Monthly Archives: March 2010
My Floor, In Pre-Floor Form
Posted on March 13, 2010 38 Comments
Apparently, before you can lay down new flooring you have to let it acclimate to the house environment for 24 to 48 hours, so last night my new office floor arrived to get cozy and comfortable before it actually gets laid down. Yes, we believe in ethical treatment of flooring. As should you all.
Oooh, Look, a Trailer for SG:U Upcoming Episodes
Posted on March 12, 2010 42 Comments
Pretty. AND I KNOW EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS NEXT. Yes I do. Wait until you see the episode with hand puppets!
New Colors
Posted on March 12, 2010 37 Comments
For those of you who wanted to know what “Scotland Road” and “Traditional Brown” looked like: The picture was taken with my cell phone, so it’s not the best representation, but it’s close enough so you can see how the colors coordinate together. It’s very mint chocolate. Next up: flooring, followed by custom bookshelves. Followed […]
Today’s Little Irony
Posted on March 12, 2010 58 Comments
Getting an e-mail from a site saying that’s given my site an award for being famous, and that the site was “has been selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists,” and then going over to see the site and noticing that I’m referred to there as “Joe Scalzi.” That’s some excellent evaluation there, […]
A Small Note Re: Response Times
Posted on March 11, 2010 5 Comments
Until my office gets reconstituted into recognizable shape (which should be a few days), I may be a little slow responding to mail, etc. Please be patient. Thanks.
How Oscar Slipped Past Avatar
Posted on March 11, 2010
Over at AMC, I do the Oscar post-mortem and explain how the most financially successful film of all time (unless you account for inflation, in which case it’s the 14th most successful film of all time) got skunked at the Academy Awards by a film that took in 1% of its box office. You know […]
For Paul and Storm Fans and Those Who Just Don’t Know They’re Fans Yet
Posted on March 11, 2010 11 Comments
Last weekend Paul Sabourin of the comedy music duo Paul and Storm had his 40th birthday, and to celebrate Paul’s steep and unstoppable slide into middle-aged decrepitude, his musical partner Storm asked a few pals (including me, Neil Gaiman and a few others you might know if you know your geeks) to talk about Paul […]
The Office Stripped Bare
Posted on March 11, 2010 50 Comments
I noted yesterday that I was spending the day tearing down my office; well, it took longer than I thought and we only finished doing it about an hour ago. This is what it looks like without that massive desk in it; you can see, incidentally, why we’re so keen to get rid of the […]
The Big Idea: Skyler White
Posted on March 11, 2010 12 Comments
Angels and demons and neuroscientists, oh my! Skyler White’s got ’em in her novel and Falling, Fly, and she’s not afraid to use them. She’s also not afraid to go deeper and look at what those angels and demons mean — not just in the literal sense of being angels and demons, but what these […]
Just Arrived, 3/10/10
Posted on March 10, 2010 28 Comments
As noted earlier, I’m busy moving boxes and tearing down furniture all day long, so today’s Just Arrived bit will be even shorter than usual. Nevertheless, here’s what’s in the in door today: * 2010 Nebula Awards Showcase, edited by Bill Fawcett (Roc): Nebula winning fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin, John Kessel, Nina Kiriki […]
My Office, In Handy Box Form
Posted on March 10, 2010 37 Comments
Well, some of it, anyway. There are some more plastic containers to the left of the picture edge which contain more books, and then up in my office there are another 20 or so boxes to shuttle down to the basement from the office, which I will do after lunchtime today, which incidentally I will […]
Why Of Course I’ll Be Happy To Show You My Prom Picture
Posted on March 9, 2010 48 Comments
Seriously, I thought you’d never ask. The picture itself is slightly distressed, a product of being a wallet-sized photo trapped in a wallet for a number of years, and then in box for all the years after that (it’s now being placed in another, smaller box). And I subtracted the color because let’s just say […]
Today’s Reminder of the Consistent Awesomeness of My Wife
Posted on March 9, 2010 23 Comments
I’m currently deconstructing my office, because we’re literally about to redo it from the floor up (no, really; we’re tearing up the carpet and putting down a wood floor, and by “we” I mean “actual professionals because I would screw it up”). In the process of going through various drawers full of 10-year-old operating system […]
Amelia Beamer, Sex and Zombies, Serialized Fiction
Posted on March 9, 2010 26 Comments
By day, my pal Amelia Beamer is a writer and editor for Locus magazine, the magazine of record for the science fiction publishing industry. By night, she writes fiction! Note that these time divisions are arbitrary; for all I know she could write fiction during the day and spend her evenings editing. Or maybe a […]
The Big Idea: Dave Goldberg and Jeff Blomquist
Posted on March 9, 2010 23 Comments
How does one write a user’s guide to the universe? After all, the universe is a pretty big place, and although we all use the universe on a daily basis, there’s a lot of stuff in it that we just don’t fiddle with (this is not necessarily a bad thing — most of us just […]
A Quick Note to Universal Home Entertainment
Posted on March 8, 2010 46 Comments
Dear Universal Home Entertainment: You know, when your Blu-Ray discs take several minutes to load (because apparently you’re downloading trailers from the Internet, which I don’t want to watch) only to open up to a menu screen that doesn’t actually work, so that I have to start the disc halfway through the film and then […]
Because People Ask: Book Acquisition Details
Posted on March 8, 2010 44 Comments
A quick FAQ about all the books I get: How many books a week do you get sent? Recently, between 10 and 25 a week. Why do you get books at all? Because of the Big Idea feature here, and also because of the “Just Arrived” entries, and also because the site has 40,000+ readers […]
Just Arrived, 3/8/10
Posted on March 8, 2010 21 Comments
Hey, did you know people send me books? In today: * The Midnight Mayor, by Kate Griffin (Orbit): They say that if the ravens ever leave the Tower of London, England shall fall! So guess what’s happening in this book? If you said “the ravens just signed a new lease on the Tower,” boy, are […]
Monday Morning Housekeepery
Posted on March 8, 2010 18 Comments
A couple of minor things before I run off and do real work: * Went 5 for 6 on the Oscar major categories last night, missing only Best Picture, but since I thought The Hurt Locker should win that category anyway, I can’t complain overly about that (I suspected Avatar was off the winner screen […]
Your Oscar Night Open Thread
Posted on March 7, 2010 38 Comments
I’ll be off today with family and friends doing things you do with family and friends that don’t involve computers, but while I’m away I thought I would leave you an open thread to discuss the Oscars, since I know it’s not like there’s anywhere else on the Internet to talk about them today. As […]
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