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The Last 100 Posts
- A Small Note Re: Response Times
- How Oscar Slipped Past Avatar
- For Paul and Storm Fans and Those Who Just Don’t Know They’re Fans Yet
- The Office Stripped Bare
- The Big Idea: Skyler White
- Just Arrived, 3/10/10
- My Office, In Handy Box Form
- Why Of Course I’ll Be Happy To Show You My Prom Picture
- Today’s Reminder of the Consistent Awesomeness of My Wife
- Amelia Beamer, Sex and Zombies, Serialized Fiction
- The Big Idea: Dave Goldberg and Jeff Blomquist
- A Quick Note to Universal Home Entertainment
- Because People Ask: Book Acquisition Details
- Just Arrived, 3/8/10
- Monday Morning Housekeepery
- Your Oscar Night Open Thread
- My Ubiquity In Your Online Life: A Poll
- The Future Soon Now
- EBooks, Free, The Value Thereof
- The Big Idea: Teri Hall
- MilSFery
- Comments and Communities
- Final SF Oscar Thoughts
- Oscar and Me
- Just Arrived, 3/3/10
- The Big Idea: Blake Charlton
- Casting My (SFWA) Vote
- Micro(ish) Update
- Talk Amongst Yourselves
- Just Arrived, 3/1/10
- Your March Science Fictional Reminderations
- Knowing When Not to Bigfoot Someone
- A Birthday Tune
- The Awesome Yet Terrifying Power of Abba Zaba
- TGE Review at SFReviews.net, Plus a Bonus Childhood Story
- The Big Idea: N.K. Jemisin
- Today’s Irony Twofer
- This Manuscript Hires People
- Handing You Off to Charlie Stross Today
- Technical Note Re: E-mail
- Video Games Into SF Movies
- Just Once I Wish I Could Have a Normal Picture of Me and My Daughter
- Zeus Works on His Cheshire Cat Trick
- The Big Idea: David Louis Edelman
- Signed Chapbook for Auction at “Con or Bust”
- Stargate Universe: I’m Back For Season Two
- The God Engines: Hugo Consideration Edition
- USA Today Piece on Science Fiction and the Oscars
- Just Arrived, 2/22/10
- The Big Idea: Robert McCammon
- One Star Reviews Revisited
- My Secret (Failed) Media Tie-In Past
- Interesting Note on Marriage in the United States
- Final God Engine First Editions — Signed! — at Subterranean Press
- Taking the Day Off
- Mustaches of Years Gone By
- And Now, a Nebula Awards Geek Out Moment
- 2009 Nebula Award Nominations
- Tough But Fair
- Nebula Award Nominations to Be Announced Tomorrow
- The Big Idea: Alex de Campi
- Inglourious Basterds: Is It Science Fiction?
- Just Arrived, 2/17/10
- From the “How Cool is This” Department
- Various & Sundry, 2/17/10
- The Cake That Refreshes
- Me Stuff, 2/16/10
- Athena Wishes You a Groovy Mardi Gras
- Just Arrived, 2/16/10
- The Big Idea: Alexey Pehov
- I Hereby Unilaterally Declare February 15th To Be International Grover Appreciation Day
- Yet Another Snow Day
- Today’s “Dogs! And Cats! Living Together!” Moment
- Sunset, 2/14/10
- Various & Sundry, 2/14/10
- Happy Valentine’s Day
- In the Words of Neo: Whoa.
- All Sorts of Wrong
- The Big Idea: Stephen Deas
- Just Arrived, 2/11/10
- Today’s Tale of Epic Cluelessness
- Winter Survival, Science Fiction Style
- Buzz Buzz Buzz
- My Evanescent Internet Fame
- John Scalzi Answers Mail, Generically
- New TGE Review, Plus Retailer Availability Update
- Ich Bin Gestucken
- And Now, the World’s Least Impressive Icicle
- 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
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Whatwitters
- Happiness for writers is editors who pay attention to when you have a problem and help you fix it fast. Yay! Editors! 1 hour ago
- Office totally empty. Seeing the horror of nine years of dusty corners. 7 hours ago
- For lunch, I had 12 layers worth of burrito. 1 day ago
- Additionally uncovered: Some original comic art from Ivan Brunetti, from his Schizo days. 2 days ago
- Also found: Baseball signed by Danny Glover, Tony Danza and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. There is some odd stuff in my office, man. 2 days ago
- While boxing up my office, found my college diploma. Glad to see I didn't hallucinate that. 2 days ago
- A 16-in x 16-in box doesn't seem big until you fill 10 of them with hardcover books and haul them down a flight of stairs. 2 days ago
- You all realize that we now live in a world where Steve Guttenberg's nerdy sidekick in "Short Circuit" has an Oscar, right? 2 days ago
- @DefaultProphet There's been interest but I'm not sure if/when a deal will be made. 2 days ago
- @DefaultProphet No date scheduled for that yet. 2 days ago
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?