2008

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December 2008

1. 31 DecOn the 2008 Weblog Awards Nomination
2. 29 DecDoh 2
3. 26 DecOut Until January 5th
4. 26 DecComment Numbers
5. 25 DecChristmas 2008
6. 25 DecMy SF Movie Christmas Wish, Plus 2008 AMC Column Index
7. 24 DecWhatever Best of 2008
8. 24 DecWorth the Read
9. 23 DecAthena, Ten
10. 23 DecThe Big Idea: Lesley Livingston
11. 23 DecThings I Pay For Online
12. 23 DecOver the Hillside
13. 22 DecWelcome Slashdotters
14. 22 DecZoe’s Tale Review on Slashdot
15. 22 DecI’m Alive
16. 22 DecInteresting
17. 21 DecQuick Music Review: Fall Out Boy, Folie a Deux
18. 21 DecWinter Where You Are (Unless You’re On the Other Side of the Equator)
19. 21 DecDoing it to Myself Before Others Can Do it to Me
20. 20 DecBusiness Note Re: Anthologies, Part II
21. 20 DecQuestion for a Saturday
22. 19 DecHis Mastery of the Napping Discipline is Uncontested
23. 19 DecZoe’s Tale Excerpt
24. 19 DecTwo Possible Explanations
25. 18 DecCome See Me and Mary Robinette Kowal in San Francisco, 1/16/09
26. 18 DecThe Big Idea: Nick Stone
27. 18 DecThe Best Science Fiction Film of 2008
28. 17 DecLast Bit of Self-Pimpery For the Season
29. 17 DecAs a Matter of Fact
30. 17 DecHow You Know It’s Not Santa
31. 16 DecStupid
32. 16 DecToday’s Context-Free Quote Up For General Discussion
33. 16 DecYar! This Be An Open Pimp Thread, Arrrrgh
34. 15 DecWhen a Power List Isn’t
35. 15 DecEntering Slow Time
36. 14 DecTechnology Updates
37. 13 DecFour Links
38. 12 DecQuick Reminder re: Signed, Personalized Books
39. 12 DecQuick Music Review: The Killers, Day and Age
40. 12 DecBig Shiny Moon
41. 11 DecAw, Shucks
42. 11 DecSonic Cruelty Creeps In On Little, Tinkly, Piano-Laden Feet
43. 11 DecYou Have Been Thanked, By More Than One Person
44. 11 DecThe Suckiest SF Movie of the Last Twelve Months
45. 10 DecApropos to a Previous Post
46. 10 DecBooks I Didn’t Know I Wrote
47. 10 DecEmo: Older Than You Think
48. 9 DecSongs You Like That You’re Pretty Sure No One Else Does
49. 9 DecWhoops 6
50. 9 DecToday’s Political/Chemical Question
51. 9 DecA Holiday Tradition Here at Whatever
52. 8 DecZoe’s Tale an RT Reviewer’s Choice Award Nominee
53. 8 DecFundraising Update
54. 8 DecA Story For a Donation: Fiction to Help Save an SF Writer’s Home
55. 8 DecToday’s Interesting Conversational Snippet, Presented Largely Context-Free
56. 8 DecWhat I Did This Afternoon
57. 7 DecGuess the Exit Numbers
58. 7 DecDon’t Worry, It’s Not You
59. 6 DecSkulls!
60. 6 DecThe Most Depressing Blog in the World
61. 5 DecRIP, Forrest J. Ackerman
62. 5 DecThe “Bcc:” Field is Your Friend
63. 5 DecThe Lil’ Hos Go Down
64. 5 DecVarious Book Things, 12/5/08
65. 5 DecNever Mind This Post
66. 4 DecGhlaghghee Fan Service
67. 4 DecSuggest Some Books For the Holidays
68. 4 DecReligion and Science Fiction Movies
69. 4 DecPublishing Asks Why It Is In a Rapidly Descending Handbasket
70. 3 DecUh, Canada
71. 3 DecDecember Whateveresque Registration
72. 3 DecZoe Buttons
73. 3 DecMother & Daughter
74. 3 DecLosCon, in Brief
75. 2 DecTwitter Cat is Twittering
76. 2 DecContext For the Contextually Desirious
77. 2 DecA Little Buggy
78. 2 DecQuick Whateveresque Note
79. 2 DecFirst Shot
80. 2 DecAnd Now This Important News Bulletin
81. 1 DecZoom Zoom

November 2008

1. 30 NovTwo Photos of Interest from LosCon
2. 29 NovIn Case You Were Wondering if That In-N-Out Caddy Thing is Real
3. 28 NovOff to Work
4. 28 NovThe Obligatory Black Friday Commerce Message, or A Reminder About Getting Signed Books
5. 28 NovLosCon=Awesome
6. 27 NovGive Toby Some Love (and Sales)
7. 27 NovA Well-Timed Class Exercise For Y’all
8. 27 NovA Science Fictional Thanksgiving
9. 26 NovNetbooks and Google Docs
10. 26 NovIn Which I Reveal a Terrifying Secret
11. 26 NovThe Horror, The Horror
12. 25 Nov120,000
13. 25 NovThe Big Idea: Kelsey Timmerman
14. 25 NovThe Big Idea: Christopher Barzak
15. 25 NovMy LosCon Schedule
16. 24 NovAnd Just Where Have I Been All Day?
17. 24 NovAway For Most of The Day
18. 23 NovYearly on the Vigil I Will Feast My Neighbors, Strip My Sleeves and Say “These Wounds I Had on St. Yogurt’s Day”
19. 23 NovNewly Added to My List of “Things I Have Done That You Probably Haven’t”
20. 23 NovStatus Stuff
21. 23 NovA Public Service Announcement: I Go Other Places Online. Don’t Be Alarmed
22. 22 NovHey Everybody, I’m Blogging From Red Lobster!
23. 22 NovReinvoking the Law
24. 21 NovI’m Doing My Part to Stimulate the Economy
25. 21 NovTechnology Changes, People Not So Much
26. 21 NovBeen So Low
27. 20 NovSweet Home Chicago
28. 20 NovWhack Whack Whack
29. 20 NovFeeling Science Fictional
30. 20 NovMan, If Blowing the Heads Off of Zombies With a Scoped Rifle is Wrong, I Don’t Ever Want to Be Right
31. 19 NovWhy You Totally Want to Come to Loscon Next Week
32. 19 NovThe Big Idea: Dave Freer
33. 18 NovBeen a While Since I Put in a Sunset, So:
34. 18 NovWorld Wide Wheaton; Book View Cafe
35. 18 NovThink Good Thoughts for Toby Buckell
36. 18 NovSilly Thought
37. 18 NovA Moment of Minor Humiliation, Coupled With a Request Regarding Books
38. 17 NovThe Pulps and the Electronic World
39. 17 NovQuick Thoughts on the Obama Interview
40. 17 NovMe Not Here Online
41. 17 NovToday’s Not Particularly Deep Thought, 11/17/08
42. 16 NovDoing an Ad Test
43. 16 NovOh, Hey, a “Hate Mail” Review!
44. 16 NovQuantum of Solace: The Mini-Review
45. 15 NovWhy It Pays to Actually Look Out Your Window
46. 15 NovTaking Lessons From the Cat
47. 14 NovOn the Getting of Signed, Personalized Books From Me For the Holidays
48. 14 NovHey, You Know What? Have A Pimp Thread
49. 13 NovInasmuch as People Seem Determined to Send This To Me Every Five Minutes Until I Post Something About It
50. 13 NovWhat’s Really Going On With Joe Lieberman
51. 13 NovNow, in Theaters
52. 12 NovHaving Abandoned Any Thought of Writing Anything of Substance Here Today, I Send You Off With a Woefully Underappreciated Australian Band
53. 12 NovI Am Yet Still Full of Languid Ennui, And Who Better to Express Languid Ennui Than Bryan Ferry?
54. 12 NovMy Lack of Interestingness Continues Unabated, So Here’s an Exceptionally Lossy Video of an Obscure 80s Band
55. 12 NovI Have Nothing Interesting to Say at the Moment, So Let’s Listen to the Dulcet Tones of The Killers Instead
56. 11 NovEasier to Find Big Ideas
57. 11 NovThe Big Idea: Jordan Summers
58. 11 NovAnother County Heard From
59. 11 NovVeteran’s Day Today
60. 10 NovIll Advised Beard Styles, One of Several
61. 10 NovOkay, Now Things Are Officially Getting Silly
62. 10 NovWant Want Want Want
63. 10 NovThat Was the Day We Found Joey “Chew Toy” Pirelli Lying Face Down in the Snow
64. 8 NovHey, You Know What?
65. 8 NovLet the National Healing Begin
66. 7 NovAnd Now A Post Entirely Unrelated to the Election or Proposition 8! Yippee!
67. 7 NovFighting Bigotry With Snark
68. 7 NovA Very Random Nomination
69. 6 NovToday’s Header
70. 6 NovWhat Obama Can Learn from Science Fictional Presidents
71. 6 NovThe Big Idea: Benjamin Parzybok
72. 6 NovDear GOP: Please Do Make Sure That Your Next Vice-Presidential Candidate Can Pass a Fifth-Grade Geography Test
73. 5 NovWell, Yeah
74. 5 NovRIP, Michael Crichton
75. 5 NovRandom Thoughtery, 11/5/08
76. 5 NovReality Check
77. 5 NovNow, Go to Bed
78. 4 NovNotes From an Election Night
79. 4 NovNot That it Means Anything
80. 4 NovFeeling Like a Rock Star, 21st Century Style
81. 4 NovChad Orzel Dances Like a Monkey for Your Delight
82. 4 NovYour “I Voted!” Thread
83. 4 NovA Final Note to California Voters
84. 3 NovZoe’s Tale Reviews in Locus & Starlog
85. 3 NovThis Was Quickly Reverted
86. 3 NovMy Guess on Tomorrow Night
87. 3 NovWhat I’m Most Looking Forward to After the Election
88. 3 NovWhateveresque Registration, 11/3/08
89. 3 NovA Pre-Election Sanity Break
90. 2 NovJust to Make Things Official About This Election: Obama for President
91. 2 NovMary Robinette Kowal, Columnist
92. 1 NovRe: Whateveresque Registration
93. 1 NovFiddle Fiddle, 1/11/08
94. 1 NovAthena, Paler Than Usual

