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December 2007

  1. Your Last Cat Pic of 2007
  2. And Now, The “After” Photo
  3. A Month of Writers 2007: An Index
  4. Like Watching the Odometer Roll Over
  5. Probably the Worst It’s Been
  6. On the Slate, 2008
  7. A Month of Writers, Day Twenty Four: Tim Pratt
  8. How Romantic
  9. Sunsets, 2007
  10. Minor Housekeepery, 12/29/07
  11. A Month of Writers, Day Twenty Three: Justine Larbalestier
  12. And Onward to 2009
  13. A Month of Writers, Day Twenty Two: David Anthony Durham
  14. Five Years On
  15. Another Thing I Do You Probably Don’t
  16. Why We’re All Going to Hell, Part 54,302
  17. A Month of Writers, Day Twenty One: Ellen Kushner
  18. “The ‘It’ Couple of Young-Adult Lit”
  19. The Pity Stuffer
  20. The Final Ficlets Big Idea, Plus ’07 Big Idea/Author Interview Index
  21. A Month of Writers, Day Twenty: Chris Roberson
  22. My Christmas Suspicions
  23. A Month of Writers Returns December 26
  24. Whatever Best of 2007
  25. Memories For Sale
  26. A Month of Writers, Day Nineteen: David Lubar
  27. Nine
  28. A Month of Writers, Day Eighteen: Elizabeth Bear
  29. All Hail Michael Z Williamson: A Last-Minute Christmas Pimping Thread
  30. To Head it Off at the Pass
  31. A Month of Writers, Day Seventeen: Jay Lake
  32. Suggestion Box
  33. A Month of Writers, Day Sixteen: Sarah Monette
  34. Because CNN Asked
  35. A Month of Writers, Day Fifteen: David Louis Edelman
  36. You Don’t Look Like Your Head’s Exploded Yet Today
  37. Mail Hole
  38. The Sound of a Million Elves Celebrating
  39. A Month of Writers, Day Fourteen: Catherynne M. Valente
  40. A Month of Writers, Day Thirteen: Nick Mamatas
  41. Soft Rock Gets a Little Sadder
  42. Athena Has an Idea
  43. On a Hugo for Lifetime Achievement
  44. Just In Case You Were Wondering
  45. A Philly Moment
  46. Off to Philly
  47. A Month of Writers, Day Twelve: Naomi Kritzer
  48. A Month of Writers, Day Eleven: Cherie Priest
  49. Let’s Get Transformative
  50. In Case You’re Wondering
  51. The Shipping News
  52. A Month of Writers, Day Ten: Wil Wheaton
  53. By the Power Vested in Me By, Er, Me…
  54. A Month of Writers, Day Nine: Scott Westerfeld
  55. Looks Like I Picked the Wrong Day to Stop Huffing Freon
  56. Testing Hulu Embedding
  57. They’ll Call it “Scalzidelphia” For a Day
  58. A Month of Writers, Day Eight: Patrick Rothfuss
  59. Video Interview (in France!)
  60. The Zombie Robert Heinlein Rises From the Grave Yet Again to Annoy the Politically Correct
  61. And Now, A Special Sneak Preview of Zoe’s Tale That Will Alter Your Perception of Reality Forever!
  62. Podcast Part Deux
  63. Without a Doubt, the Very Sexiest Picture I Have Ever Taken in My Entire Life
  64. Podcast: Justine Larbalestier, Scott Westerfeld and Moi
  65. Bye Bye, By the Way and Ficlets Blog
  66. SFWA Followup
  67. Speaking of Philip Pullman
  68. A Month of Writers, Day Seven: Brandon Sanderson
  69. A Seasonal Link
  70. A Moment of Clarity
  71. A Month of Writers, Day Six: Jeff VanderMeer
  72. Brrr
  73. SF/Flatus
  74. Simple Answers to Simple Questions
  75. A Month of Writers, Day Five: Pamela Ribon
  76. Famous Again
  77. Geek Methadone
  78. A Month of Writers, Day Four: Christopher Barzak
  79. Mini-Pimp
  80. More Proof We As a Culture Have Come to the Very Ends of Our Rope
  81. A Month of Writers, Day Three: Susie Bright
  82. This Will Come as No Surprise to Those of You Who Have Hung Out Here a While
  83. A Month of Writers, Day Two: Charles Stross
  84. In Case You Were Wondering
  85. A Month of Writers, Day One: Steven Brust
  86. New Toy

