Monthly Archives: May 2005
Newspaper Writing
Posted on May 12, 2005 18 Comments
I’m doing a series of articles on Star Wars for the Dayton Daily News; the first one is here (there’s registration required; I suggest bugmenot), and there will be a couple more leading up to the release of Revenge of the Sith next Thursday. This one talks about the various Star Wars controversies, from Ewoks […]
Portraiture Before the Storm
Posted on May 11, 2005 10 Comments
I was going to post something longer, but a very nasty thunderstorm is bearing down and we have a severe thunderstorm alert until 10pm, and I’ll be powering down the computers as a precaution. Instead, I present two pictures just I took as we were on the porch, watching the storm roll on in. See […]
Old Man’s War and Ghost Brigades Cover Art
Posted on May 10, 2005 31 Comments
I know, for a guy who says he’s taking the day off, I sure keep updating a lot. But I thought you’d like to see the new cover art of the trade paperback edition of Old Man’s War and the cover art for The Ghost Brigades, both of which were sent to me by Tor, […]
Picture Pairing: A Meme
Posted on May 10, 2005 14 Comments
Actually, before I take the day off for my birthday, let me suggest a meme to propogate while I’m gone: Pair up a picture with a song that best describes the picture (or vice versa). “Best decribes” being open to interpretation — it could literally describe what’s going on in the picture, or it could […]
36
Posted on May 10, 2005 25 Comments
36 today. 35 was largely a good year; I thank it for its service. 36 will hopefully carry on the tradition. Also, now that I am past the midpoint of my 30s, I have to say that it’s shaping up to be a damn fine decade. As with last year, I check to see if […]
Why One Does Not Ask Rhetorical Questions in the Scalzi Household
Posted on May 7, 2005 28 Comments
This just happened. ENTER ATHENA, amused with herself. ATHENA Hey daddy! ME Yes, sweetheart? ATHENA (mischeviously) How much wood would a woodchuck chuck, if a woodchuck could chuck wood? ME You know, I actually wrote an article about that. (goes to bookshelf, pulls down the book for which I wrote the article, goes to the […]
What My Jesus Would Do
Posted on May 6, 2005 81 Comments
Occasionally I am asked if I believe in Jesus. My standard answer to this is “as much as I believe in evolution,” which serves the dual purpose of both answering in the affirmative and usually annoying the person who asks the question. There is no doubt that Jesus lived; I have no doubt Jesus died, […]
Early Tiger Thoughts
Posted on May 5, 2005 24 Comments
Some first impressions on Tiger for the Mac: Overall I like Tiger, but it’s not life-changer, and I certainly don’t feel the paroxysms of joy over it that other people seem to have felt. I was on the phone with Krissy yesterday after I had installed Tiger and she asked me how it was. I […]
Overwriting
Posted on May 4, 2005 11 Comments
The bulk of The Rough Guide to Science Fiction was finished last month, but I shipped off the last of the “canon” pieces last night — meaning the 50 reviews of the science fiction films every human should see, and which are the centerpiece of the book (the last one I wrote up: Close Encounters […]
Writing On Spec
Posted on May 3, 2005 3 Comments
Got an e-mail today from a reader who asked me what I thought about writing “on spec,” and being the helpful sort of person I am, I thought I’d address it. For those of you who don’t know what “on spec” means, it simply means that you are writing something for a publication without the […]
FriendBrowsing
Posted on May 2, 2005 22 Comments
So, I really enjoy reading other people’s friend lists on LiveJournal; it’s like being able being able to spectate in other cliques’ conversations without them even knowing you’re there. Also, it’s interesting to find out who your friends’ friends are when they’re not hanging around with you. I’ve even gone so far to bookmark Patrick […]
The Missus
Posted on May 2, 2005 18 Comments
Mrs. Scalzi rocking out in my office yesterday: You know, if any of you ever hear me kvetching about my wife in any way, I hope you will do me the favor of immediately pummeling me with an athletic sock filled with hard, unripened oranges. I will deserve no less. The coolest thing about my […]
Poetry
Posted on May 1, 2005 7 Comments
Michelle Sagara West wrote up a very nice review of Old Man’s War in Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine this last month (you can find the review here), which includes an apt but somewhat surprising observation of the Whatever. She writes: I always read “The Whatever,” a blog of longstanding in which Scalzi airs his […]
Whatever Everyone Else is Saying