October 2008

1. 31 OctElection List X: Some of The Horrible Things That Will Happen To You If You Don’t Vote
2. 31 OctElection List IX: The Rationales Each Party Will Give If They Lose The Election
3. 31 OctElection List VIII: Instances of “[Name] the [Occupation]” That Have Yet to Be Used By McCain or Palin
4. 31 OctElection List VII: Bombshells the McCain Campaign Has Yet to Drop About Barack Obama
5. 31 OctElection List VI: The Contents of the Republican Poll-Watching Kit
6. 31 OctElection List V: The Contents of the Democratic Poll-Watching Kit
7. 31 OctElection List IV: The Things I Think About As I Stare At This Picture of Joe Biden
8. 31 OctElection List III: Things Sarah Palin Has Shot Or Would Shoot From a Helicopter
9. 31 OctElection List II: The Verified Miracles of St. Obama
10. 31 OctElection List I: People/Things I Would Vote For President Before I Would Vote For John McCain
11. 30 OctToday’s Terrifying Idea Involving Me That I Didn’t Come Up With
12. 30 OctAnd Now, A Discussion of Constitutional Import
13. 30 OctSomething Worth Noting, Re: People Who Vote For Prop 8
14. 30 OctWhat? Prop 8 Threatens Existing Marriages? You Don’t Say
15. 30 OctMe in Other Places
16. 30 OctVote! For, Uh, B-Movies
17. 29 OctPassing on a Note From Justine Larbalestier
18. 29 OctWhy You Need an Agent, Foreign Edition
19. 29 OctThe Very Definition of “All Hat, No Cattle”
20. 29 OctAthena Trying Very Hard Not to Be Impressed By Niagara Falls
21. 28 OctAgent to the Stars Out in Trade Paperback
22. 28 OctThe Big Idea: T.A. Pratt
23. 27 OctBack in the Country
24. 27 OctGet Ready For the Monkey Dance!
25. 26 OctRestoring Your Faith in Humanity, Or the Portion of It Populated By Dogs
26. 26 OctCrossing Some Ineffable (But Wrong) Line
27. 26 OctNow I Am a True Canadian —
28. 24 OctOMG Totally The Best Hotel Room EVER!!!!
29. 24 OctLight Schedule Note
30. 23 OctMetatropolis Review at Tor.com + Metatropolis Site
31. 23 OctPutting LosCon on Your Radar
32. 23 OctMetatropolis Interview
33. 23 OctThe Big Idea: Phil Plait
34. 23 OctThey’re Not Mad, Just Misunderstood. Also, Mad
35. 22 OctIt’s Driving Me Insane — Here, You Have It
36. 22 OctVarious & Sundry, 10/22/08
37. 22 OctDID YOU KNOW?
38. 21 OctSomeone With More Grace Than I Have
39. 21 OctAll Hail the Mediocre Walloons
40. 21 OctFirst Review of Metatropolis
41. 21 OctMetatropolis is Out!
42. 20 OctZoe’s Tale Podcast
43. 20 OctA Mildly Risque But Entirely Accurate Assessment of Things in the Scalzi Household
44. 20 OctFinally, They’re Cracking Down on Voter Registration Fraud
45. 20 OctProof That Alternate Universes Exist, And We Live in One
46. 19 OctOn Who is American
47. 19 OctThe Most Terrifying Thing I’ve Seen Today
48. 18 OctThe Robocalls Have Begun
49. 17 OctThe By Now Standard E-Mail Note
50. 17 OctWorth Noting
51. 17 OctYour Weekend Goodie: Free Metatropolis Story
52. 17 OctThose Damn Activist Judges, At It Again
53. 17 OctAll This Talk of Dancing —
54. 17 OctChad Orzel Monkey Dance Update, 10/17
55. 17 OctA Jilted and Angry Ghlaghghee Walks in on Zeus and Kodi in Their Secret Interspecies Love Nest!!!
56. 16 OctArchives Imported
57. 16 OctWhen Quoting
58. 16 OctGhlaghghee Tires of the Fame
59. 16 OctFinal (Thank God) Debate Comment Thread
60. 16 OctPick Your Favorite SF B-Movie
61. 15 OctTesting a New Feature
62. 15 OctCanadian Invasion Alert
63. 15 OctMy Hamstring! My Calf! My Spleen!
64. 15 OctOh I SO VERY MUCH Want to See This
65. 14 OctTalking About “Voter Fraud”
66. 14 OctOne President at a Time
67. 14 OctThe Big Idea: Matthew Stover
68. 13 OctOh, Wait —
69. 13 OctZoe’s Tale Cover Art, Teenage Girls, and You (Yes, You)
70. 13 OctBook Auction For a Good Cause
71. 12 OctTo Wallow in Obscurity
72. 12 OctFiveThirtyEight Comes to Town
73. 11 OctThings That Are Generally a Young Person’s Game
74. 11 OctYour Political Exercise For Today
75. 10 OctYour Weekend Art Installation
76. 10 OctAnd Now, Something Nice to Take Us Into the Weekend
77. 10 Oct“Your Rallies Are Beginning to Look Like Lynch Mobs”
78. 10 OctInput on “Possibly Related Posts”
79. 10 OctMeanwhile in Connecticut
80. 10 OctHow You Know Just How Bad the Economy’s Gotten
81. 10 OctPost-Switch Stuff
82. 10 OctHey, You Can Comment Again
83. 10 OctComments Temporarily Closed
84. 9 OctChanges Are Coming
85. 9 OctPlaceholder Cat Secures the Floor With His Body
86. 9 OctWhat are “American” Science Fiction Films?
87. 8 OctPixellated
88. 8 OctWhat a Difference a Month Makes, or, a Caution to the Smug
89. 8 OctYour Second Presidential Debate Thread
90. 8 OctA Shoutout to My Dayton Area Peeps: Come See Justine!
91. 8 OctFair Warning
92. 7 OctToday’s Least Expected Amazon Categorization
93. 7 OctMetatropolis Preorder and Details
94. 7 OctJust Don’t Look
95. 7 OctWhen Bacon and Politics Collide
96. 6 OctA New Place to Eat in LA
97. 6 OctYour Quick Thought for the Afternoon
98. 6 OctHere’s Emmylou to Keep You Company
99. 5 OctThe Cubbies Win the Existential Pennant! The Cubbies Win the Existential Pennant!
100. 4 OctDear Holy God, Another Month To Go
101. 4 OctGhlaghghee (and Me) in the New York Times
102. 3 OctBacon Cat Lives On
103. 3 OctIt’s an Uncanny Likeness
104. 3 OctYour VP Debate Thread
105. 2 OctMinor Correction re: Tonight’s Columbus Appearance
106. 2 OctWhen Sequels Do It Better
107. 2 OctProbably Elemental MySQL Database Questions
108. 2 OctSmall Language Gripe
109. 1 OctAOL Journals, 2003 – 2008
110. 1 OctBowing to Popular Demand
111. 1 OctTwo Charitable Things
112. 1 OctYour Not Exactly Deep Thought of the Day
113. 1 OctHosting & Tech Geekery
114. 1 OctXkcd Gets it Right Again: The Fiction Rule of Thumb
115. 1 OctWhateveresque Registration Day, 10/1/08
116. 1 OctProof the McCain Campaign Has No Idea What It’s Doing