November 2007

  1. How to Enrage Charles Stross
  2. Let Down by Soft Rock Yet Again
  3. Just to Shake Things Up
  4. Fire Up the Potterfic…
  5. One Small Thing
  6. Dragon Magazine Wants to Own Your Ass, Cheap
  7. Also, Before You Ask
  8. Gaming the Social Networks
  9. Guys —
  10. Author Interview: Josh Conviser
  11. Deadline Schedule
  12. The Australian Election
  13. What I Want for Christmas: Not a Damn Thing
  14. Today’s Deep Thought
  15. Attack of the Logy Brain
  16. Everything’s Better With Massive, Heart-Defibriliating Drums
  17. Your Friday WTF, 11/23/07
  18. So…
  19. Happy Thanksgiving
  20. The Big Idea: Kristine Smith
  21. LOLCreashun Finalists and Winners
  22. Whoops, I’m Late
  23. Look At Me, I’m on the Cutting Edge
  24. In Case You’re Wondering
  25. Coffee Shop Drop Date
  26. Someone Who Groks the Fundamental Nature of Web Fame
  27. Did You Forget Something?
  28. Well, It IS The Home of the Creation Museum, After All
  29. Something You Should Know
  30. The LOLCat Gods Are Not Amused
  31. Your Friday WTF
  32. You’re On Your Own For the Rest of the Day
  33. My Chromatically Graduated Trees
  34. You Can Has Comment Preview
  35. The LOLCreashun Contest!
  36. Happiness Is…
  37. Another Kind of Stress Test
  38. Stress Test (Warning: Blog Tech Geekery Follows)
  39. Today’s Political Question
  40. On the WGA Strike
  41. A Small Clarification
  42. Have Another Cup, Plus Limited TGB Shipping
  43. The Sagan Diary: Available Online
  44. Your Creation Museum Report
  45. Coining a New Word
  46. Anita Esterday for President
  47. What I Did With My Saturday
  48. Obituaries for Himself
  49. Away Today
  50. Snip Snip
  51. Jeff Vader, Brother of Chad and Darth
  52. Adorable Nexus of Chaos
  53. The Big Idea: Ekaterina Sedia
  54. Even Conservatives Need the Help of the Activist Courts From Time to Time
  55. One of Those Little Things
  56. In Today’s Edition of “When Critics Overthink”
  57. The Standard Back From Long Trip E-Mail Post
  58. Back Home
  59. Ugh, Travel
  60. I’d Be Having Even More Fun in France…
  61. When in Europe, Promote Europeans
  62. Very Minor Internetty Weirdness
  63. When People Start Thinking About My Books
  64. I’m Awake

October 2007

  1. In France
  2. Nantes, Here I Come
  3. Android’s Dream Paperback, Officially Out, Plus Other Books
  4. Just to Freak You All Out
  5. Things You Didn’t Know About John Perry
  6. What Authors Know About Their Characters
  7. Patriotic Cat is Patriotic
  8. It Just Means I Have Them Fooled
  9. Whoops
  10. Oh, Hey: Archives, 3/18/02 – 5/25/07
  11. The Return of Administrivia
  12. Housekeeping Notes 10/27
  13. Listening to My Writing
  14. Hey, Steve Burnap
  15. The Zsa Zsa Gabors of the 21 Century
  16. Speaking of Agent to the Stars
  17. The New Cover
  18. You Can’t Fire Me
  19. Kicking the Legs Out From Under the Willfully Ignorant
  20. October Sunset
  21. A Lot of Money for a Book
  22. Dream in Paperback
  23. John Scalzi’s 2008 Convention Schedule
  24. The Big Idea: Jeff Somers
  25. Ooooo… Scary
  26. A Slightly Stale Halloween Treat
  27. The Big Three
  28. The Thing I am Glad About Today
  29. A Real Conversation, Slightly Fictionalized for Dramatic Purposes
  30. RSS Feed Reminder
  31. Introducing the John Scalzi Collection
  32. Kodi, Lost Deep in Thought
  33. For Janny
  34. A Little More on People Like Me
  35. Gamechanger?
  36. Yes, I’ve Seen the Bacon Candy Bar
  37. “Don’t Set Off His BrainPal!”
  38. How to Irritate and Annoy People in the Name of Blogging
  39. Appearance Note
  40. Blogcutting
  41. Catch the Live Show
  42. The Big Idea: Jeff Carlson
  43. New Look to Universe
  44. From the “What the Hell?” File
  45. Possibly My Favorite (Real) Negative Review Ever
  46. Books Received, 10/15/07
  47. Lopsided Cat Restablishes Priorities
  48. On the 20th Reunion of the Webb Class of 87
  49. Home Again
  50. Back to School
  51. Al Gore, Nobel Prize Winner
  52. Old Man’s War Audio Book on Audible.com
  53. I’m Crying a River Here
  54. It’s the View That’s Different
  55. Another Travel Day
  56. Things I’m Learning About Traveling
  57. Those Meddling Kids
  58. The Puzzling World of Eric Berlin
  59. Going Geffen
  60. Away From Keyboard
  61. Found the Keys
  62. Safari Issues?
  63. Damn It
  64. We’ve Got a Good Signal
  65. Dear White House: Your Position on Secret Torture Memos Makes No Sense to Me, So Here’s a Picture of a Kitten in a Blender
  66. Acquiescing to the Inevitable Requests
  67. Authors: Help Me
  68. Mmmmm… Bacon
  69. Another Embedding Test
  70. Can I Post Video?
  71. Video Game Writing
  72. In Other Science Fiction Convention News…
  73. Ha!
  74. Death Comes to Funky Winkerbean
  75. Stross, Westerfeld and Priest: It’s a Good Week (Plus a Pimping Thread)
  76. Yet Another Creation Museum Update
  77. Various Book News
  78. The Last Post I Plan to Make For a While About Blogging Software
  79. I’m All About the Plug-Ins
  80. Let No One Say I Do Not Obey the Law
  81. Theme Changes
  82. The Only Major Problem With Going to a Bookseller’s Convention
  83. Welcome to October

