Comments on: In Which The Author Engages In Some Unseemly Whining http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/08/21/in-which-the-author-engages-in-some-unseemly-whining/ WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON OUR HUMILITY Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:29:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: BeVibe http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/08/21/in-which-the-author-engages-in-some-unseemly-whining/#comment-160342 BeVibe Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:10:28 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8302#comment-160342 John - I'm assuming you would let us know if your missing Hugo had arrived by now. Did you call the folks at the convention for your tracking number? John – I’m assuming you would let us know if your missing Hugo had arrived by now. Did you call the folks at the convention for your tracking number?

]]> By: Jeff Beeler http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/08/21/in-which-the-author-engages-in-some-unseemly-whining/#comment-160272 Jeff Beeler Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:47:28 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8302#comment-160272 On the practical side I find it usually takes TWO weeks for packages from the United States to arrive at my house in Canada. So I would hope that it would arrive sometime this week. On the practical side I find it usually takes TWO weeks for packages from the United States to arrive at my house in Canada.

So I would hope that it would arrive sometime this week.

]]> By: Josh Jasper http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/08/21/in-which-the-author-engages-in-some-unseemly-whining/#comment-160107 Josh Jasper Sun, 23 Aug 2009 22:16:00 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8302#comment-160107 Whenever life get you down Keeps you wearing a frown And the gravy train has left you behind And when your all out of hope Down at the end of your rope And nobody's there to throw you a line If you ever get so low That you don't know which way to go Come on and take a walk in my shoes Never worry 'bout a thing Got the world on a string Cause I've got the cure for all of my blues (all of his blues) I take a look at my enormous <del>penis</del> Hugo And my troubles start a-meltin' away (ba-doom bop bop) I take a look at my enormous <del>penis</del> Hugo And the happy times are comin' to stay (be-doo) (<a href="http://www.imeem.com/folly/music/8UUcWSyE/da-vincis-notebook-enormous-penis/" rel="nofollow">Enormous Penis</a>, DaVinci's Notebook) Whenever life get you down
Keeps you wearing a frown
And the gravy train has left you behind
And when your all out of hope
Down at the end of your rope
And nobody’s there to throw you a line

If you ever get so low
That you don’t know which way to go
Come on and take a walk in my shoes
Never worry ’bout a thing
Got the world on a string
Cause I’ve got the cure for all of my blues (all of his blues)

I take a look at my enormous penis Hugo
And my troubles start a-meltin’ away (ba-doom bop bop)
I take a look at my enormous penis Hugo
And the happy times are comin’ to stay (be-doo)

(Enormous Penis, DaVinci’s Notebook)

]]> By: Jamie http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/08/21/in-which-the-author-engages-in-some-unseemly-whining/#comment-160097 Jamie Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:05:24 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8302#comment-160097 /me cues up 'Detachable Hugo'. /me cues up ‘Detachable Hugo’.

]]> By: Bizarro Scalzi http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/08/21/in-which-the-author-engages-in-some-unseemly-whining/#comment-160081 Bizarro Scalzi Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:59:05 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8302#comment-160081 You expect us to <strike>swa</strike> come up with something that won't get us moderated out of existence? You expect us to swa come up with something that won’t get us moderated out of existence?

]]> By: John Scalzi http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/08/21/in-which-the-author-engages-in-some-unseemly-whining/#comment-160080 John Scalzi Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:54:15 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8302#comment-160080 THIRTEEN MASSIVE INCHES. THIRTEEN MASSIVE INCHES.

]]> By: "Other" Jeff http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/08/21/in-which-the-author-engages-in-some-unseemly-whining/#comment-160079 "Other" Jeff Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:42:19 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8302#comment-160079 ...And what a stunning phallic symbol it is!! What is that, about eight inches? Ten? …And what a stunning phallic symbol it is!! What is that, about eight inches? Ten?

]]> By: Bryan Price http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/08/21/in-which-the-author-engages-in-some-unseemly-whining/#comment-160067 Bryan Price Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:22:56 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8302#comment-160067 They probably shipped it via Woot SmartPost, whereupon it sits in at least one, possibly multiple sorting centers for a full week. Each. They probably shipped it via Woot SmartPost, whereupon it sits in at least one, possibly multiple sorting centers for a full week. Each.

]]> By: Bizarro Scalzi http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/08/21/in-which-the-author-engages-in-some-unseemly-whining/#comment-160063 Bizarro Scalzi Sun, 23 Aug 2009 03:14:51 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8302#comment-160063 I received Hugo for "My Love Parcel Has Been X-Rated" already. I received Hugo for “My Love Parcel Has Been X-Rated” already.

]]> By: Kevin Standlee http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/08/21/in-which-the-author-engages-in-some-unseemly-whining/#comment-160057 Kevin Standlee Sun, 23 Aug 2009 01:51:10 +0000 http://whatever.scalzi.com/?p=8302#comment-160057 FWIW, two of the three boxes that I shipped from the Canada Post station at the Palais des Congres on the day after Anticipation arrived in Mehama, Oregon this morning, 11 days later. The third box is still unaccounted for. Dan @5: See the <a href="http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-trophies/" rel="nofollow">Hugo Award Trophies Page</a> for pictures of all past trophies. As others have said, each year's base is different. It has been common in recent years for Worldcons to hold contests for designs. FWIW, two of the three boxes that I shipped from the Canada Post station at the Palais des Congres on the day after Anticipation arrived in Mehama, Oregon this morning, 11 days later. The third box is still unaccounted for.

Dan @5: See the Hugo Award Trophies Page for pictures of all past trophies. As others have said, each year’s base is different. It has been common in recent years for Worldcons to hold contests for designs.

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