September 2008

1. 30 SepOld Man’s War: The Title Sequence
2. 30 SepScalzi & Buckell Together Again, 10/2 in Columbus, OH
3. 30 SepWhatever X, Day XXX
4. 30 SepWhy Yes, I Should Write About Politics
5. 29 SepWhatever X, Day XXIX
6. 29 SepFree Falling
7. 29 SepThe Big Idea: Kenneth Hite
8. 28 SepWhatever X, Day XXVIII
9. 27 SepZT Review in the San Francisco Chronicle
10. 27 SepThe Myth of the Knockout
11. 27 SepRIP, Paul Newman
12. 27 SepWhatever X, Day XXVII
13. 26 SepMetatropolis Cover: Ooooh, Shiny!
14. 26 SepWhatever X, Day XXVI
15. 26 SepHate Mail in the Mail
16. 25 SepWhatever X, Day XXV
17. 25 SepJohn McCain, Candidate for President of WTFistan
18. 25 SepDum Dum Dum… DUM DUM!
19. 25 SepThis is Relevant to My Interests
20. 24 SepWhatever X, Day XXIV
21. 24 SepZT Review at Blogcritics + Baltimore City Paper Article
22. 24 SepWhat Happens When I Get a Little Too Much Coke Zero In Me
23. 23 SepRomanian and Chinese Covers
24. 23 SepWhatever X, Day XXIII
25. 22 SepYA For Obama
26. 22 SepWhatever X, Day XXII
27. 22 SepHappy Birthday Heather
28. 22 SepPing From MV
29. 21 SepQuestion for the People in My Country
30. 21 SepWhatever X, Day XXI
31. 20 SepWhatever X, Day XX
32. 19 SepTechnical Crap Update
33. 19 SepAddressing Several Needs at Once: An Open Pimp Thread
34. 19 SepWhatever X, Day XIX
35. 18 SepRebootery
36. 18 SepYour Feedback Requested
37. 18 SepOh, Look, a Novella
38. 18 SepWhatever X, Day XVIII
39. 18 SepThe Look, The Feel… of Science Fiction
40. 18 SepEntering Low Posting Period
41. 17 SepFiddling, Part II
42. 17 SepTo Staunch The Flood of E-Mail
43. 17 SepThe Last Colony, Now In Readable Electron Form
44. 17 SepOh My God! We’re Nationalizing Businesses!
45. 17 SepWhatever X, Day XVII
46. 16 SepFiddling
47. 16 SepName Your Personal Fairy
48. 16 SepWhatever X, Day XVI
49. 16 SepA Tribute to John Scalzi
50. 16 SepZoe Sounds Good
51. 15 SepTwitchy, Twitchy
52. 15 SepLie to Me
53. 15 SepWhatever X, Day XV
54. 15 SepThat Bastard Ike
55. 14 SepThe By Now Standard E-Mail Note
56. 14 SepWhatever X, Day XIV
57. 13 SepOn Ten Years of Writing Whatever
58. 13 SepIndulge My Curiosity
59. 13 SepOf Slightly Lesser Import
60. 13 SepWhat Ten Years of Whatever Looks Like
61. 13 SepWhatever X, Day XIII
62. 13 SepIntroducing The Canonical Bacon Page
63. 12 SepThis Week’s List of Links That Don’t Need to Be Sent to Me Anymore
64. 12 SepA Really Important Request
65. 12 SepWhatever X, Day XII
66. 12 SepE-Mail Apologia
67. 12 SepZoe’s Tale in Audio Form
68. 11 SepWhatever X, Day XI
69. 11 SepFletch Mourns
70. 11 SepPost-Apocalypses Are Fun!
71. 11 SepWhat I Remember
72. 11 SepThe Bishops Come Out (Against Prop 8)
73. 10 SepMy One Big Thought Today
74. 10 SepA Quick Rundown on What’s Coming Up
75. 10 SepWhatever X, Day X
76. 9 SepWhat I Did With My Afternoon
77. 9 SepZoe’s Tale Review at GeekPlanet
78. 9 SepWhatever X, Day IX
79. 8 SepA Previous Message Repeated, Slightly More Forcefully
80. 8 SepA Really Excellent Way for America’s Automakers to Go Under
81. 8 SepTo Ward Off Further Linkage
82. 8 SepWhatever X, Day VIII
83. 7 SepSomething Doughy This Way Comes
84. 7 SepWhatever X, Day VII
85. 6 SepTLC in the UK
86. 6 SepWhatever X, Day VI
87. 5 SepNote on “Big Idea” Proposals
88. 5 SepMind the Foamyness
89. 5 SepWhatever X, Day V
90. 5 SepThe Thing About “Rock Stars”
91. 4 SepOh, SNAP
92. 4 SepThe Big Idea: Julie Czerneda
93. 4 SepBacon Beans: More Detail
94. 4 SepWhatever X, Day IV
95. 4 SepSummer SF/F Movie Wrap-up
96. 4 SepShave Secret
97. 3 SepWhy I Like to Publish Short Stories Online
98. 3 SepWhatever X, Day III
99. 2 SepPlaying With Chrome
100. 2 SepSuddenly It All Makes Sense
101. 2 SepAttention Authors: More Big Ideas Needed
102. 2 SepIn A World Without The Guy Who Says “In a World”
103. 2 SepWhateveresque Registration Open, 9/2/08
104. 2 SepAttention Fans of Patrick Rothfuss
105. 2 SepWhatever X, Day II
106. 2 Sep“Hate Mail” Winners
107. 1 SepSpeaking of Governor Palin
108. 1 SepLadies and Gentlemen, Your Next Vice President
109. 1 SepWhateveresque Registration Tomorrow
110. 1 SepWhatever X, Day I
111. 1 SepBack Home

August 2008

1. 31 AugThat’s Dragon*Con For You
2. 30 AugIn Decatur
3. 29 AugTalking About Writing, 8/29/08
4. 29 AugGOP VP
5. 29 AugObama Speechifying
6. 29 AugFinal Notice on Appearances
7. 28 AugHoly Crap, Cheese Metal is Back
8. 28 AugSongs for the Forgotten Future, Vol. 2
9. 28 AugBooks v. Blogs, Atlanta Style
10. 28 AugRecurring “Nightmare”
11. 27 AugPolitics Blah Blah
12. 27 AugThe Book Haul 8/27/08
13. 27 Aug(Momentary) King of the Kindle
14. 27 AugScalzi/Buckell in ’08!
15. 26 AugBook Haul 8/26/08
16. 26 AugMe Me Me (and the Cat)
17. 26 AugThe Big Idea: Lauren McLaughlin
18. 25 AugFree Fiction: The Secret History of The Last Colony
19. 25 AugOn Writing For “Free”
20. 25 AugFirst Day of School, 2008
21. 24 AugHere in Ann Arbor
22. 23 AugSummer Hair = Forever Young
23. 23 AugFrom the “Dogs! And Cats! Living Together!” File
24. 23 AugVarious & Sundry, 8/23/08
25. 22 AugTopics Not Generally Relating to Me, Part Two
26. 22 AugReminder: Ann Arbor Appearance Sunday (and Dayton Tuesday) (Oh, and Lexington Friday)
27. 22 AugTopics Not Generally Relating to Me, Part One
28. 21 AugThe Fate of Short Fiction Online
29. 21 AugFurther Tales of Home Improvementary
30. 21 AugOfficially Bored With Myself
31. 21 AugArmadilloCon Wrapup
32. 21 AugDaughters of Ripley
33. 21 AugZoe’s Tale on Kindle
34. 21 AugIt Has Been Revealed
35. 20 AugIt Could Be Made Into a Monster if We All Pull Together As a Team
36. 20 AugMy Dragon*Con and Decatur Book Festival Appearances
37. 20 AugZoë Arrives
38. 20 AugThe Door Into Summer
39. 20 AugBang Bang Bang Bang Saw Thump Bang
40. 19 AugObligatory E-Mail Post, 8/19/08
41. 19 AugAn OMW Universe Chronology
42. 19 AugScalzi & Buckell: On Tour
43. 19 AugThe Big Idea: Tobias Buckell
44. 19 AugZoe’s Tale, Now Out
45. 18 AugHome Alive
46. 18 AugLoitering in Charlotte
47. 17 AugOn The List for Things What Don’t Suck
48. 17 AugDisassociated
49. 16 AugA Note to the Anonymous Man Sitting in the Bathroom Stall Next to Me Earlier Today
50. 16 AugArmadilloing
51. 15 AugHere’s a Thought
52. 14 AugIn Austin
53. 14 AugTwo Notes of Passing Interest
54. 14 AugSF Bloodsports
55. 13 AugThe Badgers Down Under: A Busymaking Thread
56. 13 AugArmadilloCon Schedule
57. 12 AugFinding Mary Robinette Kowal’s Fiction
58. 12 AugPhoto Request
59. 12 AugIt’s Arrived
60. 12 AugZT Review on SFFWorld
61. 11 AugE-Mail Down
62. 11 AugAs If You Haven’t Had Enough Hugo-ry Today
63. 11 AugAnd Now, About The Hugo(s)
64. 11 AugDenvention 3: An (Oh, Probably Not) Brief Recap
65. 10 AugAt the Airport
66. 10 AugHugo Update
67. 8 AugQuick Denvention Updatery
68. 7 AugHugos and Films
69. 6 AugIn Denver
70. 6 AugToward a Canonical List of Zombie Rhymes
71. 5 AugVideo Interview at Cult Pop
72. 5 AugIt’s Probably True
73. 5 AugI WILL Be Doing a Reading at Denvention After All
74. 5 AugThe Android’s Dream, Kindle-ized
75. 5 AugThe Big Idea: Jason Pinter
76. 5 AugAt Least One Way Canada is Better Than the US
77. 4 AugInterview at Genreville
78. 4 AugMy Denvention Schedule
79. 3 Aug“After the Coup” Numbers
80. 2 AugBook Haul 8/2/08
81. 2 AugWay Past Sunset
82. 1 AugThis Will Never Hold Night Ranger OR Air Supply Songs. EVER
83. 1 AugThe Converse of Obama’s Problem
84. 1 AugWhateveresque Registration Open Until 10pm
85. 1 AugScalzi/Doctorow Mashup Part II: The Quickening
86. 1 AugI Cannot Deny It