September 2007

  1. Doing Some Work

July 2007

  1. About the Werewolves in The Last Colony

June 2007

  1. WHATEVER IS DOWN (Was: Rental Zen, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Entirely Ignore DRM)
  2. 2007 Best Fan Writer Hugo Essays in Japanese
  3. Ficlets Author Interview: Robert J. Sawyer
  4. Helpless
  5. The Point at Which I Stop Being the Perfect Consumer
  6. ALA Recap
  7. Basement Apartment
  8. Some Very Specific Advice
  9. An Interesting Constitutional Wrinkle
  10. In What is Becoming a Depressingly Regular Announcement:
  11. A Question of Medium-Sized Sociological Importance (Or Not)
  12. Author Interview: Allen Steele
  13. I Am Leaving In The Morning For the Land That I Long to See Again
  14. Nippon 2007 or Lack Thereof
  15. Random Crap 6/22/07
  16. Surfacing in NYC
  17. Everything I Read Online is Pornography
  18. Author Interview: Jennifer Ouellette
  19. One Small Thing
  20. Mulberries
  21. Clarion West Write-a-Thon
  22. Tonight’s Question of Immense Cultural Signficance, Part Deux
  23. A Quick Note Re: Being Grown Up and Writery and Not Sucky
  24. On Teens, and the Fact Their Writing Sucks
  25. AU Donation Made
  26. 12 Years
  27. The Single Worst Non-Photoshopped Picture I’ve Ever Taken
  28. How Much Got Raised
  29. Me News 6/16/07
  30. Quick Reminder About Creation Museum Donations
  31. And As Long As I’m Celebrating My Own Marriage…
  32. Last Day to Donate, Plus Betting Pool With a Sweet Prize
  33. My Marriage Proposal
  34. The Sad, Sad Truth Regarding American Health Care
  35. Quick Administrative Note
  36. Two Action Items
  37. The Color of the Sky on My World
  38. Creation Museum Update
  39. Joining the Ranks of the Undead-Americans
  40. Tonight’s Question of Immense Cultural Signficance
  41. More People Saying Dumb Things
  42. Ghlaghghee at Mental Floss
  43. Mainspring’s Out; An Open Pimp Thread
  44. Another Good Day for the Rule of Law
  45. The Creation Museum Photoshoppery Continues Unabated
  46. My Sole Thought Regarding the End of “The Sopranos”
  47. My Name Is Kiko, I Live on the Second Floor
  48. Yabba Dabba Disturbing
  49. All Right, Fine, I Will Go to The Creation Museum… IF…
  50. Creation in My Own Backyard
  51. Look at the Time
  52. The Earmuffs, They Do Nothing
  53. There’s Something Inside Your Head
  54. Im N Ur Yard, Eetin Ur Ded Rakoon
  55. Anything But Failure?
  56. More Idiotic Panic About the Online World
  57. I Has A Kookie At The Disco
  58. The Album I Have That You Don’t
  59. Listen to Wrecking Ball
  60. Toby Buckell’s Author Advance Survey
  61. Somewhere Under the Rainbow
  62. Your Comment Makes No Sense to Me, So Here’s a Video
  63. Agony Column Podcast and Review of The Last Colony
  64. Showing the Noblesse Oblige He is Known and Loved For
  65. The Face of the Ghost Brigades
  66. Science Fiction and Electronic Submissions
  67. The Only Two Things You Need to Know About Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
  68. In Which I Speak of an Unspeakable Atrocity
  69. Hey
  70. General E-Mail Note
  71. New Listing Announcement: Top 15 (or Maybe 20, We’ll See) SF/F News/Group Blogs
  72. Threepeat!
  73. Why John is a Happy Boy
  74. SciFi Essentials + Soliciting Data for Update of Top 50 Personal SF/F Blogs List

