbalestier Way
- Various & Sundry 1/12/10
- Just Arrived, 1/12/10
- The Big Idea: Patrick Lee
- A Small Request Re: Notifying Me About Typos
- Just Arrived, 1/11/10
- Possession is Nine Tenths of a Nap
- Shorter Joel Stein
- Frosty: The Snow, Man
- How Athena Spent Her Saturday
- That Takes Me Back
- TGE Soon at Borders; Taos Toolbox; Freer’s “Dragons”
- A Mildly Cranky Note to Would-Be Interviewers
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Socially Speaking
Hah, I think Wil Wheaton tweeted this earlier in the week. Very funny.
Between this and the Ting Tings, I’m all weirded out. Time to take a nap.
I think this song is what can cause a Shatnerquake!
It doesn’t completely mitigate the galactic-size suck that was Star Trek V–but it helps.
Here, let me spell it out for you. WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?!
I know this isn’t a game of one-upmanship, but I can’t resist posting this:
William Shatner and Henry Rollins: I Can’t Get Behind That
(performed by puppets)
Did you see Shatner reciting Palin’s speech on the Tonight Show?
Oh god–not you, too! This has been background music–and an earworm–here at Clarion for the past week. Along with the hand motions.
(missed the ref to Liz Hand before posting. I’ll shake my fist at her later!)
You posted these 2 music vids in the wrong order….it should have been the other way ’round.
Going off to find some Gogol Bordello to get this out of my head…..
Christopher Plummer accused Shatner of restrained acting, back in the day.
Either something changed drastically over the years, stage acting is seriously different from TV acting, or Plummer was on something when he wrote that.
I’m inclined to suspect the last. I get the impression Mr. Plummer may have led a wild life as a young actor. It’s just an impression, however.
I love William Shatner/Captain Kirk, why do people hate on him so. :(
Catchy. Disturbing, but catchy.
Who needs Shatner remixed when a rendition of Rocket Man awaits?