Daily Archives: October 20, 2008
Zoe’s Tale Podcast
Posted on October 20, 2008 13 Comments
Zoe’s Tale is the subject of the most recent installment of “Tea in Space,” a podcast from Ingram Library Services in which four female fans of science fiction (including my pal Alethea Kontis) talk books and enjoy a hot beverage. I’m happy to say that by and large they seem to be happy with the […]
A Mildly Risque But Entirely Accurate Assessment of Things in the Scalzi Household
Posted on October 20, 2008 66 Comments
SCENE OPENS on SCALZI HOUSEHOLD. Husband JOHN sets down his eyeglasses. Wife KRISTINE picks them up and puts them on her face. JOHN They’re too small. Your head’s too big. KRISTINE You’re actually saying that you don’t have the biggest head in the family. JOHN Metaphorically, I do. But you’re taller and bigger than I […]
Finally, They’re Cracking Down on Voter Registration Fraud
Posted on October 20, 2008 62 Comments
The GOP was right! It is a problem! And finally someone will pay.
Proof That Alternate Universes Exist, And We Live in One
Posted on October 20, 2008 45 Comments
Because in this universe, the Phillies and the Rays are going to the World Series. Come on, admit it. We’re way off the main sequence of possible universes, here. The Rays average 97 losses a year for the first ten years they exist, and then suddenly they win 97 and go to the series? And […]
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