May 2007

  1. On The LiveJournal Thing
  2. A Good Use of Funds
  3. Reminder: I’m in Cincinnati Tonight
  4. Campbell Award Nominees That I Know
  5. A Handy Tip on the Blogging Tip
  6. Something for the Kids
  7. I Feel a Disturbance in the Force, As if Millions of Chubby Geeks Suddenly Decided They Needed a Little “Alone Time”
  8. Update Done
  9. In Case You’re Wondering…
  10. One of Life’s Little Ironies
  11. The Hugos/Campbell This Year: A Discussion Thread
  12. System Check: Politics
  13. Brian Francis Slattery at Ficlets
  14. What I Did With My Memorial Day Weekend
  15. My Wife as a Duran Duran Album Cover
  16. A Conversation Earlier Today Between Me and My Archive Hard Drive
  17. Technical Notes Update
  18. My Policy on Fanfic and Other Adaptations of My Work
  19. OMW & TGB Limited Editon Cover Art; News From Russia
  20. OMW & TGB Limited Editon Cover Art; News From Russia
  21. Technical Post Chaser
  22. Technical Notes and Solicitations
  23. Warning: Me Possibly Acting Stupidly About to Commence
  24. Head’s Up About Comments & IP Addressing
  25. Head’s Up About Comments & IP Addressing
  26. Not to Bag On MySpace Or Anything…
  27. Dayton Appearance
  28. FanLib to Fanficcers: All Your Writing Are Belong To us
  29. Back on the Market: House for Rent
  30. Sagan, Monette and Scalzi on SF Master Godfrey Winton
  31. And Now, Poetry Corner With Athena
  32. On Responding to E-mail
  33. Monetizing FanFic
  34. Writing Bits
  35. Tomorrow’s Columbus Appearance
  36. Mark Helprin: Great Writer. Copyright Thinker? Not So Much
  37. I Have to Run Errands
  38. Baker, Doctorow, Scalzi and Turtledove Live and in Concert
  39. The Missus
  40. Old & New
  41. Old & New
  42. Old & New
  43. Things That Would Be Cool: A List
  44. The Dictator of Writing Announces His Decrees, Part I
  45. Amish Cat is Amish
  46. Yes, Yes. Cats and Captions. Very Nice.
  47. Yes, Yes. Cats and Captions. Very Nice.
  48. Upcoming Events/Appearances
  49. Jerry Falwell Dead
  50. So We’re Clear On This: No Mob Scenes
  51. When Amazon Reviews Amuse Me
  52. Dragon Page Cover to Cover Interview
  53. Dragon Page Cover to Cover Interview
  54. Various & Sundry 5/14/07
  55. Various & Sundry 5/14/07
  56. Various & Sundry 5/14/07
  57. Open For Public Comment
  58. Mothers’ Day 2007
  59. Justine Larbalestier Rocks
  60. My Post-SFWA Election Results Post
  61. Book Tour Diary Recap
  62. I’m Your New Striker, Adelaide
  63. The “Back From the Tour Catching Up” Entry
  64. Out on Tour Through May 10
  65. Bradford Says Hi
  66. My “Live From Prairie Lights” Appearance
  67. From the “How Much of a Geek am I” File
  68. 38
  69. Richmond Says Hi
  70. My Nebula Awards Weekend Presence
  71. DC Says Hi
  72. An Early Birthday Present From Me to You: “Pluto Tells All”
  73. Four Things
  74. The New Laptop
  75. Notice From The Hotel’s Business Center
  76. Why One Tours
  77. Minneapolis and Detroit Say Hello…
  78. Milwaukee Says Hello
  79. TLC May Sci Fi Channel Essential Book; SFRevu; A Self-Pimp Thread
  80. Iowa City Says Hi
  81. Spam Filter Update
  82. Portland Says Hi
  83. A Conversational Topic
  84. San Diego Says Hi
  85. Single Word Open Thread #2
  86. Scottsdale Says Hi
  87. Notice to Folks With Gmail Accounts