July 2008

1. 31 JulBook Upgrades
2. 31 JulCue “Also Sprach Zarathustra”
3. 31 JulCutting Right to the Chase
4. 31 JulNeeded: John Scalzi “Facts”
5. 31 JulWill Batman Thank The Academy?
6. 31 JulThe Now Standard E-Mail Apology
7. 31 JulI’ve Got a Hankerin’ For a Sunset
8. 30 JulNo Fair! You’re Saying What the Amendment Does!
9. 29 JulMore 2009 Appearances
10. 29 JulIt Has Been Completed
11. 29 JulThe Last Colony Now in Paperback: An Open Pimping Thread
12. 28 JulAn IM Conversation About Music
13. 28 JulBlatant Pluggery For Today
14. 28 JulKeeping Up Appearances
15. 27 JulMore Podcastery
16. 27 JulOne For the Kodi Fans
17. 27 JulGood Night From the Scalzi Compound
18. 26 JulToday’s Quick Moral Judgment
19. 26 JulMaking What Was Clear Before Even More So
20. 26 JulI Don’t Know Art, But I Know What I Like
21. 25 JulReally, Now, WTF?
22. 25 JulAnother Entry in the Annals of “People Who Haven’t the Slightest Idea What They’re Saying”
23. 25 JulDon’t Stop MP3in’, Hold On That Feeling
24. 25 JulYour Instructor For Your “Advanced Catnappery” Course
25. 24 JulYou’re All Insane
26. 24 JulAlso —
27. 24 JulMother, Daughter, Cat
28. 24 JulAiring a Repeat: On Submitting Bitchy E-Mails to Scalzi’s Attention
29. 24 JulHistory and Science Fiction and Movies
30. 23 JulJust in Case You Thought the Hand-Wringing Over Science Fiction Was an English Language Thing
31. 23 JulHugo Prognosticating
32. 23 JulYour Wednesday Musical Interlude
33. 22 JulReminder: ArmadilloCon
34. 22 JulZoe’s Tale: Not in SFBC
35. 22 JulThe Big Idea: Greg Egan
36. 21 JulThings I Forgot to Remember, Monday Edition
37. 21 JulTwo Small Observations
38. 20 JulNew Short Story at Tor.Com — Now Live!
39. 20 JulFan Fiction in Canada
40. 19 JulSummer Vacation Schedule is Officially On
41. 19 JulFiddle Fiddle Fiddle
42. 18 JulAthena Versus Chicago Deep Dish Pizza!
43. 18 JulElectronic Editions, or, I Can’t Believe I’ve Not Put This Up Already
44. 17 JulDoing Other People’s Publicity For Them
45. 17 JulCan’t Play; Must Work
46. 17 JulGiving Ridley Scott His Due
47. 16 JulThe Book Haul, 7/16/08
48. 16 JulVarious and Sundry, 7/16/08
49. 16 JulUpgrading, 7/15/08
50. 15 JulAthena’s First Concert Tee
51. 14 JulGreetings From Chicago
52. 11 Jul(oh, okay, just one more thing)
53. 11 JulGone Til Tuesday
54. 11 JulDon’t Worry, It’s Just a Mental Recession, You Whiner
55. 11 JulVarious and Sundry, 7/11/08
56. 11 JulThe Big Idea: Marie Brennan
57. 11 JulAnd They Called it Kitty Love
58. 10 JulI Coin This Word in the Name of Humanity, Part II: Puckerguard
59. 10 JulFrom the “People This Lacking in Self-Awareness Really Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Speak in Public Ever Again” Files
60. 10 JulSometime Around Midnight by The Airborne Toxic Event
61. 10 JulMaybe They’re on a Book Deadline, Too
62. 10 JulVin Diesel and Downloadable Books
63. 10 JulThe Unbearable Ridiculousness of Bacon
64. 9 JulThe Cost of Principles
65. 9 JulA Quick Note on Comment Edits
66. 9 JulIncidentally, Re: InConJunction
67. 9 JulGoldberg and Bainbridge: A Compare and Contrast
68. 9 JulHeads Up: Farkination to Ensue
69. 8 JulZoe at SFReviews.net
70. 8 JulProving My Point That Everything Bacon-Related Gets Sent to Me Sooner or Later
71. 8 JulPost-Voting Hugo Thoughts
72. 8 JulAdvance Warning: August = Head Down
73. 8 JulDuck, Duck… Winner!
74. 8 JulAnd Now, Another Installment of Cheap Amusement Theater
75. 8 JulApparently This is All My Fault
76. 7 JulA Truly Stupid Amount of Money
77. 7 JulTom Easton on Zoe’s Tale
78. 7 JulChauncey, The World’s Most Adorable Giraffe, Has a Special Message For You
79. 7 JulToo Cool Not to Share Immediately
80. 6 JulSoon to Ohio
81. 5 JulQuick Ping
82. 4 JulZoe’s Tale Wallpaper
83. 3 JulEntering Slow Time
84. 3 JulThe Big Idea: David Louis Edelman
85. 3 JulDon’t Make Me Laugh
86. 3 JulYeah, You Knew This Was Coming
87. 2 JulAnd It Wouldn’t Be The First Time, Either
88. 2 JulJustine, Speaking Wisdom
89. 2 JulReminder: There’s No Actual Office for “President of the Left”
90. 2 JulQuack, Quack
91. 2 JulToday’s Dumb Headline
92. 1 JulThe Big Secret Audio Project I Haven’t Been Telling You About, Revealed
93. 1 JulThe Big Idea: Nancy Kress
94. 1 JulThe Hunting of the Snark, Indeed
95. 1 JulAw, Crap

