May 2013
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May 24th
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May 24th
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May 23rd
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Puppy Chow Recipe →
Look, that thing about playing Cyberpunk hit me in the face with a blast of nostalgia, okay? We used to play the Sisters of Mercy, and my friend Brian’s mom always made a giant batch of Puppy Chow. Crispix cereal + chocolate + peanut butter + powdered sugar = a bunch of slightly crazed but pretty happy nerd kids pretending to be hackers and street samurai. (My character was a blatant...
May 23rd
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May 23rd
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May 23rd
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Amazon’s Kindle Worlds: Instant Thoughts –... →
Some reasoned and thoughtful commentary on this jazz from Scalzi, which is worth reading if for no other reason than that the guy knows his shit when it comes to the business end, and he raises some very noteworthy red flags. Attention to this bit: Essentially, this means that all the work in the Kindle Worlds arena is a work for hire that Alloy (and whomever else signs on) can mine with...
May 22nd
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May 22nd
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“Q. What kind of a morning have you had today? Are you getting congratulations...”
– It’s His Job: Aaron Staton Dances Up a Storm on Mad Men That’s so cute, that Staton doesn’t know “animated gif” or “image macro” or “meme”, whereas Slattery does.
May 22nd
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May 21st
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May 21st
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On the TLo Lawnmower Scale of Mad Men WTF*, that episode was a solid 4 out of 5 lawnmowers. * “We mentioned last season that we rate the WTF factor on Mad Men using the lawnmower scale. Guy gets his foot cut off: 5 out of 5 lawnmowers. Don’s wife unexpectedly breaks into a sexy song routine: 3.5 out of 5. Betty gained 40 pounds since we last saw her: 3/5. You get the idea.” —Tom...
May 21st
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May 20th
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Finally managed to catch Oliver the Cat slinking into the closet. Note that this is a ten-pound cat, vs a fairly substantial sliding door.
May 20th
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May 18th
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May 17th
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May 16th
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May 15th
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barefootchaos: Agents of SHIELD extended trailer. :)  SIGH. OH ALL RIGHT I GUESS I’LL WATCH IT. TWIST MY ARM.
May 14th
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May 14th
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writing to-do list
I’m putting this out here so you people can hold me accountable. Submission for BWDR (May 31) Book Reviews (multiple due dates between now and August) [Redacted] Re-Read Series for Tor.com (starting in July) Short story submission for LoneStarCon writing workshop (July 1) Continue work on novel (something substantial, defined as at least 75% of a completed first draft, by Dec 31) I...
May 10th
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May 10th
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Trailer for The World’s End, the newest Edgar Wright+Simon Pegg+Nick Frost venture. So let’s see, we’ve had zombies + Richard Curtis rom-com (Shaun of the Dead), buddy cop + The Wicker Man (Hot Fuzz)—now this looks like The Hangover + Village of the Damned/The Midwich Cuckoos. I am completely okay with this. Also, I like the fact that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have switched...
May 8th
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NEW DAVID BOWIE VIDEO. For the song “The Next Day”. It’s got Gary Oldman and Marion Cotillard in it. And it’s kind of NSFW for religious imagery, blood, and nearly-naked breasts. Just so you know. Also, because vevo.com is an ass, you have to have Flash installed to watch it. ETA: Mobile link, via the Grauniad.
May 8th
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May 7th
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kellysue: flatbear: RIP Ray Harryhausen, thank you for filling my childhood with skeletons :( Hug a clockwork owl today. I’m now going to imagine Mr. Harryhausen as one of his own creations, crossing the river Styx in stop motion. 
May 7th
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May 7th
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May 7th
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Most entertaining Pete moment since the Lane Pryce punch-up or Trudy’s “If you so much as unzip your fly to urinate I will destroy you.”
May 7th
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Scene: Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, 45 min before the...
Him: Is this the line for tickets?
Me: Yep, I think so.
Him: Buy tickets or pick them up?
Me: ...um, if you're buying, you may be SOL.
Him: Really?
Me: Yeah, they do online ticket sales and big movies tend to sell out.
Him: (stunned look) Oh. Uh. I guess I'll ask.
Alamo Ritz: (sure is sold out)
May 4th
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May 3rd
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May 3rd
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American settlers 'turned cannibal' →
ruckawriter: This is one of those stories that is fascinating, horrifying, and very hard for me to resist making very dark, dark jokes about the birth of this country and how these eating habits may have influenced modern politics today. It’s hard for me to not instantly think of Rasputina’s piece “The Donner Party”, which you can listen to here. “In conclusion,...
May 1st
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April 2013
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Apr 30th
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“56. Before you say anything nasty about someone, just pause for a second and...”
– Ian Martin, “60 Thoughts About Turning 60”
Apr 30th
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Apr 28th
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Apr 26th
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Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan →
From their album “Gaucho” (In honor of my daughter’s 19th birthday) http://www.steelydan.com The above text is from the “description” field on the video’s YouTube page. Normally YouTube comments are the Pit of Despair, but I recommend reading the comments on this one. (“A song about Cuervo Gold tequila and fine Columbian ‘cocaine’ in honor...
Apr 25th
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