April 2007

  1. Also 5
  2. Single Word Open Thread #1
  3. Lessons Learned, Also, a Moment of Agogness
  4. Having an Amazon Dork Moment
  5. LA Says Hi
  6. My Google Appearance, Live and On YouTube
  7. Somebody Answer Me This
  8. Berkeley Says Hi
  9. What’s Happening?
  10. San Francisco Says Hi
  11. The Last Colony Review at The Agony Column
  12. Half Moon Bay Says Hi
  13. I Am Not a Hobbit
  14. I Get Cool Stuff On Tour
  15. Seattle Says Hello
  16. The Boy in the Bubble
  17. In Seattle
  18. Sitting in the Airport
  19. Your International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day Gift: The Durant Chronicles
  20. Whoops 5
  21. Off to Penguicon
  22. Kevin’s Birthday Video
  23. Book Tour Diary at Ficlets Blog
  24. Fun Fact For the Day
  25. E-Mail Notices
  26. That Kind of News Day
  27. What Sex is Sam Berlant?
  28. Happy Birthday, Krissy
  29. Four Self-Portraits, April 2007
  30. Interview on Tower.com
  31. What She Said
  32. The Whatever: You Get What You Get
  33. TLC Review in Romantic Times
  34. Also Out Today: The Outback Stars
  35. A Small Reminder That One’s Adorable Furbuddy is in Fact a Merciless Predator
  36. The Last Colony is Out
  37. On the Getting of Signed Books
  38. One Week Until the Tour
  39. April 23, 2007 is International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day!
  40. Yeah, I Couldn’t Just Leave It Alone
  41. Since People Keep Asking
  42. Why It’s Good to Have a Day Job
  43. Grass and Sunsets
  44. On E-Mail, the Deletion Thereof
  45. TLC and Other Stuff
  46. Lee Iacocca is One Cranky Old Man
  47. Yes, I’ve Seen the “Quest for the Perfect Bacon Sandwich” Story in the New York Times
  48. The Last Colony Review in the Pioneer Press
  49. Ficlet Spotlight: Rachel Swirsky
  50. Various and Sundry 4/10/07
  51. Rock and Roll is in My Blood!
  52. Pardon Me While I Roll My Eyes
  53. State of the Scalzi
  54. I’m Home
  55. I Hate Flying
  56. Happy Easter
  57. A Question For You to Consider
  58. “The Last Colony” Contests
  59. San Diego, City of Dreams
  60. Notes From the Airport
  61. Off to San Diego
  62. Don’t Say I Never Did Nothing For You
  63. TAD2 Title; Wikipedia Picture
  64. Reader Request Week 2007 #7: Short Bits II: Electric Boogaloo
  65. Calming Your Fears Re: The Last Colony
  66. Reader Request Week 2007 #6: Short Bits
  67. We’re Number One
  68. Various and Sundry, 4/2/07
  69. Spring is Here, Spring is Here…

