Monthly Archives: April 2005
Reader Request 2005: Pot!
Posted on April 14, 2005 28 Comments
David Graham asks: What I’d be interested in is your feelings on marijuana and how that has changed since you’ve had a child and grown older? I’m 24 at the moment and personally I don’t use it but my fiancé and friends do use it. Well, without going into Lifetime TV Movie detail about it, […]
Full-On Geekery
Posted on April 14, 2005 16 Comments
I was having a philosophical discussion about geekery the other night with Kate Nepveu, about whether to qualify for geekdom one needs to have a certain level of technical/mechanical/mathematical aptitude, or if just having the outward trappings of geekdom were enough to seal the deal. I argued for the former, while she tended toward the […]
Reader Request 2005: Beatles, Batman and They
Posted on April 13, 2005 42 Comments
These from Greg Morrow: Beatles or Rolling Stones? Superman or Batman? “He or she” or singular “they”? First: The Beatles, obviously. First, they’re not pathetic posers like the Stones. I mean, Mick Jagger went to the London School of Economics. He’d be a banker now, if it weren’t for the Stones, whereas Lennon would have […]
Yet Another Scalzi…
Posted on April 13, 2005 13 Comments
And boy, is she pretty. Meet Gina Scalzi. And talented, too, as she’s an award-winning actress. Which I will never ever have a hope to be. Anyway, hopefully her blog will one day expand past a head shot.
It’s Official: I’m Bi!
Posted on April 12, 2005 26 Comments
Bi-processorial, that is. Meet the new computer: An iMac 1.8 GHz. 20″ screen and 1.25 GB RAM. I was planning to hold out for the release of Tiger OS later this month, but I want to write Ghost Brigades on the new computer and I didn’t want to wait any longer (I’ve got a tight […]
Reader Request Week 2005: Peak Oil
Posted on April 12, 2005 31 Comments
A number of readers (beginning with mad) are interested in my take on Peak Oil and what it will mean to the American Way of Life(tm). “Peak Oil,” in case you don’t know, is a theory about petroleum production and depletion. Basically, there’s a finite amount of oil out there under the rocks. Whenever oils […]
Reader Request Week 2005: Creative Commons and FanFic
Posted on April 11, 2005 39 Comments
Welcome everyone to the Whatever’s annual Reader Request Week, in which readers suggest a topic, and then I blather on about it. To start things off, let’s combine two requests that go well together. Chris asks: Intellectual property – Where do you feel an equitable compromise lies in the fair-use/right-of-artists-to-profit-from-their-work debate? Any thoughts on the […]
Doubleblogging, OMW Review, Penguicon Schedule, Saul Bellow
Posted on April 10, 2005 13 Comments
A bunch of little things I’ve been thinking about: * My pal Jeff Porten has revamped his Web site and now has two blog-esque elements to it: Portentia, for longer pieces (two pieces which are fronting at the moment include his memories of the end of his mother’s life, and his questions for the people […]
Reasonably Large OMW News
Posted on April 8, 2005 22 Comments
But before the reasonably large Old Man’s War news, a quick link to this review of OMW, from Dave Munger. His review is from a relatively unique perspective, since we went to college together, and he married a dormmate of mine. One of the things Dave notes is that “the book seems practically made with […]
Reader Request Week 2005: Get Your Requests In
Posted on April 7, 2005 75 Comments
You know, every day thousands of people drop by here to see what I’m ranting about, or to find out what excuse I’m proffering for not ranting today, and to each and everyone of you, I want to say: Thanks. Daily you slake my need for public exhibition, and you ask for so little in […]
Whew!
Posted on April 6, 2005 6 Comments
I sent off the final chapter of Rough Guide to Science Fiction Film today, thus signaling the end of the book. There are a few other things to be done — several movie reviews and a few thumbnail reviews, mostly — but all the heavy lifting is done. You cannot imagine how happy I am […]
Spring is Officially Here
Posted on April 5, 2005 7 Comments
It gives me immense pleasure to present the first kite fly of the year: Thank you. That is all.
Thanks
Posted on April 5, 2005 3 Comments
To everyone who sent nice messages yesterday and today concerning Rex: Thanks very much. It does help. I’m busy banging out a humor piece on the upcoming royal wedding for the Dayton Daily News, and after that I’ll be putting the finishing touches on the final chapter of the Rough Guide to Science Fiction Film […]
Rex the Cat, 1991 – 2005
Posted on April 4, 2005 65 Comments
This is admittedly not on the same scale of international importance as the death of the pope, but on the other hand, and no offense to John Paul II, it’s more important to me: My cat Rex died either late last night or early this morning. I went to the garage to feed the cats […]
Type Type Type…
Posted on April 4, 2005 11 Comments
… Still typing. So close to being done (after which, of course, I start another book. But never mind that now). Don’t worry, I’ve left you something here. What is it, and is it worth 17.8MB of your downloading time? Well, you tell me.
Bits and Pieces
Posted on April 1, 2005 9 Comments
No, I’m not doing anything clever for April Fool’s Day, although if you like you can hear me get frustrated when Athena doesn’t fall for my April Fool’s Day prank. Kids can be too clever sometimes. Grrr. In other news, Tor’s ordered a fourth printing of Old Man’s War. As the kids say: w00t! Also, […]
Bits and Pieces
Posted on April 1, 2005 1 Comment
No, I’m not doing anything clever for April Fool’s Day, although if you like you can hear me get frustrated when Athena doesn’t fall for my April Fool’s Day prank. Kids can be too clever sometimes. Grrr. In other news, Tor’s ordered a fourth printing of Old Man’s War. As the kids say: w00t! Also, […]
Bits and Pieces
Posted on April 1, 2005 4 Comments
No, I’m not doing anything clever for April Fool’s Day, although if you like you can hear me get frustrated when Athena doesn’t fall for my April Fool’s Day prank. Kids can be too clever sometimes. Grrr. In other news, Tor’s ordered a fourth printing of Old Man’s War. As the kids say: w00t! Also, […]
Rerun Week: I Second That Emotion
Posted on April 1, 2005 11 Comments
I’m still in rerun week although I will actually be posting a real entry not too long from now (probably). And depending how my weekend goes I may have a few more reruns next week. Happy April Fool’s Day! — BEST EMOTION OF THE MILLENNIUM Angst. And I’m pretty bummed out about that. Let us […]
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