June 2008

1. 30 JunReminders of a Science Fictional Nature
2. 30 JunA Note of Appreciation for Michael Capobianco
3. 30 JunNot That I’ve Been Keeping Track or Anything
4. 29 JunMiss Athena Does Not Approve of Your Gauchery
5. 29 JunWhat a Scandal Doesn’t Look Like
6. 29 JunYes, I Am On the Verge of Overdoing Both Cat and Sunset Photos
7. 28 JunUpholding the First Law of Cat Lounging
8. 28 JunRe-Hipify Me: A Weekend Assignment
9. 27 JunAnd Now to Explode Your Head As You Head Off For the Weekend
10. 27 JunInternal Book Workings
11. 27 JunThe Book Haul, 6/27/08
12. 27 JunThe Big Idea: David J. Schwartz
13. 26 JunDC v. Heller
14. 26 JunHelp Build a List of New SF Film Classics
15. 26 JunThe Difference a “Big Post” Makes
16. 26 JunNo Sunset Today
17. 26 JunOff to Charity
18. 25 JunIf Only I Had Known
19. 25 JunInteresting News for the Members of Company D
20. 25 JunA Musical Walkback
21. 25 JunReminder: Insult the Crap Out of Me
22. 25 JunThe Big Idea: Judson Roberts
23. 24 JunPatriotic Cat is Patriotic
24. 24 JunThe Choices We Make
25. 24 JunThe Big Idea: Marjorie M. Liu
26. 24 Jun“They Call Me Pinky”
27. 24 JunMake-Up Contest
28. 24 JunSeasonal Variance
29. 23 JunVarious Thingery, 6/23/08
30. 23 JunAway Time
31. 23 JunI Hereby Declare This Big Idea Week!
32. 23 JunRIP, George Carlin
33. 23 JunA Side of Ghlaghghee You’ve Never Seen Before
34. 23 JunSupplemental Sunsettery
35. 22 JunAtom Feedery
36. 22 JunMy Jazz Hands, Let Me Show You Them
37. 22 JunSome Sort of Social Networking Bend in the Curve
38. 22 JunBook Notes, 6/22/08
39. 22 JunSummer Solstice Sunset
40. 21 JunYour Home Improvement Tip For The Day
41. 21 JunA Sure Sign of Summer
42. 21 JunWhere It Began
43. 21 JunFrom the “That Doesn’t Actually Make it Any Better” Department
44. 21 JunOn the Wanting of Good Stories, Or Not
45. 21 JunMy Own Fair Use Policy
46. 20 JunJapanese Cover for The Ghost Brigades
47. 20 JunDude, I Totally Unmarried You Just Now
48. 20 JunZoe’s Tale at The Agony Column
49. 20 JunYour Questions, Answered
50. 20 JunSoliciting Questions
51. 20 JunJohn C. Wright Explains Science Fiction For You
52. 19 JunGuess Which Popular Toys Athena Received Today
53. 19 JunThe Book Haul, 6/19/08
54. 19 JunNerdgassing Redux
55. 19 JunSporkzilla Wants to Be Your Friend
56. 18 Jun“Hate Mail” Contest: Be in the Book!
57. 18 JunTwo Quick Bits About Zoe’s Tale
58. 18 JunDestroying Marriages to “Protect” Marriage
59. 18 JunModeration Reminder
60. 17 JunThirteen Years
61. 17 JunI Never Trusted That Rat Bastard
62. 17 JunThe Big Idea: Peter David
63. 17 JunOn the Occasion of Same-Sex Marriage in California
64. 16 JunFind Out Why Tobias Buckell is Happy Today
65. 16 JunAssociated Press: Unclear on the Concept of Fair Use
66. 16 JunGerman Dreams
67. 16 JunShowing Ignorance Can Be Bipartisan
68. 16 JunB&W in PDF
69. 16 JunA Note About Whatever
70. 15 JunIt’s Father’s Day
71. 15 JunAccess Weirdness
72. 15 JunThat NPR Piece I Was In
73. 14 JunAn Online Petition Worth Signing Onto
74. 14 JunThese Things I Believe
75. 14 JunSinging in Saturday
76. 13 JunNPR/All Things Considered Interview Tomorrow
77. 13 JunYour First Subtle Hint There’s a Thunderstorm Outside Your Window
78. 13 JunThe Big Idea: Lewis Shiner
79. 13 JunNext Up: Putting Out Cigarettes On Her Arm
80. 13 JunIt’s Like 1982 Never Ended!
81. 12 JunFARK Heatsink Entry
82. 12 JunThose Crazy Activist Judges Are At It Again
83. 12 JunFox News Would Like To Take a Moment To Remind You That the Obamas Are As Black As Satan’s Festering, Baby-Eating Soul
84. 12 JunAnother Thursday, Another AMC Column
85. 12 JunBouncy Bouncy E-Mails
86. 11 JunThe Collective Wisdom of Whatever
87. 11 JunNo School Like The Old School
88. 11 JunNo Longer New
89. 11 JunCampbells and Sturgeons, Oh My
90. 11 JunFirst Day of Summer Vacation
91. 11 JunImpeachment Rears Its Ineffectual Head Yet Again
92. 11 JunBFS Recommended
93. 10 JunHow to Save Your State Economy
94. 10 JunThe Book Haul, 6/10/08
95. 10 JunA Book A Year
96. 9 JunThe Final Disposition of TempDog™
97. 9 JunFrom the Fecund Garden of 80s Obscurities
98. 9 JunEvents of a Science Fictional Note
99. 9 JunGraphic Design Flashback
100. 9 JunModeration Matters
101. 8 JunThis Crazy Thing Called “Real Life”
102. 7 JunOn Zoe’s Tale ARCs on eBay
103. 7 JunOff Into the Sunset
104. 7 JunOn Any Given Day, Some of Your Technology Sucks
105. 6 JunHoly Crap, Amazon is Down
106. 6 JunThis Will Not End Well For Someone
107. 6 JunWhy Is This Puppy Tired?
108. 5 JunNew AMC Column is Up
109. 5 JunI’m Ill, So: Open Pimp Thread!
110. 4 JunTempDog™ Knows How to Pose
111. 4 JunThe Big Idea: N.M. Kelby
112. 4 JunThat Other Thing
113. 4 JunThe Most Important Thing That Happened Yesterday
114. 4 JunAbout Damn Time
115. 4 JunGuess How This is Going to Turn Out
116. 3 JunFrustrating Yet Still Cool
117. 3 JunIn The Clouds
118. 3 JunWe Got Raccoons
119. 3 JunNerdgassing: I Coin This Word In the Name of Humanity
120. 3 JunDeath of a Compact Fluorescent
121. 3 JunYou Go Read Now
122. 2 JunWil Wheaton: More Handsome Than Me
123. 2 JunRIP, Bo Diddley
124. 2 JunTechnical Madness
125. 2 JunBEA in Brief
126. 2 JunHousekeepery, 6/2/08
127. 1 JunOn the Move; Whateveresque Registration Day Delayed

