Daily Archives: June 23, 2008
“They Call Me Pinky”
Posted on June 23, 2008 25 Comments
If you’re Canadian and have been looking for Zoe’s Tale on the Chapters Web site, but couldn’t find it, here’s the reason why. Note the spelling of the book’s title. Not quite correct, yet strangely compelling. Update, 6/25/08: Fixed now. For those of you who missed it, it was listed as “Toe’s Tale,” not “Zoe’s […]
Make-Up Contest
Posted on June 23, 2008 188 Comments
So, I said I’d post a Big Idea piece today, and then didn’t, because, uh, I was running errands. Yes, that’s it. Well, I’ll post one tomorrow. In the meantime, and to keep you amused, a contest! Explain what, precisely, is going on in this picture: Frankly, I want to know myself. Contest open through, […]
Seasonal Variance
Posted on June 23, 2008 20 Comments
Same location, different seasons: What a difference an axial tilt makes.
Various Thingery, 6/23/08
Posted on June 23, 2008 6 Comments
Some stuff: * Remember that you only have until Wednesday to participate in the Hate Mail contest, in which your delightful bits of vitriolic spite can get you a free copy of my upcoming book — and get your winning entry printed in said book itself. There’s some good ones so far, but hey: You’ve […]
Away Time
Posted on June 23, 2008 5 Comments
As hinted at in a previous entry, I have a project deadline coming up which will require me to actually spend time writing away from here during most of the work day, definitely for the next week and probably through the July 4th weekend. I won’t tell you what the project is yet, except to […]
I Hereby Declare This Big Idea Week!
Posted on June 23, 2008 8 Comments
I’ve got a stack of Big Idea pieces for books that have been released this month, and I have a writing deadline I need to attend to (more on that in another entry), so I’m declaring this Big Idea Week, in which I’ll be providing you more than the usual number of Big Idea entries, […]
RIP, George Carlin
Posted on June 23, 2008 45 Comments
He passed away from heart failure yesterday, at the age of 71. He was my favorite comedian to come out of the late 60s and early 70s. He resembled that uncle who smoked too much pot back in the day but still had more than enough brain cells to spare for long, amusing, rambling asides […]
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