Daily Archives: September 15, 2010
Awwwww.
Posted on September 15, 2010 22 Comments
Whatever reader Ed Powell decided to name his new kitty after one of my characters, so naturally I felt I should show you a picture of said adorable creature. Meet Zoë: Ed writes: Her story is that, about two months ago, she was a kitten found behind the local Applebee’s which I frequent. One of […]
Technical Note (Update: Mail From Last 24 Hours Gone, Please Resend)
Posted on September 15, 2010 7 Comments
Apparently my e-mail is acting funky today. I’m trying to fix it, but for now if you sent me e-mail in the last 24 hours I may not have gotten it. Update: My e-mail box was basically totally locked up so I went ahead and reset it. Which means that if you sent me e-mail […]
How to Lose the House
Posted on September 15, 2010 173 Comments
Just for fun, I’m going to go off on the Democrats today. Nate Silver over at Five Thirty Eight now estimates that there is a two in three chance that the House will go into Republican hands in the next session, and while my own (rather less statistically robust) estimation is that the odds are […]
Changing the World, One Science Fiction Movie at a Time
Posted on September 15, 2010
Over at Filmcritic.com, I am asked: Can a science fiction movie really change the world? My answer — which as you may guess from the photo does involve Star Wars in some way — awaits you there. As always, if you have something you’d like to add to my ruminations, the comment thread there years […]
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