Daily Archives: December 21, 2011
Curse My Accursed Honesty!
Posted on December 21, 2011 62 Comments
This just happened, I SWEAR: Phone guy: I’m calling for John Scalzi. Me: He is me. Phone guy: Hi, I’m calling from the Jon Huntsman campaign and we know that you made a contribution to his campaign, and we are looking for people to be Huntsman delegates for the Republican National Convention. Me: BWA HA […]
Reminder: Tis the Season Not to Be an Ass
Posted on December 21, 2011 153 Comments
Question from e-mail: Any thoughts on the current state of the War on Christmas™? I think it’s about as silly as it ever was, considering that Christmas has conquered December, occupied November and metastasized into late October. To suggest that the holiday is under serious threat from politically correct non-Christians is like suggesting an earthworm […]
Newspaper Dreams
Posted on December 21, 2011 28 Comments
About twice a year I have a dream where for whatever reason I’m back at the University of Chicago and I’m once again working on the student newspaper, the Chicago Maroon. Last night was one of those times; in the dream I’m the same age as I am now, and I was walking into the […]
2011 SF Film in Review
Posted on December 21, 2011
It’s that time of year again, so over at FilmCritic.com I give the major studio science fiction films of 2011 a quick once-over, with observations about Transformers, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Super 8 and the proverbial “more.” You cannot make it into 2012 without knowing what I think! Seriously, dude, they’ll stop […]
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