March 2007

  1. Taking the Weekend Off: An Open Thread
  2. My Big Geek Two Page Spread
  3. Reader Request 2007 #5: Out of Poverty
  4. Reader Request Week 2007 #4: The Inevitable Blackness That Will Engulf Us All
  5. Author Interview: Alma Alexander
  6. Well, That Didn’t Take Long
  7. 2007 Hugo Nomination Thoughts
  8. 2007 Hugo Nominations
  9. Reader Request 2007 #3: BaconCat Fame
  10. Various & Sundry 3/28/07
  11. Various & Sundry 3/28/07
  12. Various & Sundry 3/28/07
  13. Various & Sundry 3/28/07
  14. Various & Sundry 3/28/07
  15. Various & Sundry 3/27/07
  16. Various & Sundry 3/27/07
  17. Various & Sundry 3/27/07
  18. Various & Sundry 3/27/07
  19. Various & Sundry 3/27/07
  20. Reader request Week 2007 #2: Coffee, or Lack Thereof
  21. Last Colony Love
  22. Reader Request Week 2007 #1: Justifying My Life
  23. Before Any One Sends it to Me Again
  24. Another Quick Note Taking Post, This Time Re: Author Interviews/Ficlet Spotlights
  25. Notice Re: E-Mail
  26. Male Jewelry
  27. Apologizing for Idiotic Smackfights
  28. The New Kid in Town
  29. Toast
  30. In The Category of Bands I Never Get Tired Of
  31. Reader Request Week 2007: Get Your Requests In!
  32. God Wasn’t Willing
  33. Disobeying My Wife
  34. Off It Goes
  35. Portrait of the Daddy as a Big Ol’ Geek
  36. On Inexperience (A SFWA – Related Post)
  37. These Are Made of Awesome. And Fat
  38. Comrades! Now Is The Time To Do Your Part For the Glorious Revolution!
  39. Prometheus Award Finalists: TGB is In
  40. Proof I Am Drinking Far Too Much Codeine -Based Cough Syrup
  41. SFWA Election Update
  42. Webb School of California Class of ’87 RULEZ!
  43. SFWA Election Blog is Now Up
  44. TAD in the Winston-Salem Journal
  45. As A Warning, There Will Be Absolutely No Context For The Following Statement
  46. The Expectation Management Entry (SFWA Related)
  47. One of the Few Things I’m With the White House On
  48. Sharper Than a Serpent’s Tooth
  49. Out in the Open (A SFWA-Related Post)
  50. Ask John Scalzi Questions About His SFWA Presidency Run
  51. Michael Capobianco’s SFWA Presidential Platform
  52. The Mockery! It’s Begun!
  53. SFWA President: I’m a Write-In Candidate
  54. Author Interview: Elizabeth Moon
  55. My Huge Super Expensive Book Video Promo Thing!
  56. Three Quick Pimps, Plus a “Pimpin’ Other People” Thread
  57. From the “Why On Earth Would We Tell The Author Anything” File
  58. A Quick Note About Ficlets; Comics Alliance
  59. Uxorial Pictures, 3/13/07
  60. My CyberPower PC
  61. Writers, Editors, Publishers: Promotional Opportunities on the Ficlets Site
  62. Announcing Ficlets
  63. Servicing the “Shut Up and Post More Pictures of Your Cat” Crowd
  64. Why Don’t You Love Me (Vocal Mix)
  65. Oh, Okay, One More Thing
  66. Foods That Make Your Children Cry: A Participatory Thread
  67. The Android’s Dream: Chapter One
  68. The Practical Argument Against Giving Alberto Gonzales the Boot
  69. The Original Gay Marriage
  70. Possibly The Best Thing on the Internet Ever
  71. New Mexico Hearts Pluto
  72. Once More With Feeling
  73. Bang Bang Bang
  74. I Can’t Believe It. Just. Cannot. Believe it.
  75. The Scathing Review Winner, or, This May Be the Best Whatever Entry Ever
  76. Those Industrious Australian Scalzis
  77. The Canonical 2007 Tour Date Entry
  78. Who I Want to Write Like
  79. Wednesday Author Interview: Jon Armstrong
  80. New Tour Dates
  81. Four Words I’m Not Entirely Sure Ought to Be Used in Combination, Ever
  82. The Scalzi Creative Sampler
  83. All you Philosophy Majors Will Have to Find Something Else to Argue About Now
  84. The Libby Pardon Pool
  85. The Official “Win a Copy of Coffee Shop” Contest: Your Scathing Book Review
  86. Cherie Priest, Stephen King, Neil Gaiman and Me
  87. Calling Out to My Australian Peeps
  88. How Not to Self-Promote Here: A Self-Pimping Thread
  89. The Privileged, Matrimonial Few
  90. “The Last Colony” ARC Contest
  91. Dearth of Political Ranting (Here)
  92. “The Last Colony” Tour Dates: First Draft
  93. TGB Prometheus Award Nominee, Maybe
  94. Reading Russian, Poorly
  95. Bye-Bye Winter
  96. The Winner of the “Come Up With a Contest to Give Away a Copy of ‘Coffee Shop'” Contest!
  97. This Entry is All About Me (As if All the Others Aren’t)
  98. 25 Copies of Coffee Shop Available; The Future of Coffee Shop