May 2008

1. 31 MayAlso, Not That Anyone Asked Me
2. 31 MayIf We’d Been Abducted By Aliens, The Internet Would Dim for a Week
3. 30 MayJune 17 is Marriage Day
4. 30 MayWhy BEA is the Happiest Place on Earth (If You Like Books)
5. 30 MayCommunities, Etc
6. 29 MayHello, LA
7. 29 MayBook to Film
8. 28 MayBookLog 5/28/08
9. 28 MayIf Dunkin Donuts Could Afford to Be Honest
10. 28 MayYes, I’ve Seen the NEW Canned Bacon
11. 28 MayLet Sleeping Cats Lie
12. 28 MayNew Short Short Fiction (From Me)
13. 28 MayFree E-Book, Me Spouting Off
14. 27 MayReminder: Get Your Viable Paradise Applications In
15. 27 MayThe Big Idea: David J. Williams
16. 27 MayA Final Memorial Day Link
17. 27 MayOasis 21 Wrap-Up
18. 27 MayRIP, Syndey Pollack
19. 27 MayVarious & Sundry 5/26/08
20. 26 MayBack at Home
21. 26 MayHeading Out
22. 25 MayHear Me Blab
23. 25 MayBrevity, Etc.
24. 25 MaySelf-Referential
25. 24 MayTogether We Will Get to the Bottom of This
26. 24 MayWorldcon in Reno?
27. 23 MayHow to Jump the Political Shark
28. 23 MayIn a Stunning Betrayal of Everything I Stand For as a Writer and a Human Being
29. 23 MayRIP, Robert Asprin
30. 22 MayFlo da
31. 22 MayCheap Thrills
32. 22 MayAway From Keyboard
33. 22 MayApparently I’m In A Musical Mood Today
34. 22 MayThe Right Place, Now
35. 21 MayOnce Again, Justine on Crazy Writers
36. 21 MayBecause Sometimes It’s Fun to Listen to Brats
37. 20 MayStarShipSofa on Scalazi
38. 20 MayOne Day’s Haul
39. 20 MayThe Gen Xers in This Article Resemble No Gen Xers I Know Personally
40. 20 MayThe Big Idea: Walter Jon Williams
41. 20 MayA Small Bit of Business Etiquette
42. 19 MayRidley Scott Explains It All For You
43. 19 MayNow This is What You Call a Photo Op
44. 19 MayZoe’s Tale ARC Winners
45. 19 MayOasis 21 This Weekend
46. 18 MayHey Batter Swing
47. 18 MayLazy Sunday, Cat Style
48. 18 MayFor You Europeans
49. 18 MayTruck Technology
50. 18 MayThat Activist Judge
51. 18 MayJust in Case I’m Never Heard From Again
52. 18 MayThe Cure, For What Ails You
53. 17 MayRing Ring Ring
54. 16 MayHoly Hate Mail, Batman!
55. 16 MayDaniel Lanois Goes Indie
56. 16 MayMore Proof We Live in a Science Fictional World, 5/16/08
57. 16 MayDecision Coming
58. 15 MayWhy It’s Good to Follow Links
59. 15 MaySame Sex Marriage in California
60. 15 MayOn the Radio
61. 15 May“Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded”: Available For Pre-order
62. 15 MayThe Big Idea: Jeri Smith-Ready
63. 15 MayNew AMC Movie Column Up
64. 15 MayZoe’s Tale ARC Contest: Get Your Entry In
65. 15 MayWhateveresque Registration Open
66. 14 MayEither Napping or Prepping for a Monorail Cat Tryout
67. 14 MayA Choice Selection of YA Tidbits
68. 14 MayAn Easy Choice Considering How Much He Looks Like Emperor Palpatine
69. 14 MayGlorious, Gynoparadisiacal West Virginia
70. 13 MayBad Girl Goodies
71. 13 MayHave You Had Some Bryan Ferry Today?
72. 13 MayThe 44th President of the United States
73. 13 MayThe Big Idea: Melinda Snodgrass
74. 12 MayZoe’s Tale ARC: A Contest
75. 12 MayBecause They Never Love You More Than When You’ve Fallen Down
76. 12 MayBook Updatery, 5/12/08
77. 11 MayHappy Mother’s Day
78. 11 MayMy Birthday Present
79. 11 MayRainy Day Kittens #18 & 37
80. 10 May39
81. 9 MayThere Will Be Shenanigans
82. 9 MayWhen the World Was Young
83. 9 MayI’ve Met John Scalvi’s Web Site
84. 9 MayThe ARC of Zoe’s Tale (Get It? Get It? It’s a PUN)
85. 8 MayOut of Contact
86. 8 MayLook, Ma, I’m Movieblogging
87. 8 MayWord-Coining
88. 7 MayMild Server Wackiness
89. 7 MayFor Those of You Wanting to Practice Your Spanish
90. 7 MayIt’s Over, Hillary. Let it Go.
91. 7 MayThe Deal With Lopsided Cat
92. 7 MayFloating
93. 7 MayKodi, Hero Dog of the Revolution
94. 6 MayTriple-Decker Catblogging
95. 6 MayKickass Cover Art
96. 6 MayThe Big Idea: Maureen Johnson
97. 6 MayWho Lost Scott Westerfeld?
98. 5 MayScalzi and Heinlein: Together at Last
99. 5 MayLittle Brother Downloads
100. 5 MayIf You Are Questing to Become King or Queen of the Geeks
101. 5 MayRough Guide to the Universe 2nd Edition is Out!
102. 5 MayToday’s “Why Does This Even Need to Be Asked” Question of the Day
103. 5 MayFull Spectrum Sunset
104. 4 MayBefore & After
105. 4 MayAn Amusing Bit of Unnecessary Encouragement
106. 4 MayThe Subtle Difference Between Professional and Psychotic Hosebag
107. 3 MaySome Editing Will Be in Order
108. 3 MayMaking Light’s Out
109. 3 MayYour Dream Life
110. 3 MayBusiness Note Re: Anthologies
111. 3 MayJohn Scalzis Everywhere!
112. 2 MayWhy YA
113. 2 MayYes, Seen It
114. 2 MaySpinning Away
115. 2 MayToday’s Public Service Announcement
116. 1 MayA Historic Moment, Of A Sort
117. 1 MayMRK’s Site Down
118. 1 MayThe Once and Future Self-Publisher
119. 1 MayWhateveresque Registration Open Until 10pm
120. 1 MayComing Home, One Last Time
121. 1 MayThis Is What I Get For Inflicting “Xanadu” On You
122. 1 MayI Remembered This Year

April 2008

1. 30 AprSuddenly It All Makes Sense
2. 30 AprAlso, I Woke Up With A Sudden Desire to Collect Tom of Finland Postcards
3. 30 AprA Simple Question
4. 29 AprThe Scalzi/Doctorow Mashup You’ve All Been Waiting For
5. 29 AprAnother One From the “People Who Really Should Know Better” File
6. 29 AprOne Star Challenge Roundup, Part the First
7. 29 AprThe Return of Ghlaghghee
8. 29 AprThe Big Idea: Cory Doctorow
9. 29 AprWhy Yes, My Backyard Does Overlook Mordor
10. 28 AprBecause I Feel Like Starting Yet Another Pointless Word Usage Holy War
11. 28 AprToday’s Free Advice
12. 28 AprPronouning Your Hermaphrodite
13. 27 AprGulf of Araby
14. 27 AprNice Try
15. 27 AprThe Stupidly Obvious Phrase of the Day
16. 27 AprThis Year’s Nebula Winners
17. 26 AprSFWA Passes Its Gut Check Moment
18. 26 AprGoing Sidewise
19. 26 AprThe Closeted Cat
20. 25 AprIt Has Begun
21. 25 AprThe Dastardly Culprits What Make Me Sneeze
22. 25 AprNot Even In Your Dreams
23. 25 AprA Small Yet Fundamental Truth
24. 24 AprMmmm… One Star-rific!
25. 24 AprMissing The Point
26. 24 AprMy Wife! My Best Friend!
27. 24 AprShareware Story Haul: One Week In
28. 24 AprI Hear and Obey
29. 23 AprThe Direction I’m Heading
30. 23 AprQuick Official Statement on “2:42”
31. 23 AprA Bit More on OSB
32. 23 Apr10 Delegates? Really?
33. 23 AprStalker Info, Permanently Posted
34. 22 AprUpdate on Shareware Story and 1,000 True Fans
35. 22 AprOpen Source Boobs
36. 22 AprOptimamistic
37. 21 AprI Suspect That Tori Amos Was Somehow an Inspiration For This
38. 21 AprYou Don’t Have to Be an Ohio SF/F Person to Wear This Shirt, But If You’re Not It Will Be a Lie
39. 21 AprThe Surprise Award No One Told Me About
40. 21 AprBack From Penguicon
41. 18 AprOffline
42. 18 AprHappy Birthday, Krissy
43. 18 AprScenes From a Yesterday
44. 18 AprThe Big Idea: Kate Elliott
45. 17 Apr2:42 the Perfect Time for a Pop Song? You Don’t Say.
46. 17 AprBlogcrush Confessional
47. 17 AprA Shareware Short Story: “How I Proposed to My Wife: An Alien Sex Story”
48. 16 AprThe Question Not Asked
49. 16 AprMy Whateveresque Appearance Schedule
50. 16 AprMy Biggest Book
51. 16 AprWhateveresque Registration Up Until 10pm (ET)
52. 16 AprDoh
53. 15 AprClearing Out
54. 15 AprTax Day 2008
55. 14 AprOkay, Actually, THIS is the Worst It’s Ever Been
56. 14 AprThe Book of My Enemy Has Been Remaind– Oh, Crap, It’s MY Book
57. 14 AprHow Hard Is It to Make a Movie?
58. 14 AprThe Most Schadenfreudtastic Story of the Month
59. 13 AprThe Most Important Public Service Message This Site Has Ever Run
60. 13 AprPopcraft
61. 12 AprThere’s Something Inside Your Head
62. 12 AprShow of Hands
63. 11 AprStarting the Weekend Early
64. 11 AprGet Your Vote On
65. 11 AprFind the Site Outage!
66. 10 AprMeet the Fan Writers: Chris Garcia
67. 10 AprMy Grammar Bitch For the Day
68. 10 AprI Miss My Site When It’s Not Around
69. 10 AprChad Orzel is Annoyed With Me
70. 10 AprA Reminder to SFWAns
71. 10 AprExpiring Links
72. 9 AprBecause It’s Fun to State the Obvious
73. 9 AprAnother (Technologically) Mixed Marriage
74. 9 AprIn Other News, “Preemptive Ibuprofen” is the Name of My Next Band
75. 9 AprThe High-Pitched Whine of the Drill is Like the Song of Angels
76. 8 AprMeet the Fan Writers: Cheryl Morgan
77. 8 AprQuick E-Mail Note
78. 8 AprNew GoH Appearance
79. 8 AprTake On Squeeeeeeeeek
80. 7 AprIn Russia, Zoe’s Tale Reads You
81. 7 AprPre-Release Fun: Cloverfield, Sly Mongoose
82. 7 AprReader Request Week 2008 Wrap-up
83. 7 AprIn Today’s Shocking News, Bloggers Are Revealed to Be Unhealthy Obsessive Nerds
84. 6 AprSeiun Nomination
85. 6 AprMy Blathering Self
86. 6 AprGet Your Paws Off Me, You Damn Dirty Reaper
87. 6 AprReader Request Week 2008 #15: Quick Hits, Volume II
88. 5 AprWordPress Geekery
89. 5 AprReader Request Week 2008 #14: Quick Hits, Volume I
90. 4 AprReader Request Week 2008 #13: Diminishing Returns
91. 4 AprInteresting Cover
92. 4 AprReader Request Week 2008 #12: Soldiers and Support
93. 4 AprReader Request Week 2008 #11: Athena and Whatever
94. 3 AprMultiverses
95. 3 AprReader Request Week 2008 #10: Meeting Authors (and Me)
96. 3 AprStarting Your Morning With a Blatant Plug (For a Good Cause)
97. 3 AprTaking Bacon Just a Bit Too Far
98. 2 AprReader Request Week 2008 #9: Polygamy
99. 2 AprReader Request Week 2008 #8: Politics and the Olympics
100. 2 AprWhateveresque Registration Open
101. 2 AprBrasyl, Halting State, The Last Colony and Rollback: The 2008 Hugo Voters Electronic Editions
102. 2 AprTor’s Agent to the Stars Cover (and Spine)
103. 1 AprThe Big Idea: Barth Anderson
104. 1 AprReader Request Week 2008 #7: Fame or Lack Thereof
105. 1 AprWhateveresque Registration Delayed One Day
106. 1 AprReader Request Week 2008 #6: Author Relations
107. 1 AprIt’s All True
108. 1 AprReader Request Week 2008 #5: Professional Jealousy
109. 1 AprWacky Database Madness