February 2007

  1. Being Poor is Hoping the Toothache Goes Away.
  2. Author Interview: Hal Duncan
  3. Cheese: The Universal 80s Constant
  4. Deven Desai, Deven Desai, Every Single One of Us is Deven Desai
  5. My New AIM Account
  6. They Got the Idea From the Lesbian Seagull
  7. 2006 Nebula/Norton Nominees
  8. Why You Wish You Were Me Right Now
  9. The “Come Up With a Contest to Give Away a Copy of ‘Coffee Shop'” Contest!
  10. Subterranean Magazine — Now Online! Plus, New Short Story From Me
  11. Oscar Wrapup 2007
  12. Exercising Your Franchise, Geek Style
  13. Athena Experiments With Metaphor
  14. Quick Final Oscar Notes
  15. I’m Willing to Bet The Reporter Was Snickering His Head Off as He Wrote This Lede
  16. More Money (Another Followup)
  17. Money Entry Addendum
  18. The Money Entry 2007: Science Fiction Income
  19. Open Thread: Medical “Facts”
  20. Movements and Reprehensibility
  21. On Electronic Editions of My Books
  22. Wil Wheaton on John Scalzi
  23. Oh, Look, the Wolves are Here
  24. Fog and Ice
  25. Reviews and Interviews, 2/20/07
  26. Under My Roof
  27. The New Comprehensible, or, This is Not a Literary Manifesto, Thank God
  28. Hitting the Target
  29. Boskone 2007 Recap
  30. TSD Review on SFReviews.net
  31. The Gutenberg OS
  32. Back
  33. “Coffee Shop” — 20 Copies Left
  34. Off to Boskone
  35. Two Reviews
  36. Okay, Just One More
  37. Im N Ur Snow, Eetin Ur Frozin Extremities
  38. My Eyes, They Won’t Stop Bleeding
  39. Snow Day, Again
  40. My Blurb Policy
  41. Things My Daughter Does As a Child That I Never Did: An Occasional Series
  42. Author Interview: Joe Hill
  43. The Great Valentine’s Day Snow-In of 2007
  44. The Other Other Other Side of My Writing Life
  45. In the Bleak, etc., etc.
  46. Death is Coming! In Snowy Flakes!
  47. Note for Folks Who Ordered “Sagan Diary” From Amazon
  48. Heart-Shaped Box is Out, Plus a Pimping Thread
  49. Just In Case You Think Everybody Loves Me
  50. Coffee Shop Shows Up; TAD in Analog
  51. The Existential Plight of Chester Chipmate
  52. Coffee Shop Review at Green Man Review
  53. My Wikipedia Article is Perfectly Cromulent, Thank You Very Much
  54. Dropping Wiscon
  55. The Current Background Picture
  56. A Cheerful Thought
  57. One Day This Cat Will Find Me and Rip Out My Throat
  58. Today’s Quote to Athena, Made That Much More Interesting By Its Utter Lack of Context
  59. Because It’s Never Too Early to Be Disaffected
  60. Friday Petblogging
  61. Idiot Telemarketers in Action, Part 13,772
  62. Sundry Notes, 2/9/07
  63. For Your Voting Pleasure: The 2007 Locus Poll & Survey
  64. For Your Voting Pleasure: The 2007 Locus Poll & Survey
  65. For Your Voting Pleasure: The 2007 Locus Poll & Survey
  66. For Your Voting Pleasure: The 2007 Locus Poll & Survey
  67. For Your Voting Pleasure: The 2007 Locus Poll & Survey
  68. French Art, Bulgarian Sales
  69. Sundry Notes, 2/8/07
  70. Something for the Computer Geeks
  71. Small Town Life: One in a Series
  72. Move Under Ground: Now in Convenient Creative Commons Form
  73. Curing Teh Gayz — In Just Three Weeks!
  74. Snow! In Winter! Amazing!
  75. On Speaking Aloud
  76. A Series of Casual Thoughts I Had While I Was Filling Out My Hugo Nomination Ballot and Looking at the Best Fan Writer Category
  77. Holy Crap
  78. Speaking of TSD…
  79. The Sagan Diary: The Audio Version
  80. Whatever Down and Now Back Up
  81. The Hugo/Campbell Nomination Thread, 2007 Edition
  82. Because I Have Not Yet Slathered Myself Thickly Enough Upon The Web…
  83. Boskone Schedule
  84. Kung Fu Cleaning — The Aftermath
  85. Super What Now?
  86. Everybody Was Kung Fu Cleaning
  87. Brain Like a Lumpy Custard
  88. OMW in the UK
  89. The Sagan Diary is Shipping
  90. And Now My Incredibly Detailed Review of Windows Vista, Based on Strenuous Examination of Every Nook and Cranny of Microsoft’s Revolutionary New Operating System That Will Change the Way You Look At Computing Forever!