March 2008

1. 31 MarReader Request Week 2008 #4: Where I Am Now
2. 31 MarReader Request Week 2008 #3: Sex and Video Games
3. 31 MarReader Request Week 2008 #2: Technological Gifts
4. 31 MarReader Request Week 2008 #1: Homeschooling
5. 31 MarFiddle Fiddle
6. 30 MarUpgrading Tonight
7. 30 MarWhere Was I, Anyway?
8. 30 MarHow I Avoid Speeding Tickets
9. 30 MarYes, I Am In Chicago
10. 29 MarIrony
11. 29 MarOh, Look, Another Travel Day
12. 28 MarThe Big Idea: Scott Sigler
13. 28 MarLanded
14. 27 MarNow That I Think About It
15. 27 MarAnother Travel Day
16. 27 MarReader Request Week 2008: Get Your Requests In!
17. 26 MarFeeling Spammy
18. 26 MarThe “I’m Writing This to Totally Make You Jealous” Post
19. 26 MarCover This
20. 25 MarVoyage to Journey Planet
21. 25 MarSo Insanely Jealous
22. 25 MarDouble Whammy
23. 25 MarTuesday Pimpery, 3/25/08, Plus a Open Pimp Thread
24. 25 MarAthena Offers Her Take on the Greatest Existential Question of Our Time
25. 25 MarAfter a Certain Point the Photoshopping Became Inevitable
26. 24 MarConstituting an Official Bitch and Moan at io9.com
27. 24 MarThis is What We Get For Painting Her Teeth With Corn Syrup Every Night Before Bed
28. 24 MarThe Hugo Downside, Such As It Is
29. 24 MarMy Online Social Life
30. 23 MarRound These Here Parts, We Just Eat Them
31. 23 MarTwitterpated
32. 23 MarKindles and Owning Your eBooks
33. 23 MarHappy Chocolate Lagomorph Consumption Day
34. 23 MarEurotrashtastic!
35. 22 MarCopyediting Commas
36. 22 MarThe Catnip-Filled Sock Claims Another Victim
37. 21 MarAnd Just So Not Everything Today is About the Hugos
38. 21 MarQuick Hugo Follow-up Q&A
39. 21 MarTAD Wallpaper at Tor.Com
40. 21 MarHugo Thoughts, 2008
41. 21 Mar2008 Hugo Nomination List
42. 20 MarHello, Goodbye
43. 19 MarWhat Else I Was Going to Say About Arthur C. Clarke
44. 19 MarOf Interest to Barry Hughart Fans
45. 19 MarObama and Presidential Smarts
46. 18 MarRIP, Arthur C. Clarke
47. 18 MarI’m Alive
48. 18 MarThe Big Idea: Caitlin Kittredge
49. 18 MarThe Writer’s Dream
50. 18 MarThe Big Idea: J.F. Lewis
51. 18 MarTuesday Travel Twofer
52. 18 MarI Have the Ears of a Teenager, and Boy, Do the Police Have Questions For Me
53. 17 MarAnd What Came in the Mail Today, Scalzi?
54. 17 MarPossibly the Most Terrifying Headline of the Week
55. 17 MarAn A to Z of Irish Culture
56. 17 MarAttention Kindlers and Other eBook Reading Types
57. 17 MarAnd Remember, This is Her at Nine
58. 16 MarThe Ghost Brigades: Now Out in Audio
59. 16 MarMy Cat Has Issues
60. 15 MarWordPress and Movable Type
61. 15 MarWhateveresque Registration Day, 3/15/08
62. 15 MarWordPress Features: The Addination!
63. 14 MarFun With Flats
64. 14 MarJust So You Know About Things You’ll Never Know
65. 14 MarVarious & Sundry 3/14/08
66. 13 MarPosting It Here Before You All Feel Obliged to E-Mail it to Me
67. 13 MarRobin Hobb is Not Entirely Wrong
68. 12 MarThe Definition of a Perfect Day, If You Are a Cat
69. 12 MarHe Surely Did Pay For His Sex
70. 12 MarNext I’m Going to Ask for a Pony
71. 12 MarThe Problem With 1,000 True Fans
72. 11 MarThe Unstoppable Awards Juggernaut That is Ficlets
73. 11 MarBooks What Been Sent to Me Recently
74. 11 MarThe Big Idea: Julie Buxbaum
75. 11 MarThe Point at Which the Villain Begins the Monologue, Revealing His Dastardly Plan
76. 11 MarOne of My Boring E-Mail Notification Posts
77. 10 MarWhy Experience Isn’t Everything
78. 10 MarThings One Doesn’t Need to Hear From One’s Offspring
79. 10 MarPeople I Know You Might Have Heard Of
80. 10 MarRoll For Initiative
81. 10 MarTen Years Ago Today
82. 8 MarTaking the Weekend Off From the Internet
83. 7 MarVarious & Sundry 3/7/08
84. 7 MarAnother Day Full of Joy
85. 6 MarFrom the “It’s a Small World” File
86. 6 MarThis Will Be Familiar to Cat Owners
87. 6 MarFlorida and Michigan: Stop Whining
88. 6 MarSome Math For This Electronic Age
89. 6 MarArrrrrrrr
90. 5 MarNipping it in the Bud, Part II
91. 5 MarHow to Write a Big Idea
92. 5 MarIcy Ice
93. 5 MarDarke County Up Close
94. 5 MarIce Storm Outage
95. 4 MarA Manuscript, Pocked With Red
96. 4 MarYes I Can and Did
97. 4 MarThe Big Idea: Jennifer Pelland
98. 4 MarThings I Don’t Know About My Own Universe
99. 4 Mar2008’s Candidates for the James Frey Memorial Award for Best Fake Memoir
100. 3 MarBe Serious, Now
101. 3 MarOne-Hit Lit
102. 3 MarSpeaking of Auctions
103. 3 MarThe Winner of the Zoe’s Tale Auction for the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust
104. 3 MarScheduled Downtime
105. 3 MarIn Which I Pull a Little Bit of Rank
106. 2 MarApropos to the Most Recent Post
107. 2 MarShaming the Poor
108. 1 MarToday is a Whateveresque Registration Day
109. 1 MarOh, Look, I’m Interviewed
110. 1 MarThe Social Stigma of Getting Free Lunch