January 2007

  1. Molly Ivins, RIP
  2. Wednesday Author Interview: Adrienne Martini
  3. The First Last Colony Review; Intriguing Pre-Review Comment
  4. Chunky McChunkerson Gets His Fat Ass Off the Couch
  5. Upgrade Day
  6. The Place to Which the Good Ship Lollipop Goes
  7. A Novel in a Weekend?
  8. How to Hit a Deer
  9. Off the Grid: An Open Thread
  10. Happiness Is…
  11. Technical Request
  12. TAD Review in the San Antonio Express-News
  13. Tempting, Tempting
  14. Coffee Shop Review in Booklist
  15. White Castle = Not Hamburgers
  16. Sunset With Venus
  17. Old Man’s War, German and French Editions
  18. Another Thing I Want To Know…
  19. The John Scalzi Experience — LIVE In YOUR Town!
  20. Spanking — And Not the Fun Kind
  21. Androids of the Caribbean; Appearance Re-Cap
  22. Found My Wallet
  23. Reminder: Cincinnati, Here I Come
  24. Sam Sale Update
  25. All Right, People…
  26. Speeches, Regarding the Union, State of
  27. That Doggie in the Window
  28. Early Oscar Thoughts, 2007 Edition
  29. What to Know Before You Ask Me to Read Your (Unpublished) Work
  30. LA Times Festival of Books; Ingram Lists
  31. ConFusion 2007 Wrap-Up
  32. The Sam Sale at Subterranean: Good Books, Good Cause
  33. Heading Home
  34. An E-Mail Note Plus Mini Update
  35. Four Hours and Out
  36. How Much You Should Write Each Day
  37. Received, 1/18/07
  38. Author Interview: Tim Pratt
  39. January Appearances
  40. How DRM is Like Guantanamo
  41. When Dairy Products Tragically Overestimate Their Offensive Power
  42. Cats or Cheese: A Reader Participation Entry
  43. Questions Answered
  44. Questions?
  45. Blasts From the Past
  46. Hey! Your Truth Got Into My Book!
  47. High Up There on the List of Truly Unexpected Award Nominations
  48. Fans: What Do We Owe Them?
  49. “Alien Sex” Artwork; TSD Release Date; TAD at Revolution SF
  50. Thanks for Delurking!
  51. Comment Thread for the Usual Gang
  52. Delurk for a Dime
  53. Why, Yes, I Am Fiddling With the Background Again
  54. Snack Time is Truly Disturbing at the Wintersons
  55. Newspaper Headline: “Scalzi Back in Custody After Drink Binge”
  56. Bush’s Speech on Iraq
  57. OMW in Chinese
  58. From the Department of Reaping What You Sow, Adorable Sarcasm Division
  59. Wednesday Author Interview: Duane Swierczynski
  60. What’s Fun
  61. Prelim Nebulas, Nortons and PKDs
  62. Broken-Hearted Books
  63. 2007 Author Interviews: A Reminder
  64. Official Request: Don’t Taunt the Ohioans.
  65. Some Nice News for The Last Colony
  66. Housekeeping
  67. Rats! The Size of Buses!
  68. In The Air Tonight
  69. Ping and Pimp
  70. Here, Have an Open Thread.
  71. Pretty, Pretty, Shiny, Shiny
  72. Smacking Around the Bigots, the Jeffersonian Way
  73. New York City is Kicking My Ass
  74. Made It.
  75. Check Out the 1/8/07 Issue of the New Yorker
  76. Off to NYC
  77. Mike Ford Auction; TAD Speaks!
  78. Start Spreading the News, etc.
  79. TAD Bookgasm Review & Explorations Top 10 List
  80. TAD Bookgasm Review & Explorations Top 10 List
  81. TAD Bookgasm Review & Explorations Top 10 List
  82. When Science Fiction Meets Its Own Future
  83. The 2007 Award Pimpage Post
  84. Where in the World Will John Scalzi Be?
  85. Now in Magenta
  86. Some New Year’s Reading for You From Elizabeth Bear
  87. Crazy Screechy Monkeys 1, Best-Selling Author 0
  88. Some Whatevery
  89. Happy New Year!

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