February 2008

1. 29 FebModeling the Latest in Empowerment Wear
2. 29 FebAn Excellent Choice
3. 28 FebSock Addiction Claims Another Victim
4. 28 FebPublicists/Editors/Writers: I’m Seeking Big Ideas
5. 28 FebOnly One Can Prevail!
6. 28 FebHappy Birthday, Deven
7. 28 FebSome Stats, Post-Free eBook
8. 27 FebAnd Yes, the Reason I’m Fiddling is I Don’t Have Anything Interesting to Say
9. 27 FebDon’t Panic
10. 27 FebLooking for People Like Me
11. 26 FebToday is International Make Up a Word Day
12. 26 FebTotally Bogarting the Sock
13. 26 FebSmall Observation
14. 25 FebMy Oscar Batting Average
15. 25 FebThe Minor Detail People Often Miss
16. 24 FebMovies and Books
17. 24 FebThe Worst Presidents?
18. 23 FebIndulging My Indulgences
19. 23 FebPossible Presidencies
20. 23 FebCountry Life
21. 23 FebGreetings, Gentlebeings!
22. 23 FebBrutally Slaughtering Two Birds With One Stone
23. 22 FebOn the OMW Free eBook Release
24. 22 FebThe 2008 Nebula Awards Ballot
25. 22 FebBefore Even More People Send it to Me
26. 21 FebNovella Drawing for the Dewey Donation System
27. 21 FebYour Last Minute Hugo Nominations
28. 21 FebAdding to the Auction Pot
29. 21 FebVarious and Sundry 2/21/08
30. 21 FebShaky Eclipse
31. 21 FebPoor Zeus
32. 20 FebUltimate Blogrolls
33. 20 FebThe Big Idea: Jami Attenberg
34. 20 FebI Am Guilty, God Help Me
35. 20 FebWhat? Another Snow Day?
36. 19 FebMeet the New Bosses
37. 19 FebAnother Book Done!
38. 19 FebNot a Sunset. Not a Sunrise
39. 19 FebThings I Want to Pimp Today: A List (Plus an Open Pimp Thread)
40. 18 Feb“Zoe’s Tale” Auction Update
41. 18 FebSnowy Dog Chaser
42. 18 FebA Gut Check Moment for SFWA
43. 17 FebRegistration Changes at Whateveresque
44. 17 FebCongratulations Holly Black and Steven Gould
45. 17 FebThe Power! The Power!
46. 16 FebNipping it in the Bud
47. 16 FebBecause GLaDoS Won’t Disassemble Herself
48. 16 FebA Couple of Nice Things
49. 15 Feb“Zoe’s Tale” Auction to Benefit the Disabled American Veterans Charitable Service Trust
50. 15 FebReminder: Free eBooks from Tor
51. 14 FebKaboom
52. 14 FebWhateverettes, RSS
53. 14 FebMy Gothy Valentine
54. 14 FebCustomer Service Question
55. 14 FebThe First Step is Admitting You Have a Problem
56. 13 FebGaze Upon its Gazeuponableness!
57. 13 FebAlso, Since People Have Been Asking
58. 13 FebThree More Links About Writing and Money
59. 13 FebVarious & Sundry 2/13/08
60. 13 FebMore Writing “Advice”
61. 13 FebNot That I’m Opposed to Obama Winning the Virginia Primary…
62. 12 FebCat Meet Bird Meet Snow
63. 12 FebOn Writers, Marriages, and NYC/LA/SF
64. 12 FebThe Downward Spiral
65. 12 FebRepresent!
66. 12 FebThe Big Idea: Paul Melko
67. 11 FebPerhaps the Ultimate Trailer Park Confectionary Treat
68. 11 FebIn Musical News
69. 11 FebQuick Note to Charles Stross
70. 11 FebFrom the “Surprisingly Doesn’t Suck” Category
71. 11 FebUnasked-For Advice to New Writers About Money
72. 11 FebOh Goody!
73. 10 FebMe at Three
74. 10 FebObamomentum
75. 9 FebLiving With Linux, Day 2
76. 9 FebHow to Get an eBook of Old Man’s War — Free!
77. 9 FebOne Step Further Down the Geek Path
78. 8 FebJustine Larbalestier on Blurbs
79. 8 FebFailing in My Responsibilities as an American Consumer
80. 7 FebMitt Quits
81. 7 FebZoe’s Tale Follow-Up Q&A
82. 7 FebQuick Review: Watershed, kd lang
83. 7 FebThe Big Idea: Philip Palmer
84. 7 FebWhatever, Now Featuring a Rustic 70s Look!
85. 6 FebServer Weirdness
86. 6 FebMe on Halo as Literature
87. 6 FebWriters of the Future, Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard
88. 6 FebDeep Thought for 2/5/08
89. 6 FebWhat Was Decided on Super Tuesday: Nothing!
90. 6 FebPlease Keep Comments on Topic
91. 5 FebCoke Addiction Claims Another Young Life
92. 5 FebExploding the Heads of Browncoats Everywhere
93. 5 FebIn Other Election News
94. 5 FebObamarama
95. 4 FebVarious and Sundry 2/4/08
96. 4 FebThe Giants Win the Pennant! The Giants Win the Pennant!
97. 4 FebThoughts on Zoe’s Tale
98. 3 FebCongratulations Cory and Alice
99. 3 FebDone
100. 2 FebSignificant ZT Milestone
101. 2 FebBlathering Lockdown: Day Ten
102. 1 FebBlathering Lockdown: Day Nine

January 2008

1. 31 JanQuick Personal Pimp: 50% Sale on “Sagan” and Others
2. 31 JanBlathering Lockdown: Day Eight
3. 30 JanProgress Update
4. 30 JanBlathering Lockdown: Day Seven
5. 29 JanBlathering Lockdown: Day Six
6. 28 JanBlathering Lockdown: Day Five
7. 27 JanBlathering Lockdown: Day Four
8. 26 JanBlathering Lockdown: Day Three
9. 25 JanBlathering Lockdown: Day Two
10. 24 JanYes, Yes, I Know
11. 24 JanBlathering Lockdown: Day One
12. 24 JanMeet Zeus (aka The Kitten Formerly Known as Temp Cat™)
13. 23 JanConFusion Wrapup, 2008
14. 23 JanOscar Predictions, 2008
15. 23 JanVarious & Sundry, 1/23/08
16. 22 JanUnspeakably Ill
17. 22 JanThe Big Idea: Marcus Sakey
18. 22 JanA Dead Man Speaks
19. 21 JanHome From ConFusion
20. 20 JanI Will Say This:
21. 19 JanHey There.
22. 18 JanI Met John Scalvi!
23. 17 JanA Symposium While I’m Away
24. 16 JanAnd Yet Still No Rocket Car to the Moon
25. 16 JanGet Your Geek On, Space Nuts
26. 16 JanTemp Cat™ Requires a Name
27. 16 JanThings One Should Not Forget: The Quickening
28. 15 JanTen (More) Things I’ve Done You Probably Haven’t
29. 14 JanSign of the Times
30. 14 JanThings One Should Not Forget
31. 14 JanCattitude
32. 13 JanFreshly Deleted From Today’s Writing of Zoe’s Tale
33. 13 JanOn That Path Lies Madness
34. 13 JanPlagiarism is Not Romantic
35. 12 JanCelebrities: Ruining Everything
36. 11 JanTemp Cat™ Gets In Your Face
37. 11 JanYour Big Fat Election Brain Dump, 1/11/08
38. 11 JanMy 2008 ConFusion Schedule
39. 10 JanSony BMG Picks Up a Clue
40. 10 JanTemp Cat™ Yearns for the Bennies
41. 9 JanBy Popular Demand
42. 9 JanThat’s Sorted, Then
43. 9 JanEvidence My Life is a Bit Odd, In a Good Way
44. 9 JanYour New Hampshire Discussion Post
45. 9 JanWe’re Suckers
46. 8 JanHey, This Can of Worms is Strangely Unopened!
47. 8 JanFor Your LOLCatting Pleasure
48. 8 JanWhy It Won’t Work
49. 7 JanOMG! Spoilers!
50. 7 JanThe Final Judgment on “The Final Countdown”
51. 7 JanMonday Tales of Ego Boosting
52. 6 JanWhat’s Fun?
53. 6 JanSunday Catbloggery
54. 5 JanSaturday is for Plotting
55. 4 JanIowa Caucus Result Discussion Thread
56. 4 JanWhere the Weekend Assignments Are
57. 3 JanIf You Get This, You’re Probably a Dork
58. 3 JanPoint of Privilege
59. 3 JanOn Rewriting
60. 3 JanThe 2008 Award Pimpage Post
61. 3 JanGive My Regards to President Hoover
62. 2 JanOne Last Thought Before I Dive Into Book Writing for Several Hours
63. 2 JanThe Moment You’ve All Been Waiting For
64. 2 JanLopsided Cat Laughs at My Concern
65. 2 JanHow Athena is Spending Her Last Day of Christmas Break
66. 2 JanPromising to do to Science Fiction What Gawker Did to Celebrity
67. 2 JanPublic IM (Again)
68. 1 JanSearch the Whole Damn Site
69. 1 JanViable Paradise Accepting Applications
70. 1 JanWhatever Stats 2007
71. 1 Jan2008